I fapped from 13 to 25 almost 3-4 times at week, always with pornography, so mine is a long fap career.. I never had a real girlfriend, and yes I’m still virgin. At the age of 22 I was diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder. My anxiety was above any imagination, my heart started with palpitations. […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder: Symptoms dramatically improved
I joined NoFap because of SERIOUS PIED (porn induced erectile dysfunction), NO penis sensitivity and because I could NEVER reach orgasm with a girl. I’m 24 year old male virgin. I didn’t even know how much damage porn could do to me. I started with “hot” videos on YouTube at the age of 16. Month […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Serious ED: almost healed one year later.
I am a 31yo heterosexual male. And I would like to tell you my story of PIED (Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction) and before and after NoFap. I lost my virginity in my early 20’s with my first girlfriend, that I stayed with for 6 years. Before this relationship I only fapped to Playboy or mellow […]
Read More… from Age 31 – ED: depression went away, more successful at my job, AND relapse
I started this rebooting/rewiring journey almost a year ago. I had a dead penis for a good year just about. It seemed like there was no type of life downstairs. So I did some research and I found this website. I inbixed Gabe and a lot of other veteran rebooters. The first thing they told […]
Read More… from Age 21 – ED: After 4-6 months lots of sex & orgasm, almost healed.
Background: Started masturbating to soft core at age 13 (first orgasm ever was to porn on TV…yikes), progressed to hardcore 14, gang bang porn at 18. Never had any female experiences until age 18. Got gf somehow, issues immediate and very embarrassing, I thought I just had performance anxiety. Girlfriend stayed with me for a […]
Read More… from Age 21 – ED gone: rebooted and rewired to recovery, but it took 2 years
I first discovered nofap before I even knew I had porn-induced erectile dysfunction about 2 years ago. I could only make it a few days or weeks at a time at first and then I would binge for long periods between attempts. I was depressed and socially anxious and I didn’t know why. Then, I […]
Read More… from Age 25 – After 2 years of nofap attempts, I made it 2 months – overcame ED, anxiety & depression
I’ve been on Nofap for nearly a year now, having started on January 1st 2014. I’ve had 1 relapse around halfway through the year but aside from that was on Hardmode from January to August. In a nutshell: I was 27, Virgin and had 10 years of PMO use increasing in frequency. Any experience with […]
Read More… from Age 28 – ED, avoiding performance pressure helped
Biol Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 22. pii: S0006-3223(14)00703-3. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.09.004. Twining RC1, Wheeler DS2, Ebben AL2, Jacobsen AJ2, Robble MA2, Mantsch JR2, Wheeler RA2. Abstract Background Stressors negatively impact emotional state and drive drug seeking, in part, by modulating the activity of the mesolimbic dopamine system. Unfortunately, the rapid regulation of dopamine signaling by the aversive […]
Read More… from Aversive Stimuli Drive Drug Seeking in a State of Low Dopamine Tone (2014)
I feel like I’m cured.. I get great erections, I am able to maintain erect even without continuous stimulation and yes…I am able to blow my load. <3 I’ve been here since April, which is roughly about 8 to 9 months and in this time. I’ve probably felt ever feeling known to mankind..LOL Stayed clean […]
Read More… from Age 21 – ED for 6 years: I feel like I’m cured..I get great erections
PDF OF STUDY – 39 pages DOLF ZILLMANN Indiana University JENNINGS BRYANT University of Alabama Abstract Male and female students and nonstudents were exposed to videotapes featuring common, nonviolent pornography or innocuous content. Exposure was in hourly sessions in six consecutive weeks. In the seventh week, subjects participated in an ostensibly unrelated study on societal […]
Read More… from Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography (1986)