I’m a man in my early forties with a wife and kids. Six months ago • My marriage was almost sexless. • I engaged in frequent PMO and MO on the side. • I was overweight and out of shape. • I felt unattractive and definitely not youthful. • Felt like I was tired and […]
I occasionally come back here to post up on how my recovery has presented new and different challenges, and how everything is possible with the correct mindset, set of tools, information, and lots of self-love.I was a PMO addict since an excessively early introduction to it before I was even 10 years old. On hindsight, […]
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Note: The discussion of the ongoing harassment and defamation by porn science deniers begins here, at minute 28. Links relevant to the discussion: Main YBOP research page (over 1,000 porn studies) Nicole Prause’s Unethical Harassment and Defamation of Gary Wilson & Others Nicole Prause’s Unethical Harassment and Defamation of Gary Wilson & Others (Page 2) […]
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COMMENTS: Study contains a unique and interesting finding: Exposing low porn users to 10 rounds of 50 pornographic & 50 violent images artificially induced brain wave patterns mirroring frequent porn users. In the current study, low porn users’ brain activities elicited by unpleasant and violent images became more similar after increasing exposure to violent and […]
So this may seem crazy to some, but I am legitimately wondering if porn can cause people to have gender dysphoria. While exploring the pornfree and nofap subreddits I have seen a few people mention how porn has transformed their sexual fetishes and even their sexual orientation. I am a straight man, but I’d be […]
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Can porn cause erectile dysfunction? Medically reviewed by Dr Juliet McGrattan (MBChB) and words by Paisley Gilmour 14/04/2020 Erectile dysfunction (ED) or impotence – the inability to achieve and maintain an erection – is a common issue for men and people with penises of all ages and sexualities. It’s believed to affect a third of […]
When you’re addicted to perfectly sculpted bodies, HD genitals, and angles devised for your entertainment sometimes the real thing doesn’t match up Original article by Neelam Tailor Trigger warning: child sexual abuse and porn addiction In the summer of 2010, I was 16 years old with a decade of masturbation and five years of avid […]
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COMMENTS: New large study reports robust correlation between greater porn use and “delayed ejaculation” (difficulty orgasming with a partner). One of the most common complaints from both male & female porn users is difficulty orgasming. Table from study: The Journal of Urology 203, no. Supplement 4 (2020): e615-e615. Kristian Fog-Poulsen*, Tim Jacobs, Sidse Høyer, Christopher […]
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David Ludden’s Psychology Today blog post claims to be about this Joshua Grubbs study: Moral incongruence and compulsive sexual behavior: Results from cross-sectional interactions and parallel growth curve analyses. Not surprisingly, Grubbs’s own abstract doesn’t accurately reflect the study’s actual findings: porn addiction correlates most strongly with porn use (not “moral disapproval” or “religiosity”). Grubbs […]