Usually we post about the science that explains why today’s Internet superporn has the power to initiate addiction processes in some users’ brains. The most efficient way to return to full potency is to “reboot,” i.e., allow the brain’s reward circuitry to return to normal sensitivity by stopping all intense sexual stimulation for a while. […]
This guy, who could no longer use a condom successfully due to porn-induced ED, applied the recent scientific findings about how superstimuli can numb the pleasure response of the brain to his use of today’s hyperstimulating porn. He decided to allow his brain to “reboot.” Although each person’s rebooting experience is different (recoveries range from […]
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Usually we post about the science that explains why today’s Internet superporn has the power to initiate addiction processes in some users’ brains. The most efficient way to return to full potency is to “reboot,” i.e., allow the brain’s reward circuitry to return to normal sensitivity by stopping all intense sexual stimulation for a while. […]
I found these videos the other day and found them to be very interesting. I actually read the brain book mentioned in the videos, and it’s great as well. Everything adds up. Personal testament: I quit porn a few months ago. Since then haven’t cheated or looked at porn. I’ve seen a few images by […]
People’s brains are different. Some people are less sensitive to dopamine, others have trouble turning their dopamine response off.
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Said a friend, who discovered that her otherwise upstanding husband had begun using risky Internet pornography in his seventies:
Women need to deal with their feelings of anger, disgust and rejection. In my case, and I am certain I am not alone in this experience, it is the denial, counter-accusation and lying that fuel my fury.
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There’s a lot of confusing information on the web involving the relationships between testosterone and orgasm, masturbation, and erectile dysfunction. The true picture of how orgasm affects neurochemicals and hormones is only beginning to unfold, and definitely more complex than mere testosterone. […]
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It’s amazing to read all these stories of people who have gone through the same things I have. I am in week 5-6 of recovery and I can feel myself resuming normality again after using porn for on and off 6 years. Thankfully my libido is returning once more and I am feeling the benefits. Besides the return of libido I have noticed many other positive effects:
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is about what it says in the name – your brain and porn. It is maintained by a group effort that includes men who have recovered from internet-porn related problems. It was founded by the late Gary Wilson, a retired anatomy, physiology & pathology teacher (more below). You can contact YBOP admins here. Please do not […]