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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.50,0:00:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inspired by the last talker
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.14,0:00:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna have a little song \Nabout Internet porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.98,0:00:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, just kidding.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.52,0:00:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The widespread use of Internet porn\Nis one of the fastes moving
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.62,0:00:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most global experiment ever \Nunconsciously conducted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.75,0:00:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nearly every young guy with Internet access \Nbecomes an eager test subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.07,0:00:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canadian researcher \NSimon Lajeunesse found
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.46,0:00:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most boys \Nseek pornography by age 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.33,0:00:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Driven by a brain that is suddenly \Nfascinated by sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.34,0:00:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, users perceive Internet porn \Nas far more compelling
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.13,0:00:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than porn of the past. \NWhy is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.05,0:00:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unending novelty.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.68,0:00:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this Australian experiment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.38,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not mere nudity but novelty \Nthat gets arousals skyrocketing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.88,0:01:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subjects watch 22 porn displays.\NSee that spike?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.57,0:01:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where searchers switch to porn\Nthe guys hadn't seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.78,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened?\NThe erections in their brains fired up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.70,0:01:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why all the excitement?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.50,0:01:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mother nature likes to keep \Na male fertilizing willing females
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.42,0:01:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as any \Nnew ones are around.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.94,0:01:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that top line the ram,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.39,0:01:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he needs more and more time \Nto make with the same old you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.28,0:01:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you keep switching females\N-- the bottom line -- well she's not the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.03,0:01:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can get the job done in 2 minutes flat \Nand keep going until he's utterly exhausted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.62,0:01:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known \Nas the Coolidge effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.44,0:01:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the Coolidge effect \Nthere would be no Internet porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.32,0:01:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This old mammalian program \Nthe Coolidge effect perceives
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.89,0:02:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each novel female on a guy's screen \Nas a genetic opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.16,0:02:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To keep a guy fertilizing \Nthe screen his brain releases
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.05,0:02:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "go get it" neurochemical dopamine\Nfor each novel made or image.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.84,0:02:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually the ram will tire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.80,0:02:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as long as \Nthe guy can keep clicking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.59,0:02:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he can keep going \Nas so will his dopamine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.74,0:02:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With internet porn a guy can see \Nmore hot babes in 10 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.83,0:02:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than his ancestors could see \Nin several lifetimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.46,0:02:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is he has \Na hunter-gather brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.34,0:02:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A heavy user brain rewires \Nitself to this genetic bonanza
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.52,0:02:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it carefully becomes associated\Nwith this porn harem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.29,0:02:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such behaviours that are associated \Nwith this are being alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.70,0:02:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voyeurism, clicking, \Nsearching, multiple tabs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.25,0:02:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fast-forwarding, constant novelty shock \Nand surprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.30,0:02:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one young guy once asked:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.10,0:03:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we the first generation \Nto masturbate left handed?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.42,0:03:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, real sex, in contrast,\Nis courtship, touching,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.48,0:03:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being touched, smells, pheromones, \Nemotional connection,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.67,0:03:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interaction with a real person.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.03,0:03:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what happens when our guy\Nfinally gets with a real mate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.44,0:03:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, researchers don't know \Nmuch about the effects
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.61,0:03:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Internet porn for several reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.64,0:03:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2009, when Lajeunesse \Ntried to study porn's impact
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.77,0:03:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he couldn't find any college age males \Nwho weren't using it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.72,0:03:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first serious dilemma is\Nthat studies have no control groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.66,0:03:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this creates a huge blind spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.97,0:03:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if all guys\Nstarted smoking at age 10
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.85,0:03:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were no groups \Nthat didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.12,0:03:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would think that lung cancer \Nis normal for all guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.89,0:04:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undaunted by his lack of non-users \NLajeunesse asked 20 male students:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.90,0:04:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is Internet porn affecting you \Nor your attitude towards women?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.18,0:04:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They answered: \N"No, I don't think so."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.35,0:04:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they've been using it for about decade \Nthen pretty much non-stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.18,0:04:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is like asking a fish \Nwhat it thinks about water?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.36,0:04:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which bring us to a second problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.89,0:04:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers haven't asked porn users \Nabout the symptoms
