Comments: This is the second Cambridge University study on internet porn addicts (“CSB” in the study). This study assessed cue-reactivity through attentional bias. Unlike this 2013 EEG study in which the subjects were male, female and non-heterosexuals, and were not screened for mental conditions or other addictions, this study meticulously followed established neuroscience protocols. The […]
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Recently, there has been some buzz regarding the role of religion with regard to porn addiction. One study http://www.provenmen.org/2014pornsurvey/pornography-use-and-addiction/#addiction showed that men claiming to be Christian were twice as likely as non-Christians to think that they might be addicted to porn. Some commentators are quick to conclude that this is proof that porn addiction is a construct […]
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Source: Final article by IPPR. Comments – articles and a news video about a UK survey asking 18-year olds about pornography. ENTIRE POLL – RAW DATA. Full report will be released on August 27. Here is a sample: The Telegraph – It’s time we started talking to our children about sex, and that means porn […]
Read More… from Most teenagers think internet pornography is damaging, poll finds (2014)
I’ve been masturbating to porn daily since I was about 8 years old. The first two, and previous to nofap only, times I had sex, were not very good. The first was at 17yo and was going great until I was turned off by what I now know was a very strong smelling cooter (a […]
Read More… from Age 29 – Had sex for the first time in 10 years!
Noah B. E. Church is a wildland firefighter, EMT, tutor, entrepreneur, speaker, and author. At 24 years old, he’s also a recovering porn addict. Having first encountered internet pornography at the age of nine, it wasn’t until very recently that he realised how badly his porn habit had affected his sexual and emotional well-being. Following […]
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Comments: The following (roughly) translated articles contain quotes and describe studies (in press) by Italian urology professor, President of the Italian Society of Reproductive Pathophysiology, and author of some 300 academic papers, Carlo Foresta. See this page for descriptions of the studies and his 90 page PDF of the lecture where he presented his results. […]
Read More… from Study: porn blamed for decreased sexual desire & increased sexual dysfunctions in teens, Dr. Carlo Foresta (2014)
I’m pretty hungover – I’ve realized that this is a trigger for me and precisely why I’m focusing my energy on recognizing what has improved over the last 18 days. I’ve made it past two weeks about 5 times, then I’d get cocksure and blow it “accidentally”. The last year has been crazy in […]
Read More… from Age 22 – (ED), Huge drop in social anxiety, More confidence with ladies, More energy
I have reached the 5 month mark for nofap now and I almost think of it as a good luck charm now and am too scared to stop it as everything has been going so well for me since I have started it. I use to suffer from really bad performance anxiety induced erectile dysfunction […]
Read More… from Age 20 – ED Cured! No more need for Viagra!
I tried to reach 90 days without PMO 2 times before and failed miserably. Then I figured that you can rewire your brain easier if you go hard mode or even monk mode. The key is to divert your attention, change your focus to something else, some kind of activity whenever you start thinking about […]
Read More… from ED – erections are much stronger; huge confidence boost
tl;dr – PMO almost destroyed my life…. discovered NoFap… drastically changed things… got happier :D… NoFap challenge works I swear. 100 days baby! Hi non-fapping community I reached a 3 month milestone with the help of all your inspirational posts on this sub. It was a privilege to read ya’ll stories and it seems like […]
Read More… from Age 24 – PMO almost destroyed my life. Now – So much happier & healthier