A little backstory, I’m a 21 year old college [guy] and ive been addicted to pmo probably since I was around the age of 9 or 10. As a millennial I’ve had access to the internet obviously at a very young age. Naturally I just started to pmo as most boys/teenagers do thinking it was […]
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Guyssssssss I swear nofap is ******* real It is dead *** real Don’t mind my typo as i am seriously happy right now I am never going to porn and masturbation again Never ever in my life So my short intro I am 22 being masturbating for about 5+ years. Not really sure of how […]
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Jeremy Prichard | October 28, 2019 | Link to article Child pornography is exploding on the internet. Police and tech platforms are finding it hard to keep up. But finding a solution demands that we understand why people access this vicious kind of material in the first place. MercatorNet interviewed an academic expert on the […]
Read More… from What drives users of child pornography: A criminologist says that almost anyone who lets his curiosity get the better of him could become an abuser (2019)
It feels surreal to finally be here. I looked back at my first post and it was a great reminder of the pit I was in. So many failed attempts and relapses. My fetish was ruling my life. To be honest I never thought I would get here. And I realise now that I was […]
Read More… from PIED cured – I don’t think about the fetishes much anymore. Women are more attractive, mind slowly resetting.
Said a recovering porn user:
I knew I was more than I appeared to be. More knowledgeable, funnier, more socially intelligent. I had all of these skills, but I couldn’t use them. It was like driving a Ferrari and being stuck in 1st gear.
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For those of you reading this thread, I will again summarize some of the main benefits I noticed while going through 90 days of NoFap. – More vivid dreams, better sleep most of the time. – General feeling of happiness and well being most of the time, less emotional ups and downs and mood swings, […]
Read More… from Age 27 – Monster flatline, BUT anxiety, depression, mood swings and lethargy have greatly diminished
In an exclusive survey, we asked the nation what they watch online — and how it affects their sex lives. The results will surprise you Link to article – The Sunday Times, August 11 2019, 12:01am Just how endemic is internet pornography? What effect does it have on our relationships? And how different is a […]
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First post here, I know that a lot others probably have far worse symptoms but maybe out of the 400k people here one or two might feel what I’m feeling here so why not just post this. Also really sorry for the longass post. I had symptoms of Porn Addiction, such as going for more […]
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Sniewski, Luke, and Panteá Farvid. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity (2019): 1-20. Abstract Self-perceived problematic pornography use (SPPPU) has recently become an important area for sexual addiction and compulsivity research. Heterosexual men with SPPPU report a lack of supportive or available treatment options. In this article, we report on six cases of men with SPPPU as […]
Read More… from Abstinence or Acceptance? A Case Series of Men’s Experiences With an Intervention Addressing Self-Perceived Problematic Pornography Use (2019)
Hi! I just wanted to post my success story to help out others suffering from PIED. To summarize, I had PIED once due to excessive masturbation and porn use (age 12 to 24). I recovered from this around age 25 with successful sex with gf. After we broke up I relapsed and had PIED again […]
Read More… from Age 28 – Porn-induced ED success story: had PIED twice, recovered twice.