Beware the brain numbed to pleasure Are you gauging the value of your relationship by how often you have sex? Is your mate starting to react to your every gesture of affection as pressure to “get it on?” If so, you may be victims of a primitive brain mechanism that promises satisfaction—but delivers its opposite. […]
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Has the porn industry gotcha? Updates: This page lists 52 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). All provide strong support for the addiction model as their findings mirror the neurological findings reported in substance addiction studies. The real experts’ opinions on porn/sex addiction? This list contains 27 recent neuroscience-based literature reviews & commentaries by […]
Read More… from Intoxicating Behaviors: 300 Vaginas = A Lot of Dopamine (2010)
If you want to stop using porn, but can’t stop, you have an addiction. All addictions involve changes in the reward circuitry of the brain. Although the science of Internet porn addiction is woven into most of our articles, this section gets more specific. Interwoven into these articles are comments by porn users on their addiction and their recovery.
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is about what it says in the name – your brain and porn. It is maintained by a group effort that includes men who have recovered from internet-porn related problems. It was founded by the late Gary Wilson, a retired anatomy, physiology & pathology teacher (more below). You can contact YBOP admins here. Please do not […]
This site is secular, although everyone’s views are welcome. It is primarily science-based, and no one here is trying to ban porn. This is not a commercial site. Our proceeds from the book you see go to a registered charity trying to raise awareness about internet porn’s effects. We created the site because we have the resources and the time, and we don’t like people suffering needlessly simply because they lack critical information for improving their circumstances themselves.
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Welcome to our FAQ page. If you have a question, ask it below. (After registering, click on “Add new comment.”) The answers are based on years of hard-won wisdom shared by recovering users, whose comments are sometimes included along with relevant research. Most questions have multiple links (porn user accounts & advice, and articles).
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Most of these articles were written for other websites, and follow a format of neuroscience combined with anecdotes—generally from porn users (a few were written by other authors). Many of the articles were written between 2009-2013, before most of the recent brain studies on porn users were published. While accurate, they read as though there […]
Read More… from YBOP Articles on Porn Addiction & Porn-Induced Problems
For strarters, i need to note that i do not have such a long streak without any relapse. Most that i did was 90 days totally clean, and it ended. I would like to talk about what to expect, what to not expect and give you some motivation.I have started Nofap in february of 2024, […]
Read More… from Age 19 – “A porn habit cannot be destroyed; it can only be replaced”
This page is for journalists and other investigators who may have read assertions that Dr. Prause is a victim. Also see, “Founders of OneTaste ‘orgasm cult’ guilty of grooming employees to have sex with clients.” NOTE: This page was originally written by the late Gary Wilson. However, the YBOP team has updated it a bit. […]