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.33,0:04:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zimbardo described in\N"The Demise of Guys."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.54,0:04:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arousal addiction symptoms \Nare easily mistaken
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.25,0:04:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a such thing as ADHD, \Nsocial anxiety, depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.37,0:04:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concentration problems, performance anxiety, \NOCD and a host of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.33,0:04:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, healthcare providers often assume \Nthat these conditions are primary
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.74,0:05:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps the cause of addiction but \Nnever really the result of an addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.54,0:05:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a consequence they often \Nmedicate these guys
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.94,0:05:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without really inquiring about\Nif they have an Internet addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.29,0:05:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guys never realise \Nthat they could overcome these
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.96,0:05:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,symptoms simply \Nby changing their behaviour.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.06,0:05:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the third problem\Nis it's hard to believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.51,0:05:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexual activity can cause addiction \Nbecause sex is healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.61,0:05:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Internet porn is not sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.63,0:05:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet porn is \Nas different from real sex
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.81,0:05:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as todays video games \Nare from checkers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.87,0:05:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watching the screen \Nfull of naked body parts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.83,0:05:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won't automatically protect one \Nfrom arousal addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.21,0:05:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this Dutch study\N-- here's the title --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.58,0:05:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they found that in fact of all activities \Non the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.44,0:05:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,porn has the most potential \Nto become addictive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.04,0:05:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's why.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.22,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ancient programme, \Nthe reward circuit,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.62,0:06:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evolved to drive us towards \Nnatural rewards
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as sex, \Nbonding and food.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.20,0:06:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a consequence extreme versions\Nof natural rewards
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.48,0:06:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a unique ability\Nto capture us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.75,0:06:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example: high-calorie foods or hot novel babes\Ngive us extra dopamine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.89,0:06:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much dopamine though can override \Nour natural satiation mechanisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.75,0:06:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example: give rats unlimited access
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.18,0:06:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to junk food and almost all of them \Nwill binge to obesity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.23,0:06:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also why 4 out of 5 Americans\Nare overweight
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.66,0:06:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about half of those are obese.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.20,0:06:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is addicted to food.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.01,0:06:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in contrast the natural rewards \Ndrugs such as
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.37,0:06:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cocaine or alcohol only hook about 10% of users\Nwhether they are rats or humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.52,0:07:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This binge mechanism for food or sex\Nwas once an evolutionary advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.93,0:07:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In essence, it is getting it while \Nthe getting is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.38,0:07:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you can think of wolves packing \Naway 20 pound of meat per kill
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.15,0:07:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it's mating season \Nand you're the alpha male.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.43,0:07:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if mating season never ends?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.87,0:07:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those hits of dopamine can tell \Nyour brain to do two things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.07,0:07:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First they say: "Man, you've hit \Nthe evolutionary jackpot."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.01,0:07:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, they kick in a molecular \Nswitched called Delta-FosB.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.74,0:07:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it is fancy word, \Nbut dopamine kicks in Delta-FosB
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.74,0:07:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that starts to accumulate \Nin the brain's reward circuit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.66,0:07:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, with excess chronic consumption \Nof drugs or natural rewards,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.97,0:07:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this build up a Delta-FosB \Nstarts to alter the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.97,0:07:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and promote the cycle \Nof binging and craving.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.95,0:08:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the binging continues \Nthe Delta-FosB builds up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.22,0:08:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can lead to brain changes \Nseen in all addicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.61,0:08:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the dominos \Nare excess consumption
