I am 51 years old. I started having fantasies with boys from school when I was 11, I understand now that this was because I was bullied at school and was not “popular”: I was shorter, fatter, used glasses, and did not know how to play soccer (very important to be popular if you are […]
Read More… from Age 51 – Addicted to porn and male escorts – I have changed my life
I was eleven years old when I first came across a pornographic image. It was a video case that me and my younger brother had found in the back of the trunk of our silver Ford Aerostar. Even after all these years I can clearly recall the image of this pornographic material plain as day. […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Giving up the lure of porn
September 15, 2015 will be a year since I masturbated to porn (PMO). The journey was not easy and painful at some points; however the rewards gained through abstaining from porn are life changing. History I have been watching porn since I was age 12, I am currently age 32. My father gave me my […]
Read More… from Age 32 – Porn-free for a year
BEFORE: I have suffered so much in my life, for over 3 decades of dysfunctional relationships, a stressed/dead marriage with lousy sex (mostly cause of me) ED, porn addiction and sex addiction. Intermixed with all that is anxiety and often panic and lots of anger and blame. My path is littered with self-help books, different […]
Read More… from Age 52 – Porn-induced ED gone, addiction and fantasy almost nil – after 35 years
So yesterday I broke a nine week no-porn streak. I’m going through a bunch of shit right now, and I reasoned that watching porn would free up some willpower for other challenges. I can’t honestly say it was a bad decision to have made, but I’m looking forward to starting my next streak soon. BENEFITS: […]
Read More… from 9 weeks – Depression is hugely improved, Porn was sapping me of my willpower
I made a post about two weeks ago saying that I haven’t watched porn for two weeks and it was because I saw this TED talk video on how porn fucks up your head. And in that post I said how I had better sex dreams and woke up with harder morning woods after not […]
Read More… from I quit porn and my orgasms have gotten really intense
You hear it all the time from several sources that masturbation is healthy and they’re right, but the word “moderation” doesn’t usually follow. I grew up in the world of free porn at my fingertips and let me tell you life was good. Have a bad day at work or school? Porn is there when […]
Read More… from How I Stopped Masturbating to Internet Porn and How it Changed My Life
I’ve put this article together for two reasons: First, if you’re a male trying to break free from porn, one really potent, self-interested argument for why you should stop is that you may develop porn induced erectile dysfunction. Not the most noble reason to quit, but hey, it’s a start. The second reason is for […]
Read More… from Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction: What the Experts are Saying (The Porn Effect)
UPDATE 2016: A much more comprehensive analysis of Joshua Grubbs’s claims and studies can be found here – Is Grubbs pulling the wool over our eyes with his “perceived porn addiction” research? (2016) UPDATE 2017: A new study (Fernandez et al., 2017) tested and analyzed the CPUI-9, a purported “perceived pornography addiction” questionnaire developed by […]
Read More… from Critique of “Perceived Addiction to Internet Pornography and Psychological Distress: Examining Relationships Concurrently and Over Time” (2015)
We (our general age group) are all looking for a potential significant other who is an adult. Ask anybody what his or her ideal qualities in a girlfriend/boyfriend are, and nobody’s going to say “immature” or “childish.” But then our generation has this whole weird “prolonged adolescence” thing going on. Each guy has to ask […]
Read More… from Age 21 – Less brain fog, More energy, More confidence/nerves of steel/less social anxiety