I feel a little hesitant at posting under the success stories section – partially my desire to not be viewed as boastful, and partially my hesitancy at proclaiming victory prematurely. I hope that you don’t perceive my post as either, rather a testament to the power of persistence (it has taken me over 20 years […]
Read More… from Age 47 – Realize that the urge is temporary (chat apps were my challenge)
Here’s my big dump of everything I’ve learned to attain a better state of living. If you just want to hear the advice I have to give then feel free to skip to the bottom. Hi there, I’m 21 years old from the UK. About a year ago I decided to cut pornography out of […]
Read More… from Age 21 – I suffered PIED through all my teen years
So, I hung out with a girl for the first time since I started nofap, and it crystallized some ideas. porn conditions us to want to please ourselves. We want to touch ourselves, instead of feel someone else’s touch. We lose the ability to relax. We disconnect with the energy of our partner because we […]
Read More… from Porn trains you to prefer watching instead of actively participating
Its past midnight on July 1. That means I’ve made it 6 motherfuckin months without PMO. I honestly would not have thought this possible a few years ago. I thought I needed porn. I thought it was a necessary and healthy expression of my sex drive. What would I do without it? What lies I […]
Read More… from PIED is straight up gone. Sex life has never been better with my fiancée
Link to abstract of above paper As men who have quit porn and recovered from sexual dysfunctions during partnered sex demonstrate, porn-induced ED appears to be primarily due to conditioning their sexual response to online porn rather than real partners. Their difficulties are not due to “hypersexuality.” In fact, men who report the problem are–just […]
I am free of the addiction for 3,5 years now. I don’t want to talk about it anymore with people. There is no need in that. I don’t have to convince others the effects of porn on the brain. Like a lot of things that I dealt with in life: overweight, drug addiction (weed), insecurity, […]
Read More… from Age 26 – I don’t fight against porn anymore. My brain is fully rewired.
COMMENTS: New review from the Medical Journal of Indonesia. The current review aligns with the views presented in these 25 recent neuroscience-based literature reviews & commentaries. All support the addiction model. —————————- LINK TO PDF OF OF FULL PAPER Agastya IGN, Siste K, Nasrun MWS, Kusumadewi I. Med J Indones [Internet]. 2020Jun.30 [cited 2020Jul.7];29(2):233–41. Available […]
Everything and aspect in my life has now come to life and is brighter. I’m mentally and physically strong I matured a lot I became really attractive I like taking care of myself for example showering every day, getting that fresh cut every other week. Motivation to grind Talkative, zero anxiety, no overthinking, smarter I […]
There’s a fair amount of evidence that today’s porn is so stimulating that many users habituate to (grow bored with) whatever porn genre(s) they start with, and search for material they find more arousing. This tends to lead them to more extreme material because shock and anxiety increase arousal. As judgment is altered during an […]
Read More… from Studies suggesting that non-pedophilic porn users can escalate into child porn
