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Wack: Addicted to Internet Porn
Which would surprise you that nearly nine out of ten young college men use porn or that more than one in five 12-year-old girls do? Porn has broken out of seedy backrooms and into the mainstream largely thanks to the Internet, which allows millions to access an unlimited (and mostly free) supply of porn and cybersex from the convenience of their own homes. And that's what we do. Because porn is fun. Like...really, really fun! In fact, Internet porn is unnaturally fun, providing far more stimulating variety than we would ever encounter in real life. These sights trigger powerful neurological reactions, and over time consistent porn users undergo actual brain changes similar to those seen in alcoholics and gambling addicts, eventually developing one or more of many common and unpleasant symptoms such • Porn-induced erectile dysfunction (PIED) and reduced libido for real partners • Difficulty reaching orgasm with a partner • Cravings for and emotional reliance on porn • Escalation to extreme sexual preferences or fetishes as tolerance increases and regular sex becomes boring • Emotional numbness and difficulty forming relationships • Social anxiety, depression, apathy, and "brainfog" • Sexual orientation obsessive compulsive disorder This book is not a moral or religious attack on pornography. This book is a scientific exploration of how Internet porn affects us, an examination of how it has influenced our culture, and a guide for those who would like to quit the porn habit and heal themselves of porn-induced symptoms. This is the story of people who have acted to retake control of their lives and restore themselves to full sexual and emotional function. This is my story. This may be your story. -Noah B.E. Church
157 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 27, 2014
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November 19, 2017
Uzun bir süreden sonra, beni bir "review" yazmaya iten bir kitap bu.
Yüksek hızlı internet çağında porno tüketiminin inanılmaz artışıyla ortaya çıkan problemler, bilim insanlarını çalışmaya itmiş, ve deneysel çalışmalardan öyle sonuçlar elde etmişler ki; pornonun ciddi derecede bir bağımlılık oluşturduğunu ve bunun kişiye psikolojik ve fizyolojik sayısız zararını fark etmişler. Öyle ki pornonun beyinde izlediği yol, yöntem, kokain veya metamfetamin gibi maddelerin beyinde izlediği yol ve yöntemle aynı. Şu an az farkında olunsa da, ilerleyen yıllarda, çalışmaların da artmasıyla bu konunun daha fazla gündeme geleceğini düşünüyorum.
Kitabın içeriğine bakacak olursak şöyle ki;
önce porno bağımlılığının nöropatolojik oluşma aşamaları, sebepleri, psikiyatrik-psikolojik ve fizyolojik etkilerine dair bölümler var. Porno endüstrisinin bunu nasıl yaygınlaştırdığına yönelik bir bölüm ve yazarın kendi "pornoyla mücadele" hikayesini anlattığı bölümlerle devam ediyor. Bu bağımlılıktan tamamen kurtulma yolları ve kurtulanların hikayelerinin aktarıldığı bölümle ilerliyor, kaynaklar ve ek kaynaklar ile sonlanıyor.
Konuyla ilgili bilgi ve farkındalık kazanmak ve kendinizi bu konuda değerlendirip bir yol haritası çıkarmak istiyorsanız okumanızı ısrarla tavsiye ederim.
Kitabın Türkçe çevirisi henüz yok.
Yazarın sitesindeki e-mail takip formunu doldurmanız karşılığında İngilizce pdf kopyasına ücretsiz erişebilirsiniz.
Haşiye:
Konuyla ilgili daha fazla okuma ve görsel kaynak bulabileceğiniz bir siteyi de şuraya ekleyeyim:
https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/
Yüksek hızlı internet çağında porno tüketiminin inanılmaz artışıyla ortaya çıkan problemler, bilim insanlarını çalışmaya itmiş, ve deneysel çalışmalardan öyle sonuçlar elde etmişler ki; pornonun ciddi derecede bir bağımlılık oluşturduğunu ve bunun kişiye psikolojik ve fizyolojik sayısız zararını fark etmişler. Öyle ki pornonun beyinde izlediği yol, yöntem, kokain veya metamfetamin gibi maddelerin beyinde izlediği yol ve yöntemle aynı. Şu an az farkında olunsa da, ilerleyen yıllarda, çalışmaların da artmasıyla bu konunun daha fazla gündeme geleceğini düşünüyorum.
