So I made it to 90 days in hardmode after many failed attempts. The first 45 days were like hell, then it became much easier. You need like 3 months of time to learn yourself a new behavior. The difficulty was not in abstaining from watching porn, the difficulty was in abstaining from masturbating. After […]
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I just reached a new record, 107 days on hard mode. I’m 38yo and have been jerking to porn since age 10 or so and struggling to quit for a while. This was made even more challenging by the fact that I work from home and live alone so I am home alone all the […]
Evening fapstronauts… I come to you today with the biggest gift I could possibly give anyone, I am giving it away for free because I feel unworthy of its wisdom, even though it was through heavy introspection that I uncovered it. First, consider the following; You want to stop fapping, yet somehow you just ‘give-in’ […]
Hello, I’m 24, male, bought the book – was amazed, found the forum – was amazed, I have this need to share everything I know to someone who will understand me. Porn affected my life pretty significantly and painfully. I haven’t watch porn since two years but my brain is still affected, it’s still not […]
Read More… from Age 24 – I couldn’t normally talk with girls, I couldn’t even look them in the eyes!
I feel like one of the lucky ones, after all the posts I’ve read on here. Maybe I never was addicted, or maybe the shock was so great seeing the Ted Talk on yourbrainonporn.com and matching all the symptoms that my resolve to fix myself immediately was greater than most. I don’t know, but what […]
Read More… from Age 49 – ED cured, Girlfriend is happy, and my life has improved
Nat Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC Jan 1, 2014. Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. Jul 2013; 16(7): 10.1038/nn.3420. Published online Jun 2, 2013. doi: 10.1038/nn.3420 PMCID: PMC3703824 NIHMSID: NIHMS477621 Hui Wang,*,1,2,3 Florian Duclot,*,1,2 Yan Liu,2,3 Zuoxin Wang,2,3 and Mohamed Kabbaj1,2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final […]
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Front Neuroendocrinol. Author manuscript; available in PMC Jan 1, 2012. Published in final edited form as: Front Neuroendocrinol. Jan 2011; 32(1): 53–69. Published online Aug 3, 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.07.006 PMCID: PMC3012750 NIHMSID: NIHMS227401 Kimberly A. Young, Kyle L. Gobrogge, Yan Liu, and Zuoxin Wang* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final […]
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J Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC Oct 27, 2009. Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. Feb 4, 2009; 29(5): 1312–1318. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5039-08.2009 PMCID: PMC2768419 NIHMSID: NIHMS93410 Heather E. Ross,1 Sara M. Freeman,1 Lauren L. Spiegel,1 Xianghui Ren,2 Ernest F. Terwilliger,2 and Larry J. Young1,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► […]
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC Feb 21, 2013. Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Biobehav Rev. Jan 2011; 35(3): 498–515. Published online Jun 23, 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.06.004 PMCID: PMC3578706 NIHMSID: NIHMS216938 Kimberly A. Young,* Kyle L. Gobrogge, and Zuoxin Wang Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final […]