DAY 90!! Happy Independence Day! No PMO, no relapse for at least 90 days. Don’t know what day this is being free of it, quit counting. Here is my success story. Honestly guys, the support on this forum has been unbelievable! Basically a group of strangers have given me positive reinforcement for the hardest habit […]
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LINK I want to inject a positive spin on our common affliction here. I used to be a super-critical person that could find the negative in everything. I still can probably. But the inverse skill is helpful too – to find the positive in everything. Here’s what I have found is GREAT about having this […]
[Deleted: Sexy pic from digitalplayground.com (NSFW)] Thank you internet! Today you can book a flight, do your weekly shopping and talk to distant relatives without ever getting off your arse. That and get access to a Pandora’s box of sex, filth and nudity – an endless supply pornography, that our randy ancestors could only dream […]
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Six Recent Innovations in Porn and Erotica By Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Created Jun 20 2012 – 10:31am Producers of Internet erotica and pornographycan generally turn a sizeable profit if they’re able to craft sexually supercharged images, videos, and fiction. And to satisfy seekers’ endless quest for carnal excitement, these entrepreneurs have generated paranormal stimuli […]
LINK – 40yearfapper Day 101 – no porn, 23 – no MO: YBOP says the reboot isn’t linear and that mixing in sex, orgasms, relapses, can slow you down. I guess I qualify for all the above. After 3 years of limp dick, it got hard within 7 days of nofap. Yet, here I am 90-something-days after […]
Alexandra Katehakis, M.F.T. Founder and clinical director, Center for Healthy Sex Huffington Post: 05/15/2012 (LINK) Can Internet Porn Really Be an Addiction? This is beginning to be a tired question, but I’m sure you and your friends have talked about how more and more guys in their 20s and 30s are complaining of erectile dysfunction, […]
UPDATES: Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 55 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). They provide strong support for the addiction model as their findings mirror the neurological findings reported in substance addiction studies. The real experts’ opinions on porn/sex addiction? This list contains 30 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists […]
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In essence all YBOP’s articles can be classified as debate for the existence of Internet porn addiction and porn-induced problems. However, the following articles were written as a response to Psychology Today blog posts, questionable studies or as updates on the relevant advances in addiction medicine. Also see – Questionable & Misleading Studies Gary Wilson […]
Ex-porn user outlines the challenge of explaining porn’s genuine risks As the hard, cold physical reality of Internet porn addiction grips more viewers, and they struggle through the distress of withdrawal, they are asking why the mechanics and risks of Internet porn addiction aren’t more evident in mainstream advice. Below, I reproduce the insights […]
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Link to this Psychology Today post. Growing evidence suggests that too much porn can diminish sexual performance. Published on May 3, 2012 by Tyger Latham, Psy.D. in Therapy Matters I often see men in my practice who are referred by their urologists for “sexual performance issues.” Frequently, these men present with erectile dysfunction (ED), premature […]
Read More… from Does Porn Contribute to ED? by Tyger Latham, Psy.D. in Therapy Matters