Was at a Sauna today. Relaxed at whirlpool. And this girl (around my age) suddenly joined me. We looked awkwardly at each other at first, then I said “Hi”. We had a nice chat, turns out she’s nice. Looking forward to see her next week! Now, the point is: we’re both naked sitting in the […]
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I found out about nofap almost one year ago. January 2019. During my first attempt I lasted exactly 21 days and relapsed. After the relapsed I remember binging and then tried again after a while. I had a few streaks all below 21 days since then. Right before the summer I had gotten a new […]
Read More… from I feel 10000 times better than before. I have MUCH less social anxiety
Some days ago i met a guy who became impotent after too much fapping and was miserable ……….so…it horrified me…..also i would never wanted that something like that shoould happen to me ..so here i am …have been doing nofap since march 2017 but my times been tougher ,,and anxiety and depression grabbed me by….. […]
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https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.8.2019.74 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated. […]
Read More… from (CAUSATION) Reciprocal relationship between depression and Internet gaming disorder in children: A 12-month follow-up of the iCURE study using cross-lagged path analysis (2019)
As it happens, yesterday was when I actually attained 90 days but I was doing some treacherous scenic cycling (never done this over the distance I did before). Today I had just spouted some motivation comment on a fellow fapstronaut’s post when I noticed my flair beside it! What can I say? It’s been some […]
Read More… from I have become more decisive. Whatever comes, I can take it.
J Behav Addict. 2019 Dec 1;8(4):692-702. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.75. Dong GH1,2, Wang M1, Zhang J3, Du X4, Potenza MN5,6,7. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although studies have suggested that individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD) may have impairments in cognitive functioning, the nature of the relationship is unclear given that the information is typically derived from cross-sectional […]
Read More… from (REMISSION) Functional neural changes and altered cortical-subcortical connectivity associated with recovery from Internet gaming disorder (2019)
So I’ve made it to 100 days of no PM recently, and I wanted to post something about my journey, if for nothing else than to mark the happy occasion. I’ll talk about successes first, and strategies secondly. Then, I’ll add some parting advice. Begin with successes. Since making 90, I’ve definitely been less prone […]
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YBOP comments: New study reports numerous negative personality measures correlated with greater porn use (cybersex use), such as: greater neuroticism & anxiety, higher aggression–hostility, decreased sociability, dysfunctional coping mechanisms, etc. ————————————————————————————————————– J Behav Addict. 2019 Dec 23:1-10. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.69. Studer J1, Marmet S1, Wicki M1, Gmel G1,2,3,4. Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cybersex use (CU) is […]
Read More… from Cybersex use and problematic cybersex use among young Swiss men: Associations with sociodemographic, sexual, and psychological factors (2019)
Aimee Adam*a [a] Department of Psychology, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, USA. Abstract Previous research indicates that extradyadic sexual behaviors and other behaviors including emotional infidelity, pornography use, and online infidelity are considered to be acts of betrayal. However, perceptions of infidelity occurring through social media and of romantic parasocial relationships (one-sided romantic attachments formed […]
Read More… from Perceptions of Infidelity: A Comparison of Sexual, Emotional, Cyber-, and Parasocial Behaviors (2019)
120 Days absolutely porn free. In last 120 days I have masturbated only 7 times (without fantasy or any other visual stimuli). I beat Cannabis dependency, 121 days absolutely clean as of today. I was terribly addicted to cigarettes for 8 years and I quit it 437 Days ago cold turkey. For last 2 months […]
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