Kitabın içeriğine bakacak olursak şöyle ki;
önce porno bağımlılığının nöropatolojik oluşma aşamaları, sebepleri, psikiyatrik-psikolojik ve fizyolojik etkilerine dair bölümler var. Porno endüstrisinin bunu nasıl yaygınlaştırdığına yönelik bir bölüm ve yazarın kendi "pornoyla mücadele" hikayesini anlattığı bölümlerle devam ediyor. Bu bağımlılıktan tamamen kurtulma yolları ve kurtulanların hikayelerinin aktarıldığı bölümle ilerliyor, kaynaklar ve ek kaynaklar ile sonlanıyor.
Konuyla ilgili bilgi ve farkındalık kazanmak ve kendinizi bu konuda değerlendirip bir yol haritası çıkarmak istiyorsanız okumanızı ısrarla tavsiye ederim.
Kitabın Türkçe çevirisi henüz yok.
Yazarın sitesindeki e-mail takip formunu doldurmanız karşılığında İngilizce pdf kopyasına ücretsiz erişebilirsiniz.
Haşiye:
Konuyla ilgili daha fazla okuma ve görsel kaynak bulabileceğiniz bir siteyi de şuraya ekleyeyim:
https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/
May 23, 2020
' Let's take a stand against the common enemy, i.e pornography'
For what it's worth it takes a substantial amount of courage to open up about such a taboo subject. The author has done exceptional work to put together a book in this regard and I am grateful for this first step. He has carefully examined his emotions, his struggles and has tried to link it with evidence. The actual book is only 40% and the second half is full of information on how to educate your kids about sex and masturbation and guide them about excessive porn use. This could be very useful for the general public but it is not so useful for me. About 2/3rd of the book is filled with success stories. I understand success stories act as a catalyst but these can easily be found online on Reddit and other websites. All this can be easily forgiven as more research is required and for that more awareness is necessary.
For what it's worth it takes a substantial amount of courage to open up about such a taboo subject. The author has done exceptional work to put together a book in this regard and I am grateful for this first step. He has carefully examined his emotions, his struggles and has tried to link it with evidence. The actual book is only 40% and the second half is full of information on how to educate your kids about sex and masturbation and guide them about excessive porn use. This could be very useful for the general public but it is not so useful for me. About 2/3rd of the book is filled with success stories. I understand success stories act as a catalyst but these can easily be found online on Reddit and other websites. All this can be easily forgiven as more research is required and for that more awareness is necessary.
February 15, 2020
As advertised
Overall, decently written and motivational. A blend of facts and research with motivational uplifts and personal accounts (the author's and other's). If you're looking for more in-depth research or more personal encouragement, there are better books. I'd still recommend this book though.
Overall, decently written and motivational. A blend of facts and research with motivational uplifts and personal accounts (the author's and other's). If you're looking for more in-depth research or more personal encouragement, there are better books. I'd still recommend this book though.
May 24, 2021
It is a good read of thoughts and account of one individual based on very little authentic research but nonetheless good advice but can be well written as an 'article'
February 3, 2023
Not that great. "Your Brain on Porn" feel much more seriously and scientifically written... This feels somewhere between folk medicine instructions and locker room talk...
August 24, 2014
Did I enjoy this book: I thought it was informative.
As I read and review this book, I’m sitting in an oceanfront condo in Virginia Beach looking out my window at a couple who appear to be in their sixties. It’s 11:00 p.m. They are cuddling and looking out at the ocean in a way that makes people ask, “How do they do it?”
