Let me start by saying I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD DO THIS. I have been doing [no porn/masturbation] for over a year now and it was always a struggle. In April, I finally made the decision that enough was enough and I was going to see this thing all the way through. For those of […]
Genes Brain Behav. 2013 Jun 22. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12060. Been LE, Hedges VL, Vialou V, Nestler EJ, Meisel RL. Source University of Minnesota, Department of Neuroscience, 6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. Abstract Motivated behaviors, including sexual experience, activate the mesolimbic dopamine system and produce long-lasting molecular and structural changes in the […]
By Isaac Abel About a year ago, I was regularly seeing a therapist. During one session, I mentioned the niche porn I had watched and how I was unsure whether or not I wanted to embrace some of the “kinkier” fantasies, like rape and incest, through role-play in my real sex life. It was the […]
Read More… from “Coming Out as a Porn Addict” (The Atlantic)
I originally planned to write my whole no-fap story, but realized halfway that it was becoming a book haha ;D. (P.S. – It is important to note that although my badge is in the single digits :[ I’ve fapped on less than 15 days in this entire year.) I always loved reading the SUPERPOWER stories […]
So I made it: 100 days 🙂 Woooohooooo!!!! I am very proud of myself, even though I have had stumbles and almost falls…. This forum and challenge has definitly changed my life:) Not in some massive religious-like event, but slow incremental changes. I don’t have super-powers now, but I do feel more confident, energized and […]
Read More… from Age 32 – 100 days: general anxiety way down, more confident, see women differently
First post. I’m 29 days into no MO, 59 days no P. I almost relapsed tonight, but I decided to start a journal instead. I’m 28 years old, 29 soon. One of the bad cases — I was at just the right age when I knew about computers since I was 9 years old and […]
Read More… from Age 28 – ED cured, social anxiety improved, more confident
So I’m over 4 months into my reboot now, and it wasn’t until recently that I began to try having sex. The first few times I wasn’t very successful. I did get a few nice blow jobs, but I wasn’t hard long enough for real sex. However, last weekend I ended up spending the weekend […]
Read More… from Age 17 – ED: more awake, relaxed, outgoing & happy
Behav Brain Funct. 2013; 9: 11. Published online 2013 March 12. doi: 10.1186/1744-9081-9-11 PMCID: PMC3608995 Soon-Beom Hong,1,2,3 Jae-Won Kim,3 Eun-Jung Choi,4 Ho-Hyun Kim,5 Jeong-Eun Suh,6 Chang-Dai Kim,7 Paul Klauser,1 Sarah Whittle,1 Murat Yűcel,1 Christos Pantelis,1 and Soon-Hyung Yi4 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background The […]
Before I started nofap I had a few girlfriends. They were all women that I was genuinely interested in but I had one unusual problem. I never wanted to have sex with them. I was a virgin at the time and all of my friends were telling me I had to loose it, but I […]
Read More… from Porn will rob you of your sexuality: I was not attracted to real women
A couple years ago, I stumbled across some research and articles about the pornography and the negative effects it could be having on men and their sex lives. I found it interesting, but never gave it too much thought after that. Then some time last year I stumbled across this video. It caught my attention […]
Read More… from Pornography Can Ruin Your Sex Life (Mark Manson)