This time two years ago I was 19 and had hit pretty close to rock bottom as far as porn goes. Pretty severe PIED – I couldn’t get it up at all, basically – and feeling all of the awful personal stuff that comes with that. Low self-esteem, lack of motivation, porn stopping me from […]
Read More… from Age 21 – Two years ago a 6+ month reboot cured my PIED and changed my life
Original article by Madeleine Kearns (You can listen to a robot read this at the above link.) Today, I have a piece on the homepage about how Big Porn is seeking to capitalize on the pandemic. Gabe Deem, the founder of Reboot Nation, a network for those seeking recovery from Internet pornography, who has struggled […]
Read More… from ‘The Last Thing Isolated People Need’ (The National Review)
I started my pornfree journey since last October, because I broke up with my ex at last summer. I thought that now or never. I had relapses all the way through. Last month I just watched porn once, for 40 minutes. But I’ve seen huge improvements through six months, even with relapses. This month been […]
Read More… from Tips for partnered sex while healing from PIED
I wanted to write this as this community gave me huge support on my journey back to reality. I wanted to share a few things that worked for me and give those of you who need support and motivation some advice. Around 18 months ago I made the decision to completely remove all poison from […]
Read More… from Age 33 – I cannot tell you how much more alive I feel
Higher levels of porn use correlated positively with measures of: Likelihood to Rape Sexual Assault Perpetration Sexual Entitlement Hostility toward Women ———————————————— Amanda Goodson, Cortney A. Franklin & Leana A. Bouffard (2020), Journal of Sexual Aggression DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2020.1733111 ABSTRACT The etiology of the nexus between high-profile athletic participation and sexual aggression has been explained using […]
Read More… from Male peer support and sexual assault: the relation between high-Profile, high school sports participation and sexually predatory behaviour (2020)
I can’t believe I made it! I remember 3 months ago thinking how hard this journey is going to be but these past 90 days just flew by. I was in the midst of not only porn addiction but also alcohol, weed, mdma and an array of other substances numbing my brain. Since I started […]
Read More… from I’ve noticed that my PIED has completely gone now and get morning wood like every morning which i didn’t before
Quitting digital porn use is a great idea, but semen retention may not be for you if you’re single – especially if you have OCD tendencies. If you don’t have a partner, find the right frequency of porn-free ejaculation for you. Do keep in mind that, generally speaking, the less you ejaculate, the more you […]
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I am a 27-year-old man. I have been masturbating a lot since the age of 13. Discovered marijuana when 19. Been smoking pot from then on up to this point. The combination of masturbation and weed gives me a lot of pleasure and high. I feel horny if I smoke pot alone and I can’t […]
Read More… from Age 27 – Used to get turned on by some hot guy just because I felt the high of being inferior
For those with a powerful need for quasi-electrical interventions of one sort or another, reboots and renewals… By James Parker – March 2020 Issue Fling wide the plastic curtain, take a breath, and step right in. Here’s what used to happen. I’d wake up, smoldering and sighing, reel out of bed and into the kitchen, and […]
Read More… from An Ode to Cold Showers (The Atlantic)
Comments: Study reported that the 18–30 year-old group reported the highest mean of deviant sexual fantasy followed by those 31–50, then those 51–76 years of age. Put simply, the age group with the highest rates of porn use (and who grew up using tube sites) report the highest rates of sexual deviant fantasies (rape, fetishism, […]
Read More… from Attenuation of Deviant Sexual Fantasy across the Lifespan in U.S. Adult Males (2020)