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  • Porn Is Ruining The Sex Lives Of An Entire Generation.

    Young men in their 20s apparently have no groove in bed — and it's all because they're addicted to pornography, according to a report in Psychology Today.

    But the problem is much more serious than simply either being good or bad in the sack, it's a physiological issue causing a new generation of men to lose their libidos 30 years sooner than expected.

    How did this happen?

    According to the report, overexposure to sexually explicit images and video have caused men to lose interest in ordinary sexual encounters — including experiences with a real woman:

    Today's users can force [their] release by watching porn in multiple windows, searching endlessly, fast-forwarding to the bits they find hottest, switching to live sex chat, viewing constant novelty, firing up their mirror neurons with video action and cam-2-cam, or escalating to extreme genres and anxiety-producing material. It's all free, easy to access, available within seconds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

    After a period of time, excessive porn watchers overstimulate a neurochemical in their bodies called dopamine — the drive behind every "want" and "desire" that humans feel we need to "overcome." But with your libido in constant drive mode, your dopamine reaction will become numb and, eventually, you won't be aroused by the same experiences as before.

    This occurrence is similar to veteran drug-users describing their need for stronger mind-inducing chemicals in order to receive the same "high" they once had. In the same way, porn-addicted men will need more extreme sexual experiences to feel the same kind of arousal.

    It's an endless cycle and if you think Viagra will help, you're wrong.

    Sexual-enhancement drugs work by breaking down a blood vessel dilator called cGMP and this is what causes an erection. If your libido is over worked, the drugs can only cause a physical erection, but a pleasurable sensation cannot be achieved.

    The only cure is to avoid internet erotica at all costs, but this will be "one of the most difficult things you've ever done," says the study.

    In order to have "normal" sex again, a "reboot" period — six to 12 weeks — is needed by completely letting go of your pornographic nature. Addicts can experience a temporary loss of libido altogether as well as "insomnia, irritability, panic, despair, concentration problems, and even flu-like symptoms."

    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/porn-...#ixzz1c6FiTfmf
    FYI
    To those who have poor eye sight.

  • #2
    Quite an intersting article, actually
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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    • #3
      Yeah, I can totally agree with this.

      I've worked out a solution though: I don't watch regular porn
      Indifference is Bliss

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      • #4
        The only cure is to avoid internet erotica at all costs
        So much for the cure.
        It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
        RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Article View Post
          Addicts can experience )(...) as well as "insomnia, irritability, panic, despair, concentration problems, and even flu-like symptoms.
          Oooh! So that's what it was!
          Indifference is Bliss

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          • #6
            ordinary sexual encounters


            if sex in this age weren't so "ordinary", maybe I could be arsed to put up with some woman's BS just for a little nooky
            To us, it is the BEAST.

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            • #7
              I have stopped pornography.

              I was only able to do it with a lot of prayer and with the support of my girlfriend (not that way, just her expressing her displeasure when I would have a relapse).

              JM
              (former porn addict)
              Last edited by Jon Miller; October 28, 2011, 14:39.
              Jon Miller-
              I AM.CANADIAN
              GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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              • #8
                and the comments section in that article has turned into a com/cap debate
                To us, it is the BEAST.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by N35t0r View Post
                  Yeah, I can totally agree with this.

                  I've worked out a solution though: I don't watch regular porn
                  What do you watch then, horse porn?
                  Graffiti in a public toilet
                  Do not require skill or wit
                  Among the **** we all are poets
                  Among the poets we are ****.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Jon Miller View Post
                    I have stopped pornography.

                    I was only able to do it with a lot of prayer and with the support of my girlfriend (not that way, just her expressing her displeasure when I would have a relapse).

                    JM
                    (former porn addict)
                    What made you a porn addict?
                    "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
                    'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by MRT144 View Post
                      What made you a porn addict?
                      boobies
                      To us, it is the BEAST.

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                      • #12
                        I would watch porn almost every day (spending several hours a week on it).

                        I struggled to go a week without porn when I started trying to (when I felt convicted that it was wrong in 2006). I had relapses/etc, just like I think people do when going off alcohol/tobacco/etc. Serious ones where I would be back to a daily habit for months.

                        I would do the 'searching endlessly, fast-forwarding to the bits they find hottest' thing sometimes (sometimes just find a video I 'desired').

                        My desires changed some too, to what was going on in the pornography, but I think this is different then a sign of addiction (it is just one of the negative things pornography can do).

                        I think some of the reason why I didn't find a serious girlfriend until I was 29 was because I was getting my 'needs' filled by pornography (that was somewhat what I desired when I started watching pornography daily? at age 17 when I first got my own computer and got free internet at college. but the 'fix' was harmful too I feel).

                        I did use porn as something to do to feel better when I felt bad.

                        JM
                        Jon Miller-
                        I AM.CANADIAN
                        GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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                        • #13
                          tldr:

                          You are addicted if:

                          you can't go without porn for a week/month/etc.
                          it negatively effects your sex life.
                          - I have seen this even with a guy who just looks at pictures which would be fine for our babe thread (clothes, no sex, etc)
                          you spend enough time on it that it could be classified as a hobby.

                          JM
                          Jon Miller-
                          I AM.CANADIAN
                          GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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                          • #14
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                            • #15
                              I admit that porn has had some negative impact on my sex life

                              loin: Okay, so I stand on my head, and you use the trampoline to...
                              ladyfriend: Wait, what?
                              loin: Don't worry, I saw a video on this!

                              ...and then she blamed me when she broke her arm
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