The two faces of depression – two studies switch off symptoms in mice, but in opposite ways By Ed Yong | December 12, 2012 In a lab at Stanford University, a mouse is showing signs of depression. For around 10 weeks, it has experienced a series of irritations, from bouts without food or water, to […]
Insomnia, headaches, a couple periods of flatlining, maddening temptation and the feeling of uncertainty when facing the problems of your life without a fap security blanket. I experienced all of these things in these 90 days. Why would anyone want to go through it?! Well, this is a clear case of how enduring temporary pain […]
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Hey guys, this is the first time I tell you about my reboot, even though it is not my first attempt on noFap. In short it´s been 3 month ago since I started to reboot. I relapsed after one entire dry month. It had been a long way through desert, and the first time I […]
When it is controlling you rather than you controlling it December 14, 2012 by Robert Taibbi, L.C.S.W. Porn is becoming a widespread and increasingly serious problem. An estimated 20-30 million Americans (okay mostly men) are viewing porn daily. The saturation with porn is causing a host of young adults (yes, men again) to need Viagra […]
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I am a 39 year old gay man who is American but has been living and working in India for the past 2 years. Today I celebrate my 30 days of no porn or masturbation. I stumbled onto www.yourbrainonporn.com one night after fapping in hopes of looking for proof that there is a way to […]
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New research sheds light on connection between dopamine and depression symptoms Lia Steakley on December 12th, 2012 A team of researchers at Stanford have successfully induced and relieved depression-like deficiencies in both pleasure and motivation in mice by controlling a region of the brain known as the ventral tegmental area. That part of the brain […]
OK I recently made the 90 days. I made this whole thing in hard mode ( no sex, nofap, ….). My focus at the end was really awesome I felt energized and only had cravings for porn very irregularly. I got so much more aroused by seeing beautiful women than before. But after the 90 […]
Odysseus was curious as to what the Sirens sung in their song to him, so, on Circe’s advice, he had all his sailors plug their ears withbeeswax and tie him to the mast. He ordered his men to leave him tied tightly to the mast, no matter how much he would beg. When he heard […]
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Why ‘Wanting’ And ‘Liking’ Something Simultaneously Is Overwhelming The U-M study reports that the brain divides wanting and liking into separate circuits for the same sweet reward. Natural heroin-like chemicals (opioids) in a few brain “pleasure hotspots” make individuals want to eat more of a tasty sweet food, and make them like its sweet taste […]
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MAIN POST – 90 days after… Yes, I did it. I’m 28. For about 3-4 years I had ED. I am taking ED meds (viagra-like) for about 1,5 year. Sometimes it was better, sometimes worse, but I felt that I need this drugs to get erection. My girlfriend was feeling bad too. She thought that […]