COMMENTS: Relatively old study on men with so-called ‘psychogenic’ sexual problems (ED, DE, inability to be aroused by real partners). While the data is even older than 2003, interviews revealed tolerance and escalation related to “erotica” use: Participants themselves had begun to question whether there may be a link between masturbation and the difficulties they […]
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I feel a little hesitant at posting under the success stories section – partially my desire to not be viewed as boastful, and partially my hesitancy at proclaiming victory prematurely. I hope that you don’t perceive my post as either, rather a testament to the power of persistence (it has taken me over 20 years […]
Read More… from Age 47 – Realize that the urge is temporary (chat apps were my challenge)
Here’s my big dump of everything I’ve learned to attain a better state of living. If you just want to hear the advice I have to give then feel free to skip to the bottom. Hi there, I’m 21 years old from the UK. About a year ago I decided to cut pornography out of […]
Read More… from Age 21 – I suffered PIED through all my teen years
There’s a fair amount of evidence that today’s porn is so stimulating that many users habituate to (grow bored with) whatever porn genre(s) they start with, and search for material they find more arousing. This tends to lead them to more extreme material because shock and anxiety increase arousal. As judgment is altered during an […]
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Preface I have read many of the success stories posted on the forum and don’t want to add one more post to the hundreds that are already on here with laundry lists of withdrawal symptoms and new “superpowers” that they acquired. Instead, I want to provide a framework that early rebooters should be able to […]
Read More… from Age 23 – Want to return from villain to hero? Try not jacking off.
A brief background about me: 26 y/o male. Was struggling with fapping (commonly edging) and used porn between the ages 13-23. So what happened after I became 23? After graduating college I entered this dream job for me in a government Office. I can hear you saying can being an officer be a dream job? […]
Read More… from Age 26 – From disaster to success with Nofap and semen retention
Introduction In 2013 former UCLA researcher Nicole Prause began openly harassing, libeling and cyberstalking Gary Wilson. (Prause has not been employed by an academic institution since January, 2015.) Within a short time she also began targeting others, including researchers, medical doctors, therapists, psychologists, a former UCLA colleague, a UK charity, men in recovery, a TIME […]
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I consider myself to be one of the more severe PIED cases that I have seen. It took me about 1.5 years to recover, without relapsing to porn. I owe it to you guys to share my success story. Here we go. Porn Use: My porn use began when I was a young teenager. Being […]
Read More… from I was one of the more severe PIED cases. 1.5 years to recover, without porn
Herein you will find what I consider to be my success story, the effects of semen retention alone are evident in this post as I will clearly lay out the traumatic experiences I unfortunately had to experience as a growing teen; particularly the time in one’s life where proper brain development is imperative. This is […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Learn to use your sexual energy (it can be done within a relationship too)
First of all, what is prone masturbation? Prone Masturbation is achieving orgasm, faced down, either by thrusting into a pillow, thrusting into duvet/mattress, thrusting into hand or anything equivalent. Why should you stop it immediately? It will DESTROY your sex life, leaving you with a NUMB penis and severe ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION. By engaging in prone […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Prone masturbation: Recovery and rewiring