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Does porn and masturbation effects a person's iq level?

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Anti-Porn Army Soldier, Sep 19, 2015.

  1. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    I often wonder because whenever I pmo, I become intellectually dumb.
     
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    I'd say it could impact it positively or negatively. Many men go for a PMO so that they can finally take their mind off sex for a few hours and actually think/get some thing done. Others become entranced/addicted and go into zombie mode, which is not exactly very likely to increase your intelligence.
     
  3. Booster

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    If your main concern is your next PMO and it takes a substantial amount of time then i guessing it will take your mind off things that would raise your iq, The brain is very plastic as we have learned, it bends to your lifestyle, the brain tends to forget things it doesn't use. Thats how nofap works, The brain would work the same way on the things we dont do because we are to busy fapping.

    Dopamine also makes us tired, thats why we all want to kip after good sex or M so that by itself wont make your brain on top form.
     
  4. bartlettb

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    I'd argue it definitely has negative effects on ones EQ, but even that's dependent upon how much you might or might not use. I know that when I have been in my worst episodes I'm an emotional wreck. I don't think or act clearly at all and when I don't act out and move into a stage of positive action I'm a far more focussed and capable person.
     
  5. halfm

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    IQ is a relatively fixed number. There is not much that you're going to be able to do to move it one way or another. It is basically your capacity to be able to think and reason. There are things that can distract you and keep you from thinking and reasoning to your full potential (like obsessing over PMO, for example) but they would not actually change your IQ.
     
  6. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    Actually it does, my biggest streak was 11 days and my mind was running pretty fast. I could solve mathematical problems easily, think logically (not to my full extent) and I became a bit of a genius. Last month I got depressed and I PMO'ed at least twice and when I gave an IQ test online, I got 68 whereas my average score in IQ is at least 130-140+. I installed K9 in my laptop and my mobile device but I didn't in my computer at home (I study in another city and currently I am in my home for holidays). I PMO'ed again and it did effect my intellectual thinking again but I will be posting a thread to combat PMO within a few hours and I hope it will help all of us. Thank you everyone for taking your time and responding to my thread.
     
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  7. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    It does more damage emotionally than intellectually, I agree with you on that!
     
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  8. Calm

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    This is pretty interesting,

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/02/porn-less-gray-matter-brain_n_5418607.html

    My best guess is that a heavy porn user will become ever the more dull witted and cerebrally depraved the longer they use, with both their IQ, but more importantly their EQ (emotional intelligence) decreasing. As for masturbation, yes but it wouldn't hurt the brain quite as quickly as fapping while consuming porn would.

    Nonetheless semen loss is semen loss and the fluids that could be rising up your spine into your brain, essentially turning you into an intellectual powerhouse dare I say genius, are utterly put to waste in the most heinous fashion possible through masturbation imo.

    www.semenloss.info
     
    Last edited: Sep 24, 2015
  9. DogDaysOfLife

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    Intuitively, I think not, but IQ is just one parameter of your mind. It might affect other related things. Focus, for example. Someone using porn and other instant-gratification methods will tend to a lower attention span. In addition to how well you think, there's what you think about. Trash in, trash out. Porn, just like any media, will influence the subject of your thoughts.
     
  10. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    This guy gets it!
     
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  11. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    It affects a lot of things not just a person's focus.
     
  12. SilentRa1n

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    I think Robin Williams said it the best. God gave you a penis and a brain. And only enough blood to run one at a time.
     
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  13. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    Hahaha, one of many reasons why we all miss Robin Williams.
     
  14. Yes, it does. I don't know in terms of the whole IQ test thing but i'm sure if i gave an IQ test now i would score less than i did before. I used to be in the top ten in my class and now i'm in the below average. The brain fog kills your focus and your brain just loses its vitality. I used to love the sciences but now i don't even have enough energy to muster up any enthusiasm for them . It's just gone. I just focus on getting a passing grade in my subjects..I lost my dream college due to it:(
    Lately i have been forgetting simple spellings of words that i didn't even need to think about..it's frustrating
     
  15. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    I can relate to that, I have been average or below average for the past 6 years. Its been 3 days since I last PMO'ed. Today I played Lumosity and I scored pretty great results, my confidence is slowly building up and so is my energy.
     
  16. Yeah, i did went to Lumosity too and gave it a try but you know, i really don't earn and hence, can't pay for the full access and i can't really ask my parents so.....
     
  17. Anti-Porn Army Soldier

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    Well I downloaded the android app so it comes in free.
     
  18. jatar

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    IMO, it all comes down to dopamine and the activities that produce it. If I watch porn, I get a solid dopamine fix and I feel satisfied (it's an artificial satisfaction, I know, but I think my brain can't tell the difference). Since getting satisfaction from watching porn is so easy, I don't think about getting that fix from other activities, because I got more than enough of it from porn. As a result, my brain becomes indifferent to intellectual challenges and the satisfaction of completing them.

    In other words, I think porn makes us intellectually lazy. We think: 'why make the effort to think hard and solve a problem, when I can get satisfaction from watching and masturbating to porn?'. So we have no motivation working our brains. When I abstain for a longer period of time, I start to find more and more satisfaction in other aspects of my life, including intellectual efforts.

    So, I don't think that porn lowers the IQ, but I think that it certainly makes us less motivated to use our brain power its full extent.
     
  19. I read plenty my friend. I read the paper daily. I read a lot of books and i definitely converse a lot with people. Lumosity is not a game i think but more of a series of tests based on your requirement to stimulate the right parts of your brain.
     
  20. I never did join Lumosity and eventually did lose the intent to. I read the article for which you posted the link, it seems legit. I do run and i play the guitar. Though, admittedly i end up not being very good at either since i am not regular and my fap problem leaves a big energy deficit. I was lately reasearching on how to use Morse code.

    I think we are deviating from the topic;). In my opinion, fap does slow down the brain. I have read many people reporting brainfog and memory,concentration problems.
     

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