Introduction As Your Brain on Porn has been continuously engaged in vigorous debate around the subject of compulsive pornography consumption since before 2011, our website certainly doesn’t take issue with, or fear, opposing views. Our identity is trademarked. Sexual health experts are welcome to offer views about internet pornography’s effects that differ from our views. […]
My father constantly was masturbating when I was a young child. Although he never made me watch the porn with him, I would constantly hear him moaning and the loud noises of the sexual content blaring throughout the house. I did not start with my porn consumption career until i was well into high school. […]
First off, a little backstory: I was watching P continuosly for 8 years. Was going hard at it – 2 to 3 times per day most of the days. I was miserable. I was sad all the time. In short, I was a loser. Whenever I felt bored, stressed out or anxious I would PMO. […]
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I’ve heard about NoFap first time sometimes last year and I started practicing it actively this year. First I had a good streak from Jan 5th to June 23rd, then from June 24th till August 1st and that period was crucial for me. In that month or so period I was practicing hardcore mode and […]
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I’m in nofap for more than 35 days (No sex, \, no porn) more than 35 days and Today I had sex with some hooker in Colombia (I’m a tourist here). I don’t consider it to relapse because I had a normal sex. Anyway, the benefits are: I didn’t gain any superpowers/amazing charisma whatever. However: […]
I’ve been in a hard mode NOFAP for 3 months. One thing that changed dramatically is the quality of my skin. I used to have a very dry, irritated, peeling skin on my arms. Since Nofap my skin is glowing, it’s smooth, looks kind of oily and healthy. Combined with a sun-tan it looks so […]
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Excerpts: “We are in the midst of a revolution in sexual and romantic tastes unlike any other in history, a social experiment being performed on children and teenagers… What clinicians don’t know much about, yet, is how we shall help teenagers, whose sexual tastes are being influenced by porn, because this level of porn exposure […]
Said a recovering porn user:
I knew I was more than I appeared to be. More knowledgeable, funnier, more socially intelligent. I had all of these skills, but I couldn’t use them. It was like driving a Ferrari and being stuck in 1st gear.
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Note: Porn-induced sexual tastes are often impermanent in those who quit: Are Sexual Tastes Immutable? Sexual Identity and Behavior Among U.S. High School Students, 2005–2015 Prevalence, Patterns and Self-Perceived Effects of Pornography Consumption in Polish University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study (2019) This large study found that escalation to more extreme porn was common: “Various changes […]
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