COMMENTS: Study examined reward circuitry dopamine transporter levels in Internet addicts (IAD). Levels were compared to a control group whose members also used the Internet. Levels of dopamine transporters in subjects with Internet addiction were comparable to those with drug addiction. A decline in dopamine transporters is a hallmark of addictions. It indicates a loss […]
LINK TO THREAD by slaindragon75 2012-01-16 Okay so before Christmas I told my girlfriend that I have been battling an addiction with pornography for the entire time we’ve been dating (three almost four years.) I’ve been viewing pornagrahy since I was 11/12 I think, I’m 23 now. Now I’ve relapsed twice since then but have […]
A few weeks ago, I was comfortable enough to discuss this entire rebooting process with my closest friends. When I first told them that I hadn’t jacked off to hardcore porn for X amount of days, their jaws literally dropped. I told them about the benefits, withdrawals, etc etc. Then I found out, all 4 […]
Read More… from Age 18 – Happier, more motivated, increased energy, better erections
12/16/2011 I’m 47 and trying to recover from an Internet porn / masturbation addiction that I have slowly developed over a very long period, say 10 years, without even realizing what was happening. Like many, I knew something was wrong when I found myself preferring Internet porn to real women. For 3 months now, I […]
I started masturbating to fantasies around age 5, moved onto masturbating to fashion magazines by age 10, porn magazines at age 15 and high speed Internet around age 18. After getting high speed Internet I would generally masturbate 3-6 times a day with sessions consisting of 1-4 hours of “foreplay” viewing 100’s of porn images. […]
Read More… from Age 31 – Lonely, couch dwelling, masturbating stoner
Day 1 Yesterday I was up at my Mum’s house doing some work, preparing for my interview at a large manufacturing company near where I live that I am due to have on Wednesday. I had pretty much completed my work for the day and I masturbated to some porn on my laptop. It wasn’t […]
Read More… from Age 28 – Virgin, ED, Rebooted With Girlfriend
COMMENTS: Study compared 3 treatment protocols for subjects with Internet addiction. Interesting findings: After 40 days of treatment all significantly improved in cognitive function. Internet addiction scores were significantly lowered in all groups, no matter the treatment. This proves that poorer cognitive function was not a pre-existing condition, and improved with abstinence. Chin J Integr […]
Hey r/nofap, The revered 90 days has made its appearance on my badge today. SUCCESS! Many other 90day fapstronauts have made wonderfully eloquent and inspiring posts, talking about their personal battle and the benefits they’ve recieved from the nofap journey. At this point, I may not have much origonal content to add to the nofap […]
Read More… from Age 25 – 90 day report: Time to start my engine.
First Post A little about myself. I’m 29, and I’m on my 60th day of the rebooting process. I discovered it by myself, by a very analytical try and error process (well over 2 years of experiments). Then discovered the site yourbrainonporn a couple of weeks later. I’ve been to several psychologists and psychiatrists for […]
Read More… from Age 29 – Day 60: ED, social anxiety, depression resolved
L Maayan,2,4* C Hoogendoorn,1* V Sweat,1 and A. Convit1,3,4 LINK TO FULL STUDY Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 July; 19(7): 1382–1387. 1 Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. 2 Department of Child Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY […]