(Additional background below) Soon after I joined the army, during my two months of basic training I had no access to pornographic material. And unknowingly experienced many of the withdrawal symptoms described on the yourbrainonporn website. I was depressed all of a sudden; I was extremely irritable; there were no females around during my basic […]
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Tales of Porn-Related ED 6 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
Tales of Porn-Related ED 5 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
Did addiction politics leave us stranded on a slippery slope? Ever wonder why the brains of pathological gamblers, food addicts and video-game addicts have been studied, yet no one has studied the brains of porn addicts? We’ve certainly wondered—especially as one often hears the claim that the absence of studies is “proof” that porn addiction/sex […]
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Hello people! Well, I’ve been reading blog entries and posts from multiple users for weeks now. At first i didn’t really want to share my story, I thought it was unnecessary since there are already a lot. But maybe my story can help others, who are new into this, or who can relate to it. […]
Tales of Porn-Related ED 1 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
For longer, more detailed ED accounts see rebooting accounts.
Wow. Words cannot describe how great I feel!
I feel so much in control of my emotions! I never hear any negative self-talk anymore!
I have energy for days. I wake up ready to take over the world.
Big boosts in confidence and the best part…WOMEN ARE FLOCKING TO ME!
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Porn users describe what it’s like to be hooked Last month, 3000 doctors of the American Society for Addiction Medicine released a public statement bringing the definition of addiction into line with decades of addiction research. “[Addiction] is about brains…. It’s about underlying neurology, not outward actions,” explains ASAM’s Dr. Michael Miller. ASAM’s definition captures […]
Two types of brain changes may occur when you use Internet porn: psychological and addiction related. Both involve neuroplastic alterations in the structure of nerve cells and their connections. No clear line separates psychological from addictive changes. Is it conditioning, or a “numbed pleasure response”, that has someone craving a particular fetish or genre of porn? Or is it both?
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