I have been hesitant to write this for few days now because my experience doesn’t fit with what a lot of people on here report but after much consternation I figured an alternative perspective might be valuable at least to a few. Sorry, this is a little long-winded. Like many people on here I deal […]
I started attempting nofap back in November 2014 when I was around 16. Was kinda a loser back when I heard about nofap in 2014, and now I’m 19 and a bit less of a loser 🙂 My streak lasted for about 3 weeks then I relapsed and went back into the habit. In October […]
Read More… from Age 19 – More productive and caring, less of a loser
Hi everyone! This is my first post on Reddit. I’m a 24yo italian guy and I struggled with P related problems since teenage years. I started watching P at the age of 11, from the first time I had high-speed internet connection. From 14 to 20 I only suffered of mild social anxiety problems of […]
It’s the day 10 of the second attempt of my NoFap campaign. And let me tell you, this time, I’m doing much better than the last time. I still get the urges, but now I have learnt how to curb those urges. I’ve learnt how to say no when my brain asks me to look […]
Read More… from Age 19 – PIED and gynecomastia subsiding, No longer an introvert
Front Psychiatry. 2017; 8: 230. Published online 2017 Nov 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00230 PMCID: PMC5693873 Rea Lehner,1,2,* Joshua H. Balsters,1,3 Alexandra Bürgler,1 Todd A. Hare,2,4 and Nicole Wenderoth1,2,5 Abstract Obese individuals have been shown to exhibit abnormal sensitivity to rewards and reward-predicting cues as for example food-associated cues frequently used in advertisements. It has also been […]
AIMS Neuroscience, 2017, 4(1): 52-70. doi: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2017.1.52 Review Mani Pavuluri, , Kelley Volpe, Alexander Yuen Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Received: 02 January 2017 , Accepted: 10 April 2017 , Published: 18 April 2017 1. Introduction The brain regions engaged in reward and emotional circuitry overlap and are interconnected in daily operations [1]. It […]
This time last year I was different. Insecure, no confidence and broke. It was just over a year since I broke up with my long term girlfriend. I was sad, lonely, anxious and probably depressed. I saw a video on NoFap and thought it was ridiculous, weird and disgusting. In fact, that is exactly what […]
I’m 26, male and live within the UK. I don’t watch porn or masturbate anymore and I haven’t for the last 9 months. The benefits are obvious. How? There was no eureka moment and/ or special method. The biggest influence, without a doubt, is having a partner who I have sex with almost daily. I’m […]
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Volume 84, January 2018, Pages 204–217 Tim van Timmerena, b, , , , Joost G. Daamsc, Ruth J. van Holsta, b, d, 1, Anna E. Goudriaana, b, e, 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.022 Highlights •Compulsivity is thought to be a central construct of gambling disorder. •However, it is unclear if this is reflected by […]
Front. Psychiatry, 13 December 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00287 Yifan Wang1,2, Yanbo Hu3, Jiaojing Xu4, Hongli Zhou1, Xiao Lin5, Xiaoxia Du6 and Guangheng Dong1,7* 1Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China 2School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China 3Department of Psychology, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom 4School of Psychology, Southwest […]