Maybe it does for some people. However, it may not work for you if your porn use has led to addiction processes in your brain. These are physical changes, which numb your response to pleasure, make you hypersensitive to porn related cues, and impair your executive control (self-control) due to alterations in your frontal lobes.
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Also see: Rebooting With a Partner
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Here’s a dialog between a forum member and Gary, which forum members found really helpful:
What is the mechanism by which P without M and O during a reboot can cause damage? The brain is not associating that P use with the positive sensations of sexual release that come with M and O
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Translated by Carmen Reiss
Zur Erläuterung der wichtigsten Tatsachen über die Funktionen des Gehirns und wie es durch Pornographie beeinflusst wird.
In 5 Kapiteln
• Kapitel 1 Kleinhirn und Großhirn
• Kapitel 2 Von der Jagd nach Essen hin zur Jagd nach nackten Frauen
• Kapitel 3 Was du wahrscheinlich über Pornographie noch nicht wusstest
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A small sampling from MedHelp (roughly 2000 posts on different threads) of various men who have experienced porn-related ED.
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COMMENTS: This 2011 article is a bit dated, for more up to date info see the Porn & ED section, and begin with START HERE: Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction. Since 2011, all studies assessing young male sexuality report a tremendous rise in erectile dysfunction and low libido. See – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. […]
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UPDATES: Many studies have been published since this article was written. See this List of Internet & Video Game Brain Studies. Gaming disorder is defined in the draft 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) The world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis […]
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“I’m now about 4 months without any p/m/o and I’m noticing that when I see a suggestive image online or in a TV show or whatever, I’m still extremely conscious of a rush.”
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Watch Gabe Deem’s video about insomnia on RebootNation.org Insomnia is a common withdrawal symptom. Here are some forum members’ suggestions: I fall asleep to music each night (with a sleep timer). The music clears my mind. If I wake up and can’t fall asleep, I either turn on music or read a book. Reading works […]