New I’ve successfully gotten over the flatline phase. Mine lasted 1.5 months… it was awful and disheartening to a point where I almost said f*ck it, let me wank it once. I didn’t want to jeopardize my progress though… Every time I controlled my urges it boosted my self-esteem. Gotta think long term sometimes. I’m […]
YBOP COMMENT: This success story “After a short flatline my erections are back” mentions going through a “flatline”, which is a period of time where some guys report experiencing a drop in libido while recovering from a porn-induced sexual dysfunction. For information on the flatline please see this article: Porn Recovery and the Mysterious Flatline […]
Read More… from After a short flatline my erections are back
Days 189 – 209 without PMO – I’m healed!!! **WARNING TRIGGER LANGUAGE** Hi guys, sorry for the 20 days hiatus here. To be honest I’m feeling healed already. As described on day 188 I had a super successful sexual session, almost like on my ‘gold days’. And even after O, i haven’t felt down on […]
Read More… from Age 30 – No more ED or flatline, even after several orgasms. I feel I’m healed
I’m about 220 days into NoFap monk mode and I was flatlining for a LONG time but I seem to have emerged from the flatline and things are getting good. I have this strong appreciation for the beauty of females, both inner and outer, I’m feeling this love in my heart which is making me […]
Read More… from Flatline coming to an end after 220 days. I feel healthy sexual attraction now
A year ago.. I was hopeless. I was numb. I have lost all my passion and motivation for life. My libido was at rock bottom.. my penis was lifeless and even porn could not keep my erection. Zero morning wood and it was smaller than when I was a little boy. My girlfriend of 4 […]
Read More… from Age 25 – ED, flatline, depression, anxiety. Please read if you are struggling
I started nofap in early Nov 2020 after discovering/accepting that I have been suffering from PIED. Since then, I’ve had a couple short streaks and one three week streak of no PMO. Between those streaks, there have been about 6-8 MO resets and 3 PMO relapses (very brief “sessions”). My last PMO relapse was on […]
Read More… from Age 33 – PIED, intermittent flatline, but boners are back!
would never thought this year ago, but here I am, porn free for some time. My approach and story is a bit different in terms of sexual encounters (which i had tons of, during last year). Reason why Iam writing this post is that I took a bit of a different approach to cure my […]
Read More… from Age 28 – PIED, flatline – I am not 100% yet, but getting close
For those of you reading this thread, I will again summarize some of the main benefits I noticed while going through 90 days of NoFap. – More vivid dreams, better sleep most of the time. – General feeling of happiness and well being most of the time, less emotional ups and downs and mood swings, […]
~Warning: there may be some light trigger words in this post~ I’m very new to this whole community but I found it when I was searching for why I had a difficult time getting it up with my girlfriend for sex. We are currently long distance and see each other about every 2-3 weeks. So […]
Read More… from Age 17 – Porn-induced ED cured. Used “edging” to beat the flatline
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02668734.2024.2347614
Brief report: private pleasures and the damage done: asking the unasked question about consumption of online pornography’s risks, health care givers should routinely ask patients about pornography use and explain why it matters.
Professor Lemma argues
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