It definitely gets easier. I remember the first month, I described urges as “DDOS attacks,” because of how frequent and high-volume they were. It feels uncomfortable to feel the porn urge arise, and having to sit with it. It’s like trying to sit with an urge to sneeze, scratch, pee, or breathe. I don’t know […]
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Internet Pornography: Psychoanalytic Reflections on its Effects upon Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Alessandra Lemma , BSc., MA, MSt (Oxon), MPil (Cantab), DClinPsych Pages 118-130 | Published online: 01 Apr 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/00797308.2020.1859283 ABSTRACT This introduction summarizes the research on the impact of online pornography on sexual health and relationships in young people. I suggest that […]
Strap in, there’s a lot to unpack here. Laura Miano is a sex and relationship writer and sex therapist based in Melbourne. Her mission is to help those with sexual concerns as well as support individuals who might like to enhance their sex lives beyond cultural norms. To learn more about her, follow @lauramianosexology or contact her here. […]
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Made it to 90 days! When I started this journey, I did not know if I would be able to no longer use PMO as my emotional outlet to deal with my anxiety, fears, and overall suck in life. Looking back at my earlier journal entries, I was really surprised about the physical withdrawal of […]
Writing this piece hurts. For years I did something very damaging to me — it’s painful to realize that. It’s about the consumption of pornography on the Internet. At first glance, it sounds harmless. Especially older people seem to underestimate the danger — but pornography has evolved. It’s no longer about scantily clad ladies in […]
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I come from Belgium, I am 27 of age and I have a great story to tell y’all guys and girls. I started exactly on the 11th of January, 2020 [about 13 months earlier] with this amazing beautiful new lifestyle and it made me a hero, a Superman, a motivation to others and so on. […]
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My life is changing. I understand a lot of things now. I was in a state where i felt no escape from there.I’m not sure about my countdown but i’m going to reach 100 days soon (or i did, i didn’t check). I don’t count anymore ! I have a new count, it’s a scale […]
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Like many others I (29m) started pmo at a very young age and 99% of the time I watched stuff that were about bizarre fetishes and not just normal intercourse. So, many years passed and I had my first sexual experience with a girl at the age of 24 which was a big failure. I […]
Martins, Anderson; Queiroz, Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes; Sousa, Alvaro Francisco de; Frota, Oleci Pereira; Araújo, Telma Maria Evangelista de; Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa; Fronteira, Inês. Preprint em Português | SciELO Preprints | ID: pps-1081 Biblioteca responsável: BR1.1 ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the influence of bareback sexually explicit media (SEM) consumption on anal […]
Comment: This study on sexual conditioning in quail shows that males can be sexually conditioned to a substitute for a real sexual partner (a terry cloth object). Interestingly, those who copulate (i.e., “show a consummatory response”) using the object continue to find it arousing, whether or not they have access to regular sexual opportunities with […]
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