90 days ago, I was literally suicidal. Everything was falling apart. I Hated everything. I almost gave up to despair until I realized that in this world, I’m the only source of my own happiness. I can’t rely on anyone for happiness. I don’t need pornstars to keep me happy. I don’t need the internet […]
Read More… from Age 18 – From suicidal to enjoying life – giving up private internet the key
After months of ups and downs, relapses and urges, flatlines and “superpowers”, I’ve earned a great source of experience and it has definitely changed my life forever. If someone had told me, not at the beginning but even six months ago, that I would reach 90 days without Porn and Masturbation, then I wouldn’t have […]
Read More… from Age 19 – Lost my virginity, back to my “natural me,” after a 2-year struggle
I will start off by saying im very pleased to write this. I now have one year porn-free, one year without masturbating to orgasm and I’m finally capable of having sex. At 30 years old. I used to be a hardcore porn junkie. I loved porn. It became my #1 passion in life. We´re talking […]
I always knew PMO was detrimental in my health and wellbeing but I didn’t know how to stop. 30 days ago I discovered a video on the benefits on quitting PMO and that led me to this community: Nofap. What PMO did to me. Depression and the constant feeling that I was worthless was what […]
In case you missed this TIME cover story about porn-induced sexual dysfunctions, it is no longer behind a paywall. Read it here. The text: Noah Church is a 26-year-old part-time wildland firefighter in Portland, Ore. When he was 9, he found naked pictures on the Internet. He learned how to download explicit videos. When he […]
19 male PMO daily+ for 4 years ish. Day 50 urges subsided barely on my mind except for one big attempt by my brain every few days to get me to relapse. Productivity steadily increased. Now keep a time journal which I write in every few hours detail in what I’ve done want to do […]
Biol Res Nurs. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 Jul 1. Published in final edited form as: Biol Res Nurs. 2015 Jul; 17(4): 413–421. Published online 2015 Jan 9. doi: 10.1177/1099800414565170 PMCID: PMC4474751 NIHMSID: NIHMS671333 Ansley Grimes Stanfill, PhD, RN,1,2 Yvette Conley, PhD,3 Ann Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN,4 Carol Thompson, PhD, DNP, ACNP, FNP, CCRN, […]
Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25;104(1):111-6. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.048. Pritchett CE1, Hajnal A. Abstract Chronic overeating of obesogenic diets can lead to obesity, reduced dopamine signaling, and increased consumption of added sugars to compensate for blunted reward. However, the specific role of diet composition yet remains unknown. To study this, Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed a high-energy […]
Honestly couldn’t be more excited about this. I have grown a lot and never entertain the idea watching porn with anything more than a passing thought. Life feels a bit better knowing I am already succeeding at something in the background of it all. I know my journey isn’t over as I still get urges […]
Read More… from Age 23 – I actually enjoy most social interactions now
PLoS One. 2017 Aug 31;12(8):e0183685. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183685. Cook JB1,2, Hendrickson LM1,3, Garwood GM3, Toungate KM3, Nania CV1, Morikawa H1,3. Abstract Similar to drugs of abuse, the hedonic value of food is mediated, at least in part, by the mesostriatal dopamine (DA) system. Prolonged intake of either high calorie diets or drugs of abuse both lead […]