Hello, I have achieved 365 days so I thought it‛s time for me to write some kind of a report to give back to this community. First, I gotta say that this is going to be a rather dark report, as I haven‛t made as much progress as other people have in a similar time […]
Read More… from Age 35 – 1 Year: My actual issue is internet addiction
In the past two weeks I had successful sex with three different girls. I think it’s a good enough sign that my PIED is now cured and I’m ready to continue living healthy life without burden of shame, fear, guilt and self-doubt on my shoulders. It is extremely great and liberating feeling and I invite […]
Read More… from Age 28 – PIED cured: 7 months – What I’ve learned
I’ve put this article together for two reasons: First, if you’re a male trying to break free from porn, one really potent, self-interested argument for why you should stop is that you may develop porn induced erectile dysfunction. Not the most noble reason to quit, but hey, it’s a start. The second reason is for […]
Read More… from Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction: What the Experts are Saying (The Porn Effect)
Psychiatry Res. 2015 Sep 12. pii: S0925-4927(15)30070-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2015.08.012. [Epub ahead of print] Bi Y1, Yuan K2, Feng D1, Xing L1, Li Y1, Wang H3, Yu D4, Xue T5, Jin C6, Qin W1, Tian J7. Abstract Rapid progress had been made towards the effect of Internet addiction (IA) on the adolescents brain, relatively little is […]
Read More… from Disrupted inter-hemispheric functional and structural coupling in Internet addiction adolescents (2015)
Before we head on about HOCD’s,I’ll talk about my porn experience.I started watching Porn since I was a child. Started off with Softcore,Kissing scenes,sex scenes at youtube by the age of 7,continued with this routine till I was 10,I upgraded to real porn,every day since then I watched and fapped almost every day.I am 16 […]
Read More… from Age 16 – HOCD abating
I hit the 6 months mark today. A clean streak, not a single urge or a single peek. I’m 28, been using since 16. I was a very bad case, I ended up isolating myself from everyone, completely numb, depressive, suicidal in 2012. Probably one of the worst cases of PIED you can find, horrible […]
Read More… from Age 28 – PIED, social anxiety gone, self esteem on the mend, no longer suicidal
is that I only learnt about it a couple of months ago. I seriously wish that I had known the damage that porn can cause on the hearts, the lives and the minds of young men (myself included) years before this moment. If I had have known of this amazing Subreddit ten, five, or even […]
Read More… from Age 25 – The biggest problem I have with Nofap…
This article cites a lot of shaky research, but it’s likely its author recognizes that youthful internet porn use is indeed having an effect on sexual and fetish tastes. Hardcore, abundant and free: what is online pornography doing to sexual tastes—and youngsters’ minds? IN 2003 Peter Morley-Souter, a British teenager whose hobby was drawing comic […]
Read More… from “A user’s manual” (The Economist)
Before nofap, I had no direction to life. Almost everything was just going through the motions and really just taking a passive front seat to my own existence. Whether it was in my studies, friendships, relationships, etc. I was simply not “active”. I wasn’t present. Now, I had known about nofap for awhile but I […]
Read More… from Age 20 – “I don’t PMO” has power!
I am a 20 year old man, I have no interest for instant-gratification. I don’t look at porn and have great self-respect for myself. For my own personal reasons I decided to be abstinent till I’m married. Today I have completed 90 days of NoFap. In this report I will tell you about my history […]
Read More… from Age 20 – Gained Fearlessness, Confidence, Self-Control, and Clarity of Sight