COMMENTS: This paper was published under the “Debate” category in the journal ‘Addiction‘. Its main weakness is that it purports to address compulsive sexual behavior (CSB), an umbrella term that covers everything sexual. For example, “CSB” can encompass hypersexuality or “sex addiction” and may include such behaviors as serial infidelity or acting out with prostitutes. […]
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This is my longest nofap streak yet. Previously, I had made it a few weeks, but that included edging. This time, I’ve been very strict. I don’t touch myself. I notice when the desire arises and I resist. I don’t look at porn. I get annoyed at attempts in the media to gain my attention […]
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Citation: Translational Psychiatry (2016) 6, e740; doi:10.1038/tp.2016.6 Published online 23 February 2016 L Booij1,2,3,10, K Welfeld3,10, M Leyton3,4,5, A Dagher5, I Boileau6, I Sibon7, G B Baker8, M Diksic5, J-P Soucy5, J C Pruessner9, E Cawley-Fiset3, K F Casey2 and C Benkelfat3,5 1Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada 2CHU Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada 3Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada […]
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I had been struggling with relapses in the past. I started in the summer of last year after discovering yourbrainonporn.com. As someone with undergraduate training in the sciences, the information hit me hard and forced me to make changes. I thought it would be easy. It wasn’t at all. My longest streak lasted about 2 […]
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Addict Biol. 2015 Nov 24. doi: 10.1111/adb.12330. Gao P1, Limpens JH2, Spijker S3, Vanderschuren LJ2,4, Voorn P1. Abstract The transition from casual to compulsive drug use is thought to occur as a consequence of repeated drug taking leading to neuroadaptive changes in brain circuitry involved in emotion and cognition. At the basis of such neuroadaptations […]
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I wanted to share this story and a few tips for the young fellas suffering from PIED. I’m only 18 and I’m so happy that I had the chance to discover NoFap. Cause to be honest, this changed my life in so many ways.. Not only self-esteem, confidence etc. But let’s keep this short and […]
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I’m not going to give out my entire life story because it’s practically the same as everyone else. I was a frequent masturbator for several years and because of this, I pretty much ruined my high school years and half of my college life. Looking back, I realized how much I was fucking up my […]
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Trends Pharmacol Sci. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jun 1. Published in final edited form as: Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2014 Jun; 35(6): 268–276. Published online 2014 Apr 30. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2014.04.002 PMCID: PMC4041845 NIHMSID: NIHMS585222 Marco Leyton, Ph.D.1,2,3,4,* and Paul Vezina, Ph.D.5,6 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version […]
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