Comment: This 20-year old young man wrote us to ask if we would post his recovery account. We don’t know if he has also posted it elsewhere. It’s inspiring! Day 1 After reading the amazing testimonies on the site yourbrainonporn.com, I finally am motivated to give no PMO a shot. I’ve also started this journal […]
Comment: YourBrainOnPorn.com has long understood the value of self-reports in revealing the risks of new technologies, such as free internet porn. There are thousands of such self-reports on this website. Sexology researchers suggested that such self-reports were “worthless anecdotes.” Now, however, a top “Nature” journal has determined that self-reports are superior to various other research […]
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Alfred C. Kinsey is the father of today’s sexology profession. He purported to tell the world what healthy sexuality is. But what do we know about the health of his own sexuality? Prepare to be shocked. View a PDF of pages 609-611 from the chapter entitled “I hope the blinds were closed” in the meticulously-researched/documented […]
Man the feeling was amazing. It was like I was my own person really. I looked at myself in the mirror and something clicked in me where I could just think freely. I shared that I had an addiction to some relatives and family members and they were proud of me for [sharing]. The first […]
Comment: See if eliminating porn for 4 weeks helps you regain control Julie Stewart, January 15, 2024 It’s an appealing concept: Stop addictive behaviors for a while — think social media, video games, gambling, porn, junk food, drugs, alcohol (dry January, anyone?) — to reset your brain’s reward circuitry, so you can feel great minus […]
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Here’s some research done a while ago by Dutch data scientist Alec Sproten for his own satisfaction. It’s entitled “How Abstinence Affects Preferences.” Main Findings Abstaining from pornography and masturbation increases the ability to delay rewardsParticipating in a period of abstinence renders people more willing to take risksAbstinence renders people more altruisticAbstinence renders people more […]
Become a man again from not watching porn….that’s what I initially read. Then I found myself caught in this crazy wild fantasy world because my brain was playing games. I read further. “Your recovery will be far swifter if you don’t masturbate.” I have basically tried this since March 2022. I reckon I have averaged […]
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Salute to late Gary Wilson, who created yourbrainonporn.com, Alexander Rhodes, youtubers Mark Queppet, Seth Alexander for the help I got for coming out of hell. Background I was exposed to women’s lingerie ads in very childhood (I cant remember, i was too young). From very childhood I was interested in women’s bodies and couldn’t keep […]
My personal panic button [A Redditor shares his insights: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/2km5lu/my_personal_panic_button/] I’m not sure if this will be useful for you or not but it’s what I’m going to turn to when I’m feeling the temptations [cravings], so here goes. I guess it’s a sort of inner dialogue that I have with myself. ~ Rules: If […]