COMMENTS Published in JAMA Psychiatry (May, 2014), this was the first brain-scan study on porn users. Researchers found several brain changes, and those changes correlated with the amount of porn was consumed. The subjects were moderate porn users, not classified as addicted. In this study, experts at Germany’s Max Planck Institute found: 1) Higher hours […]
Updates: Many more neurological studies. This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal) providing strong support for the addiction model. This list contains 30 recent literature reviews & commentaries by some of the top neuroscientists in the world, supporting the porn addiction model. (This dated paper was not a literature review […]
I’m going to keep the first part of this success story limited to the basic vital info so you can quickly read it and relate without sifting through a bunch of other stuff. I will include a second post which will have other things like my opinions on various topics based on my experience recovering […]
Read More… from Age 25 – From Porn-induced ED to great sex life in 90 days
I provide 2 updated “Reality Checks” before we get to the 2014 critique. Reality check#1: Neurological & epidemiological studies that refute nearly every claim in Ley et al., 2014: Porn/sex addiction? This page lists over 50 neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, EEG, neuropsychological, hormonal). They provide strong support for the addiction model as their findings mirror […]
Read More… from The Emperor Has No Clothes: A Fractured Fairytale Posing As A Review (2014)
People always say “if you’re attracted to guys in real life then you’re bisexual” “if the locker room was a turn on, you have a degree of interest in men” etc… Well here’s my experience… I started being a little attracted to guys. IN REAL LIFE. Sometimes I found guys attractive and had sexual thoughts […]
Read More… from Age 16 – Bisexual or just HOCD (my experience & advice to HOCDers)
A 25-year old describes his withdrawal and recovery of erectile health after quitting Internet porn. Listen to Nov. 20, 2012 radio show “Your Brain in the Cybersex Jungle” Gabe’s second show with Gary – Gabe answers questions about porn-induced ED (show #20) Related links: Adolescent Brain Meets Highspeed Internet Porn (2013) Why Shouldn’t Johnny Watch […]
Read More… from Gary and Gabe discuss recovery from porn-related ED (show #9)
Psychiatrist talks about his personal experience with porn-induced sexual dysfunction, as well as porn addiction and the reason why large clinical studies on porn’s effects will be difficult to bring about. Listen To Show Post by doctor – After 10 yrs glued to the computer, I kicked the addiction and fixed the PIED!! Medical doctors […]
Read More… from Young Psychiatrist Discusses Porn-Induced ED (show #32)
So, I made it. And I feel great, but like so many others say, the 90 days just feel like the beginning of my true journey, I feel like I’m climbing a massive mountain; the biggest mountain ever, bigger than any earthly mountain, and I’ve just now passed the clouds. When I was under the […]
Read More… from Age 20 – HOCD & extreme social anxiety: Now, I love life.
UPDATES: Article – Research confirms enormous rise in youthful ED. This page contains articles and interviews involving over 150 experts (urology professors, urologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, sexologists, MDs) who acknowledge and have successfully treated porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. List of over 110 studies supporting this article: Studies reporting links between porn use or porn/sex addiction and sexual […]
YBOP COMMENTS: Below is the YBOP July, 2013 response to “Critique of Prause Study“ by Rory C. Reid, PhD (Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles). Why have we written a response to Rory Reid’s critique of Nicole Prause’s “Sexual Desire, not Hypersexuality, is Related to Neurophysiological Responses Elicited by Sexual Images“? Because it […]