April 20, 2012 – Finished my reboot last month. Unreal…life feels so ALIVE now! Age: 29 Reboot Period: Variable; 2-phase reboot. Phase 1: Approx. 90 days no Porn. Phase 2: 25 days No PMO ED: NoBackground Started looking at porn in early teens – the usual, late night cable, etc. nothing major College: occasional to […]
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The widespread use of Internet porn is one of the fastest moving, most global experiments ever unconsciously conducted. Nearly every young guy with Internet access becomes an eager test subject. Canadian researcher Simon Lajeunesse found most boys seek pornography by age 10 – driven by a brain that is suddenly fascinated by sex. Users […]
Read More… from Transcript of “The Great Porn Experiment” – TEDx Glasgow (2012)
The Art of Tricking the Brain Currently, we’re winning. There are about seven billion of us who roam this lonely rock. We’ve inhabited every continent, crossed every ocean, and developed the most intricate methods to extract natural resources from what we call home. None of this would have been possible without two of our most […]
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UPDATES: Much has occurred since the Dr.OZ episode. See – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. See this list articles by many experts who treat and recognize porn-induced ED – Porn-Induced ED in the media (experts) Porn and sexual problems? This list contains 26 studies linking porn use/porn addiction to sexual problems and lower […]
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Porn viewing: neurological effects This section does not contain research on the brain changes associated with porn use or porn/sex addiction. For those papers see Brain Studies on Porn Users See here the studies related to the unique qualities of Internet porn (films vs other stimuli, novelty, violation of expectations, anxiety-inducing, virtual reality, etc.) Porn […]
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Porn-induced ED is a relatively recent phenomenon, but there is now a strong scientific literature exploring how it came to exist and what can be done to treat it. Introduction Studies assessing young male sexuality since 2010 report historic levels of sexual dysfunctions, and startling rates of a new scourge: low libido. Documented in this […]
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Read More… from Gary’s TEDx talk – “The Great Porn Experiment” (2012)
The death of 13-year-old Chevonea Kendall-Bryan has driven the debate on the sexualisation of the young to fever pitch, but what will we do about it? Obsession: one teacher said some pupils couldn’t get to sleep without watching porn There is a storm coming. I can feel it as I stand on a street […]
I stopped watching porn on June 8, 2011 and haven’t seen a naked girl on my screen (in any form) since then. However, a crucial mistake that I was making, up until 32 days ago, was EDGING. I saw very little, to no, progress for the first 6 months or so, and never completely contributed […]
Read More… from Age 27 – ED: 230 days no porn. Edging inhibited my progress
Is Internet porn like watching golf or like alcohol addiction ? It seems like a silly FAQ, but a famous sexologist stated that Internet porn is no different than playing golf or over-reading the Talmud. Other bogus examples include “watching sunsets” and “taking walks.” Outliers exist for many biological indices. With that in mind, it’s […]