The Porn Healing Paradox

He

Porn addiction can have effects on a mate tooFeels a new level of honesty and truthfulness
Has a new level of appreciation for the marriage bond
Finally has the accountability he was looking for
Loves her more than he ever has before

She

Feels the level of his disloyalty and deceit more intensely
Is saddened to realize how little the marriage has meant to him
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The Great Internet Porn-Off

The 10 Steps to Porn Addiction: Where Are You?

Porn addiction can be surprisingly tough to escapeby David Wong Dec 10, 2007

Porn addiction? Please.

Let’s try a little experiment, right now. Don’t click on this link. It has a naked woman in it. Two naked women, in fact. One of them is stunning web pornstress Luba Shumeyko…

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There are no scientific studies that say porn is addictive, right?

This FAQ is now obsolete as the world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for porn addiction and cybersex addiction: “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” The current state of the scientific research supports the existence of porn addiction and porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. For example, a […]

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Is porn a bigger problem for men than women? What about porn & aggression?

For the time being it is, and it’s likely to remain that way. (Although women’s brains are sensitive to overstimulation, too.) Men have some characteristics that render them especially vulnerable to the seduction of Internet pornography. In 2002 Canadian researchers compared brain images of male and female subjects while they viewed erotic film excerpts. The […]

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Fourteen-month report: my brain is completely back to normal for the most part

Overcoming porn addiction has stages As a former porn addict for two years, I can attest that porn addiction is like a chisel hitting at a rock repeatedly, slowly breaking it down. That is what pornography is essentially doing to your brain through an extended period of time. It takes a long time for the effects to be noticeable, but when they are, it is devastating.

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