Protect Your Appetite for Pleasure (2010)
New research reveals a spiral of dissatisfaction from over-stimulation.
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Intoxicating Behaviors: 300 Vaginas = A Lot of Dopamine (2010)
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 […]
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What’s Driving Your Addiction?
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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About Us
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 […]
About This Site
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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Rebooting/Porn Use FAQs
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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YBOP Articles on Porn Addiction & Porn-Induced Problems
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 […]
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A generation of boys grew up on porn. Now, some young men want out. (USA Today)
Ryan didn’t open his phone with the intention of finding porn. But when the 11-year-old came across it on his social media feed, he was intrigued. As he watched, he experienced a rush of curiosity and excitement. Soon, his brain was hooked on that dopamine rush. It became a daily routine. He told himself he […]
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1 Year in 12 Steps Sex Addiction Recovery
This week marks 1 year since I finally admitted I am a sex addict. I am not “just a guy with a bad porn habit”This was a seizmic shift in my consciousness and self identity: when my denial finally cracked and I could see my life had been falling to pieces for a long, long […]
Legal victories over serial harasser/defamer Nicole Prause: She’s perpetrator, not victim!
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. […]