I don’t know the answer to that question. But I know it’s possible. I’m looking at it. He’s lovingly wrapping his arms around her shoulders and she warmly rests her head on his shoulder. Okay, I’m jealous now.
I’m a forty-seven-year-old female with zero compulsion to view pornography. So why did I agree to review this book? Over the years, I’ve seen an increasing number of men lose their jobs, families, and purpose in life to internet pornography. No one’s exempt. Ministers, teachers, garbage collectors, and college students can share this secret compulsion. Sometimes spending six or more hours a day staring at a computer screen at the expense of a relationship with a real human being.
Who’d guess that hands are better than vaginas? Seems nuts to me (pun unintended, I promise). But it makes sense to the majority of men who grow up with easy access to an endless stream of extreme, and often violent, sexual stimulation on computers, tablets, phones – basically anywhere at anytime. Church contends that sex with a computer isn’t better than a real human being – just easier.
I can’t speak to the veracity of his research. But I hope if you or someone you care about likes computer screen sex more than real flesh, you’ll read this book.
Would I recommend it: I just did. But honestly, I think it’s going to be a hard sell to convince porn addicts they have a problem.
As reviewed by Belinda at Every Free Chance Books.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
http://everyfreechance.com/2014/08/re...
As I read and review this book, I’m sitting in an oceanfront condo in Virginia Beach looking out my window at a couple who appear to be in their sixties. It’s 11:00 p.m. They are cuddling and looking out at the ocean in a way that makes people ask, “How do they do it?”
I don’t know the answer to that question. But I know it’s possible. I’m looking at it. He’s lovingly wrapping his arms around her shoulders and she warmly rests her head on his shoulder. Okay, I’m jealous now.
I’m a forty-seven-year-old female with zero compulsion to view pornography. So why did I agree to review this book? Over the years, I’ve seen an increasing number of men lose their jobs, families, and purpose in life to internet pornography. No one’s exempt. Ministers, teachers, garbage collectors, and college students can share this secret compulsion. Sometimes spending six or more hours a day staring at a computer screen at the expense of a relationship with a real human being.
Who’d guess that hands are better than vaginas? Seems nuts to me (pun unintended, I promise). But it makes sense to the majority of men who grow up with easy access to an endless stream of extreme, and often violent, sexual stimulation on computers, tablets, phones – basically anywhere at anytime. Church contends that sex with a computer isn’t better than a real human being – just easier.
I can’t speak to the veracity of his research. But I hope if you or someone you care about likes computer screen sex more than real flesh, you’ll read this book.
Would I recommend it: I just did. But honestly, I think it’s going to be a hard sell to convince porn addicts they have a problem.
As reviewed by Belinda at Every Free Chance Books.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
http://everyfreechance.com/2014/08/re...
January 5, 2017
I read this as per the recommendation from a friend who found tremendous insight from the book.
First what I didn't love, and what lost the book 1 star: The author uses too many colloquialisms and too many acronyms. This leaves the book feeling like a long pamphlet and takes away a feeling of credibility. In addition the author could do very well to have an editor from a mainstream publishing house to help improve language and remove a few passages that were superflulous.
The good and highly redeeming qualities of the text:
- The author shamelessly identifies a series of issues that are most likely having serious negative effects on society, globally.
- The author uses his own story in a beautiful and honest and open way, which required him to be tremendously vulnerable, to help illustrate his points with more weight. He was successful.
- The book helped interconnect a number of different symptoms - too much easy access to pornography, a culture that doesn't talk about this taboo topic of masturbation, and the fact that the process of masturbation to these stimuli have long lasting effects on our physiological health - and ties them into a series of issues that are not just plaguing the people masturbating. These problems have tremendous consequences on the partners of these people as well.
This has certainly helped me question my own history and behaviors and I'm grateful that this young soul had the courage to write this book.
