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 […]
This site is secular, although everyone’s views are welcome. It is primarily science-based, and no one here is trying to ban porn. This is not a commercial site. Our proceeds from the book you see go to a registered charity trying to raise awareness about internet porn’s effects. We created the site because we have the resources and the time, and we don’t like people suffering needlessly simply because they lack critical information for improving their circumstances themselves.
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YBOP has produced 5 videos: Your Brain On Porn: The Effects of Internet Porn on the Brain (2015). For a general overview of Internet porn’s effects & rebooting. Porn-induced Erectile Dysfunction (2014). Overview of porn-induced sexual problems & rebooting. Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn (2013). Delves into the science of sexual conditioning. The Great […]
Recovering from an addiction is very tough to do on your own, or solely with a partner who is (understandably) feeling resentful. If you seek help from a therapist, you may want to educate him/her first about some of the symptoms heavy porn users are reporting. Said one forum member:
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UPDATE (1 April 2026) Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc, also ordered to forfeit $12m, and seven victims were awarded restitution [YBOP visitors may recall that Nicole Prause, who has defamed YBOP allies for years, was the “scientist” employed by this organization run by (now) convicted criminals.] The leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company […]
If you’ve been following the “problematic porn use” (PPU) field, you may be aware of a campaign by allies of the porn industry to persuade the public that “PPU is merely religious shame dressed up as addiction anxiety.” The late Gary Wilson wrote about this masterful “red herring”. Initially this campaign had some (undeserved) success, […]
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The UK government announced at the start of November plans to make pornography depicting strangulation or suffocation illegal. Kirsty Blake Knox looks at how it moved from porn to real lives and the dangers of strangulation Young people with limited sexual experience have a distorted view of what sex should look like after watching extreme […]
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation Entire article in Harper’s Magazine by Daniel Kolitz [This article contains more than you will ever want to know about “gooning,” i.e., binge masturbation, alone or with online amigos. Here’s its conclusion:] … What are these gooners actually doing? Wasting hours each day consuming short-form […]
The long-awaited French translation of YBOP is now available. Tell your francophone friends who might be interested. It can be purchased here (France) and here (Québec). Désormais, 100 % des hommes ont consommé de la pornographie en ligne avant leur majorité, près des deux tiers ayant commencé à 13 ans ou moins ; le phénomène […]
Porn industry allies, including tribes of pro-porn researchers, have been pushing the idea that people reporting symptoms of PPU (problematic porn use) merely suffer from moral incongruence (meaning they have ethical concerns about porn use). The implication is that these people are “religious” and thus that religion, not porn use, is their “real” problem. Years […]
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