Steele et al., 2013 spokesperson Nicole Prause conducted several interviews about her July, 2013 EEG study on people complaining of having difficulties controlling their porn use. Commenting under the Psychology Today interview of Nicole Prause, senior psychology professor emeritus John A. Johnson said: A gap in logical inference {https://www.psychologytoday.com/comment/542939#comment-542939} Submitted by John A. Johnson Ph.D. […]
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I’ve been meaning to come back here for a while, not only to thank some of the amazing people on here, but also to offer help here to prove to myself that I’m not taking my progress and achievements for granted. I will start at the end, because my post is going to be too […]
Read More… from Age 20 – From socially anxious and sad to happiness, losing my virginity and new GF
Who I am doesn’t matter. I am 22 years old. I have watched porn for a long time. Found out about it with 13/14 years. And fapped at irregular times in the meantime. Until 3 years ago where I became 19. That time I got hooked on a fetish. That fetish was ‘gender-bender’. I have […]
Read More… from Age 22 – I genuinely thought I could have been transgender (autogynephilia). If you saw me today, you wouldn’t believe I was that person.
Sex is one of the most expressive forms of intimacy between two people. You strip yourself naked, both physically and emotionally, and expose your deepest parts. Yet, when the bond with a partner breaks, you’re left vulnerable in bed, and may turn to porn — not for love, but for pure sexual gratification. Using porn to […]
Read More… from “What Is A ‘Pornosexual?’ The New Sexual Orientation For Those Who Watch Porn, And Shun Real Sex” (Medical Daily)
I just wanted to share my experience on quitting. My story is a little bit extreme so maybe some of you won’t relate. Sorry if this post breaks any rules. I decided it was time to quit when I was engaging in Sissyfication Hypno. My mind was completely fucked from these videos directly intended to […]
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We’re all together in the same boat. And we definitely CAN DO IT. After twenty years of masturbating with porn almost every day, I started reading this NoFap subreddit. I decided to try something stronger to stop my old habit. Now I’m very proud of what I’ve got from discipline and sacrifice. All the good […]
Read More… from Age 39 – I was stuck in masturbation-mind-prison for 20 years
Day 77, almost finished 90 days of nofap only to fall prey to boredom and a smartphone with internet access. Let me share what I experienced. First let me share with you the benefits not in relation to women: Cravings for sugary food/junk food – gone. starting working out a bit more way more focused […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Erections now strong and lasting, colors brighter, scents more intense
Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2017 May 31;15(2):138-145. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2017.15.2.138. Kim JW1, Kim SY2, Choi JW2, Kim KM2, Nam SH2, Min KJ3, Lee YS3, Choi TY1. Abstract Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of comorbid psychiatric symptoms on quantitative electroencephalogram (QEEG) activities in boys with the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: […]
Read More… from Differences in Resting-state Quantitative Electroencephalography Patterns in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder with or without Comorbid Symptoms (2017)
High-fat diet alters reward system in rats Society for Neuroscience Public Release: 29-May-2017 Exposure to high-fat diet from childhood may increase the sensitivity of the dopamine system later in adulthood, according to a study in male rats published in eNeuro. The research describes potential mechanisms that, if translated to humans, may drive people to seek foods […]
Read More… from (L) Exposure to high-fat diet from childhood may increase the sensitivity of the dopamine system later in adulthood (2017)
Front Behav Neurosci. 2017; 11: 77. Published online 2017 Apr 28. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00077 PMCID: PMC5408019 Claire E. Manning, Elizabeth S. Williams, and Alfred J. Robison* Abstract Over the past three decades, it has become clear that aberrant function of the network of interconnected brain regions responsible for reward processing and motivated behavior underlies a variety […]
Read More… from Reward Network Immediate Early Gene Expression in Mood Disorders (2017)