My goal is to provide advice and motivate any who have taken this challenge. No, I don’t have badges next to my name – I’m mostly a lurker and have kept count internally. There’s a lot but I’ll try to keep this short. With that said, I’ll simply state some of my thoughts and experiences […]
About myself. I’m 45, with a 15-year PMO habit, and when I started NoFap I’d recently ended a long-term relationship. I was depressed and feeling sorry for myself. Among the main reasons for my separation were persistent ED on my part, extreme difficulty in having and expressing feelings, and self-esteem and confidence issues. Just as […]
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EXCERPTS FROM SELECTED STUDIES ON INTERNET PORN USE Predicting Compulsive Internet Use: It’s All About Sex! (2006) Meerkerk GJ, Van Den Eijnden RJ, Garretsen HF. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Feb;9(1):95-103. The objective of this research was to assess the predictive power of various Internet applications on the development of compulsive Internet use (CIU). The study has […]
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Internet Use Gaming Disorder Included in New DSM-5 Although compulsive Internet gaming is nothing new, this is the first time the American Psychiatric Association has recommended the disorder for further study. MONDAY, May 20, 2013 — At the height of his 20 year addiction to video games, Ryan Van Cleave recalls a three year period […]
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Wow. 3 months already? I find it a little bit hard to believe myself, that I made it this far. I woke up one day and decided I would never fap again, that is simply it. That day was 3 years ago, lol. I’ve woken up with that same idea countless times in my head, […]
Read More… from Age 15 – Better motivation, healing acne, reduced anxiety, genius
I’ve done 102 days before. Now starting from scratch after relapsing a lot the past few months, I am remembering the workings of these things. You will sleep like shit for a week or so, then you will sleep like a baby. No exercise = Nutty Mansquirts or Leaky Faucets “Oh just a peek, couldn’t […]
So I’m in my mid-20s and never been in a relationship. I was never really doing anything about it either. Just moping around and waiting for something to happen. I almost got into one last year, but I fucked it up with my lack of experience and overall social skills. But it was like I […]
Read More… from Age 25 – 90 day report: When all hope seemed lost…
PLoS One. 2013 Apr 15;8(4):e61782. Print 2013. Wu X, Chen X, Han J, Meng H, Luo J, Nydegger L, Wu H. Source Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Maternal and Child Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Abstract PURPOSES: This study examined the prevalence of addictive Internet use and analyzed […]
PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e59087. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059087. Epub 2013 Mar 12. Wolniczak I, Cáceres-Delaguila JA, Palma-Ardiles G, Arroyo KJ, Solís-Visscher R, Paredes-Yauri S, Mego-Aquije K, Bernabe-Ortiz A. Source School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas – UPC, Lima, Peru. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Internet can accelerate information exchange. Social networks are the most accessed […]
I just completed Day 90 and I feel incredible! I want to thank you all for your information and guidance. I want to share the positive impact [r/NoFap] has had on my present, as succinctly as I can. How I got here: I was dissatisfied with my erectile dysfunction that struck the majority of the […]