COMMENTS: New qualitative study on porn users reports myriad negative effects related to porn use. A few selected excerpts: Participants described symptoms of anxiety and depression, poor concentration, and an inability to focus on essential tasks. They also reported feelings of shame, low self-worth, and guilt. Many also reported that their use of IP led […]
Wow so… when I first started, I had just gotten out of a toxic relationship, with a narcissistic individual that left me scarred. I had decided within that moment of time it was time for a change. I didn’t want to be this person anymore. I had been addicted to porn/ beating my meat for […]
Read More… from Age 23 – Confidence, clarity, strength, increased libido and more emotions
Hey guys, You may have remembered me from my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/f2mj4o/the_science_behind_nofap/ I’ve decided to start creating these journal posts as a personal reference for my journey towards total recovery (so I can look back on), but if it helps anyone else out on the way then even better. These past 90 days have been […]
Read More… from These past 90 days have been complete and utter hell, no question about it
I’ve decided to make this post because I achieved my greatest achievement I’ve ever had in my life. I finally made it to day 90 after 2 years of hard work of trying new habits and figuring out what worked and what didn’t work. Before I went porn free, I used to be an excellent […]
I’m now a while into my NoFap journey. My streak is not insanely high or whatever, but NoFap has triggered something in me that actually changed my life. In the spring of 2017 I started NoFap for the first time after discovering a video about it from Seth Alexander in my recommendation list. I had […]
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 […]
Read More… from Studies Reporting Withdrawal Symptoms in Porn Users
I found out about nofap almost one year ago. January 2019. During my first attempt I lasted exactly 21 days and relapsed. After the relapsed I remember binging and then tried again after a while. I had a few streaks all below 21 days since then. Right before the summer I had gotten a new […]
Read More… from I feel 10000 times better than before. I have MUCH less social anxiety
So I’ve been dealing with porn addiction since I was around 18. It became really problematic over the last 18 months. I began experience strange intrusive thoughts after masturbating and would have brain fog for a while afterwards. It even led me to masturbate to things that were at odds with my morals (nothing illegal) […]
Read More… from My therapist believes my porn addiction influenced the development of my OCD
120 Days absolutely porn free. In last 120 days I have masturbated only 7 times (without fantasy or any other visual stimuli). I beat Cannabis dependency, 121 days absolutely clean as of today. I was terribly addicted to cigarettes for 8 years and I quit it 437 Days ago cold turkey. For last 2 months […]
Notable Benefits : No Brain fog More confidence and positivity No anxiety Calm and at peace with the present Quality sleep Generally more active and goal driven More social Increase in self esteem Easy to quit other addictions like social media Mindfulness Increase in mental and physical energy No more dwelling on sad thoughts or […]