LINK TO POST November 19, 2014 by Andrew Smiler Andrew Smiler discusses a straightforward and often effective solution to adult video-induced erectile difficulties. NSFW: This article contains adult themes and frank discussion of human sexuality and health.* Jim came to me for therapy because he was having a hard time getting it up during sex. I […]
Read More… from Online Videos Causing IRL Erectile Problems? by Andrew Smiler PhD
Results after achieving 300 days of NoFap What I have found out is that the best way to deal with it is cram your life into deliberate awkward public situations so you cannot sneak peek at porn when the urge arrives. Work on tasks that really challenge you both mentally and physically. Take time out […]
J Neurosci. Author manuscript; available in PMC Oct 18, 2012. Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. Apr 18, 2012; 32(16): 5549–5552. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5958-11.2012 PMCID: PMC3377379 NIHMSID: NIHMS370916 K. E. Demos, T. F. Heatherton, and W. M. Kelley Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article […]
Specific brain neurons responsible for nicotine addiction Until now, it has been thought that drug addiction results from two separate systems in the brain: the reward system, activated when a person uses a drug, and the stress system, activated during withdrawal. But a new study suggests there are specific neurons in the brain’s reward system […]
Read More… from VTA active during use and withdrawal: CRF neurons found within VTA (2014)
I’m a 22 year old virgin and started my journey because of PIED in a very bad state…I couldn’t even get it up to porn anymore, it was literally dead. I started watching porn at the age of 10-12…not sure about it and from then I was watching it every single day and fapped 1-2 […]
Read More… from Age 22 – ED is almost cured. Social anxiety mostly gone. Need more time.
Hey guys, thanks for sharing your stories, they all helped my on my way. Now the time has come to give you mine. My story: Attempt 1: Failed after 12 days. Attempt 2: Failed after about 20 days. Attempt 3: Failed after 31 days. Attempt 4: Last 90 days. Feels good. How did I get […]
Read More… from ED: The sex is now amazing – much more creative, much more fun, much more honest
THERE’S no cleaning up the language when you’re talking porn with Gabriel Deem, a man who says from the age of 11 he regularly consumed obscene megabytes-worth of pornography. It was a compulsion that eventually robbed him of any interest in real, tactile sex with another human being. His story serves as a warning for […]
Read More… from Steeped in porn at a tender age (Winnipeg Free Press)
10 days ago I announced to the world that I accomplished 40 days of being clean from porn/fap and I will keep doing that every 10 days. Today marks the 50th day of my journey. I know that people here often say that streaks are not that important but they present a great value to […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Improved eye contact, More social, Improved concentration
I wanted to post my story because many of the stories I read on the internet really helped motivate me and maybe something I write will help someone else. In fact without that inspiration I doubt I’d have been able to take my journey as far as I have. A little about me.. I am […]
Read More… from Age 48 – Chronic ED cured, Improved mood, Sleep better, Women are now beautiful
If this looks familiar I had a thread in the PIED section which had 400 views with my journal. I decided to make this thread because 90 days seems to be the benchmark that a lot of people aim for (at least at first) so I thought people might be interested in seeing exactly how […]
Read More… from Age 20 – ED: Confidence roaring back, feel more manly