Journal of Family Violence February 2010, Volume 25, Issue 2, pp 141-148 John A. Hunter, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, Neil M. Malamuth Download PDF (169 KB) View Article Abstract Path analysis was used to assess the contribution of four exogenous developmental variables (sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to violence, exposure to pornography—each occurring prior to age […]
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J Marital Fam Ther. 2008 Oct;34(4):431-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00086.x. PDF – FULL STUDY Delmonico DL, Griffin EJ. Source Duquesne University, School of Education, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 15236, USA. [email protected] Abstract Adolescents who use the Internet regularly (the “e-teen”) present a new set of challenges for marriage and family therapists. This article introduces marriage and family therapists […]
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J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2008 Dec 10. FULL STUDY – PDF Brown JD, L’ Engle KL. Abstract Correlates of use and subsequent sexual attitudes and behaviors predicted by exposure to sexually explicit content (i.e., pornography and erotica) in adult magazines, X-rated movies, and the Internet were examined in a prospective survey of a diverse sample […]
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I just completed 90 days without masturbation, porn or sexual fantasy. I’m single and celibate, so there was no sex either. I think that’s what they call hard mode (there was one nocturnal emission 50 days in, but apart from that, no ejaculation at all). I just wanted to post this so that other people […]
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Experience, not childhood or genes, configures individual reward-circuit wiring “Intriguingly, the pleasure centre and the behaviour it guides are sculpted mostly by life experiences rather than by our genes. This challenges previous assumptions that dopamine function could be straightforwardly inherited.” —Paul Stokes, MD, PhD Our reward center (or circuitry) is shaped primarily by experience. This […]
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I am now well on my way to the one year point. For those struggling I can only say life will only get better and better if you can stick with it. I’m a 30 year old man that now feels like a horny teenager again. I had forgotten what this feels like and how […]
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November 8th, 2012 – Well, where do i begin. I think my obsession with porn started when we first got broadband internet access somewhere around 2002? It started out with one clip, which i watched over over again, since it took several days to download, then when i got my own computer it escalated pretty […]
Read More… from Age 19 – ED cured, more extroverted & energized
I’m 27 years old and you should consider my fap story as a worst case. It has taken 115 days to get rid of my addiction. Here is a small story and some tips which helped me. I started with nofap-september, found a GF at about 75 day. We jumped in bed on 2nd date […]
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Comments: Young’s Internet addiction test was developed as a way to assess Internet addiction. This study finds that it is not all that great and misses many who do have significant issues. Young’s test relies a lot on time spent using. The test is poor assessment tool for Internet porn addiction or related problems as […]
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The funny thing is that even though I haven’t made a straight month or even 90 days or year without the old behaviour, the benefits I’ve felt have been possibly the most transformative change that I’ve made in my life. focus – after about 2 days after each relapse, my focus becomes clearer and it’s […]
Read More… from Age 25 – 1 year of stops & starts: still experienced many benefits