The Assessment of Problematic Internet Pornography Use: A Comparison of Three Scales with Mixed Methods (2020)

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(2), 488; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020488 by Lijun Chen * and Xiaoliu Jiang Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China Received: 12 November 2019 / Accepted: 10 January 2020 / Published: 12 January 2020 Abstract The primary aim of this study was to compare […]

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Sucrose intake lowers μ-opioid and dopamine D2/3 receptor availability in porcine brain (2020)

Michael Winterdahl, Ove Noer, Dariusz Orlowski, Anna C. Schacht, Steen Jakobsen, Aage K. O. Alstrup, Albert Gjedde & Anne M. Landau Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 16918 (2019) Abstract Excessive sucrose consumption elicits addiction-like craving that may underpin the obesity epidemic. Opioids and dopamine mediate the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse, and of natural rewards from […]

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Compulsive Pornography Use in Late Life: A Case Report (2019)

Sousa, A. D. (2019). Journal of Psychosexual Health, 1(3–4), 275–276. https://doi.org/10.1177/2631831819890766 Abstract Compulsive pornography use is on the rise and is a common compulsive sexual behavior being seen in the younger age groups between 18 and 30 years of age. The treatment of the same involves a combination of medical and behavioral management. We present […]

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Alex Rhodes of Porn Addiction Support Group ‘No Fap’ Sues Obsessed Pro-Porn Sexologist for Defamation (By Megan Fox, of PJ Media)

By Megan Fox – November 21, 2019. LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE Donate to defend Alex! Alex Rhodes is an interesting guy. At the age of 11, he says he started a years-long pornography addiction that turned his life upside down. When he decided to do something about it, he found a community of people online […]

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My therapist believes my porn addiction influenced the development of my OCD

So I’ve been dealing with porn addiction since I was around 18. It became really problematic over the last 18 months. I began experience strange intrusive thoughts after masturbating and would have brain fog for a while afterwards. It even led me to masturbate to things that were at odds with my morals (nothing illegal) […]

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Watching Pornography Rewires the Brain to a More Juvenile State. by Rachel Anne Barr, PhD student, neuroscience, Université Laval

Link to original article Pornography has existed throughout recorded history, transforming with the introduction of each new medium. Hundreds of sexually explicit frescoes and sculptures were found in the Mount Vesuvius ruins of Pompeii. Since the advent of the internet, porn use has skyrocketed to dizzying heights. Pornhub, the world’s largest free porn site, received […]

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Watching Pornography Rewires the Brain to a More Juvenile State. by Rachel Anne Barr, PhD student, neuroscience, Université Laval (2019)

COMMENTS: Under the article Rachel Anne Barr expands on her experiences with porn-induced ED: I actually became acquainted with the topic while doing medical transcription during my undergrad. I would write up letters for busy doctors working in andrology. The number of letters I typed up for “porn-induced erectile dysfunction” was staggering. The treatment plan […]

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5 ideas after 90 days – Unless you have a ‘why’, you will think ‘why not?’ in your weaker moments

I’ve just passed 90 days pornfree after 12 years of regular pmo. What a relief it is for me to say that. My recovery process doesn’t end here, but I thought it might be worth sharing a few ideas I learnt to get to this point. We’re all in it together, after all! I’ve lost […]

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