This time last year I was different. Insecure, no confidence and broke. It was just over a year since I broke up with my long term girlfriend. I was sad, lonely, anxious and probably depressed. I saw a video on NoFap and thought it was ridiculous, weird and disgusting. In fact, that is exactly what […]
I’m 26, male and live within the UK. I don’t watch porn or masturbate anymore and I haven’t for the last 9 months. The benefits are obvious. How? There was no eureka moment and/ or special method. The biggest influence, without a doubt, is having a partner who I have sex with almost daily. I’m […]
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Volume 84, January 2018, Pages 204–217 Tim van Timmerena, b, , , , Joost G. Daamsc, Ruth J. van Holsta, b, d, 1, Anna E. Goudriaana, b, e, 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.022 Highlights •Compulsivity is thought to be a central construct of gambling disorder. •However, it is unclear if this is reflected by […]
Front. Psychiatry, 13 December 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00287 Yifan Wang1,2, Yanbo Hu3, Jiaojing Xu4, Hongli Zhou1, Xiao Lin5, Xiaoxia Du6 and Guangheng Dong1,7* 1Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China 2School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China 3Department of Psychology, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom 4School of Psychology, Southwest […]
After confronting my PMO addiction that I started to regain a lot of the creativity I had lost when I was engaging with porn five times a day. Growing up, I was a creative kid, and as an adult I have worked as a professional designer for over 15 years. Now, after fighting addiction for […]
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CASE REPORT Year : 2017 | Volume : 10 | Issue : 5 | Page : 461-464 Adnan Kadiani, Ekram Goyal, Spandana Devabhaktuni, Brig Daniel Saldanha, Bhushan Chaudhari Department of Psychiatry, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India Date of Submission 28-Dec-2016 Date of Acceptance 17-Feb-2017 Date of […]
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Yeah so I just passed the 90-day mark. Can’t say it was easy, but it’s definitely achievable if you have strong reasons. I’ve been learning to channel my sexual energy into books, study groups, and spiritual practices. My relationship improved A LOT. I’m so much more present and reliable, and sex is better as well. […]
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction February 2017 , Volume 15, Issue 1, pp 16–27 Craig S. Cashwell, Amanda L. Giordano, Kelly King, Cody Lankford, Robin K. Henson Abstract For individuals with sexual addiction, sexual behaviors often are the primary means of regulating distressing or undesirable emotion. In this study, we sought to examine differences in aspects of emotion regulation between students in […]
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Porn Addiction is Being Severely Underestimated We’re dealing with some powerful stuff here, but it is not treated seriously enough, probably because it’s widely accepted by society and is not a substance like heroine or cocaine. I cringe when people relapse, reset their counters, and proclaim “This is it, I’ve had enough, I’m going to […]
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Hamman, Jaco J. Pastoral Psychology (2017): 1-27. Abstract This article explores the interplay of fantasy and image in male solitary masturbation in the virtual age. Online pornography has drastically changed the intimate relationship between the hand and the penis. The case of a 17-year-old boy and his excessive use of Internet pornography is used to […]
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