Updates: Multiple studies link porn use to poorer cognitive outcomes. See this list: Studies linking porn use to poorer mental-emotional health & poorer cognitive outcomes. Studies reporting poorer executive functioning (hypofrontality) or altered prefrontal activity in porn users/sex addicts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. […]
Need to see the humor in your internet porn use? Here’s an earlier version of this graph. Note the current focus on erectile dysfunction: […]
So here finally comes my success story. Things aren’t perfect now, even at day 127 – but all areas of my life have improved so much; and I feel like I’m now on tracks that are good enough that things will keep improving for a long time. So I write this as an opportunity to […]
Read More… from Age 25 – My ongoing story (OCD, ADHD, depression, brain fog, low energy)
Pornography in relationships has been an issue for a long time. Even today, professional recommendations on how to manage the use of pornography still vary widely. I attended one workshop in a couples therapy conference that recommended to merely accept porn use, especially by men, as natural and harmless. While this may be an extreme view, […]
Pornography in relationships has been an issue for a long time. Even today, professional recommendations on how to manage the use of pornography still vary widely. I attended one workshop in a couples therapy conference that recommended to merely accept porn use, especially by men, as natural and harmless. While this may be an extreme view, […]
I’m a 20 year old male and this is my first time beeing at 45 days without PMO. My previous streak was at 33 I have been feeling a slight tingle and urge combined with my brain trying to trick me into PMO’ing the last couple of days. I’m at a crucial stage where I […]
Read More… from Age 20 – Brain fog gone, conversation is smooth, eye contact solid
Scroll down to the comments section to view over 1000 posts by individuals conducting The Other Porn Experiment (all are from other websites as YBOP has no forum). See this 2016 peer-reviewed paper by Gary Wilson: Eliminate Chronic Internet Pornography Use to Reveal Its Effects (2016) ———————————————————————————————- Article: What Can Informal Control Groups of Former […]
Report: As I mentioned in the past, I used ‘Learned Optimism’ ‘s technique of Disputation to kill my urges. Based on my findings from other NoFappers, I found more visual flashbacks and vivid ones as well creeping into my mind of late. I believe this has to do with me feeling alone from time to […]
COMMENTS: This study said it was the first to examine the associations between the amount of porn use, negative symptoms (as assessed by the Sexual Addiction Screening Test-Revised SAST-R), and other factors in individuals seeking treatment for problematic porn use. That study also surveyed non-treatment seeking porn users. As with other studies frequency of porn […]
Today is my 4th birthday. It was 4 years ago March 25th that I watched porn, and masturbated, for the last time. Seriously: The. Last. Time. Back then I was 47 and overweight. I always had plans to get up early and exercise, but getting up early and doing anything typically turned into getting up […]