This man is having success with a combination of activities to help his brain return to normal sensitivity to pleasure, and a form of exposure therapy to help rewire his porn-use reflex: As an internet porn addict of over 20 years (an addict since dial-up) I have tried numerous methods of quitting and only now […]
This UK debate occurred today via the Internet, and although the audio quality is decent, the visual quality is uneven. Gary mentioned this research in the debate: Adolescents & Pornography. Also see this section studies on the Adolescent Brain Article about the adolescent brain and Internet porn – Why Shouldn’t Johnny Watch Porn If He […]
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I thought I would share my story with you about this addiction and how I overcame it last year. I watched regular porn from the age of around 11-15, but progressed into Transexual porn, in what looking back reveals is exactly like this article describes in escalation. It became the only arousal cue for me […]
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November 01, 2012, – When I embarked on this journey, I decided that before I began posting, I would have to prove to myself that I was really serious about this huge no PMO challenge. This meant that I would have to beat my longest no PMO record: 12 days. Today, I crossed over the […]
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April 20, 2012 – Finished my reboot last month. Unreal…life feels so ALIVE now! Age: 29 Reboot Period: Variable; 2-phase reboot. Phase 1: Approx. 90 days no Porn. Phase 2: 25 days No PMO ED: NoBackground Started looking at porn in early teens – the usual, late night cable, etc. nothing major College: occasional to […]
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The widespread use of Internet porn is one of the fastest moving, most global experiments ever unconsciously conducted. Nearly every young guy with Internet access becomes an eager test subject. Canadian researcher Simon Lajeunesse found most boys seek pornography by age 10 – driven by a brain that is suddenly fascinated by sex. Users […]
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The Art of Tricking the Brain Currently, we’re winning. There are about seven billion of us who roam this lonely rock. We’ve inhabited every continent, crossed every ocean, and developed the most intricate methods to extract natural resources from what we call home. None of this would have been possible without two of our most […]
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UPDATES: Much has occurred since the Dr.OZ episode. See – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. See this list articles by many experts who treat and recognize porn-induced ED – Porn-Induced ED in the media (experts) Porn and sexual problems? This list contains 26 studies linking porn use/porn addiction to sexual problems and lower […]
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Porn viewing: neurological effects This section does not contain research on the brain changes associated with porn use or porn/sex addiction. For those papers see Brain Studies on Porn Users See here the studies related to the unique qualities of Internet porn (films vs other stimuli, novelty, violation of expectations, anxiety-inducing, virtual reality, etc.) Porn […]
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Porn-induced ED is a relatively recent phenomenon, but there is now a strong scientific literature exploring how it came to exist and what can be done to treat it. Introduction Studies assessing young male sexuality since 2010 report historic levels of sexual dysfunctions, and startling rates of a new scourge: low libido. Documented in this […]
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