“Dopamine lies at the heart of all addiction” – Andrew Huberman Disclaimer I want to share this with anyone looking for a different approach, as I didn´t find anyone detailing his dopamine fasting in this forum. I have a serious case, I´m 40 years old now, probably with 25 years of addition and had this […]
Read More… from Age 38, 25 years of addiction, now lots of benefits
New here, been lurking for the last few months, and today I am 90 days free from PMO. I wanted to share my story, and hopefully give other people hope, much like the hundreds of posts I’ve read myself that helped me through this. Sorry for a long post. I’m 33 years old, male, and […]
Read More… from Age 33 – DE, addiction, overcame a monster that had grown inside me for years
Excerpts: “Pornography can become an addiction and watching too much of it has been shown to damage deep relationships.” “The rate at which young people are going without sex has been steadily rising.” As many as four in ten young adults are in the midst of a year-long dry spell when it comes to sex. […]
Physical changes No PIED at this point, though I didn’t use enough for this to be a major problem for me. Way more energy to do things that are important. I find that there’s no “baggage” that’s always dragging me down. For me, PMO use was like a literal weight on my mind and body. […]
Rates of porn addiction, sex addiction or compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in the general population are gradually being revealed by ongoing research. Pornography: A Concealed Behavior with Serious Consequences (2023) [Data from n=1022 participants of the Rhode Island Young Adult Survey] 6.2% met the criteria for addiction. Odds of pornography use were 5 times higher […]
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It’s my time to write this story. Although I am not 100% cured yet, but I am definitely happy and feel good and see this reality as it really is. I am 27 years old, addicted to porn at the age of 12-13 years. This addiction gradually captured me that I was used to living […]
Read More… from Age 27 – I couldn’t even get an erection on porn (PIED)
[New York Post By Rikki Schlott] Porn, Gianfranco Martinez admits, “completely ruined my life.” “I wasn’t really motivated to actually pursue a real relationship or even talk to women because I was just getting my fix [through porn],” he told The Post. “It was impacting me socially, it was impacting me in my relationships.” It […]
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1. Physical I didn’t really have many physical symptoms for PMO addiction, just some minor things. I didn’t have PIED or anything like that. The first is that anytime after PMO my back would hurt, even if I had done it laying down in bed putting no strain on my back. So my back has […]
60 days ago started my reboot , addicted to pmo for 13 years , had weak erections and DE and used not to enjoy sex . Would wank almost daily. The books that changed my life was power over pornography by Brian Brandenburg and your brain on porn by Gary Wilson . 60 days now […]
I’m new to this group and to reddit but I wanted to tell you all about me and my story. I have been watching porn since I was 11/12 years old and I have always viewed myself as a casual watcher. I never saw porn as anything but a normal thing that men and boys […]