Excerpt: Terry Robinson, an esteemed professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Michigan – together with his colleague, Kent Berridge – identified dopamine as the neurochemical responsible for craving. He thinks debating the semantics of addiction is unhelpful. “Whether it’s drugs, sex, gambling or whatever, you’re looking at impulse-control disorders where people have […]
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I’m a 23 yrs old male. I tried NoFap after stumbling on a couple of “NoFap” videos on youtube. These videos made me curious how something so simple could help people change their lifes around. After my curiousity grew I did more and more research. I watched ted talks, visited sites like “your brain on […]
Read More… from Age 23 – Better overall mood, more discipline, more self respect, the guts to tell someone ‘no’
My personal benefits Days 30-60: Epic boost in charisma/confidence. Girls are confidence magnets, they notice this and when they are staring at you, they are wondering, “What’s up with him”. And ‘Be Confident’ is a pick-up advice in general. Most of the times its visible that you are faking it, but with NoFap on your […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Gunning down my goals, got back with (and love) my GF
I was very happy and outgoing as a kid. I never knew what went wrong at the age of 12-13. I started to be quiet, unhappy and numbed. I was like this all the way until a few months ago. My personality changed at the same time I discovered fapping and I had been doing […]
Read More… from Age 21 – Depression cured, I feel like a kid again. Social anxiety cured. Heightened senses. I have motivation to get things done
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 […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Believe me, a porn-free live is like heaven on Earth for me.
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 […]
Read More… from Age 34 – Now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, it’s amazing to see how dark this addiction really is
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 […]
Read More… from A Current Understanding of the Behavioral Neuroscience of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder and Problematic Pornography Use (2018)
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 […]
Read More… from Age 26 – Improved sleep, Amazing energy, Less reactive, Lesser amount of panic, Big drop in objectifying women, Better mood
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 […]
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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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