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.23,0:08:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excess dopamine,\NDelta-FosB, brain changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.55,0:08:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the first changes \Nis a numbed pleasure response.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.48,0:08:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It kicks in so everyday pleasures \Nreally don't satisfy a porn addict.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.93,0:08:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time other \Nphysical changes in the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.74,0:08:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the brain \Nhyper-reactive to porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.65,0:08:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else in porn users life is sort of boring,\Nbut porn is super exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.53,0:08:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally his willpower erodes \Nas his frontal cortex changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.11,0:08:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't emphasize this enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.99,0:08:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All addictions share \Nthese same brain changes
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.46,0:08:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the same molecular switch \Nthat kicks them in -- Delta-FosB.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.03,0:08:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now scientists have used \Nbrain scans to measure
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.02,0:08:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these changes in drug addicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.34,0:09:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up-here these scans show a reduced \Npleasure response in drug addicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.06,0:09:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These and several other changes \Nhave also been seen in gambling addicts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.59,0:09:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food addicts, very recently in video game addicts\Nand now in internet addicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.62,0:09:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I apologize for filling up the slide \Nwith brain studies just notice the dates
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.95,0:09:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want you to know\Nthat they exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.66,0:09:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far all brain research points \Nonly in one direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.18,0:09:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constant novelty at the click \Ncan cause addiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.78,0:09:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know this because\Nwhen scientist examined
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.51,0:09:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,former Internet addicts they found
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.42,0:09:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these brain changes \Nwere reversing themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.37,0:09:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, none of these studies\Nisolate porn users,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.99,0:09:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they do include them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.12,0:09:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the game changer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.41,0:09:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A last we have a group of guys \Nwho are no longer using Internet porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.62,0:10:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right! Heavy users are voluntarily \Ngiving it up by the thousands.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.59,0:10:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These guys are the missing control group \Nin the great porn experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.35,0:10:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're showing experts what changing\None single variable can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.28,0:10:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called it "The Resurrection of Guys" \Nas opposed to "the Demise of Guys."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.44,0:10:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, before I continue \Nprobably you wanna know
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.72,0:10:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why any porn loving guy \Nin his right mind would give it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.15,0:10:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two words: \Nerectile dysfunction.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.82,0:10:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet porn is killing \Nyoung men's sexual performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.74,0:10:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Zimbardo said young guys \Nare flaming out with women,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.52,0:10:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this survey by Italian neurologists confirms
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.13,0:10:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have witnessed \Nover the last few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.45,0:10:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexual enhancement drugs often stop working\Nfor these guys, if they ever did,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.18,0:10:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the problem isn't \Nbelow the belt where viagra works.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.10,0:10:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor is their problem really psychological.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.67,0:10:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's due to physical changes \Nin the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.49,0:11:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those addiction related changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.78,0:11:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their numb brains are sending weaker \Nand weaker signals to their bananas.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.22,0:11:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\NAs doctor Foresta says:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.31,0:11:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It starts with lower reactions\Nto porn's sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.43,0:11:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there is \Na general drop in libido,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.39,0:11:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the end it becomes impossible \Nto get an erection.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.82,0:11:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are 3 take-aways\Nfrom this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.31,0:11:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, Foresta is describing \Na classic addiction process
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.48,0:11:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- gradual desensitization.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.28,0:11:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second, Internet porn is qualitatively \Ndifferent from playboy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.14,0:11:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Widespread youthful ED \Nhas never been seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.77,0:11:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally ED is often the only symptom \Nthat gets these guys' attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.11,0:11:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is what less symptoms\Nare they missing?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.77,0:11:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most don't figure \Nthat out until after they quit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.79,0:12:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a guy in his late 20s.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.60,0:12:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've been to psychologists and psychiatrists\Nfor the last 8 years...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.10,0:12:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been diagnosed with depression, \Nsevere social anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.09,0:12:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,severe memory impairment \Nand a few others.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.64,0:12:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have tried Fexer, Ritalin,\NXanax, Paxil
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.31,0:12:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropped out at two different colleagues, \Nbeen fired twice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.76,0:12:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used pot to calm \Nmy social anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.85,0:12:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been approached\Nby quite a few women
