I started watching porn at the age of around 13 and starting masturbating to it nearly every night for 6 years. At first it wasn’t a problem because its a “normal” thing to do right…Lol wrong, i was an addict. I used to go to bed,watch porn,sleep,wake up, porn, school.This continued for about 6 years […]
Read More… from Age 19 – (HOCD) Stopped porn and my girlfriend is now HOT, erections strong
BENEFITS OF NoFap – More positive. Happier. Focus, energy, drive, willpower increase. Better sex and stronger erections. More cum. Better at pickup: ooze sexuality and groundedness. More “Alpha” and masculine. Better at leading and expressing personal boundaries and opinions. Feel better.NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PMO More negative Less able to control emotions More anxiety, especially social […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Better at pickup: ooze sexuality and groundedness
I am 45 days clean from pmo, and to say it’s changed my life is an understatement. Check out my journal for the full story on how my addiction started, but to summarize it, I started when I was around 17. I am 29 now and from 2008-2013 I was deeply addicted to it and […]
Posted February 22, 2016 by Giuseppe Gangarossa in Basic Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Memory & Learning, Sex Hormones LINK TO POST When we think about sex hormones, notably estrogens and androgens, we usually associate them with sex, gender and body development. Like all hormones, they are chemical messengers, substances produced in one part of the body that […]
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. […]
Read More… from Should compulsive sexual behavior be considered an addiction? (2016)
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 […]
Read More… from Age 37 – PIED cured, less anxiety, comfortable in my own skin, disciplined
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 […]
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 […]
Read More… from Age 21 – I’ve fallen into a good habit of simply excelling
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 […]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 16. pii: 201515724. Liu S1, Globa AK2, Mills F2, Naef L1, Qiao M1, Bamji SX2, Borgland SL3. FULL STUDY – PDF Abstract In an environment with easy access to highly palatable and energy-dense food, food-related cues drive food-seeking regardless of satiety, an effect that can lead […]