According to my counter I have now passed the 18 month mark since either masturbating or using pornography. As I write my emotions are a mixture of joy and solemnity. I am very happy to be free and don’t ever want to go back. The solemn emotions are the result of realizing how much time […]
Short answer: MAYBE! But there’s a lot that goes into that conclusion starting with this blog post https://thiswildwakingjourney.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/can-men-be-friends-with-women-theyre-sexually-attracted-to/, which is the inspiration for my blog post. What I find the most interesting about all of this is that there seems to be a groundswell of consciousness concerning all of these related matters, porn, Karezza and a somewhat more […]
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Here is my story and opinions in order to give back because this community has given so much to me. It’s really long but I have to spill today to feel like the community can learn. Background: I’m 23 and have been using P since 10 and MO since 12 and PMO since 16 pretty […]
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Front Psychol. 2013; 4: 608. Published online Sep 9, 2013. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00608 PMCID: PMC3766857 Joseph Hilgard,* Christopher R. Engelhardt, and Bruce D. Bartholow Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract A new measure of individual habits and preferences in video game use is developed in order to better […]
Neurology Now: Paturel, Amy M.S., M.P.H. June/July 2014 – Volume 10 – Issue 3 – p 32-36 doi: 10.1097/01.NNN.0000451325.82915.1d At age 17, Anthony Rosner of London, England, was a hero in the World of Warcraft online gaming community. He built empires, led raids, and submerged himself in a fantasy world that seemingly fulfilled his every […]
Hello guys! I’m from China. I am also a nofapastronaunt. Do you know there is a nofap-alike website in China which is made up by 640.000 members now. And it’s developing really fast with 1000 new members per day. More and more people are realizing what porn industry and masturbation were doing to them. And […]
I made it! A huge THANK YOU for all of the advice and motivation. My experience with nofap day 0: Damn, this is gonna be harder than I thought day 1: This is really, really hard. day 2: I’m pretty sure I haven’t masturbated in a week day 3: sniffle day 7: holy shit guys! […]
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Front Physiol. 2014; 5: 111. Published online Mar 19, 2014. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00111 Rachael Brown1,* and Vaughan G. Macefield1,2 Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract While it is known that anxiety or emotional arousal affects skin sympathetic nerve activity (SSNA), the galvanic skin response (GSR) is the most […]
PLoS One. 2014 Jun 4;9(6):e98312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098312. Lin YH1, Chang LR2, Lee YH3, Tseng HW4, Kuo TB5, Chen SH6. Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to develop a self-administered scale based on the special features of smartphone. The reliability and validity of the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) was demonstrated. Methods A total of […]
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I’ll try to keep a long story relatively short. I’ll probably fail. I’m a 24-year-old man who started masturbating to fantasy earlier than I can remember (at the latest age 2 or 3) and started on Internet porn at age 9. Unlike a lot of people here, no one introduced me to porn; I sought […]
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