Start here for an overview of concepts & science

This article is a short synopsis of some key concepts. For the science behind it, please follow all the links. Some links go to our articles, which in turn link to studies. For a more in-depth understanding, watch Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn and Your Brain on Porn and read the articles listed at the bottom of this article. For porn-induced ED watch Erectile Dysfunction & Porn. For specific content explore Porn FAQs.

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What happens when you drop a male rat into a cage with a receptive female rat? First, you see a frenzy of copulation. Then, progressively, the male tires of that particular female. Even if she wants more, he has had enough. However, replace the original female with a fresh one, and the male immediately revives and gallantly struggles to fertilize her.

Gary's TEDx talk - "The Great Porn Experiment"

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Use this transcript of "The Great Porn Experiment" to create a version of this talk in your own language.

"I opt out of sex with a partner" (Sweden)

(Google translate) Many readers will recognize themselves in The Inside series about porn impotence and some will attempt a porno top. Others wish we would draw attention to the women a bit more.

"It's good that you focus on the young, but the problem is understood in all ages. I would like to read more interviews with psychologists and researchers who develop further how porn and masturbating intensively to create a self-sufficiency in terms of sexual satisfaction - perhaps associated with long periods of close, intimate relationships. It may in itself be empowering, but can act as a barrier when suddenly wants to establish an intimate relationship. A lot of possible explanations for the problems in my own relationship becomes exposed through the articles. "

- Lisa

"Adult Ideal interfere girls sexuality" (Sweden)

(Google translate) Porn does not only affect the viewing. Also partner is affected, according to two young women made a short film about pornography and sexuality. Porn ideals has made women the teeth to be object, they say.

"Porn Damaged" is the title of a recent short film where eight young women talk about how pornography affected their sexuality, self-image and relationships - including after their boyfriends looked at porn. Behind the film is Roxane von Gerber Hedayat and Moa Kjell Beach, both 22 years old and from Stockholm.

Age 23 - ED: TCM & Ayurveda may have helped

guy - thumb upMy Successful Reboot Story with a twist - I'd like to just share with you a success story of mine. Before that, let me give you some description of my problem. I am currently 23. I started masturbating since 15. I would masturbate 3-4 times a day. Somehow I managed to- don't ask me how but my dick was strong. I continued masturbating a least once a day from 17 to 18 years old.

When I first had my sexual encounter at 19, I couldn't get it up. I was like 40%.

Age 26 - 50 days: happy, motivated, focused, anxiety nearly gone

happy guyBackground: I’m a 26-year old IT professional that’s lived a relatively normal life. At the age of 9 or 10, I discovered “fapping”, the act of engaging in self-pleasure. I recall not even being able to ejaculate, at first, but I would soon become addicted to the dopamine rush of orgasm. I masturbated once per day and would sometimes go on binges of doing it 3-4 times per day.

The Truth About How To Masturbate

From str8 to gay and back

young coupleI never knew just how far or how bad my addiction to porn was until I came here. I used to think that watching fetish porn was a way to embrace and empower my sexuality.

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