You hear it all the time from several sources that masturbation is healthy and they’re right, but the word “moderation” doesn’t usually follow. I grew up in the world of free porn at my fingertips and let me tell you life was good. Have a bad day at work or school? Porn is there when […]
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I’ve put this article together for two reasons: First, if you’re a male trying to break free from porn, one really potent, self-interested argument for why you should stop is that you may develop porn induced erectile dysfunction. Not the most noble reason to quit, but hey, it’s a start. The second reason is for […]
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UPDATE 2016: A much more comprehensive analysis of Joshua Grubbs’s claims and studies can be found here – Is Grubbs pulling the wool over our eyes with his “perceived porn addiction” research? (2016) UPDATE 2017: A new study (Fernandez et al., 2017) tested and analyzed the CPUI-9, a purported “perceived pornography addiction” questionnaire developed by […]
We (our general age group) are all looking for a potential significant other who is an adult. Ask anybody what his or her ideal qualities in a girlfriend/boyfriend are, and nobody’s going to say “immature” or “childish.” But then our generation has this whole weird “prolonged adolescence” thing going on. Each guy has to ask […]
Kicking a bad habit is utterly satisfying and empowering, but it takes work, and often it’s the first few days that prove to be the greatest challenge. I’ve been asked many times: “How did you give porn up for good, you know, without relapsing?” My answer? It’s a choice that you make daily. Just as […]
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I couldn’t get it up. It had nothing to do with my girlfriend at all. She was beautiful and sexy, but once it came time to get down to business, well, I wasn’t firing on all cylinders. And I was way too young for this shit. Yea, waaaay to young for this to be happening. Like, […]
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COMMENTS: An Italian study that analyzed the effects of Internet porn on high school students, co-authored by urology professor Carlo Foresta, president of the Italian Society of Reproductive Pathophysiology. The most interesting finding is that 16% of those who consume porn more than once a week report low sexual desire compared with 0% in non-consumers […]
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Nergish Sunavala,TNN | Sep 13, 2015 LINK TO ARTICLE Two weeks ago, at the country’s first seminar to battle “the plague of pornography,” more than 103 counsellors, youth animators, priests, nuns and therapists from various parishes and secular counselling centres pondered a patient history titled Mathew’s story. “Like many people, Mathew looked at porn on […]
I did this challenge 2 years ago… because of porn addiction, and ED issues… first time it lasted 2 weeks, and i relapsed because i hit the flatline right after day 6. I was horrified thinking that my virility was literraly dead… no urges, no desire, no morning wood, i relapsed just to try if […]
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Comments: In this case study, experts point out that recovery from internet gaming disorder (IGD) still left a patient using internet porn excessively with adverse consequences. They urge experts to address porn use as a “co-occurring morbidity with IGD,” lest it become more insidious and difficult to treat. Yale J Biol Med. 2015 Sep 3;88(3):319-324. […]
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