Sense of Calmess all the time. Improved Brain Functioning. People respect and contact me more.

I would like to thank this community for providing us with the knowledge which is the ultimate blessing for us and without which we were suffering for a long time. Well my story started just like everyone else. Some day got to know about M, felt good and then continued doing it. Those days porn […]

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Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update (2015)

COMMENTS: Thorough and compelling review of the neuroscience literature related to Internet addiction subtypes, with special focus on internet porn addiction. The review also critiques recent headline-grabbing studies by SPAN lab, which purport to have “debunked porn addiction.” An excerpt from the abstract: “Within this review, we give a summary of the concepts proposed underlying […]

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Age 27 – Brain fog GONE. Social anxiety decreased. Greater frequency of morning erections.

Considering a majority of the first 30 days was a flatline for me it was relatively easy. The real challenge comes when your urges and sexual function return and you have to resist the temptations. I’m not going to lie it hasn’t been an easy route since the urges have returned. A few instances of […]

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Debunking “Why Are We Still So Worried About Wat­­ching Porn?” (by Marty Klein, Taylor Kohut, and Nicole Prause)

Introduction This critique has two parts: Part 1 exposes how Nicole Prause, Marty Klein and Taylor Kohut completely misrepresent their solitary bit of “evidence” to support the article’s core falsehood – that “compulsive pornography viewing” was excluded from the new ICD-11 “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder” diagnosis. Part 2 exposes the startling omissions, false claims, research […]

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Neurological studies on porn users by Matthias Brand and his team

Matthias Brand is the head of the department General Psychology: Cognition at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Brand’s team of researchers). Listed below are the neurological studies on porn users, and reviews of the literature/commentaries on porn use/addiction, that Brand and his team have published: 1) Watching Pornographic Pictures on the Internet: Role of Sexual Arousal […]

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Debunking the “Men’s Health” article by Gavin Evans: “Can Watching Too Much Porn Give You Erectile Dysfunction?” (2018)

Introduction Unfortunately YBOP must thoroughly debunk yet another Men’s Health propaganda piece denying porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. The current article mirrors another misleading article YBOP debunked just a few months ago: Debunking “Should you be worried about porn-induced erectile dysfunction?” – by The Daily Dot’s Claire Downs. (2018). Before I address specific assertions, here are the […]

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I don’t want to sound like I’m comparing straight up heroin to porn: I’m a former heroin addict and PMO was harder to quit for me.

I used heroin for like 2 years and currently have 6 months clean. Obviously heroin had much more of a negative impact on my life and mental/physical health, but I’m talking purely from an addiction standpoint. We’re surrounded by artificial stimulation everywhere and everyday in our lives. It was a lot tougher to rewire my […]

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