I wanted to share my story in hope that it might help other people on their porn recovery and self improvement journey.I started watching porn around the age of 12. I had a lot of anxiety and OCD as young, it really damaged my self esteem. I looked up to action heroes and men displaying […]
I have pushed past the 180 day milestone of my combat mission to be free of PMO, meaning that I am now officially 6 months (half a year) clean from it. I still feel a lot of anger these days, and some days I have to restrain myself from snapping at those who test me. […]
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[In this masterful review, feminist organization Nordic Model Now summarizes Gary Wilson’s Your Brain on Porn.] The idea that compulsive internet porn use can be a form of addiction has a bad reception in some feminist circles. There is a conviction that it lets men off the hook; perhaps even positioning them as victims – […]
Journal of Behavioral Addictions Comments: Across 42 countries, using the International Sex Survey, almost 5% of participants were at high risk of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD). Rates varied between 1.6% to 16.7% across countries, genders, and sexual orientations. “Men had the highest scores on the CSBD-19, followed by gender-diverse individuals, and women.” Abstract Background […]
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I promised myself when i first started on August 23rd 2022, that i would give back to the community on my journey. I had told myself that i would make a post on the 250th 500th 750th & 1000th day. So lets begin. I started PMO at the age of around 15 having heard about […]
I could stop ✋️ it for 5 months at last and here is what I learned:1- It happened gradually and it had to be so . When a week passed without it ,I couldn’t believe it .2- Every time I fell ,I didn’t start counting from the beginning. Just lost 1 battle but not […]
Stanford University neuroscience professor Andrew Huberman explains the risks of porn use to young users. Some end up wiring their brains to screen sex, and don’t respond to real partners. Huberman covers many other subjects of interest to those recovering from problematic porn use as well. […]
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I feel a good shift in my mindset and thinking. 1) I don’t deny that there can be physically attractive ‘bait’ in both real life or online, but unlike before this does not impel or compel me to M2) abstinence has taught me that most of the women who appear as ‘bait’ are bad […]
I have recently passed 250 days of semen retention. I promised myself when i first started on August 23rd 2022, that i would give back to the community on my journey. I had told myself that i would make a post on the 250th 500th 750th & 1000th day. So lets begin. I started […]
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Masters thesis by Shirah Theron on ResearchGateStellenbosch University, 2023 Abstract Since the dawn of the internet, pornography has effectively become ubiquitous, pervasive, and increasingly normalised. Study findings show remarkable similarities in how the brain reacts to pornography, and other known addictive substances, and indicate that consuming pornography is comparable to consuming other known addictive substances. […]
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