First what I didn't love, and what lost the book 1 star: The author uses too many colloquialisms and too many acronyms. This leaves the book feeling like a long pamphlet and takes away a feeling of credibility. In addition the author could do very well to have an editor from a mainstream publishing house to help improve language and remove a few passages that were superflulous.
The good and highly redeeming qualities of the text:
- The author shamelessly identifies a series of issues that are most likely having serious negative effects on society, globally.
- The author uses his own story in a beautiful and honest and open way, which required him to be tremendously vulnerable, to help illustrate his points with more weight. He was successful.
- The book helped interconnect a number of different symptoms - too much easy access to pornography, a culture that doesn't talk about this taboo topic of masturbation, and the fact that the process of masturbation to these stimuli have long lasting effects on our physiological health - and ties them into a series of issues that are not just plaguing the people masturbating. These problems have tremendous consequences on the partners of these people as well.
This has certainly helped me question my own history and behaviors and I'm grateful that this young soul had the courage to write this book.
April 28, 2022
Admitting to having a problem is the hardest step to recovery (not like the ones that follow are any easier). Therefore, it is not embarrassing to admit to having read this; it is freeing! No more shame, no more secrets. Some men (and women) have a real problem with this addiction, and our society-- having normalized addictive behaviors--does not help them overcome them. #BanPorn
Noah is a trendsetter for exposing the addictive nature of pornography, but he does not go far enough in terms of sexual morality. Sex is not a joke to be taken lightly in any context; it must be reserved for marriage only.
Sex has an intended purpose. 'Free Love' is a lie that Noah promotes, and while he has the correct mentality that Porn kills love, he does not go far enough to promote abstention from sex until marriage. Sex is not everything. Noah knows this, yet he does not focus on love by setting an example of monogamy for his clients. He very well could. Noah himself--an intelligent, attractive, confident man--is still single. Wack was written in 2014! I don't understand how or why a catch like Noah has not settled down...
Some of the testimonies at the end of the book still promote PUA lifestyles. This behavior also objectifies women. It has the same DNA as porn addiction. As good a writer and speaker as Noah is, porn addiction is only part of the problem. Noah's sexual morality is inconsistent.
Noah is a trendsetter for exposing the addictive nature of pornography, but he does not go far enough in terms of sexual morality. Sex is not a joke to be taken lightly in any context; it must be reserved for marriage only.
Sex has an intended purpose. 'Free Love' is a lie that Noah promotes, and while he has the correct mentality that Porn kills love, he does not go far enough to promote abstention from sex until marriage. Sex is not everything. Noah knows this, yet he does not focus on love by setting an example of monogamy for his clients. He very well could. Noah himself--an intelligent, attractive, confident man--is still single. Wack was written in 2014! I don't understand how or why a catch like Noah has not settled down...
Some of the testimonies at the end of the book still promote PUA lifestyles. This behavior also objectifies women. It has the same DNA as porn addiction. As good a writer and speaker as Noah is, porn addiction is only part of the problem. Noah's sexual morality is inconsistent.
July 22, 2016
High speed internet pornography has been a growing industry with profits in the upper billions. The porn industry is taking advantage of the relatively new medium of computers and technology and men and women are being affected in the bedroom. Noah Church details in his personal account his personal struggles with porn addiction and his battle to reclaim his sexuality and help others in their struggles as well. Church warns that easy access and the sheer volume and novelty make internet porn enticing to the viewer, but that it has real and terrible consequences for romantic partners. One of the main issues being Erectile Dysfunction. Church gives a step by step guide to overcome this addiction and reclaim your life. I found the book very helpful for those who want to quit and a great resource to combat ignorance of sexuality and porn.
November 25, 2021
Any book that deals with the toxic awareness of what porn does to us get a high review. We need to spread awareness out to all adults, children even women who are now getting addicted.
December 20, 2018
It's a very important book for an one who want to be aware of porn and masturbation
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