I was watching porn from 2007 but things became uncontrollable when i tried to control/stop my use of porn. When I tried to stop it increased and now this is the era of Smartphone’s and internet i.e like earlier we don’t need to make arrangements for that. I got addicted to Internet pornography in less […]
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Figured it was time to make a post and give back to this great community as I would not be where I am today without NoFap. Background: 34 y/o professional. Habitual MO since age 7-8. PMO since teenage years. Hard to remember exactly. Excited to make this post… with now seeing the light at the […]
October 2018, Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports Rudolf Stark, Tim Klucken, Marc N. Potenza, Matthias Brand, Jana Strahler DOI: 10.1007/s40473-018-0162-9 Abstract Purpose of Review In the recently released eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) was for the first time included and classified as an impulse control disorder. The […]
Phew!! So finally it is here! This is my 2nd milestone of this journey. I felt no urge today, no craving. In fact I had intense feelings of happiness today, that too without any reason. I feel this journey has been so much worth it. 50 days of noFap, 50 days without smoking, 50 days […]
Computers in Human Behavior Volume 90, January 2019, Pages 246-258 Stuart J.Barnesa Andrew D.Presseyb EusebioScornavaccac https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.09.013Get rights and content Highlights Addiction to smartphone devices exceeds addiction to social network services (SNS). Smartphone addiction varies by educational attainment; SNS does not. Users addicted to smartphones and SNS experience higher cognitive absorption. The impact of cognitive absorption […]
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2016 Oct;119 Suppl 3:63-74. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.12653. Simonsen U1, Comerma-Steffensen S2,3, Andersson KE2. Abstract The currently recommended first-line treatments of erectile dysfunction (ED), phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i), for example sildenafil, are efficacious in many patients with ED of vascular origin, but this therapy is insufficient in approximately 30-40% of men with […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Dec 23:1-13. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.127. Blycker GR1,2, Potenza MN3,4,5. 1 College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, RI, USA. 2 Hälsosam Therapy , Jamestown, RI, USA. 3 Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Child Study Center, School of Medicine, Yale University , New Haven, CT, USA. 4 Connecticut Council […]
Review article Bridie H Peters Abstract Aims: This review aims to summarise the research exploring the health effects of internet pornography on its users. It focuses on pornography’s addictive potential, impact on sexual behaviours and mental health. Methods: The relevant literature concerning the health effects of internet pornography was reviewed. Resources were sourced from databases […]
I am a 28-year-old bisexual man. I never thought women liked me. I always had trust issues with them (and with world in general!). Ever since I discovered Porn (around the age of 15!), my relationships have followed a predictably ominous pattern with even more disastrous results. I grew up with an abusive dad. I […]
Comments: This study reports poorer executive functioning and lower activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during the cognitive tests (Stroop test). All this indicates poorer prefrontal cortex functioning, which is a hallmark of addiction, and manifests as the inability to control use or suppress cravings. ————————————————– Front. Psychiatry, 25 September 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00460 Ji-Woo Seok1 and […]