Heim C. (2018) Psychobiological Consequences of Child Maltreatment. In: Noll J., Shalev I. (eds) The Biology of Early Life Stress. Child Maltreatment Solutions Network. Springer, Cham [Does extensive exposure to extreme internet porn early in life have similar effects in some?] Abstract Adversity in early life, such as childhood abuse, neglect, and loss, is a […]
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Noah Church is a well-known speaker on issues related to porn addiction. He is also the author of Wack: Addicted to Internet Porn, an educational look at how internet porn affects its users. Additionally, he has created the website, Addicted to Internet Porn. On that site, he has compiled information learned from his own and others’ experiences […]
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Honestly can’t believe I am writing this right now. I saw so many examples of guys talking about the benefits but something in the back of my head always said “that was just a coincidence”, or “that will never be me”. Even though I had my doubts I still find so much inspiration hearing everyone’s […]
I’ve created three levels of summation depending on how busy you (the reader) are: tl;dr of tl;dr: Had severe ED my entire life. NoFap fixed it. No superpowers tl;dr: I tried to have sex for the first time at 16 and couldn’t get an erection. Lots of experimentation/doctor visits/drugs later, nothing worked to fix it. […]
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[Co-authored by multiple researchers in the field of problematic sexual behavior, this article questions whether the new CSBD diagnosis belongs under the “Impulse Control Disorder” category, where it currently resides. They find the most support for CSB as an ‘addictive disorder.’] Ewelina Kowalewska, Joshua B. Grubbs, Marc N. Potenza, Mateusz Gola, Małgorzata Draps, and Shane […]
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Currently on a 107 days NoFap streak. Lurking into this sub for a while. At one point in life, I had a very terrible addiction to PMO. It started to affect nearly all areas of my life. I was trying very hard to give up urges. But most of my streaks ended in 4-5 days. […]
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Hey! I wrote a longgggg article about overcoming porn addiction, and what you will go through during your journey, as well as a few tips and stuff. I am planning to post this on my website, just want to get some feedback from the community. I will also add photos later on. What do you […]
Today I made it to 90 days. I did not keep a counter on here, nor did I use this subreddit much as I progressed through my 90 day journey, but I made it to 90 days none the less. Now, I am not sure if what I am going to say has been said […]
Excerpt analyzing Prause et al., 2015 (which is citation 87) A study using EEG, conducted by Prause and colleagues, suggested that individuals who feel distressed about their pornography use, as compared to a control group who do not feel distress about their use of pornography, may require more/greater visual stimulation to evoke brain responses [87]. […]
…the day I stopped waiting for other people’s advice or tricks to be the magic bullet solution. I’m now just over 4.5 years sober from porn. I would have told you then that M/O was also an issue, but once the porn went away the M/O reduced by 98%. I was a porn addict. I […]