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Theories, prevention, and treatment of pornography-use disorder (2019)

COMMENTS: By one of the top neuroscientists researching porn’s effects (Matthias Brand). Matthias Brand knows what he’s talking about. His research team has published 20 neurological studies on porn users (along with 4 reviews/commentaries). ——————————————————————————————————————— Suchttherapie 2019; 20(S 01) DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1696187 M Brand, Universität Duisburg-Essen Link to abstract Abstract Introduction Compulsive sexual behavior disorder, including […]

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Signs and symptoms of cybersex addiction in older adults (2019)

COMMENTS: In Spanish, except for the abstract. Average age was 65. Contains surprising findings that thoroughly support the addiction model: 73% used porn 24% reported WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS when unable to access porn (anxiety, irritability, depression, etc.) 50% believed porn use interfered with their lives ————————————————————————————————————————————– Signos y síntomas de adicción al cibersexo en adultos mayores […]

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500 days – widened face and chin, more visible jaw-lines, steady look, better facial skin and texture of hair, leaner muscles, etc.

When I regained the joy of life again, the realization that I previously had blamed all of my shortcomings on others (and other things and circumstances) started to sink in. I slowly became more and more convinced that my previous destructive and negative thinking and attitude had been the causers of my previous tribulations, struggles […]

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(Don’t) Look at Me! How the Assumed Consensual or Non-Consensual Distribution Affects Perception and Evaluation of Sexting Images (2019)

COMMENTS: Men spent more time looking at sexting images when they assumed that the pictures were distributed non-consensually. Excerpt: The results from this study show that viewing behavior and the evaluation of sexting images are influenced by the supposed way of distribution. In line with objectification theory men who assumed that the pictures were distributed […]

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“Porn Messed Up My Brain”: The Modern Mann podcast interviews young man who recovered from porn-induced erectile dysfunction (2019)

‘Quitting porn is the hardest thing I’ve ever done’ Sebastian Schub was 19 when he first experienced erectile dysfunction. But he wasn’t a big drinker. There was no clear medical cause, such as heart disease. However – like most men his age – he was an avid user of porn tube sites. Googling his symptoms, […]

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Age 35 – I was on a roller coaster for years, PE, prostate massage – Now, something in me has changed

I discovered nofap sometime in May 2016. I was on a business trip with a lot of down time and I remember reading about it and just tripping! Like seriously what the fuck? How could porn be bad? Isn’t masturbation good? That was over 3 years ago. In that time span I went through all […]

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Age 60s – Couldn’t get hard or ejaculate without porn: For the first time in at least a couple of years, I was fully hard inside my sex partner.

Half a year ago, I couldn’t get hard without porn couldn’t ejaculate without porn couldn’t ejaculate with porn without a death grip, and it also took a long time I’m in my sixties, and picked up porn and PIED over the last five years or so. I cold-turkey stopped looking at any sort of porn […]

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