J. of Nervous and Mental Disorders

Pornography Consumption and Cognitive-Affective Distress

Excerpts: These findings show that stress, anxiety, and depression are strongly related to pornography consumption and conflicting emotional experiences as well as identity problems significantly enhance vulnerability to addictive sexual behavior–related pornographic experiences…. Because of this process, it is possible that sensitized sexual arousal to Internet pornography may cause that sexual experience with a real […]

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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence with Anna Lembke

Doctor Lembke’s Dopamine Nation has helped to inspired recovery in many who struggle with with problematic porn use. Stanford psychiatry professor Anna Lembke—New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence—decodes complex neuroscience into applicable strategies that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure can lead to pain. An […]

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Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”

[Translated from Alejandro Villena, psicólogo y sexólogo: “La pornografía ha convertido la masturbación en algo compulsivo”] Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”. Madrid 13/10/2023 21:37  María Martínez Collado @mariaa_0600 Alejandro Villena is a general health psychologist, sexologist and research director at the association Dale Una Vuelta, a social project […]

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Clarifying and extending our understanding of problematic pornography use through descriptions of the lived experience

Excerpts: Our findings shed new light on various sexual and non-sexual functional impairments related to PPU [problematic porn use] that have yet to be robustly examined in the existing literature. Our findings corroborate increasing evidence that many individuals with PPU experience tolerance and desensitisation effects, which can lead to escalating use [evidence of addiction]. [PPU […]

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