UPDATES: Many studies have been published since this article was written. See this List of Internet & Video Game Brain Studies. Gaming disorder is defined in the draft 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) The world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis […]
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“I’m now about 4 months without any p/m/o and I’m noticing that when I see a suggestive image online or in a TV show or whatever, I’m still extremely conscious of a rush.”
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Watch Gabe Deem’s video about insomnia on RebootNation.org Insomnia is a common withdrawal symptom. Here are some forum members’ suggestions: I fall asleep to music each night (with a sleep timer). The music clears my mind. If I wake up and can’t fall asleep, I either turn on music or read a book. Reading works […]
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“Internet porn can’t be causing problems for users because porn has been around forever. If it didn’t harm us then, it won’t harm us now.”
Sounds logical but, in fact, this reasoning is faulty. Times have changed—and so have porn and the way porn is delivered to our brains.
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Tools to measure porn’s effects on the brain are here. The debate about widespread use of Internet porn tends to revolve around social concerns and conflicting surveys. Is today’s porn improving marriages? Causing erectile dysfunction leading to unsafe sex? Simply enabling people to meet normal sexual needs more conveniently? Inflating cravings for novelty and extreme sexual […]
Read More… from The End of The Porn Debate? (2011)
This is the number one question we get from guys suffering porn-induced ED. However, we cannot predict how long it will take for your erectile health to return. Among those who stick with it, progression is surprisingly similar—when guys completely stop using pornography, and masturbation as well for a time, because it is initially so closely associated with porn fantasy.
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Is there an unsuspected link between today’s porn and potency?
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This is normal. It’s a typical phase of recovery in men who have porn-related erectile dysfunction or delayed ejaculation. We call it “flatlining.” It’s temporary, but it can be very disconcerting, because it makes stopping porn seem like the cause of ED instead of the solution. (See accounts below.)
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“I think it’s safe to say my libido is back, but it was eight weeks of no porn, masturbation or erotica, and minimal fantasy.” —Recovered user
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