LINK: Re-Thinking Porn; The Internet Factor Posted on August 19, 2012 Some of my most popular posts are those that discuss porn and masturbation. I don’t believe they are the evil the the Mormon Church does. I also believe that the religious approach to sexuality is harmful and I believe that the evidence supports my view. […]
I was completely normal, and excelling at all areas of life. I was confident, intelligent, charismatic, and had almost no problem getting girls attracted to me. Yet, when it came to the sexual realm, I was a dismal failure. I had no experience whatsoever, and dreaded every additional sexual opportunity for fear that it would […]
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Made a F.A.Q. thread. I’ll keep it updated. Be sure to reply with your opinions and do suggest more Q’s and A’s that need adding to the list. Q: Rebooting, is it worth it? What are the benefits of a reboot? A: There are plenty of benefits, you couldn’t even name them all, here are […]
Por Guilherme Gouvêa Pícolo em 13/Ago/2012 – Há poucas semanas, o SD publicou uma notícia na qual o psicólogo Philip Zimbardo, da Universidade de Stanford, comentava sobre os graves danos que prevê às pessoas expostas de maneira constante à pornografia online. Apesar do alerta de Zimbardo ter soado um tanto quanto histriônico, a verdade é que existem […]
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Are we becoming a nation of pleasure junkies? August 7, 2012 by Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D. in Shrink As a nation, we are becoming increasingly indulgent, whether in our consumption of food, sex, alcohol or drugs. At present, 1 in 3 adults are obese and 1 in 10 adults has a substance use (alcohol or drugs) […]
UPDATES on this American Association of Addiction Medicine announcement: An official diagnosis? The world’s most widely used medical diagnostic manual, The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), contains a new diagnosis suitable for porn addiction: “Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder.” Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 39 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). They provide strong support […]
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BEFORE NOFAP I started with Severe ED, depression and porn addiction. My life had hit rock bottom. ED for 2 years managed to screw up on-night-stands with attractive women offering themselves to me. The fear of ED put me off dating and all I got was scraps thrown at me – failed random one night […]
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MY PHILOSOPHY ON QUITTING PMO (link to thread) A big part of me believes that the best way to quit addiction is COLD TURKEY. I gained this insight through quitting my 2 decade long (2-3 pack per/day) smoking nicotine addiction. I quit cold turkey and vowed to myself “never take another puff”. Statistics say that […]
LINK to thread (other guys list lies) When I first started my crusade in January, I was super-set on quitting PMO forever. However, as a day or two would pass, my brain would rationalize and negotiate so I could PMO “just one more time”, etc. Unable to recognize these signs of weakness, I relapsed again […]
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by Christian Cawley I WOULD FAP out of boredom, sometimes even at work in the bathrooms. I was addicted, pathetic… Anon22 discovered Internet porn when he was just 12 years old. Looking back, he recalls it clearly. “I was unable to look away. I remember everything about that first moment. The music that was playing, […]
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