Behav Sci (Basel). 2015 Jul 28;5(3):341-352. Northrup JC1, Lapierre C2, Kirk J3, Rae C4. Abstract The Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) was created to screen for potential addictive behaviors that could be facilitated by the internet. The IPAT was created with the mindset that the term “Internet addiction” is structurally problematic, as the Internet is […]
Two years ago I ruined a potential relationship because I discovered I was a porn addict. I came to the realisation I was a stereotype, I was laziness incarnate. Before: Dead end bartender job, Failing University, Overweight, Failing Relationship, Plenty of one night stands but crippling PIED, messy, lazy, overslept. Now: Job I love in […]
First of all I want to tell you, I’m really glad this sub exists. There were many posts that inspired me on my way. For a long time I didn’t realize how destructive PMO is. I’ve hurt myself and much worse others with the consequences PMO had. But at least I could shake of Porns […]
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To date, researchers have investigated few of the variables that might predict youthful porn-related sexual dysfunctions in healthy young men, such as percentage of internet porn-assisted versus porn-free masturbation, ratio of ejaculations with a real partners to ejaculations with internet sexually explicit material (iSEM), degree of escalation to new genres of iSEM, years of iSEM […]
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Wow… I’ve finally conquered this battle that seemed impossible. Finally couldn’t be a better word, I have failed and failed… I decided late last year that my new years resolution was going to quit porn once and for all. I thought this would be easy. I have so much control over things in my life […]
In my 84 days of nofap, I have seen a million positive changes. More focused, more calm, my anxiety went away. I lost fat and trimmed up, I became more confident. I became more masculine than ever. I can now talk to a girl without getting shy or anxious, just but to mention a few. […]
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Hey fellow champions of your urges, I’ve mostly just floated around this page over the past year and a half, listening to advice and fighting my own battles. I’m nowhere near done with my nofap battle (longest streak ever = 44 days) but sitting back I’ve been baffled by the way this challenge has changed […]
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I’ve made huge progress, and I’m here to give you guys my tips and point of view. Anyway I wrote this topic ( http://www.yourbrainrebalanced.com/index.php?topic=29510.0) 2 months ago, and my story is in it which is similar to most stories here. Anyway I am on 178 days streak, 3 months, and I’m porn free for 9 […]
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Over the past year since I first delved into NoFap, it had been and ongoing struggle with PMO-free streaks and relapses. I did notice the super powers and the other benefits everyone talks about, but the addiction was at times too hard to beat. Especially when I was very stressed or had a bad day: […]
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Just want to give some encouragement to those of you experiencing erectile dysfunction and/or delayed ejaculation. Quick facts and history, I’m 33, first masturbated when I was around 8, maybe even 7. Became a regular pretty much daily thing since I was about 13. Began to experience weak erections and delayed ejaculation when I was […]
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