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I guess the title says volumes about how much fapping is at the front of my mind these days! I have a counter widget on my phone and noticed it was a year the other day and thought ‘that’s nice!’ I am a different person to what I was a year or so ago. I’m […]

Read More… from Age 32 – Married. One year: I am a different person to what I was a year or so ago.

This is my first post. I’m sharing in hopes my experience might help someone else. As the title says, I’m 27 and still a virgin (I’ve been with people, just had not had penetrative sex—so kinda virgin I guess?). I’m still a virgin largely because I’ve not felt attracted to people for most of my […]

Read More… from Age 27 – Virgin; 90 Days NoFap Reached. My results.

Hey everyone, my name is —— and I’m an addict, but I’ve been clean for 90 days. applause The journey I didn’t keep a meticulous record of how the days went, but this visualisation of another Fapstronaut’s emotional state is a pretty accurate depiction of where I’ve been, and where I more or less am […]

Read More… from 90 days – More motivated, expressive & confident, less antagonistic

Brain Struct Funct. 2013 Aug 11. Staffend NA1, Hedges VL, Chemel BR, Watts VJ, Meisel RL. Abstract Female sexual behavior is an established model of a naturally motivated behavior which is regulated by activity within the mesolimbic dopamine system. Repeated activation of the mesolimbic circuit by female sexual behavior elevates dopamine release and produces persistent […]

Read More… from Cell-type specific increases in female hamster nucleus accumbens spine density following female sexual experience (2013)

Brain Res. 2013 Dec 6;1541:22-32. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.015. Garduño-Gutiérrez R1, León-Olea M, Rodríguez-Manzo G. Author information Abstract Opioid receptors internalize upon specific agonist stimulation. The in vivo significance of receptor internalization is not well established, partly due to the limited in vivo models used to study this phenomenon. Ejaculation promotes endogenous opioid release which activates opioid […]

Read More… from Different amounts of ejaculatory activity, a natural rewarding behavior, induce differential mu and delta opioid receptor internalization in the rat’s ventral tegmental area (2013)

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one” -Bruce Lee You have read this time and time again, I have watched porn since I was 13 years old. I let it have power over me for so long. Until 3 months into my 21st year in February […]

Read More… from I truly feel like hell right now. Now you are thinking “how the fuck is this a success story?”

So I thought I would take this Sunday morning off (from life) to share my story. Maybe this will inspire some of you to try harder with this challenge. 1. A little celebration of 52 days PMO free This couldn’t have happened without this community, so thank you! I sorta missed my 30 day mark […]

Read More… from Age 32 – My energy levels are off the charts!