I started using pornography + masturbation probably around 13/14 years old and had the terrible habit for 19 years. I would probably engage in the activity a few times a month but when it would happen I’d have a tendency to binge for a day or two and my life would suffer dramatically. I’d feel […]
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J Neurosci. 2008 Apr 2;28(14):3586-94. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5309-07.2008. Shaw P1, Kabani NJ, Lerch JP, Eckstrand K, Lenroot R, Gogtay N, Greenstein D, Clasen L, Evans A, Rapoport JL, Giedd JN, Wise SP. Author information Abstract Understanding the organization of the cerebral cortex remains a central focus of neuroscience. Cortical maps have relied almost exclusively on the […]
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I made it! 90 days reboot from PMO. Background: 39 y/o, married with PIED that started getting bad after I switched to Tube sites. Read my original introduction post I won’t lie and say I never masturbated, but it wasn’t anything like typical masturbation. It was more the light massage that is referred to here. […]
I’m close to 400 days P-free and feel like sharing and clarifying for myself where I’m at in my recovery. The Back story I’m 52, I started my PMO career in the late 90s, I didn’t do pre-internet porn, no blue movies , mags, strip shows, escorts or chatrooms. That might mean something when it […]
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Gary Wilson discusses the brain changes common to all addictions and how a combination of “sensitization” and “desensitization” can result in the brain perceiving Internet porn as more exciting than normal pleasures. For more, see this article: Why Do I Find Porn More Exciting Than A Partner? Listen to September 25, 2012 radio show “Your […]
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Gary Wilson discusses the brain changes behind addiction, including “hypofrontality,” as well as the withdrawal symptoms porn addicts report when they quit, and the neurobiology behind those symptoms. For more, see this article: Recent Internet Addiction Brain Studies Include Porn. Listen to October 9, 2012 radio show “Your Brain in the Cybersex Jungle” […]
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Know what? I feel like a snake after it sheds its skin. Though it is far from over…the urges for porn are on a very low controllable level, but rewiring to the real thing just started. Right now, I just sense the seeds growing that I planted last year in july when I read an […]
Read More… from Age 24 – (ED) 90 days: Escape From the “Comfort-Zone Prison”
I haven’t really been active on this forum, always just brushing through peoples posts to find something inspirational or something i could connect with in my situation. So i decided not to be so selfish and give back a little, because you never know how your story, no matter how inconsequential it may seem to […]
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This is my 90 days report. It’s been a long journey and it is not the end, but before I go into that let me begin with a little bit of background for my story: I am 24 years old, been watching porn since I was 13. It rapidly became a daily activity, a habit, […]
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Recent headlines have (falsely) predicted that porn shoots may be shut down in light of HIV scandals. What’s not being mentioned is the addiction that is becoming more widespread within our society. With easy access to unlimited Internet pornography, watching it can turn into a very destructive addiction, especially for young people. According to psychotherapist […]
A David and Goliath battle involving a billion-dollar pornography website: "The book relates how, through investigative journalism, Mickelwait discovered that one of the world’s biggest websites was knowingly profiting from sex trafficking, and reveals her subsequent fight to
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