I’m 18, I started NoFap because I stumbled on it by accident. Had been going on and off for some time (streaks of a few days, then relapsing, few days again, etc. Streaks consistently became a bit longer each time.). At some point I just made it to 21 days or so without really trying […]
Read More… from Age 18 – More drive, attracted to different type of girl, mental clarity
Below this long intro are many sub-sections containing relevant studies. Relevant Research – first we have lists of studies that provide support for the claims made by YBOP. (See Questionable & Misleading Studies for highly publicized papers that are not what they claim to be.): Porn/sex addiction? This page lists 60+ neuroscience-based studies (MRI, fMRI, […]
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This is a long post on all the things that i’ve encountered being a PMO addict and a follower of NoFap. I’ve been an avid spectator of the site and all of your stories and motivation has kept me going without relapse for the past 120 days. I’m really greatfull to all the users and […]
Read More… from Age 23 – 120 Days Hard Mode. A long Before/After story
I had porn addiction, and I quit after many times. Still felt like shit and thought why I feel like shit? And a friend of mine recommended to attend meditation courses. I was living in agony and realized that besides porn addiction I was drinking way too much alcohol and using way to much ecstasy. […]
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The tldr; is really in the title, but the distance between the two views is more than 14 years apart. It started randomly when a family friend introduced me to an adult website. I remember seeing it and not making much of it. Until another few months when I started exploring other websites, still not […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Improved thought patterns. Proud of what I’ve done, no longer unworthy of love and affection, less socially anxious.
Hi, i’m am no one special. Just a guy who suffered from addiction for 21 years and helping others. It’s a long LONG post, i hope you’ll read it. Well, sex/porn has always been a problem for me. Around the age of 8 or 9 there was a woman who abused me. It still feels […]
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This story is bit long, but I think it could be motivate for many friends. I was born in 1989 in south-Asia and started masturbating at the age of 10. I used to visualize girls (girls from class, elder girls of my village, movie actresses, models in newspapers) and masturbate on them. At the age […]
Read More… from Age 28 – 114 days: My journey from SAD boy to CEO of 2 companies (PIED also cured)
My name is andreas and I am 34 years old. I started watching porn as 9 year old and you know, you can really get lost in that shit. As it does things to your sexuality and personality. And from really hurts the people you love around you. About me… Well, I am a borderliner, […]
Read More… from Age 34 – I am able to live and love with my whole self. For me there is no greater thing than that, because now I can share it.
It brings so much joy to my heart to be able to see people on nofap completely turn their lives around and prove themselves wrong that life can be so much more fulfilling without being completely engulfed in a cycle of PMO and indulging in deviant sexual behaviors. I still remember the days after I […]
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Today is day 90 of my hard mode, NoFap streak. I’ve been a lurker on these forums for a couple of years, only recently joining in on some discussion. I’ve learned so much from so many different posts, and I wanted to share some experiences and insights on what my 90 days were like. In […]
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