YBOP comments: The findings support YBOP claims, while pretty much debunking the naysayers’ talking points (link to full paper). Demographics: 6463 students (2633 male and 3830 female), aged 18–26 years. Most data from subset of current users (n = 4260) Nearly 80% of students have been exposed to pornography (median age of first exposure: 14 […]
[Note: don’t try this at home, kids.] This is it. Today’s my 90th day. Thirteen weeks, or close enough. Never thought I’d make it this far. Whew. The following post is not meant as an advertisement or to persuade anyone to follow my steps, especially if you’re a teenager. High schoolers, this is most definitely […]
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Update – 2018: The impact of immersion on the perception of pornography: A virtual reality study Results showed that viewing pornographic video material via VR technology had a stronger effect on psychophysiological reactions as well as subjective experience than using the conventional desktop display. Update – 2019: The impact of virtual reality versus 2D pornography […]
YBOP comments: This paper was only brought to our attention recently by a young researcher. It’s fascinating because it describes all the same kinds of escalation and distress we (and others) have been documenting for years, and which a vocal pack of sexologists incomprehensibly deny. See excerpts below Abstract. (And don’t miss newer Polish research […]
Sorry Dr. Perry, it’s the porn. 2021 study guts Perry’s pet theory that masturbation, not porn, is the critical factor in relationship problems. See Pornography and Sexual Dissatisfaction: The Role of Pornographic Arousal, Upward Pornographic Comparisons, and Preference for Pornographic Masturbation (2021). SHOCKING UPDATE – 2019: Author Samuel Perry confirmed his agenda-driven bias when he […]
Date: 14.03.2019 Link to article A new survey from BBC Three suggests that almost a quarter (23 percent) of people aged 18-25 who watch porn think they might be addicted. The survey of over 1,000 people, carried out online by Deltapoll for the BBC Three documentary, Porn Laid Bare, showed that over three quarters of young […]
Female, 31. Following a 4 year relationship I was single for 8 years, during which time I had nothing more than a few encounters. During this period I used porn to varying degrees. I enjoyed it but I wouldn’t say I was addicted; I mainly used it functionally because it was a quick way to get rid […]
A lot of people say that urges don’t become less and that it won’t ever be easier. That’s not true. It will take time and commitment, but you will be rewarded with not having to deal with urges anymore! I want to talk about a bunch of stuff in this thread. My habits before doing […]
Štulhofer, A., Tafro, A., & Kohut, T. (2019). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-13. Link to web COMMENTS: A study by “Real” Your Brain On Porn site members Taylor Kohut and Alexander Štulhofer. First, the data are included in the above Kohut & Štulhofer study, so we can view these 2 studies as two halves […]
2 years ago today I started my NF which I completed, it happened almost randomly and changed my life under many points of view and is one of the reasons why today I make six figures, have a gf, and see the world differently. This is my story, in hope it can help motivate someone […]