I’m currently a junior in high school. During sophomore year I didn’t fap too much but was quite awkward on dates. I had the guts to ask girls out but would get friendzoned EVERY time. I would get “lucky” here and there because I’m not a bad looking dude but lacked confidence and drive to […]
Read More… from Age 17 – Some PIED: I get hard like chiseled granite, I need less sleep now, I have a razor sharp mind.
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1142496 L. Monique Warda* pages 560-577 Published online: 15 Mar 2016 Abstract Sexually objectifying portrayals of women are a frequent occurrence in mainstream media, raising questions about the potential impact of exposure to this content on others’ impressions of women and on women’s views of themselves. The goal of this review was to synthesize empirical […]
Read More… from Media and Sexualization: State of Empirical Research, 1995–2015 (2016)
Richard B. Krueger* Article first published online: 17 APR 2016 DOI: 10.1111/add.13366 Keywords: Behavioral addiction; compulsive sexual behavior disorder; DSM-5; hypersexual behavior; hypersexual behavior disorder; ICD-10; ICD-11; out of control sexual behavior; sexual addiction Diagnoses that could refer to compulsive sexual behavior have been included in the DSM and ICD for years and can now be diagnosed legitimately […]
Read More… from Diagnosis of hypersexual or compulsive sexual behavior can be made using ICD-10 and DSM-5 despite rejection of this diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association (2016)
How about trusting addiction neuroscientists and peer-reviewed papers? Before I address many of the claims within the Pfaus article (link to the Pfaus article), it must be noted that Jim Pfaus omitted the 52 neuroscience-based studies (and 27 reviews of the literature and commentaries) on porn users published in the last few years. So far, […]
Read More… from YBOP response to Jim Pfaus’s “Trust a Scientist: Sex Addiction Is a Myth” (January, 2016)
Since starting this thing I’ve completely changed. Previously I was a shy unmotivated anxious socially awkward teen virgin. Now I can say that I actually enjoy life and socialising with other hoomans. I never thought that this would work as well as it did. I don’t usually kiss and tell but who the fuck cares. […]
Read More… from Age 19 – From shy to rocking sex life!
Authors Rash CJ, Weinstock J, Van Patten R Received 18 September 2015 Accepted for publication 22 December 2015 Published 17 March 2016 Volume 2016:7 Pages 3—13 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S83460 Checked for plagiarism Yes Review by Single-blind Peer reviewers approved by Dr Thomas F. Hilton Peer reviewer comments 3 Editor who approved publication: Dr Li-Tzy Wu Carla […]
Read More… from A review of gambling disorder and substance use disorders (2016)
20 years old, virgin, somewhat social anxiety, started P and M when I was 13 and since then I watched porn and masturbated every day and felt like I couldn’t go to sleep unless I had a release. Porn topics got weirder and weirder as time went by and I started watching some really freaky […]
Read More… from Age 20 – More social & confident, Better posture, More attention from women, I love myself and feel better about life, Starting to not sexualize women
Scroll down to the comments section to view over 1000 posts by individuals conducting The Other Porn Experiment (all are from other websites as YBOP has no forum). See this 2016 peer-reviewed paper by Gary Wilson: Eliminate Chronic Internet Pornography Use to Reveal Its Effects (2016) ———————————————————————————————- Article: What Can Informal Control Groups of Former […]
Read More… from The Other Porn Experiment (2012)
Day 1000 – My life now is almost free from Distractions, I maintain an A+ average throughout my Masters degree. This is talking about someone that got into University barely with a D average in Highschool. No I wasnt smart, What is smart and What is dumb my friends than but a perspective at looking […]
Read More… from Age 25 – I see girls differently now, and found a woman I treasure, academic performance up
I’ve been lurking nofap for over 2 years now, and I guess, after checking my counter, and thinking about how much nofap has changed my life, I owe it to this community to let you guys know what it’s done for me and what it has the potential to do for you. I’m 22 years […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Porn screwed me up and quitting made my life better than ever