Remember “OneTaste”?

It was the heavily tainted and very controversial orgasm cult run by Nicole Daedone. She turned herself in at a New York City federal courthouse in June, 2023, a week after being indicted. “The abuse, federal prosecutors say, was multi-fold: economic, sexual, emotional and psychological. It also included surveillance, indoctrination, and intimidation, according to court […]

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Commentary on “Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong – In a Nutshell”

What you really need to know about Johann Hari’s claims UPDATE 2022: Quantitative research shows that perceived social support has limited predictive power as a factor against problematic sexual behavior. It’s helpful, but not a silver bullet. See The relation of perceived social support to compulsive sexual behavior. If you are struggling with an addiction, by […]

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The Influence of Maladaptive Metacognitions In Education: Rethinking Proness Toward Addiction

Treva Etsitty Excerpt Dysregulation of metacognition has the potential to develop into maladaptive coping rather than healthy self-regulation skills, which in turn, can develop into mental illness or addiction …. Results confirmed that pornography use was a predictor of maladaptive metacognitions. Description (Link to full item) Metacognition plays a role in motivation, executive function, declarative […]

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A motivation model of sex addiction – relevance to the controversy over the concept (2022)

Frederick Toates     Highlights • A combination of (i) an incentive motivation model of sex and (ii) dual control theory is presented. • By the criteria of (i) suffering and (ii) a shift in weight of control from goal-based to stimulus-based, sex can become addictive. • Scrutiny of the criticisms of the notion of […]

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It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now. (NYT, 2022)

[Excerpt from It was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now. ] Reliable age verification is feasible. For instance, as the policy analyst Chris Griswold has proposed, the Social Security Administration (which knows exactly how old you are) “could offer a service through which an American could type […]

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Online Sex Addiction: A Qualitative Analysis of Symptoms in Treatment-Seeking Men (2022)

YBOP Comments: This qualitative study on problematic porn users seeking treatment strongly supports the porn addiction model. This study paints a clear picture of why today’s porn is a “supernormal stimulus,” as the most common out-of-control behavior among the addicts was keeping arousal high for several hours. Some key points:   POINT 1) Order of […]

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