This was not my first major reboot (it was my second), and not my longest streak (140 days). In 2013 I got really into NoFap, active on the subreddit daily, and it was an integral part of me really getting my act together for the first time in my life. I was going to university, […]
LINK TO THREAD – My Thoughts On Rebooting [EXTREMELY LONG POST] It’s been a while since I made a thread like this.I’ve learned quite a few things in the last few months. So I’m going to share them with you guys.First of all, I want to give the majority of credit to Al. It was […]
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After one month without fapping, my life has radically changed. It’s been years that I had social anxiety, depression, low confidence and I didn’t know why. Now it’s different, it’s a new cycle. And there are many benefits you can feel, so there are some: Confidence: I feel more happy with myself and I don’t […]
Alexander Rhodes is the founder of NoFap, a platform dedicated to providing tools and support for people who want to quit porn. Recently, a nonbinding resolution declaring pornography a “public health crisis” passed by unanimous vote through Utah’s state House and Senate, and was signed by Gov. Gary Herbert. In response, droves of Internet commenters […]
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Comments: Article contains quotes from two well known medical doctors concerning porn-induced sexual problems. Excerpts: According to everydayhealth.com, evidence increasingly suggests that erectile dysfunction may be one of the side effects of men’s fascination with porn, and it also may be turning into a more common problem of men’s sexual health. “Due to the pornography […]
Front Psychol. 2016 May 4;7:597. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00597. eCollection 2016. Wang Y1, Zou Z1, Song H1, Xu X1, Wang H1, d’Oleire Uquillas F2, Huang X1. Abstract Mobile phone dependence (MPD) is a behavioral addiction that has become an increasing public mental health issue. While previous research has explored some of the factors that may predict MPD, […]
Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 4. Published online 2016 Jan 28. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00004 PMCID: PMC4729938 Xin Du,1,† Xin Qi,1,† Yongxin Yang,2,† Guijin Du,3 Peihong Gao,3 Yang Zhang,1 Wen Qin,1 Xiaodong Li,3,* and Quan Zhang1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Recent studies suggested that internet gaming […]
I’m 23 and I was exposed to porn at the ripe age of 7. In 1999 I was always on the computer and due to my unsupervised use of the Internet. I found porn by accident and was hooked ever since. 16 years of addiction. I was viewing porn on the daily. It would get […]
I have been pmo’ing pretty much since I was 12 and I am now 24. I’ve only had one proper girlfriend when I was about 16-18 who I was very physical with all the time. Since then I’ve only been with a couple of girls and had 2 short relationships which have ended in them […]
J Physiol Anthropol. 2015; 35: 8. Published online 2016 Mar 8. doi: 10.1186/s40101-016-0089-3 PMCID: PMC4782579 Ji-Woo Seok, Jin-Hun Sohn, and Chaejoon Cheong Abstract Background Sexual behavior is an important role for the survival of species. The advancement of brain imaging methods has enabled the understanding of the brain mechanism related to sexual arousal. The previous […]