Hi Everyone, I wrote on here a few months back when I first learned about my husbands porn addiction and I wanted to give a brief update on his journey to recovery. (He would do it but he acknowledges that Reddit among other social media sites are a trigger). He has successfully reached his 90 […]
So I’ve been on a “streak” of about 40 days. I really don’t like the fascination with the “streaks” because I found the healing process has started the day I decided that I had problem, and wouldn’t continue PMOing 3 times a day, which was about 1.5 years ago now. In recent months, my PMO […]
I am 31 years old. My battle with porn addiction has been almost 12 years. Several bad moments: ED, broken relationships, sexual repression, stress, frustration, ignorance, and loneliness were driving me crazy. Several benefits to quitting porn: improved strength, better dating approach, more confidence, improved relationships with women, removing toxic people out of my life, […]
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It all started when I was about to turn 17, I told to myself that I would quit pornography on the day of my 17th birthday. I failed pretty bad and like 5 days later I was watching porn again, I guess I did not have the right motivation and I went on like that […]
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Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention Lijun Chen, Cody Ding, Xiaoliu Jiang & Marc N. Potenza Published online: 26 Jan 2019 https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2018.1547234 Abstract Questions remain regarding how best to define problematic online sexual activities (OSAs) and about paths that may lead to problematic use of OSAs and their consequences. Although frequency […]
By Jenny Valentish (link to original article) – YBOP comments: See Dr. Berry for porn-induced ED. With the top age of Gen Z now being 24 (yep, that old — you’ve probably been calling them millennials), anthropological interest is finally shifting away from the smashed-avocado set and onto the secret lives of Zeds. Their habits […]
JMIR Ment Health. 2019 Jan 21;6(1):e9978. doi: 10.2196/mental.9978. Varfi N1, Rothen S1, Jasiowka K1, Lepers T1, Bianchi-Demicheli F1, Khazaal Y#1. Abstract BACKGROUND: An increasing number of studies are concerned with various aspects of cybersex addiction, the difficulty some persons have in limiting cybersex use despite a negative impact on everyday life. OBJECTIVE: The aim of […]
16 turning 17 in 19 days. [I quit because of] Religion and having to still want to masturbate even though my pp is still exhausted from the session before. Once my mother left the house for a business trip did it 15 times. I knew I had a problem I FEEL AMAZING I can talk […]
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So just over one month ago I quit porn, the reason being erectile dysfunction. I am a healthy individual, 23 years old, not overweight in the slightest, I exercise regularly, I’m not on any medication, but about a year ago I started developing issues getting erections when I was with women. I was starting to […]
Excerpt: Terry Robinson, an esteemed professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Michigan – together with his colleague, Kent Berridge – identified dopamine as the neurochemical responsible for craving. He thinks debating the semantics of addiction is unhelpful. “Whether it’s drugs, sex, gambling or whatever, you’re looking at impulse-control disorders where people have […]
Read More… from “Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise?” (Guardian, UK)