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 […]
My wife left me because of porn. Not “because of porn”, but for what porn was doing to me. I’ve been in PMO for the last 15 years (I’m 37 now), and I’ve been through all the symptoms described here, including ED. Recently I got really scared when I read about the damages that porn […]
Read More… from Age 37 – Lost my wife over porn/ED, but now I’m almost at the top of my game again
When I was 16 years old I tried to have sex for the first time and couldn’t get it up. Not even a little bit. I’m here to tell you: no it’s not performance anxiety, no your testosterone levels are fine, no you’re not gay/asexual/whatever – you watch too much porn and this is the […]
Read More… from Age 26 – PIED. It was the porn, not performance anxiety
I’ve been lurking nofap for over 2 years now, and I guess, after checking my counter, and thinking about how much nofap has changed my life, I owe it to this community to let you guys know what it’s done for me and what it has the potential to do for you. I’m 22 years […]
Read More… from Age 22 – Porn screwed me up and quitting made my life better than ever
Some background: 44 years of age, male, long-term porn user (magazines >> VHS tapes >> internet); dozens of efforts to quit (even back at the magazine stage); recent onset of PIED. Longest previous record was 23 days. During the last 90 days: no porn, no masturbation, but sex with real women is allowed. So what […]
Read More… from Age 44 – PIED: Almost every other reason for quitting porn did not work