In case you missed this TIME cover story about porn-induced sexual dysfunctions, it is no longer behind a paywall. Read it here. The text: Noah Church is a 26-year-old part-time wildland firefighter in Portland, Ore. When he was 9, he found naked pictures on the Internet. He learned how to download explicit videos. When he […]
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Tomorrow will be the 150th day I have spent on this earth without watching porn. It is the longest streak I’ve ever had and I’m feeling quite proud of myself. But I couldn’t have done it without you guys at r/pornfree and my girlfriend who has been extremely supportive this entire time. Some things I […]
Read More… from I actually look forward to sex with my gf and the sexual fetishes I had learned from porn are slowly fading away.
It’s accepted that women watch porn but some can find it difficult to stop At least one in three visitors to porn websites are estimated to be female Unrealistic depictions of sex can have a detrimental effect on women’s love lives Emma Turner had always been the perfect daughter. A classic ‘good girl’, she won […]
Read More… from “Broken relationships. Zero self-esteem. Spiralling depression. The terrible price being paid by the young women addicted to porn” (UK)
Sex is one of the most expressive forms of intimacy between two people. You strip yourself naked, both physically and emotionally, and expose your deepest parts. Yet, when the bond with a partner breaks, you’re left vulnerable in bed, and may turn to porn — not for love, but for pure sexual gratification. Using porn to […]
Read More… from “What Is A ‘Pornosexual?’ The New Sexual Orientation For Those Who Watch Porn, And Shun Real Sex” (Medical Daily)
G’day lads. It’s been something like 110 days since I first posted on here. Back then I was not having a good time, depressed about my ED and in a hole of PMO. (For more see my journal). I did the 90 days no PMO and after flat line after flat line at around day […]
Read More… from Age 17 – Severe porn-induced ED: I finally feel like a man again.
I have been fapping to porn for like 10 years. I’m 23 btw, and it got to the point where I would only watch one actress while laying in bed. Which lead me to pied ( I could last forever during sex and then when I would get on top, I would completely lose my […]
Read More… from Age 23 – Erections wayyyy better now, social anxiety/brain fog gone
My story is a little different. I don’t suffer with PIED but I was an avid Porn user myself. So I wanted to give NoFap a try for the “Superpowers”/ and to reset my brain if you will. Another of my main reasons for doing it was to reset my brain to find the average/ […]
Read More… from Age 27 – I actually want to interact with people… And that terrible brain fog? Gone!
Update (July, 2017): Co-author Brian Willoughby exposes how David Ley spun & misrepresented his study in Ley’s Psychology Today blog post “Religious Conflict Makes Porn Bad for Relationships“: Thinking in Black and White: A Response to the Claim that Religiosity Cause the Harms of Pornography. ———————————————————————————————— Article The “perceived pornography addiction” meme continues to infect […]
Read More… from Critique of: “Damaged Goods: Perception of Pornography Addiction as a Mediator Between Religiosity and Relationship Anxiety Surrounding Pornography Use” (Leonhardt, Willoughby, & Young-Petersen 2017)
First thing I want to say is if you are struggling- DONT GIVE UP, it really does work and will change your life. Very grateful to have found all the online help to get porn under control in my life and save my relationship with a real woman. I suffered from ED for several years […]
Read More… from Age 53 – Porn-induced ED: Successful reboot completely changed my life
Link to article: Pornography addiction grips young Americans, compared to crack cocaine Molly Hendrickson, May 23, 2017 DENVER — Porn addiction is the fastest growing addiction in our country, and one of the most hidden. “This thing doesn’t go away, it’s like cancer in the brain, but it’s cancer in the thoughts,” said a recovering porn addict […]
Read More… from Online Porn: Fastest growing addiction in the U.S. Sex addiction therapist, Chris Simon (2017)