I’m 26 years old and in late October I began researching the affects of PMO and the brain. I realized my addictive behaviors that I developed from the age of around 10. These behaviors sunk me into a depression (that I didn’t know I was in!) feelings of isolation, feeling down on myself for being […]
Read More… from Age 27 – I went from depressed, hopeless virgin, to high self esteem, more productive, happier, having an overwhelming amount of sex
I found out about nofap on Thursday November 12 2015. I was at my own rock bottom. I was habitually visiting prostitutes. I was addicted to pornography. I couldn’t have sex very easily if at all with a human being, unless I took pills or got lucky. I immediately threw myself into it and tried […]
Read More… from Age 29 – PIED cured. Sexual tastes normalized
Man… Got 90 days again. Use to have 250+ days but I’m happy where I am now. I made it. Rebooting is like living in a completely different dimension of existence. I feel so full freaking horny, all the girls can tell when I give them that look they know what I want. Changes I […]
Read More… from Age 22 – I made it. Rebooting is like living in a completely different dimension of existence
My time was full of mistakes, ups and downs, confusion, almost edging experience, fantasy and so many things. How ever each blow taught me something new, made me more strong, and gave me that push to ask people here in NoFap, people’s view and response were just amazing. Note: This report of mine isn’t a […]
Read More… from How things changed and I restored myself: A few thoughts from experience
This time last year I was in College and I had massive anxiety and was on SNRI’s. Even with medication, I wasn’t in nearly good enough shape to Present my presentation for one of my classes. I was forced to Defer for a year. Shortly after this period I had discovered nofap. Today, I am […]
Read More… from Age 21 – I feel fucking fantastic – overccame crippling anxiety
I started watching porn at 11 ~ 2001. wired my brain solely to porn. escalated etc. had first sexual encounter with a girl and was 100% dead(this year). Dick didn’t work at all. Embarrassing to say the least. It scared me how f**ked my brain was – my brain had spent the past 10years+ wiring […]
Read More… from Age 26 – PIED cured along with severe fatigue and muscle pain
It’s really amazing how many changes happened and still happening to me since i stopped with PMO. I met a lot of new people. I have been started going out more (even too much for my parents), like hangin out with friends in the bar, night clubbing and similar. I got myself a girlfriend (first, […]
Read More… from Age 16 – Got a girlfriend, studying improved, socializing more
At 5:23 yesterday afternoon, I hit 5 months no PMO. By far, the thing that inspired and inspires my drive to move forward is the posts of success stories. I have never posted in this section, but I do hope that someone may be inspired by my post. All of this really began when friends […]
Read More… from Age 48 – Far more confident and in control of my emotions, My capacity to endure trials has increased, Analyitical skills have improved
I’m 24 male from Pakistan. I’ve been using porn for more than ten years. Found NoFap on 2015 March, at that time my addiction was very severe soft core porn won’t satisfy me anymore. I start fighting this addiction but never get pass through a week, always end up watching porn and relapse 3 4 […]
Read More… from Age 24 – Social anxiety much better, Depression no more, Having real conversations with strangers, Relationship with my friends and family got better
COMMENTS: This study examined the effects of porn use on couples, but polled only individuals (in relationship, mean age 28.5), not couples (together). In addition to excluding people not in a relationship, it excluded couples where the partner interviewed said only the other partner used porn. This was not a representative sample, as 75% of […]
Read More… from The effects of sexually explicit material use on romantic relationship dynamics (2016)