Your Brain On Porn

Hey fellow champions of your urges, I've mostly just floated around this page over the past year and a half, listening to advice and fighting my own battles. I'm nowhere near done with my nofap battle (longest streak ever = 44 days) but sitting back I've been baffled by the way this challenge has changed my life.

So about a month ago I was in a hotel room with my girlfriend and had absolutely nothing going on downstairs. Not even a hint of an erection. That was about 8/9 days into nofap.

If we compare recent research to earlier studies, young men today are experiencing anywhere from a 600% to 3000% increase in ED since the advent of the internet. All studies assessing young male sexuality since 2012 report a tremendous rise in erectile dysfunction and low libido.

Over the past year since I first delved into NoFap, it had been and ongoing struggle with PMO-free streaks and relapses. I did notice the super powers and the other benefits everyone talks about, but the addiction was at times too hard to beat.

COMMENTS: One of the 4 case studies in this article (reproduced below) reports on a man with porn-induced sexual problems (low libido, fetishes, anorgasmia). The sexual intervention called for a 6-week abstinence from porn and masturbation. After 8 months the man reported increased sexual desire, successful sex and orgasm, and enjoying "good sexual practices."

Just want to give some encouragement to those of you experiencing erectile dysfunction and/or delayed ejaculation. Quick facts and history, I'm 33, first masturbated when I was around 8, maybe even 7.

COMMENTS: This is a new review published in the July 2015 issue of "Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention." Although we cannot reproduce the entire paper, below is a table containing criticisms of sex addiction and the authors' responses with citations.

Before no fap I was pretty introverted. I didn't want to go out and talk to people even though a side of me wanted to -- but couldnt. Im now very outgoing once again in my life. I love talking to new people.

Thank you to all of the fellow fapstronauts who helped when times were tough. Whether you provided posts that gave me motivation to keep going or you replied to mine, thank you. It truly is amazing how this community is so supportive of people who wish to rid themselves of the dark horse of addictions.

It's been a little while and the reason is because I am doing fantastic! I just looked back and read some of my old posts and couldn't help but think about how far I have come. Long story short I was dealing with PIED for over a year and a half.

I've made it to 90 days :) My challenge is to get to 120 days, so I'm almost there! This last month I've made some great advances, the main one, I'm not longer triggered by sexy images I find while browsing other stuff.

I feel great, as in normal and compared to my time before nofap. It has been said often before: as soon as the fight is over, there are no superpowers anymore. These superpowers only seem super when seen from a place of desperation and self betrayal.