ED Recovery Stories 8 is part of an 8-page series containing shorter accounts. For longer, more detailed ED accounts see Rebooting Accounts and External Rebooting Blogs & Threads ————————————————————————————————————————– I’ve known my situation for about 8 months now. I started nofap because of PIED and I’m trying to get rid of it. Funnily enough my […]
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 […]
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 reveals both sensitization and hypofrontality in obese individuals. Both are hallmarks of addiction-related brain changes,. Link to article Glucose metabolism of the caudate nucleus in the midbrain (A) was significantly higher in obese versus lean individuals (B). In most western countries the annual increase in the prevalence and the severity of obesity is […]
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.
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 […]
ED Recovery Stories 7 is part of an 8-page series containing shorter accounts. For longer, more detailed ED accounts see Rebooting Accounts and External Rebooting Blogs & Threads ————————————————————————————————— Guys hi…..This is my first blog to this site and hopefully first after I recovered. Today I completed my 8 weeks with one relapse to M…My […]
Tales of Porn-Related ED 8 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
Oct 13 (day 22) I’m 21 years old and have been looking at porn in escalating degrees of potency since I was about 12 years old. I can’t say that I have ever considered myself to be addicted to porn, which I know is probably a bit of a claim, but I’m not sure if […]
Read More… from Age 21 – Started with porn, trouble with sex
8-05 After a long period of no sex (2 years – potentially triggered by a traumatic life event) I decided it was time I sorted my life out and get with some girls. During this period my porn and masturbation use had risen to a point where only extreme and highly specific porn (e.g. 2 […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Delayed ejaculation & depression: 21 weeks