COMMENTS: Study strongly suggests that internet addiction can cause ADHD like symptoms (rather than ADHD leading to internet addiction). J Behav Addict. 2017 Aug 8:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.044. Kim D1,2, Lee D1,2, Lee J1,2, Namkoong K1,2, Jung YC1,2. Abstract Background and aims Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric comorbidities of […]
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Run down of 90 days from a bachelor..The first 2 weeks were challenging — slight brain fog, resisting temptation, staying busy and avoiding social media where I know I’ll encounter illicit material (I also enabled restricted mode on my phone and laptop). I had infrequent erections. Possibly from PIED. 15-30 days, still no “superpowers” but […]
Read More… from Age 30 – Sex more passionate and sensitivity heightened
I’m 20 years old and I had a low self image and also depression and anxiety. Never thought I’d make it this far through NoFap in my life nor did I ever think I’d participate. So much has changed for me in these days. I’ll go through the pros: For me the withdrawal symptoms hit […]
Read More… from Age 20 – Brutal withdrawal, but my confidence came booming back
I was 23 when I first went on this journey…now I am 29. You can look at my previous posts if you want to see more, but I had ED and my only sexual experience was with porn, and masturbating almost every day. The streaks were a good starting point, and I would have definitely […]
Read More… from Age 29 – Had PIED. I would say part of my problem was also performance anxiety
BMC Neurosci. 2017; 18: 54. Published online 2017 Jul 27. doi: 10.1186/s12868-017-0375-y PMCID: PMC5530585 Xin Ge,#1 Yawen Sun,#1 Xu Han,1 Yao Wang,1 Weina Ding,1 Mengqiu Cao,1 Yasong Du,2 Jianrong Xu,1 and Yan Zhou1 Abstract Background It has been reported that internet gaming disorder (IGD) and smokers with nicotine dependence (SND) share clinical characteristics, such as […]
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With all my personal due diligence I now claim I’m free from pmo. I started pmo since 12, and it escalated to a point where I had serious brain fog, pmo while working from home, and sleep for 11 hrs and still feel tired. During a period of recovery, I had serious anxiety and mood […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Looking back, the journey feels like getting out of hell. I will never watch porn again.
I am a little over an hour from reaching 365 days (the counter may say 363, though the streak started July 29, 2016 so must be a delay) and am still in complete disbelief that I’m actually typing this. My streak began as mentioned the 29th of July, but the nofap journey started way before […]
Read More… from Age 19 – All A’s in rigorous courses, lots of hook-ups, no more social anxiety
I’m not making a judging on porn or porn use, but just an observation I had on a recent experience in regards to a fella. So: I move in a shared house with two other people, guy and a girl. The house is pretty bare, and due to a mix-up with providers, we don’t get […]
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I started NoFap when I realized something was wrong. Something wasn’t quite right with me but I couldn’t figure it out. Either that, or I was ignoring the hard facts. I began to list my good traits, and my bad traits (bad traits = things I was ashamed of, things that needed much improvement, things […]
Read More… from Age 26 – DE better, I don’t oversexualize everything anymore. I’m back, and I’m better than ever.
Updated 21 July 2017 An international study found that the percentage of men below 40 who suffer erectile dysfunction has skyrocketed in the last 15 years, from between 2% and 5% to 30%. Many young men who should be in their sexual prime are suffering erectile dysfunction as a result of watching pornography from an […]
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