I started this reboot when I was 19, about 11 or so months ago. Probably one of the worst cases of PIED out there, I hadn’t been able to get an erection since early in high school. A little over a week ago, I lost my virginity to my incredible girlfriend and we’ve had sex […]
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Richard B. Krueger* Article first published online: 17 APR 2016 DOI: 10.1111/add.13366 Keywords: Behavioral addiction; compulsive sexual behavior disorder; DSM-5; hypersexual behavior; hypersexual behavior disorder; ICD-10; ICD-11; out of control sexual behavior; sexual addiction Diagnoses that could refer to compulsive sexual behavior have been included in the DSM and ICD for years and can now be diagnosed legitimately […]
COMMENTS: Study found significant correlation between porn use and visiting prostitutes. An article about the study (April 10). Excerpts from the article: Another worrying finding is that of those who had paid for sex, their median age was only 16 and 38 per cent had their first sexual encounter with a sex worker. Doctors and […]
Advances in Pharmacological Sciences Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 7238679, 7 pages Isabel Cristina de Macedo,1,2,3 Joice Soares de Freitas,1,2,3 and Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres1,2 1Pharmacology of Pain and Neuromodulation Laboratory: Animal Models, Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, 90050-170 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2Graduate […]
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Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2016 Mar; 18(1): 55–63. PMCID: PMC4826771 Language: English | Spanish | French Julie Goulet-Kennedy, BSc Julie Goulet-Kennedy, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et en intégration sociale. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec; Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; Sara Labbe, MSc Sara Labbe, Centre […]
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I’m proud to say that after coming across this sub sometime in Feb 2014, I completed 2 years porn-free, as of April 10, 2016. I had been watching porn of various types since at least 1999, on 33kbps modems. The reason I got serious about stopping was that I realized that access to porn was […]
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Updates: Multiple studies link porn use to poorer cognitive outcomes. See this list: Studies linking porn use to poorer mental-emotional health & poorer cognitive outcomes. Studies reporting poorer executive functioning (hypofrontality) or altered prefrontal activity in porn users/sex addicts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. […]
Front Psychol. 2016 Mar 30;7:455. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00455. eCollection 2016. Turel O1, Bechara A2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Adults who present ADHD symptoms have an increased risk for vehicle accidents. One conceivable overlooked account for this association is the possibility that people with ADHD symptoms use rewarding technologies such as social networking sites (SNS) while driving, more than […]
LINK TO STUDY Sam-Wook ChoiRelated information 1 Korea Institute on Behavioral Addiction, Seoul, Korea; Easy Brain Center, Seoul, Korea , Young-Chul ShinRelated information 2Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea , Jung Yeon MokRelated information 3Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of […]
COMMENTS: Study suggests that general escalation through porn genres may lead to using child porn (or at least underage porn such as teen porn). From the discussion: “Hence, for all three constructs there seem to be substantial independent links to child pornography consumption. In the literature several explanations for child pornography consumption are discussed. The […]