Does Porn Ruin Your Intelligence & Common Sense?

PMO is definitely not the only factor at play, but you'll see many successful fapstronauts report that while addicted, the consistent chemical stimulation in their brains left them numb, with their brains not operating at full capacity (so-called brain fog). After NoFap, many people report that these symptoms completely disappeared, and that they were able to think clearly once again.

I would advise you to make a serious attempt at NoFap, not only to get rid of brain-fog, but for all the other benefits that come with not being addicted to constant artificial stimulation.

 

I'm in the same boat. I'm 33 and everything I want to do or learn seems so difficult to accomplish and the work seems to hard. On the flip side, porn and masturbation are easy so guess which one my brain pushes me towards?
I think part of it is that porn kills motivation. Sex is a big motivator and porn substitutes that motivation with a quick and easy alternative. Why improve when everything you want or need is just a mouse click away?
Of course all of this is easy to say. I'm here right now because my head has had "just one more time" on repeat all day even though I know one more is never enough.
Stay strong man. They say time heals all wounds, let's hope that's true.

 

I really believe so.

I'll score high on an IQ test but I just can't take information in. I've tried reading books and the words just become a complete jumble, even in shows and movies the plot is often lost on me. I was actually quite sharp as a kid, not super smart or anything but not dumb as fuck like I feel right now.

 

Prolly does, yeah.

 

I relate. It's like the intellect remains intact, but the animal brain is fucked.

 

yes I am on the same boat as you. PMO makes my mental unstable. I cannot find enjoyment in life. My life is dull and my Intelligence is non existent. Before I got addicted I was a straight A student but after knowing about pmo I can't even think critically anymore. it's like I am going lazy and often get brain fog

 

Does porn dull your brain over long periods of time you ask? ABSOLUTELY! When I was in highschool before porn, i scored above average on every subject on the ASVAB military test, now over 20 years later of porn, i can't even decifer an algebra equation.

 

From my personal experience both p and m have huge impact on the way you learn.
1 year ago I was studying biology for a serious exam. I was mostly into m and some p back then. I simply couldn't understand most of the things and I felt I didn't have the energy to try to. I didn't feel motivated to understand what I was reading. I also couldn't get the hole picture. I was only focusing on insignificant details while I was constantly loosing the whole picture. I was lazy too. Every time I tried to study I felt a fog inside my head. My thought wasn't clear. Although I studied a lot, I failed.
4 months now I am studying the same things to take the exam again. Since January 2020, I have 10 m and 1 p.
The difference on the way I learn and study is HUGE. The same things that I was studying last year and would struggle to understand seem simple now. Everything is clear. I can also feel my thoughts running really fast and always go the point.
All in all with pm I felt like a 100yo grandpa trying to study.

 

Well in todays society it can be a lot of factors, cell phones kill your attention span and ability to think on a deeper level, social media destroys your perception of reality and makes you sad, porn destroys grey matter in the brain resulting in a lower attention span, anxiety, memory issues, stress, low energy and libido, mental issues and insecurity issues, pied. I do not think these things make you stupid per say but I do believe it is harmful mentally and has major side effects, this all depends on level of usage however and the brain has the ability to heal and re shape itself so the effects are not permanent.

 

I think it's all the dopamine. It probably would not be much different than a drug binge. Your mind will be a mess. It should not take long to get over it, although who knows about long term effects from long term abuse. It can certainly exacerbate mental health issues in my experience. And it's just plain old poor discipline and likely bad for your mental structure/framework, a bad mental habit.

 

Well that just comes with age and being out of school, my parents don't remember how to do have to crap they used to.

 

yes , definitly , it is not a theory
it causes hypofrontality , not in every addict

 

My condition is even worse.whole college year i am an addict and i even didn't realise that i am addicted and i think this is the way my life is and i keep on enjoying worthless porn. The problems i faced
1.stage fright - several occasions i have to give a lecture infront of my class, there i stood like an idiot and several time am shaking my whole body due to fear, whole class laugh at me
2.poor sex -i got multiple times chance for sex in my college.even a girl invite me to a secret location in my campus beacuse she is attracted for me and she need to be fucked...oh god upto this time i regret for acting weird at that moment. I stood there like an idiot infront of her.she is angry at last.i am an impotent, porn make me a man who even can't do sex with a women
3.lonliness- i am with no friends. I dont know how to make friends all i know is come back home and coom.everybody make fun of me.some call me mad.some call me gay.believe me guys i had seen every worse things
4. Poor academics- i cant study even a bit and i fucked up my last year project every credit goes to pmo.also i lost my degree
There is more but i am stopping this all i faced due to porn addiction

 

It won't directly impact your intelligence, but the brain fog will impact how you learn and remember in the short term, and the damage to your hippocampus will affect how this information is processed into long term memory. You effectively decrease the speed with which you can learn anything by several levels.

Brain fog will also impede your decision making skills. The difficulty to process throughts lucidly will make you numb to all forms of stimuli, both internal and external. The depth with which you can feel and appreciate things will be affected, both logical and emotional.

Hypofrontality stemming from increasing submission to your urges will also negatively impact your personality, ending in poor decision making skills and rather compulsive behavior. Other addictions may also appear.

A brain that masturbates is a brain that cannot learn efficiently, retain information properly, understand its environment fully or make efficient choices autonomously.
These changes are extremely insidious. Be very wary of the decline.

 

In my opinion:

1. Men were given the drive to find a mate and to provide for a family.
2. If you fap you release that energy.
3. There is no need to work hard to find a mate and provide for a family.
4. Simply because you get your fix (release).

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Regarding intelligence:
A. I believe that intelligence is a combination of factors not just IQ.
B. My IQ is 129 according to the last test I took.
C. I grew up in a single mother family.
D. My mother was abusive narcissist.
E. I was bullied at high school because I was different.
F. After the high school I was so f*cked up that I was stuttering, had to wash myself 3x per day, my mother was threatening to kill me in my sleep using axe.

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I think that fapping is making you lazy, putting things on snooze and will make you stupid in the long term.

I have managed 160 days once. It felt different. I have changed job. Got much better $$$. Moved to better apartment.

It will remove the why?

I think that those porn performers are destroying humanity for their profits.

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I have read the other day that Mia Malkova bought herself a castle.

I wonder how many of ruined lives she paid it with...

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