It all started when I was about to turn 17, I told to myself that I would quit pornography on the day of my 17th birthday. I failed pretty bad and like 5 days later I was watching porn again, I guess I did not have the right motivation and I went on like that […]
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Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention Lijun Chen, Cody Ding, Xiaoliu Jiang & Marc N. Potenza Published online: 26 Jan 2019 https://doi.org/10.1080/10720162.2018.1547234 Abstract Questions remain regarding how best to define problematic online sexual activities (OSAs) and about paths that may lead to problematic use of OSAs and their consequences. Although frequency […]
By Jenny Valentish (link to original article) – YBOP comments: See Dr. Berry for porn-induced ED. With the top age of Gen Z now being 24 (yep, that old — you’ve probably been calling them millennials), anthropological interest is finally shifting away from the smashed-avocado set and onto the secret lives of Zeds. Their habits […]
JMIR Ment Health. 2019 Jan 21;6(1):e9978. doi: 10.2196/mental.9978. Varfi N1, Rothen S1, Jasiowka K1, Lepers T1, Bianchi-Demicheli F1, Khazaal Y#1. Abstract BACKGROUND: An increasing number of studies are concerned with various aspects of cybersex addiction, the difficulty some persons have in limiting cybersex use despite a negative impact on everyday life. OBJECTIVE: The aim of […]
16 turning 17 in 19 days. [I quit because of] Religion and having to still want to masturbate even though my pp is still exhausted from the session before. Once my mother left the house for a business trip did it 15 times. I knew I had a problem I FEEL AMAZING I can talk […]
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So just over one month ago I quit porn, the reason being erectile dysfunction. I am a healthy individual, 23 years old, not overweight in the slightest, I exercise regularly, I’m not on any medication, but about a year ago I started developing issues getting erections when I was with women. I was starting to […]
Excerpt: Terry Robinson, an esteemed professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Michigan – together with his colleague, Kent Berridge – identified dopamine as the neurochemical responsible for craving. He thinks debating the semantics of addiction is unhelpful. “Whether it’s drugs, sex, gambling or whatever, you’re looking at impulse-control disorders where people have […]
Read More… from “Constant cravings: is addiction on the rise?” (Guardian, UK)
Hey all! Saturday February 9th was my 1 year porn free! I just wanted to share a couple things I’ve learned, nothing much. Wow does everything get better! I went from being a husband who wasn’t up to the task most nights (never had PIED), to having a sex drive off the charts. Recover in […]
I was very happy and outgoing as a kid. I never knew what went wrong at the age of 12-13. I started to be quiet, unhappy and numbed. I was like this all the way until a few months ago. My personality changed at the same time I discovered fapping and I had been doing […]
I’m 24 years old. Before, I had masturbated more than 10 years old. In primary school, I was misled by a classmate’s words. From then on, I have embarked on an endless road. —————— After I retired from the army in 2010, I lost my hair so much. When I washed hair every day, it […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Four-month quitting changed my life. Come on, brothers (pictures)