In this episode Lily highlights a longitudinal study which finds that pornography consumption can lead to more positive attitudes towards extramarital sex (ie. being married and thinking it’s okay to have sex with someone other than your spouse). This longitudinal study explicitly tests whether the causal direction runs from porn consumption –> the attitudes or […]
Read More… from Research Highlight: Porn Consumption & Extramarital Sex Attitudes (podcast)
Greetings, I’m in my early 18. So, just after I got into college and made some new female friends, my habit of masturbation began to decline. Last year, from August, I completely stopped masturbating after I fell into love with some girl. Even though we broke up in November but I didn’t get my old […]
Short version: Pete, 28 PMO addict for 10+ years, escalated really bad the last 5 years. Developed a severe form of PIED, in which even P could not do the trick. Gradually developed social anxiety. Known about my problem for years, but been fooling myself. First attempt for real sex at 28 years old. Failed […]
Read More… from Age 28 – From severe PIED to successful, passionate sex on day 66
First of all, I apologize for my delay in responding. I know that I am not the most active member of this forum (or in any other), but people here have helped me a lot, and I want to give the favor in return. That said, I am going to try to structure this post […]
Read More… from Age 45 – ED: 30 years daily porn use, success on day 106
LISTEN HERE Podcast description: I’m delighted to share this conversation with my friend Alexander, the person who caused this podcast to come into existence. Alexander speaks to how pornography affected his mentality towards women and relationships, and how he noticed radical and “beautiful” improvements since quitting pornography and masturbation. The Questioning Pornography Podcast seeks […]
Read More… from How Quitting Porn Improved my Relationships and View of Women – Alexander (podcast)
I made it.. 3 long months… And I’m continuing!!! I am disgusted from porn now and I resist the urges that hit me. Urge after urge.. I resisted them.. A total of 3/4 wet dreams during this streak (can’t remember need to check my journal). They didn’t affect me at all and I went on […]
I wake up every day consciously & subconsciously grateful that I don’t need to M, that I’m not a slave to my body and its old ways, because let’s be real, I used to do that every day, multiple times a day, for YEARS. And why not, right? It feels good. But precisely, why not…because […]
Read More… from Female – 412 days: Greater confidence, Have better relationships, More productive
LISTEN HERE Francesca Palazzolo is the author of a study I highlighted in a previous research episode, which explores the various negative effects that problematic users of internet pornography can experience. She is also an addiction counsellor and psychotherapist who has front-lines experience working with clients who struggle with porn addiction. In our conversation, we […]
Read More… from Francesca Palazzolo: Addiction Counsellor & Author of Pornography Research (podcast)
Today just talking with my girl, she was explaining to a close friend about my addiction because they’re close like that (I didnt care too much) and she went on about how our long timed sex duration of an HOUR has now been dropped to 15min-30min (w or w/o foreplay) successfully! I got so tired […]
Read More… from No more delayed ejaculation. The Benefits of NO PORN Finally Have Shown Up In Sex!
This is a video presentation that was given recently at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Summit by Jeronym, a 19-year-old activist from the Czech Republic. For his final high school theses, he decided to write on the negative effects pornography has on adolescents and society. As part of this project, Jeronym conducted an extensive […]
Problematic Pornography Use, Mental Health, and Suicidality among Young Adults.
"PPU and its interaction with gender were both significant predictors of suicidal ideation." ~ "Gender comparison analysis revealed significantly higher scores for PPU and loneliness among men, while…
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