Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Aug 11. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.147. Schoenbaum G1, Chang CY1, Lucantonio F1, Takahashi YK1. Abstract Addiction involves an inability to control drug seeking behavior. While this may be thought of as secondary to an overwhelming desire for drug, it could equally well reflect a failure of the brain mechanisms that allow addicts to learn about […]
Today marks 90 days of being free from PMO for me. I never thought I would have gotten to this point but I am really pleased to be here. Its been a crazy, hard road to walk already but I have alot more distance to cover. I’ll go into some detail of PMO history and […]
I distinctly remember the first time I ever jerked off. I was 13 years old at the time, early in 8th grade. I can pinpoint the time perfectly because it was right around the time my parents got divorced. Its not that I blame this all on them and their decision, its just that the […]
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This forum was critical to my success in beating my porn addiction. I now consider myself truly rebooted. I wanted to explain how I got here because some aspects of my journey were different to what I had read on here, and other aspects were similar. Of course, everyone is different, and I’m not suggesting […]
I’ve been on the nofap grind this since the beginning of may, after a semester of jerking off many consecutive days. I was in a bad place this past winter so I decided to make a big change. I mostly was managing to go about 2 weeks straight with no jerking off. Earlier in the […]
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Today is day 300 for me. Not 300 days of running from an addiction, not 300 days of being free of some mass scheme to hurt me, not 300 days of some never ending cycle of trigger avoidance and avoiding life. This has been one moment, 300 days ago, of GROWING UP. It took me […]
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I started playing around with NoFap about 2 years ago. At the time, it was more of a personal challenge like “can I do it?” rather than an actual goal. I quickly noticed that there are a lot of things going on, but then later I would go back to the usual fapping. After doing […]
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YBOP COMMENTS: This study reported the following rates of sexual functioning problems in 16-21 year old males (data from 2010-2012): Lacked interest in having sex: 10.5% Difficulty reaching climax: 8.3% Difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection: 7.8% The above rates are significantly higher than those reported prior to the advent of the internet. For example, […]
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Link to full study –Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review With Clinical Reports (Park et al., 2016). Note – numerous other peer-reviewed papers agree that Steele et al., 2013 supports the porn addiction model: Peer-reviewed critiques of Steele et al., 2013 Excerpt analyzing Steele et al., 2013: A 2013 EEG study by Steele […]
Social anxiety and low confidence was my whole life. Got into PMO at age 14…. multiple times everyday up until age 20. At age 20 I stumbled upon this for the first time. Had a streak of 45 days, got terrible anxiety the whole time, but felt more energy. Gave up and never looked back. […]