Hey everybody! I am a former PED sufferer, writing after one full year of successful recovery. Recently, my mind has been flooded with memories of the anxiety and anguish I endured at the hands of my PED, and how happy I am having escaped its clutches. So I’ve returned here to give some advice and […]
Read More… from Age 25 – ED mostly gone. Rewiring the key. Still use porn.
Once I really understood how porn and fapping work on the brain, and understood the damage that PMO does, something changed. Something inside snapped, and I said “I am done with porn and fapping forever!” There is always a chance that I may slip up and reset, but I know that I will never go […]
Read More… from Age 41 – I love my wife much more – intimacy passionate and pleasurable
Guys, I can’t believe I finally got here! I started my NoFap journey about 2 years ago as a Senior in Highschool. Before this streak 36 days was my longest, I’m pretty proud of myself! Backstory, I guess I was a normal teenager. There were a lot of hot girls in my grade but I […]
Front Hum Neurosci. 2015; 9: 40. Published online 2015 Feb 5. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00040 Robert C. Lorenz,1,2,† Tobias Gleich,1,† Jürgen Gallinat,1,3 and Simone Kühn4,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Video games contain elaborate reinforcement and reward schedules that have the potential to maximize motivation. Neuroimaging studies suggest […]
Read More… from Video game training and the reward system (2015)
I’m 40, married to a smoking hot woman, we have two kids. For the last year my wife and I have been having serious marital issues. Sex was infrequent and fairly passionless. Two months ago I discovered she was having an online emotional/sexual affair with a facebook friend, and it sent my universe into a […]
Read More… from Age 40 – Married: 60 day report – hard mode, and I’m evolving at a fast rate
Hi people, This is gonna be a long story. I just logged in on Facebook and saw Reddit come by, and thought, hey, I haven’t been there for a while and decided to take a look here. I deleted my account because since the 13th of October, I know I’m clean for life and after […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Finally beat HOCD and anxiety. I faced the fears.
On top of the many reasons to hit the gym, working out may also improve the ability to persevere through hard times. In a series of recent experiments, neuroscientists at the University of Georgia have begun to unravel the link between long-term stress resilience and exercise. The study, published in the February edition of the […]
Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 May 30;8:196. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00196. eCollection 2014. Crystal A. Clark and Alain Dagher* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract An influential model suggests that dopamine signals the difference between predicted and experienced reward. In […]
I successfully made it to 90 days normal mode. I’m pretty proud of myself, the journey has been worth the effort. But on the other hand I expected it would be something different. It’s a bitter-sweet victory for me. The story I remember how my friend told me about masturbation when I was 12 – […]
Read More… from Age 30 – Journey has been worth the effort (married)
I’ve completed 70 days of Celibacy, No Sex, Porn, Masturbation, and Dating. I’d like to share what I’ve learnt during my journey I’ve failed in the 90 day celibacy challenge for over 3 years now. I could never make it past 7-15 days. But for the first time I made it till Day 72. Here […]
Read More… from Age 26 – ED healed. Confidence improved, Higher productivity, Easily concentrate