UPDATE 2017: A new study (Fernandez et al., 2017) tested and analyzed the CPUI-9, a purported “perceived pornography addiction” questionnaire developed by Joshua Grubbs, and found that it couldn’t accurately assess “actual porn addiction” or “perceived porn addiction” (Do Cyber Pornography Use Inventory-9 Scores Reflect Actual Compulsivity in Internet Pornography Use? Exploring the Role of […]
YBOP comments: In plain English, this research found (again) that religiosity is NOT associated with believing yourself to be a porn addict (“perceived pornography addiction”). This explodes the meme that Josh Grubbs worked for years to “sell” to the world, that believing oneself an addict is related to religious shame. Grubbs’s CPUI-9 studies and his […]
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Hello guys I’m 28, i want to describe my situation in first part, and in second part i will tell you about my recovery. 1st part: I have started to watch porn when I was 15 but at the same time I started having sex at the age of 18. The real problem occurred when […]
Link to original study – Online Porn Addiction: What We Know and What We Don’t—A Systematic Review (2019) Note – numerous other peer-reviewed papers agree that Prause et al., 2015 supports the porn addiction model: Peer-reviewed critiques of Prause et al., 2015 Excerpt critiquing Prause’s 2 EEG studies: Steele et al., 2013 & Prause et […]
LINK – 15 observations/tips/pieces of advice from ~8 years of my pornfree journey by seatint As a follow up to my 5 month post, I want to share what I’ve learned and what has worked for me so far to maintain long term success. Just because you have an urge or did x y or […]
Read More… from 15 observations/tips/pieces of advice from ~8 years of my pornfree journey
To escape from porn addiction it is essential for porn users to understand why they can find porn more exciting than a real partner. UPDATES: For more information see the Porn & ED section. Over 75 studies linking porn use to less sexual and relationship satisfaction. At least 40 studies link porn use/sex addiction to […]
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‘When I watch porn, I feel detached from myself. I just know I can do better.’ The first time Greg Anderson watched online porn at the age of 12, he felt nothing. While the naked blonde writhing atop her male colleague piqued his interest, he remembers it was because the imagery was novel, not because […]
I was watching porn from 2007 but things became uncontrollable when i tried to control/stop my use of porn. When I tried to stop it increased and now this is the era of Smartphone’s and internet i.e like earlier we don’t need to make arrangements for that. I got addicted to Internet pornography in less […]
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Am 24. Symptoms [related to porn use]? A whole fucking bunch to list- didn’t realize it at the time when I began nofap, but now that I’m about 4 years into this nofap lifestyle and with a 300 day streak- my perspective is much different than before. A couple of them would be PIED, couldn’t […]
Read More… from Age 24 – 4 years in, my brain now learns and understands
How could I possibly have erectile dysfunction? I was only 23 and physically healthy. I went searching and found long threads of guys saying they thought porn had caused their ED. Unbelievable, but turns out it potentially had for me, too. It took me nine months to recover normal sexual function. When people hear about […]
Read More… from Internet Porn Addiction: Exposing Misconceptions, by Gabe Deem