I am 21 and I started NoFap hardmode somewhere around May and today after 6 months(idk what is number of the days cause i stopped from counting them) I relapsed for the first time after 6 months. I didn’t really feel any shame afterwards and after it I realized that porn is just flat out […]
Read More… from Age 21 – Improved my social skills, started dating a girl I really like
We’re learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. [Watch short video] Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging the view that it’s a moral failing and researching treatments that could offer an exit from the cycle of desire, bingeing, and withdrawal that […]
Read More… from How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction (National Geographic)
120 days ago I was an absolute nervous, anxious, depressed wreck. My life had no meaning and I couldn’t even think of getting out of bed in the morning. No job, no friends, nothing. First month was hard, second month slightly less hard. After that things just went their own way and I stopped counting. […]
Study shows how ‘love hormone’ spurs sociability | Robert Malenka, MD, PhD Why is it so much fun to hang out with our friends? Why are some people so sociable while others are loners or seemingly outright allergic to interactions with others? A new study in mice by researchers at the Stanford University School of […]
Read More… from (L) Study shows how ‘love hormone’ spurs sociability (2017)
DAY 100 – JEDI TRAINING STAGE 2 COMPLETE *MAY CONTAIN TRIGGERING LANGUAGE I joined Nofap on April 18 and began my reboot on the same day. I chose to go porn free to improve my social, physical and emotional health and to have more intimate and meaningful PIV with SO. I identified my triggers, made […]
I’m on my longest streak ever and I only have 9 more days until my 3 month reboot and I want to share some stuff with you guys (and girls). I joined nofap 5 years ago, and have been trying this ever since. It is an extremely hard addiction to overcome. Trust me, I know, […]
Read More… from Age 29 – I am more in control of myself, no longer a victim, quit smoking
I did it. I fucking did it. [Background] Started PMO when I was in 7th grade, I still remember the first time when I discovered this “amazing” thing. Going through middle school to college, I have faced obscure issues such as brain fog, social anxiety, mediocracy with the ladies and gentlemen, low self-esteem, and a […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Overcame a decade of addiction, now achieving goals that seemed impossible
For the beginning I just want to apologize for some grammatical mistakes because I don’t use English very often and I want to tell you that it is going to be a very long story, maybe one of the longest I have read so if you don’t want to read it, nobody forces you. This […]
Read More… from Age 24 – 5-year recovery, severe HOCD, transgender porn
September 18, 2017 Emotional learning can create strong memories and powerful emotional responses, but flexible behavior demands that these responses be inhibited when they are no longer appropriate. Scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have discovered that emotional and flexible learning rely on an important division of labor in the brain. Published […]
Read More… from Learning and unlearning to fear: The two faces of noradrenaline (2017)
I read this quote today on a your brain on porn forum and it really spoke to me, having that instant gratification is not worth it in the long run. Stick to your streaks and you will reap the full benifits of your patients, I am almost to 30 days and i am already feeling […]
Read More… from Age 20 – Erections improving, more positive and outgoing, feeling happy with life