I am 400 days porn free and feel better than I ever have before. I used to have stone-cold PIED, and it is markedly improved. I’ve ditched so much dead weight by not letting myself watch porn all the time and I can now enjoy the things that I am supposed to be able to. […]
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 May 6. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.129. Mancino S1, Burokas A1, Gutiérrez-Cuesta J1, Gutiérrez-Martos M1, Martín-García E1, Pucci M2, Falconi A2, D’Addario C3, Maccarrone M4, Maldonado R1. Abstract An increasing perspective conceptualizes obesity and overeating as disorders related to addictive-like processes that could share common neurobiological mechanisms. In the present study, we aimed at validating an […]
I’ve made it to 90 days hard mode and I’m really proud of my achievement, and wanted to share my experience. Without discovering this movement I’m not sure I would have made this change in my life. Firstly I would like to thank my accountability partner for sticking with me and this community. The strength […]
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Chia-Chien Chen,1 Ju Lu,2 and Yi Zuo1,* 1Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA 2Department of Biological Sciences and James H. Clark Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Mini Review ARTICLE Front. Neuroanat., 09 May 2014 | doi: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00028 Abstract Dendritic spines are ubiquitous postsynaptic […]
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Citation: Translational Psychiatry (2015) 5, e549; doi:10.1038/tp.2015.46 Published online 14 April 2015 N D Volkow1, G-J Wang1, J Logan2, D Alexoff2, J S Fowler2, P K Thanos2, C Wong1, V Casado3, S Ferre4 and D Tomasi1 1Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, USA 2Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 4Intramural […]
I’m glad I’m “free” of porn. I do not want it back in my life, its disgusting, vile, and I want no part of it, mentally at least. Physically, I’m still struggling.I never thought I would make it this far, the main thing that keeps me from relapsing is that I’m scared if I relapse […]
Read More… from Age 22 – My desires in regards to woman have vastly changed
Around April last year, I decided I wanted to stop, looked at some articles on the benefits of stopping, and started doing it less. May, I got a little more determined, looked at the articles some more, and was at 28 days when I found noFap. From there, I went on to a 93 […]
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I’m a 40+ year old single father and I’ve experienced brain fog for the last year and a half. NoFap helped me get rid of it. TL;DR? Skip to “V-V-V-V BRAIN FOG V-V-V-V” 🙂 After my divorce quite some years ago I got into the habit of going to work, eat diner, have some (more […]
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Comments: Earlier animal studies show a loss of D2 receptors cause by overeating, and human studies show an increase of dopamine D2 receptors when obese patients lose weight. This isn’t settled. LINK TO ABSTRACT Henry K. Karlsson1, Lauri Tuominen1,2, Jetro J. Tuulari1, Jussi Hirvonen1,3, Riitta Parkkola3, Semi Helin1, Paulina Salminen4, Pirjo Nuutila1,5, and Lauri Nummenmaa1,6 […]
NICK THORPE examines emerging evidence of the havoc internet pornography can wreak in our brains, our relationships – and our children. WHAT attitude should we have to porn – not just as adults, but as parents? In the wake of Safer Internet Day 2015 it seems a good question, not least because research shows that […]
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