8-05 After a long period of no sex (2 years – potentially triggered by a traumatic life event) I decided it was time I sorted my life out and get with some girls. During this period my porn and masturbation use had risen to a point where only extreme and highly specific porn (e.g. 2 […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Delayed ejaculation & depression: 21 weeks
(Additional background below) Soon after I joined the army, during my two months of basic training I had no access to pornographic material. And unknowingly experienced many of the withdrawal symptoms described on the yourbrainonporn website. I was depressed all of a sudden; I was extremely irritable; there were no females around during my basic […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Erectile dysfunction: Soldier, aquick recovery
History – 07-17 I’ve had enough of ruining my golden years due to this. I discovered porn at around 10 years old I think. I found some explicit material on my older brother’s laptop and at first was just like what the hell? Who are these weird looking women with there abnormally sized breasts and […]
Day 0 Today, I decided to quit masturbating to porn. I will never watch internet porn again. The only source of sexual stimulation will be the partners of my choice. I have long suspected that there was a correlation between the erectile dysfunction I have been experiencing and my consumption of internet porn. However, I […]
Read More… from Age 27 – ED: I finally had great sex. It. Was. Awesome!
I’ve been using porn since I was about 16, and masturbated to porn twice a day on average. I didn’t really think it had any effect on me until I was 21, when I finally lost my virginity. The first time I didn’t have any problem getting hard, but I was unable to reach orgasm. […]
A forum member shared: Few months ago I did a course on the power of the human brain – specifically the power the subconscious has on our daily lives. (http://www.pacificinstitute.co.uk/solutions/investment-in-excellence/) I only recently realized that some of the scientific ways the brain works – actually explain why porn recovery is so difficult . And the […]
Summaries of the latest research papers on video gaming addiction. I created a sperate summary list for “Internet Addiction studies“. As with food and gambling addiction, brain studies reveal the same major changes as seen in drugs (hypofrontality, desensitization, sensitization). Altered regional cerebral glucose metabolism in internet game overusers: a 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study. CNS Spectr. 2010 Mar;15(3):159-66. […]
This page contains short internet addiction summaries of the latest research on Internet Addiction (As of 2020 we are no longer adding studies to this current page: see this page for all Internet addiction studies). Other studies involving Internet Gaming Addiction (IGD) can be found here. Internet addiction brain studies have already confirmed the presence […]
Day 7 Here is my story. I am 47 and have suffered from ED my whole life. Unfortunately for me I discovered porn way before my first sexual experience. From the first time I looked at it I was hooked (my brother left a copy of Penthouse out on his bed) as there was just […]
Recently I received an anonymous email from an individual who heard our show about internet addiction and did some follow up. He claims to have been suffering from this addiction for many years and came across a website which was able to help him get cured. Tonight show will feature the creators of this great […]