Thread: 365 days w/o Jerking Off: A self control challenge

@Wolfwood
If you're interested in this stuff, there are some good articles on this website, e.g. this: The Right Masturbation Advice | Your Brain On Porn

This one is mostly about masturbation, but probably most of the articles are about porn and porn addiction.

"Orgasm can produce not just a drug-like high, but also a neurochemical recovery period as the brain returns to homeostasis. The more powerful the blast of neurochemical excitement during orgasm, the lower the lows as the brain recovers. In some of us recovery may take the form of more intense cravings due to a numbed pleasure response in the brain, (mild or severe) lethargy, depression, anxiety or, in the sexually repressed, remorse (due to projection of distress onto a harsh deity)."

That's what convinced to abstain. And of course this:

"Think about it. How many of your ancestors had easy access to tasty munchies that were ready-to-eat, available cheaply in endless variety, and carefully laced with fat, sugar and salt to keep them coming back for more? How many had computers on which they could click to an unending stream of hyper-stimulating erotic videos, featuring real, novel mates, writhing with desire (perceived by a primitive part of the brain as genetic opportunities)—and, when appetite flagged, a cornucopia of ever kinkier videos?" (Intoxicating Behaviors: 300 Vaginas = A Lot of Dopamine | Your Brain On Porn)

And everything that entails. Well, these are the most basic points. I don't think we were supposed to have access to such heavily stimulating material.