tl;dr – PMO almost destroyed my life…. discovered NoFap… drastically changed things… got happier :D… NoFap challenge works I swear. 100 days baby! Hi non-fapping community I reached a 3 month milestone with the help of all your inspirational posts on this sub. It was a privilege to read ya’ll stories and it seems like […]
Read More… from Age 24 – PMO almost destroyed my life. Now – So much happier & healthier
Front Psychol. 2013 Sep 10;4:609. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00609. eCollection 2013. Kira Bailey,1,* Robert West,2 and Judson Kuffel3 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Recent work has revealed a relationship between pathological video game use and increased impulsivity among children and adolescents. A few studies have also demonstrated increased […]
Read More… from What would my avatar do? Gaming, pathology, and risky decision making (2013)
An early fixation with pornography can damage teenagers’ lives for years to come, experts say Teenagers were ogling breasts long before the internet was created. But there are now so many images to be gawped at – many of them much more accessible than ever before – that graphic pornography is becoming a normal part […]
Dr. Carlo Foresta is a urology professor, president of the Italian Society of Reproductive Pathophysiology, and author of some 300 academic studies. Foresta has been investigating the effects of porn use on young people for several years. In the following 2014 lecture (pgs. 45 – 79) Foresta discusses studies and surveys showing strong relationships between […]
Read More… from PDF of a lecture by Carlo Foresta, urology professor (2014)
My story I started watching porn when I was thirteen years old. At that time, I had many friends, was good looking , had clear skin, nice hair, I was super confident, I was that funny guy in class. After a year of porn and masturbation, i felt like i had lost everything. I was […]
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Well it’s been a long road like 2.5 years. I started young probably around 11 or 12 and used to watch and masturbate to porn at least twice a day for a long time. I didn’t experience any ED tho until college. I used to have to walk off erections after I kissed a girl […]
Read More… from Age 21 – ED: 2.5 years of struggle, but I am finally there
The journey to 90 days was difficult. Before reaching this milestone, I often wondered whether it would have a significant impact on my life. What will change? It took me about a year and a half to finally reach the 90 day mark on Hardmode. I have attempted the journey before, making it to 60 […]
I imagine this might get asked – so first things first, I’m mid twenties. Hope everyone’s doing ok – I wanted to share some thoughts to possibly help out others. Lets preface this – It’s going to be long. I know you guys are like me and your brain will tell you to skim it […]
Read More… from Age 25 – 1 Year Hard Mode: From severe social anxiety to something better
Teenage boys addicted to ‘extreme’ porn and want help Exclusive: Young boys are becoming so addicted to extreme internet porn that they now want help to stop watching it, according to a new study. By Radhika Sanghani 30 Sep 2013 A fifth of boys aged between 16 and 20 told the University of East London […]
Jason can’t believe it’s come to this: He’s lying in bed, naked, with a beautiful woman — and he can’t get turned on. The self-described “usually very horny guy,” whose name has been changed for privacy reasons, has finally taken this lady home after five sexually tense dates — but now that the two are […]
Read More… from Is porn killing your sex life? (New York Post)