Anna E. Ward Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. 4.1 (Spring 2018): Abstract: This essay focuses on the use of brain imaging technologies to understand sexual arousal and orgasm and the issues that this practice raises for feminist theories of embodiment, visuality, and gender. In the first section, the paper examines the use of brain imaging technologies […]
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NEWS AND VIEWS 19 December 2018 Brain circuits of compulsive drug addiction identified A study in mice identifies a brain adaptation that underlies the compulsive behaviour associated with drug addiction, and which might explain why some drug users behave compulsively whereas others do not. Drugs of abuse have complex pharmacological effects that trigger many changes […]
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I started on porn in my early teens with dial up and switched to high speed internet and from there I became addicted. It’s not so important how it all started. What’s important is that I finally made the changes necessary to build solid recovery. It took me about eight years to get to this […]
Read More… from Age 29 – After failing for 8 years my life has changed dramatically
My life has really changed in the last three months! Since I started the NoFap journey, I have… been working out 1.5 hours every day (in average) been taking cold showers every day boosted my sex life with my wife gotten better sleep strengthened my discipline achieved many programming goals become a happier person Challenges […]
Read More… from Married – My life has really changed in the last three months; My overall health has improved several fold
Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 11;8(1):15117. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33324-y. Park CH1, Chun JW1, Cho H1,2, Kim DJ3. Abstract Internet gaming addiction (IGA), as the most popular subtype of Internet addiction, is becoming a common and widespread mental health concern, but there are still debates on whether IGA constitutes a psychiatric disorder. The view on the brain as […]
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Grudging tribute from the porn/sex industry: Wilson’s book has been an unbeatable Amazon bestseller in the “pornography studies” category since publication. ~ Gustavo Turner, XBIZ: The Industry Source (2021) Praise from Nordic Model Now: Isn’t it better for women and children if men kick their porn habit? And if that takes understanding the addictive neurological, […]
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In the spring of 2017 I started NoFap for the first time after discovering a video about it from Seth Alexander in my recommendation list. I had never heart of it before and I am glad I found it. My addiction was pretty bad. I started watching porn when I was 13 years old and […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Motivation to achieve things. Less brain fog, more concentration. I laugh a lot more than before.
Short background: Started watching porn at the age of 13 and since then been watching atleast 2x times a day. However since I turned 18 I decided to stop watching porn completely after reading this forum for quite some time. Mainly out of curiosity of ” benefits ”. Anyway I am now at 120+ day […]
Read More… from Age 18 – I now have minimal anxiety: Before stopping porn I was in a very bad state. Less brain fog, more focus.
What can i say other than i feel wonderful and that i can’t believe i’ve reached this milestone. To me this hasn’t been a matter of counting the days of not fapping or browsing for porn, it’s been about making every single day count by not giving in and reminding myself of why i’ve been […]
Read More… from Age 28 – Social interaction is a lot easier. My way of seeing women has changed drastically. Confidence has reached never before seen levels
I joined this forum to share this very experience. I was on reddit earlier and I am on Day 56 and the journey here has been full of ups and downs. The downs include frequenting incel forums and capping 13 times a day(yes that is indeed possible). The ups include getting a girlfriend when pre […]
Read More… from Age 26 – Social anxiety reduced. Feel healthier. Brain fog gone- as if I became intelligent suddenly. Appreciation of music/art in general.