Mehdi Keramati mail, Boris Gutkin Abstract Despite explicitly wanting to quit, long-term addicts find themselves powerless to resist drugs, despite knowing that drug-taking may be a harmful course of action. Such inconsistency between the explicit knowledge of negative consequences and the compulsive behavioral patterns represents a cognitive/behavioral conflict that is a central […]
Vlog: 250 days of Nofap/NoPorn/NoOrgasm Whirlwind Tobias’s 90-day No fap, no orgasm, no edging, no porn experience. Last year, a blog I frequent known as Roissy/Chateau Heartiste had a comment posted by one of it’s many intelligent followers. He described his woe with females, and that as a result he gave up on them totally; […]
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90 days NoFap, 86 days no orgasm. Edged twice, briefly viewed porn twice (unrelated to edging). Social anxiety, HOCD, and stress immensely diminished. Confidence up, energy up, relationships strengthened, and limitless flirtation with girls. 28 year old male. AMA. [Responses to various forum members who asked questions:] On what day did nofap start to take […]
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Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 May 1. Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 819–826. Published online 2012 Oct 5. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.09.001 PMCID: PMC3548035 NIHMSID: NIHMS407698 Roy A. Wise Abstract The question of whether (or to what degree) obesity reflects addiction to high energy foods often narrows […]
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COMMENTS: Review clearly delineating OCD from behavioral addictions. Biochem Pharmacol. 2008 January 1; 75(1): 63–75. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.06.043 PMCID: PMC2222549 NIHMSID: NIHMS37091 Judson A. Brewer, MD PhD and Marc N. Potenza, MD PhD Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available […]
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2012 February; 100(4): 801–810. Published online 2011 April 22. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.04.015 M. Foster Olive,1,* Richard M. Cleva,1 Peter W. Kalivas,2 and Robert J. Malcolm3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Pharmacol Biochem Behav See other articles in PMC that […]
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After doing this on and off for about a year with some longer stretches, here are some things I’ve found helpful about this program: Sex life with the GF is healthy again. I can get very aroused and have great sex without dysfunction due to overstimulation. 🙂 My house is cleaner. i seem to care […]
Experts say the use of porn among teenagers is impacting their notions of normal sexual behaviour and their views on women. With the click of a mouse, children of all ages now have 24-7 access to pornography, some of it violent. By: Noor Javed News reporter, Published on Mon Apr 22 2013 The crimes are […]
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Three months ago, when I considered the possibility of ever making a 90 day post, I assumed I’d do it from a throwaway. Now that I’m here though, I’ve decided I’m not going to. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished. At the same time, fair warning to anybody reddit-stalking me, this is likely going to […]
My letter of April 15, 2013 to the journalist who had contacted me about this article. Hi Molly, RE: “New York Magazine” article “Hands Off” I’m quite disappointed with the article and what was attributed to me. The main problem is that the article conflates masturbation with Internet porn use. As a result, the quotation […]
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