Can a guy keep himself faithful by jacking up oxytocin? “A study published Tuesday in the Journal of Neuroscience has uncovered a surprising new property of oxytocin, finding that when men in monogamous relationships got a sniff of the stuff, they subsequently put a little extra space between themselves and an attractive woman they’d just […]
INITIAL POST Hi, I’m Robert, I’m 20 year old caucasian male, brown hair buzz cut, blue eyes, 6’4″ and 250lbs, pretty handsome, I had Asperger’s Syndrome since I was 1 month from 3 years, I’m a virgin, I’m a weight lifter and a 3-year community college student. Anyway, my porn habit started out of curiosity […]
About 2 years ago I finally made the connection between PMO and failed attempts to have sex. I went cold turkey for 17 weeks. Then i had sex which was fantastic. I got into a relationship with the girl and we were together for about a year. During the relationship she got me back into […]
Read More… from Age 30s – (ED) Second, and LAST, time doing this
So, I guess y’all know why I decided to write this up. The same reason you’re currently reading this. On september 5th I started this reboot with a good mind, fully determined, hopefull, fearful – and most importantly as it turned out: the full support of my girlfriend. 52 days later we reached the goals […]
Read More… from Age 30 – ED & girlfriend: 52 days we reached our goals
Well, I’ve thought about this day for a while and I wondered if I would make it here. Here are some rules I set for myself and a description of my circumstances that I feel got me where I am now: I’m married and my wife knew I looked at porn on a regular basis […]
I have been suffering from depression since my freshmen year of high school. On top of that, I have had insomnia problems, high social anxiety, and apathy. But around 35 days something was starting to change: 1) Sleeping problems have gone away I actually kind of have the opposite problem now, I can sleep basically […]
Read More… from Depression, social anxiety, apathy – all fading away. Feelings coming back.
Discovering YBOP was one of the single greatest things that ever happened to me. Flat out. I had my first ed experience at 19. I was a virgin. It sucked. I had been getting off from porn since I was 12. I avoided all sexual possibilities from then till I was 21. That was when […]
So I made it 91 days, and I couldn’t have done it without /r/nofap! I haven’t gained any superpowers or started to secrete magic pheromones that attract the opposite sex. However I used to waste hours each week fapping, and felt ashamed at my lack of willpower. I now do productive things with the time […]
Hey guys it’s been a while since i posted something of substance here, so I figured today is a great day to do so. If my memory serves me right, then today is the second time I’ve gone 90 days without pornography. There have been long stretches here and there but always included a slip somewhere along the way. This time though, I don’t think I’ll have anything to worry about as I did this 90 days much different from before. I’ll explain.
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COMMENTS: Article is about unpredicatbility ofrewards (love) giving a bigger jolt of dopamine than predictable rewards. Internet porn is about as unpredictable as it can get. I Heart Unpredictable Love By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN TO love is to suffer; to be happy is to love. So must one suffer to be happy? This syllogism won’t […]