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Any suggestions for healing porn-induced delayed ejaculation (DE) or anorgasmia?

Delayed ejaculation may be the result of a numbed pleasure response in the brain

Many porn users report that delayed ejaculation was a precursor to their erectile dysfunction. Years of porn use can cause a variety of symptoms, which when examined, lie on a spectrum. Desensitization of the reward circuitry is at the root of these various symptoms, which include:

Erections: Neurotransmitters, Hormones, Brain Regions

This section contains research and articles on the brain regions, neurotransmitters and hormones involved with male libido and erections. Most are quite technical. Erectile dysfunction induced by excessive porn use is a growing problem. See: Porn and sexual problems? This list contains over 40 studies linking porn use/porn addiction to sexual problems and lower arousal […]

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Mindfulness Meditation and the Brain

A Massachusetts General Hospital study in next week’s Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging shows marked brain changes over an eight-week practice of mindfulness meditation. Of course, by definition, every experience you have makes changes in your brain (that’s pretty much the definition of experience: “something that changes your brain”), but in this case, the changes point to […]

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(L) ADHD Brain Chemistry Clue Found: Dopamine Receptors and Transporters (2009)

Concentration problems are often associated with porn addictionComments: Many heavy porn users complain of ADD/ADHD like symptoms. Many see an improvement in their symptoms as they get off porn. Porn addiction probably leads to a temporary decline in dopamine (D2) receptors, as was found in those diagnosed with ADHD. Note: I am not saying that the majority of ADHD is caused by porn use.

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Watching Pornographic Pictures on the Internet: Role of Sexual Arousal Ratings and Psychological-Psychiatric Symptoms for Using Internet Sex Sites Excessively (2011)

YBOP COMMENTS: Important findings in this study are that neither time spent viewing porn on the Internet nor personality factors were associated the level of reported problems with Internet porn use (IAT sex score). Instead, it was intensity of the experience and amount of novelty (different applications opened) that mattered…suggesting that dopamine levels were at […]

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Midbrain Dopamine Receptor Availability Is Inversely Associated with Novelty Seeking Traits in Humans (2008)

Novelty-seeking drives some porn addictionGood study on novelty-seeking personality and dopamine auto-receptors. Auto-receptors help control the amount of dopamine released. Low levels of auto-receptors mean more dopamine is released for certain stimuli. High dopamine makes novel *anything* more exciting, or stimulating to the reward circuit.

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