COMMENTS: As later studies will reveal DeltaFosB is the common molecular switch for both drug and behavioral addictions. It’s a transcription factor which means it affects what genes are turned on or off. As stated elsewhere, addictive drugs only hijack normal mechanisms. That’s why it’s silly to suggest that behavioral addictions cannot exist. FULL STUDY […]
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I am young, 22 years old. Went through this issue during my early college years. It was really rough because something as minor as not getting it up once, had devastating effects on my confidence. There’s so much pressure about penis size and what not, but nothing there’s worse than when it doesn’t work. It […]
tl; dr: Karezza saved my relationship. I came to this place via karezza. Last fall, while hanging out in /r/deadbedrooms, I came across some articles by Marnia Robinson, in particular this one, that suggested to me that my focus on sex was possibly the reason why I didn’t get any in my long-term relationship. So […]
This scientist doesn’t speak in terms of addiction-related changes, but he describes how learning changes the brain. Addiction is pathological learning. This exchange appeared on Reddit.com under “AskScience.” Why does abstaining from porn/masturbation/orgasm temporarily decrease as opposed to increase libido? In /r/nofap there’s a move to ‘reboot’ one’s overstimulated brain to restore the sensitivity to […]
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Jordan Harbinger, host of The Art of Charm website, interviews Gary. […]
Day 38 I would say i started masturbating since I was 12 and it is so unfortunate that i started off to tv porn. Wow what a great discovery I thought I made finding porn whilst flipping through cable channels. Ever since then I never looked back. Used to masturbate at least once a day […]
Day 33 I’m from Germany. I am 32 and what you would probably call a very good looking guy. I’m married to a beautiful woman and I work in the central department of a world famous company. Before that I had finished high school with a A+ degree (called 1,0 Abitur in Germany) and then […]
This appeared at http://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/riy4u/i_think_i_understand_a_large_part_of_nofap/. In a nutshell; the idea is to give up an addiction, whether that be pornography, masturbation, or both (and usually they go hand in hand). The goal isn’t to become sexless monks, but rather to enhance your sex life by going through a brain “reboot.” Since pornography, our brains have become […]
Listen to show from 27 March 2012 Interveiw begins at 0:29 and ends at 1:22 Note: If you enjoyed this show, you may want to listen to Mike David’s earlier show about www.yourbrainonporn.com, which preceded this interview by a few days. The dscussion about YBOP runs from the start of the show to about the […]
This site doesn’t have its own forum. Its content grew out of an online community on our sister site on relationships. However, there are several forums guys find especially helpful. One community is called Reboot Nation! You can use it to journal about your rebooting experience. It’s also a place to discuss the process of reversing […]