What drives users of child pornography: A criminologist says that almost anyone who lets his curiosity get the better of him could become an abuser (2019)

Jeremy Prichard | October 28, 2019 | Link to article Child pornography is exploding on the internet. Police and tech platforms are finding it hard to keep up. But finding a solution demands that we understand why people access this vicious kind of material in the first place. MercatorNet interviewed an academic expert on the […]

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PIED cured – I don’t think about the fetishes much anymore. Women are more attractive, mind slowly resetting.

It feels surreal to finally be here. I looked back at my first post and it was a great reminder of the pit I was in. So many failed attempts and relapses. My fetish was ruling my life. To be honest I never thought I would get here. And I realise now that I was […]

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Is porn making my social anxiety/confidence/depression/anxiety/OCD/bipolar worse?

Porn addiction and social anxietySaid a recovering porn user:

I knew I was more than I appeared to be. More knowledgeable, funnier, more socially intelligent. I had all of these skills, but I couldn’t use them. It was like driving a Ferrari and being stuck in 1st gear.

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Age 27 – Monster flatline, BUT anxiety, depression, mood swings and lethargy have greatly diminished

For those of you reading this thread, I will again summarize some of the main benefits I noticed while going through 90 days of NoFap. – More vivid dreams, better sleep most of the time. – General feeling of happiness and well being most of the time, less emotional ups and downs and mood swings, […]

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Porn survey 2019: how internet pornography is changing the way we have sex (The Sunday Times)

In an exclusive survey, we asked the nation what they watch online — and how it affects their sex lives. The results will surprise you Link to article – The Sunday Times, August 11 2019, 12:01am Just how endemic is internet pornography? What effect does it have on our relationships? And how different is a […]

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Abstinence or Acceptance? A Case Series of Men’s Experiences With an Intervention Addressing Self-Perceived Problematic Pornography Use (2019)

Sniewski, Luke, and Panteá Farvid.  Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity (2019): 1-20. Abstract Self-perceived problematic pornography use (SPPPU) has recently become an important area for sexual addiction and compulsivity research. Heterosexual men with SPPPU report a lack of supportive or available treatment options. In this article, we report on six cases of men with SPPPU as […]

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