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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 going to 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 fastest moving
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.62,0:00:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most global experiments ever\Nunconsciously conducted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.75,0:00:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nearly every young guy\Nwith an Internet access
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.73,0:00:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes 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: 0,0:00:45.13,0:00:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than porn of the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.68,0:00:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why 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: 0,0:01:01.57,0:01:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the researchers\Nswitch to porn
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.64,0:01:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the guys hadn't seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.78,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened?\NTheir erections and 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 new 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 ewe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.28,0:01:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you keep switching females -\Nthe bottom line - well she's not the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.03,0:01:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can get the job done in 2 minutes flat
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.100,0:01:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep going\Nuntil he's utterly exhausted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.62,0:01:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known as 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 mate or image.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.84,0:02:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually the ram will tire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.80,0:02:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as long as the guy can keep clicking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.79,0:02:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he can keep going\Nand 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,\Nshock and 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\Nis that 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 that 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: 0,0:04:14.35,0:04:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they've been using it\Nfor about a decade then
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.84,0:04:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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 such things as ADHD,\Nsocial anxiety, depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.37,0:04:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concentration problems,\Nperformance anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.91,0:04:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OCD 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\Nis as different from real sex
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.81,0:05:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as todays video games are 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 - 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, bonding 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 to capture us.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.75,0:06:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example: high-calorie foods\Nor hot novel babes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.42,0:06:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give 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 to natural rewards,\Ndrugs such as
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.37,0:06:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cocaine or alcohol only hook\Nabout 10% of users
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.73,0:06:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether 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 switch\Ncalled Delta-FosB.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.74,0:07:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it is a 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 promotes 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 are 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, and 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 hyper-reactive to porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.65,0:08:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else in the porn user's life\Nis sort of boring,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.17,0:08:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but 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: 0,0:09:06.59,0:09:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food addicts, very recently\Nin video game addicts
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.32,0:09:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now in internet addicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.62,0:09:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I apologize for filling up the slide\Nwith brain studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.77,0:09:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just notice the dates.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.95,0:09:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to know that 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,,At 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 call 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: erectile 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\Nconfirms
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.13,0:10:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have witnessed\Nover the last few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.45,0:10:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexual enhancement drugs\Noften stop working for these guys,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.24,0:10:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they ever did,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.31,0:10:54.10,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: 0,0:11:06.22,0:11:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.26,0:11:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As doctor Foresta says, "It starts\Nwith lower reactions to porn sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.43,0:11:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there is a 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 from 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 obvious 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\Nand psychiatrists for 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 and a few others.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.64,0:12:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have tried Fexer, Ritalin, Xanax, Paxil
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.31,0:12:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropped out at two different colleges,\Nbeen fired twice,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.76,0:12:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used pot to calm my social anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.85,0:12:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been approached by quite a few women
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.92,0:12:25.08,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 2 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 my 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 call 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\Nall across the 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: 0,0:13:51.36,0:13:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guys in the early 20s aren't regaining
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.60,0:13:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their erectile health\Nas 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: 0,0:14:31.78,0:14:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when their brains are at their peak
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.65,0:14:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dopamine production\Nand neuroplasticity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.65,0:14:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is also when they are\Nthe most vulnerable to addiction,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.93,0:14:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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 ruts in his brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.47,0:15:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can cause panic\Nif a guy has escalated to 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: 0,0:15:06.10,0:15:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately brains are plastic
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.78,0:15:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so his taste can revert\Nonce he quits porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.83,0:15:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a guy returns to normal sensitivity
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.44,0:15:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his brain looks around for the rewards\Nit evolved 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\Nof what 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, I'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)