This guy explains why many former porn users have to go through a period of grieving to complete the process of returning to normal.
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Gary and Marnia wrote this article for an academic journal called The Evolutionary Review. I couldn’t get a proper PDF of it, so here’s the galley proof for those of you who would like to read it: The Great Porn Experiment “The collision of widespread internet porn use with man’s ancient mammalian brain constitutes one […]
Thoughts of a forum member: I have a feeling that I may be shortly spreading my wings a little and leaving this amazing nest that Marnia and Gary have built (thank you so much!) for slightly longer flights. I will try to come back frequently, but I’m not sure how much more I’ll have to […]
Here’s a sampling of self-reports of various men who have experienced porn-related ED
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I had my first wet dream the other day (day 37) of no PMO. It’s insane the amount you cum, but it makes sense if it’s all building up in there. I took it as a sign that I’m rebooting. I won’t count it as an orgasm though as I had no control over it. […]
Read More… from Age 21 – 40 Days: Never in a million years would I have related the problem to porn.
“Interesting factoid: I just did some calculations… Assuming an average of an hour and half a day of pornography from age 12 to 27, means I’ve watched roughly A YEAR of porn. Quite possibly significantly more. I’ve been off here and there but had my share of 6+ hour days.” […]
Read More… from What are the symptoms of excessive Internet porn use?
Today’s butt-kicking erotic entertainment can cause mysterious symptoms More people, regardless of gender, are making heavy use of today’s highly erotic Internet porn, cybersex options and sex toys. In fact, that new person you’re dating probably is, too. Sexual experimentation is no cause for shame, but whether or not you think synthetic erotic stimulation is […]
It may not make you go blind, but Italian scientists have identified a worrying side-effect of watching too much pornography.
Researchers said Thursday that young men who indulge in “excessive consumption” of Internet porn gradually become immune to explicit images, the ANSA news agency reported.
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Read More… from (L) Scientists: Too Much Internet Porn May Cause Impotence (2011)
by Mark Chamberlain PhD
Want to bond with another human being? Here are your instructions: read and reciprocate. Read a signal from them (rather than ignoring it), then reciprocate by sending a signal of your own (rather than doing your own thing, independently of what they just did). Read and reciprocate, It’s as simple as that.
Oh yeah, there is one more ingredient: repeat.
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Getting help for issues related to excessive porn use is a fine idea. However, many therapists have no conception of how addictive today’s hyperstimulating Internet porn is. Many were trained when static, softcore Playboy was porn, and before the recent brain science that is helping to explain the close parallels between extremely stimulating substances and […]