I discovered nofap about 2-3 years ago. I am not sure how I got here but I think I was searching for “why doesn’t my dick work sometimes” or something like that. At this time I was a student and had a lot of free time so I masturbated sometimes 6-8 times a day to […]
Read More… from A year clean. PIED healed. Would not trade my GF for all pornstars together
Link to original study – Conscious and Non-Conscious Measures of Emotion: Do They Vary with Frequency of Pornography Use? (2017) Comments: This 2017 EEG study on porn users cited 3 Nicole Prause EEG studies. The authors believe that all 3 Prause EEG studies actually found desensitization or habituation in frequent porn users (which often occurs […]
Read More… from “Conscious and Non-Conscious Measures of Emotion: Do They Vary with Frequency of Pornography Use?” – Excerpts analyzing Steele et al., 2013
Link to original study – Conscious and Non-Conscious Measures of Emotion: Do They Vary with Frequency of Pornography Use? (2017) Comments: This EEG study on porn users cited 3 Nicole Prause EEG studies. The authors believe that all 3 Prause EEG studies actually found desensitization or habituation in frequent porn users (which often occurs with […]
Read More… from “Conscious and Non-Conscious Measures of Emotion: Do They Vary with Frequency of Pornography Use?” – Excerpts analyzing Prause et al., 2015
On this page, YBOP looks at the research linking porn use by women to its effects on arousal, sexual satisfaction, and relationships. While some studies report little effect of women’s porn use on women’s sexual and relationship satisfaction, many do report negative effects. This page contains studies linking female porn use to lower sexual or […]
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You Will Not See Adult Videos The Same After Hearing Brother Ali’s New Song (Audio) Yesterday (May 5), Brother Ali released All The Beauty In This Whole Life, an LP which unequivocally continues the Rhymesayers MC’s career-long history of addressing the personal and universally relatable through his music. This time around, the Minnesotan keeps it 100% […]
Read More… from Brother Ali’s Rap Song About Internet Porn Use (AFH)
My porn addiction had escalated to the point where I was using 2-4 times a day, I had intermittent delayed ejaculation problems, and my sexual interests morphed (I thought I was bisexual when I am actually gay… haha the opposite of what usually happens I know). I knew I had to stop completely. I read […]
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I last fapped on May 2nd of 2016, which means it’s been a year and six days since I started my current streak 🙂 This is something I’ve been meaning to get around to writing, I wanted to post this on the 2nd as it would be an exact one year, but oh well. One […]
Read More… from Age 17 – 1 year – Increased energy, happiness, confidence, and of course no more brainfog. My relationships have vastly improved.
Prologue I had heard of noFap long before I first tried it. Back then, I was mainly posting on /r/ForeverAlone and occasionally, people would make “helpful” posts about how all we lone losers needed was noFap. It was condescending to say the least. Masturbation was the only sexual release I had and then someone tried […]
Read More… from 190 days – Mission accomplished, now it’s time to move from r/nofap to r/pornfree
“My life is no longer about me, but about what I can do to improve wherever I am” Porn addiction is not a clinically diagnosed condition. But that doesn’t stop swathes of men – for it is predominantly men – of all ages across the world becoming seemingly addicted to watching porn. Erectile dysfunction amongst […]
Read More… from “Inside the Community of Men Who Have Given Up Porn” (Independent, UK)
Link – Independent UK By Rachel Hosie Porn addiction is not a clinically diagnosed condition. But that doesn’t stop swathes of men – for it is predominantly men – of all ages across the world becoming seemingly addicted to watching porn. Erectile dysfunction amongst young men is on the rise, but opinions are divided as […]
Read More… from Inside the community of men who have given up porn (2017)