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[–]JaYBrieL1318 days 1 point2 points  (1 child)


well we need to point them to where this study by Prause has been critiqued by people who are much smarter than lil ol' me...

You are right though, and it is a shame they will eat it up... lies are not good for an intellectual diet.

Anecdotes are all we have as porn induced ED is a new thing, and has not been studied yet. There has not been a study asking young guys with unexplained ED to give up porn and see what happens. We are doing that experiment for them... my study found that porn was in fact, the cause of my erectile dysfunction. Lol... Sorry I have to bother breaking it down because young readers will come across that thinking porn is harmless. If one young guy is helped by hearing my story than that is worth it to me. For years "studies came out saying cigerettes are fine, and some even said they HELP with breathing. I see similar a similar pattern with this stuff. Our eyes are opened, but many are still closed.

[–]36yearsofporn285 days 0 points1 point  (0 children)


It's worthwhile. I had the very same issue myself.

For years I pursued all kinds of unhealthy behavior related to my PMO addiction. I'd spend hours perfecting my fantasization techniques, combined with jacking off. I jacked off while deployed on a US Navy ship in the head (bathroom) to the point I got hemorrhoids.

I used to do all kinds of researching looking for something academic which would verify there was something unhealthy in my behavior. Instead, all I could find was literature proclaiming the health benefits of masturbation, and how it was impossible to get addicted to because the body knew its point of satiety. Ha! That's a joke.

It wasn't until I happened on that I finally found a resource which resonated with me, and that plus finding this community has made all the difference in the world.

So please don't take anything I say as an attack. What you're doing has value. But it's not my mindset. I'm glad you're doing it. I'll just keep being as supportive as possible of the people in the community here, and guffawing a little at bullshit research papers like the one cited here.