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.78,0:12:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess due to my looks and status
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.08,0:12:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they quickly flew away \Ndue to my incredible weirdness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.48,0:12:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been a hardcore porn addict\Nsince age 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.10,0:12:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last 2 years \NI've been experimenting
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.55,0:12:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally realised \Nthat porn was an issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.09,0:12:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped it completely \N2 months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.43,0:12:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been very difficult\Nbut so far incredibly worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.15,0:12:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've since quit \Nmy remaining medication.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.97,0:12:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My anxiety is nonexistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.54,0:12:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My memory and focus are sharper \Nthan they've ever been.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.06,0:12:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like a huge "chick magnet" \Nand my ED is gone too.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.22,0:13:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I seriously think I had a rebirth, \Na second chance at life."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.45,0:13:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why pockets of guys are peering\Nall over the web -- body building sites,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.15,0:13:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sports sites, pickup artists sites --\Nwherever men congregate.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.59,0:13:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In essence, they are seeking \Na neurochemical rebirth.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.40,0:13:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a group on reddit.com \Nwho called themselves "Fapstronauts."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.36,0:13:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fapping is slang for solo sex,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.67,0:13:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what they really mean\Nis giving up porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.49,0:13:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've added about 2,000 members \Nsince I captured this picture a month ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.99,0:13:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This movement to unhook from porn \Nis growing rapidly.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.19,0:13:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, groups are springing up all across\Nthe web and in Europe too.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.67,0:13:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is a bizarre fly \Nin the ointment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.36,0:13:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guys in the early 20s aren't regaining \Ntheir erectile health as quickly as older guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.70,0:14:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can a 50-year-old get his mojo back \Nquicker then a 20-something?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.13,0:14:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer, even though older guys \Nhave been using porn a whole lot longer
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.45,0:14:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't start \Non today's Internet porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.54,0:14:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we know \Nthis is a key variable because
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.06,0:14:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the older guys didn't start \Nhaving sexual problems
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.56,0:14:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until after they got \Nhigh-speed Internet. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.66,0:14:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, today's young teens \Nstart on high-speed Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.78,0:14:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when their brains are at their peek \Nof dopamine production and neuroplasticity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.65,0:14:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also when they are the most vulnerable\Nto addiction, but there is another risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.93,0:14:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By adulthood teens strengthen \Nheavily used circuits
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.10,0:14:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prune back unused ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.42,0:14:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, by age 22 or so a guy's sexual taste\Ncan be like deep roots in his brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.47,0:15:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can cause panic if a guy has escalated\Nto extreme porn
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.94,0:15:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or porn that no longer matches \Nhis sexual orientation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.10,0:15:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately brains are plastic so his taste \Ncan revert once he quits porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.83,0:15:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a guy returns \Nto normal sensitivity
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.44,0:15:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his brain looks around for the rewards\Nit evolve to see
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.75,0:15:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as friendly interaction \Nand of course real mates.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.36,0:15:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one more example of \Nwhat we hear everyday:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.50,0:15:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I feel like the next Sir Isaac Newton \Nor Leonardo da Vinci.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.59,0:15:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I quit a month ago, \NI've literally:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.60,0:15:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started a business, taken up piano, \Nbeen studying French every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.30,0:15:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been programming, drawing,\Nwriting, started managing my finances
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.37,0:15:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have more awesome ideas \Nthan I know what to do with.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.72,0:15:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My confidence is sky-high.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.05,0:15:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already feel like \NI can talk to any girl!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.35,0:16:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the same guy who took 2,5 extra years\Nto graduate from college
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.64,0:16:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of procrastination \Nand depression."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.43,0:16:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll conclude with a wish:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.75,0:16:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to see Zimbardo's guys
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.23,0:16:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are wiping out and their \Ncaregivers and the experts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.95,0:16:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to the thousands of men \Nwho are teaching us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.90,0:16:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about arousal addiction by escaping it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.51,0:16:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.92,0:16:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)