Young people, Pornography & Age-verification: British Board of Film Classification (January, 2020)

61-page PDF of the BBFC Research Report Excerpt from the BBFC page: This research was commissioned by the BBFC to provide context to the current online pornography landscape, as well as explore young people’s interactions with, and attitudes towards, pornography. The method was designed to qualitatively and quantitatively explore what children and parents think about […]

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Age 45 – I am waking up with a brighter attitude. There is a new spark in my sex life with my wife.

I have reached 90 days. I have never reached 90 days before. Before starting NoFap, I was watching porn and masturbating almost daily. I was using porn in the car, at home and at work. I risked by marriage, my career and even risked being arrested. My porn use escalated to paying for escorts. What […]

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Age 35 – PIED cured. Also improved motivation, self-confidence, mental clarity, and mood.

Ok I did that. Wasnt that hard, but it was my 2nd year of trying. What was good about it was: Bigger motivation to do things Good mood Improved looks Improved self confidence Improved mental clarity Life was good, at least relatively, compared to before and after My sexual dysfunctions improved, I was able to […]

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Age 25 – Extreme withdrawal anxiety, but NOW less anxiety, better conversations, more stable energy levels

Well ive done 4 months of Nofap so I thought I would briefly talk about my experience. Theres been ups and downs on this streak. I would say the negatives is the withdrawals; at one point I had the worst anxiety ive ever had in my life and there was two occasions where I called […]

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Withdrawal symptoms

Studies Reporting Withdrawal Symptoms in Porn Users

Pro-porn activists often assert porn addiction is a myth on the theory that compulsive porn users do not experience either tolerance (habituation, escalation) or withdrawal symptoms. Not so. In fact, not only do porn users and clinicians report both tolerance and withdrawal, over 60 studies report findings consistent with escalation of porn use (tolerance), habituation […]

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