YBOP COMMENTS: “Problematic Pornography Use” (porn addiction) was associated with cravings, depression, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia & higher frequency of use – but NOT religiosity. Cravings indicate “sensitization,” which is a key addiction-related brain change. In fact, the severity of cravings and frequency of porn use were the strongest predictors of PPU (porn addiction). Put simply, […]
As i’m writing this i’m on Nofap day 37 and i have seen a huge change in myself. Years ago, when i was a young boy, i always wanted to be an actor. I always did school plays and made my own short films, i kept up doing this until 2014 when i was 17 […]
Read More… from Age 23 – I’m finally getting my life together!
Helen Bichard, Christopher Byrne, Christopher W. N. Saville, and Rudi Coetzer Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (in review) Abstract This paper reviews the neurological, cognitive, psychological, and behavioural outcomes of non-fatal strangulation and, given shared physiological mechanisms, asks whether the hypoxic-ischaemic literature can serve as a proxy. 27 empirical, peer-reviewed studies were found which met the inclusion criteria. Neurological […]
I just wanted to let u know it gets better!! I’m 24M. I was having issues w girls & was even scared to have sex bc I was scared if I could get it up from previous problems. That mindset made me watch porn instead of being with actual girls. But now I’m on the […]
It’s disgusting that I even have to admit this. My mind has been poisoned with porn from age 11, this is my longest streak without porn in my life (55 days as I write this). I’ve always wanted a girlfriend and still do. When I was in school, girls were an alien species to be […]
David Ley is the author of The Myth of Sex Addiction, Ethical Porn for Dicks and Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them about the joys of cuckoldry. He has written 30 or so blog posts attacking and dismissing NoFap, porn addiction, sex addiction, porn-induced sexual dysfunctions and porn’s effects on […]
I feel like what I have been through is a story of hope for anyone anywhere! I went from being a virgin who developed PIED in his late twenties/early thirties to porn- and largely-PIED-free!I was really conservative in high school, college and post-college. The communities I was in then reinforced what they called “purity” or […]
Read More… from Age 33 – Developed PIED in my late twenties/early thirties
I’m proud to say that after many mini-streaks, I’ve finally made it to 90 days!! (End of day Friday to be exact, but there’s no way I’m blowing the last three days!). It’s been a long journey, and I’ve come to realize that it’s only the beginning of an even longer journey, maybe a lifetime […]
Read More… from Age 33 – I feel better than I’ve felt in years
Day 70. I’m 26, been addicted to porn and excessive masturbation since I was 12. I started trying nofap when I was 18 and have had many streaks going a couple weeks but mostly I would go months of watching porn several times per day, I could PMO 10 times if I was just home […]
I just reached the longest streak since I started NoFap 4 years ago. It has been a wild ride, and you know what? It is totally worth it. Doing this challenge hasn’t given me super powers or the like. But it has allowed me to focus on the parts of my life that I have […]