Back in 2012 december I made a decision to stop watching porn for an entire year. within 3-4 months of trying I went to thailand and I was intimate with many girls over board, then i slowly went back to porn. In 2013 I made another strong determination and I had much struggle, but miraculously […]
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On this day, October 9th, 2014, I have completed 90 days of nofap. I’m going to try to keep this a bit short, so here’s how my journey went: Before nofap I was: Socially awkward, Unfocused, Lonely, Nervous around girls, Weak – both physically and mentally, Unattractive. Now, after 90 days, I’ve noticed a lot […]
Marc N. Potenza DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.004 Keywords – Gambling; Internet use; Video-gaming; Eating/Food; Sex; Shopping The term addiction holds significance for patients, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and many other groups of people. Thus, how the term addiction is used (and to whom it may apply) has been debated. The term “addiction” originated in Roman times and […]
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I’m 18 years old now, and I’ve been doing Nofap for about a year. Held multiple ~3 month streaks but with the summer holiday it sort of broke down and since then I’ve only gone things between a few days to two weeks without PMO. It basically got re-normalised in my brain, an error I’m […]
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Brain Res. 2014 Aug 27. pii: S0006-8993(14)01119-6. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.044. Xing L1, Yuan K2, Bi Y1, Yin J1, Cai C1, Feng D1, Li Y1, Song M1, Wang H3, Yu D4, Xue T5, Jin C3, Qin W6, Tian J7. Abstract The association between the impaired cognitive control and brain regional abnormalities in Internet gaming disorder (IGD) adolescents […]
I want to say thank you for taking time to read this post. I know that for a lot of us we turn to this site and others like it for support and hope that we will overcome what is to alot of us a major obstacle in life (and to some like me, the […]
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Nagendra Singh Chauhan, 1 , 2 ,* Vikas Sharma, 1 V. K. Dixit, 1 and Mayank Thakur 1 , 3 ,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract The use of plant or plant-based products to stimulate sexual desire and to enhance performance and enjoyment is almost […]
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Before I go into my personal experience these past 90 days of NoFap hard mode, I would like to make mention of three powerful principles that I believe make NoFap really work well: Energy Follows Thought. If no thought is present, your energy runs wild and without control. NoFap helps keep your thoughts clear and […]
Read More… from Age 24 – I’m through with porn and masturbating to porn
First of all, let me introduce myself in a few following sentences. I am coming to this great community of people who support each other from the Czech Republic. This small republic lies in the middle of Europe and not everyone knows where to find it. 🙂 I am 17 years old Christian and this […]
90 days. I am 40 years old. I have been using a lifetime. With me porn went always hand in hand with fantasies. Out of reality fantasies that gave me a brief escape out of reality as I knew it. I could rely on porn for years to numb painful moments, to be there when […]
Read More… from Age 40 – After 24 years of porn use I feel like I am building a “new me”.