Gary Wilson says some people are permanently damaged

No

 

First, I started this thread long ago and I believe the statement was bullshit. The thread has seemingly been resurrected, not sure why probably just many fearful guys out there right now. The statement from Gary Wilson was not malicious, the point is that there are those whose recoveries are so long that we have yet to see them. This is still a relatively new issue(high speed Internet porn addiction and the dysfunctions that accompany it). Also some will never recover because they are caught in the relapse cycle and are further kindling each time and are not able/willing to leave porn behind forever which is the only way to completely recover once you have reached a certain stage of addiction and dysfunction. In addition, the wiring for all addictions remains in the brain forever. This is how kindling and relapse works. The pathways can become dormant but it will always be easier to slip back into addiction or sexual dysfunction if you tread off the path of recovery than it would be for someone who was never addicted. Lastly, some will never discover rebooting and thus will remain confused about their sexual dysfunction and other issues and will continue to pmo and assume that the problem lies somewhere else. If your first insight into sexuality was through porn no amount of rebooting will change that fact. That does not mean that you can’t have a normal and healthy sex life relative to your dysfunctional porn life. Besides all that your question misunderstands how addiction works, your dopamine is not “fried”, your dopamine receptors are desensitized and require escalation to achieve the dopamine required for pleasure. This escalation can come in many forms, multiple porn tabs, fast forwarding and jumping scenes, longer pmo sessions, multiple pmo sessions, more shocking material, combining pmo with other drugs.. etc also some people have pied so severely that they cannot get it up even with porn. I was one of them and I recovered.

 

I’m the creator of this thread and have since recovered. I was in a similar situation and needed to jump start my libido by incorporating orgasms back into my life. Orgasms without porn that is.