I’m 29, Married, 1 kid, IT pro. I started with masturbation when I was around 13, started watching porn when was about 16 and been playing video games since about 13 too. I slipped into these without no idea they are anything bad, on the contrary I thought they are the best. Lost my virginity […]
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Jonathan Porter, 48, accountant When I was a teenager in the Eighties, I saw pornography in magazines such as Razzle and Fiesta that didn’t turn me on at all. It seemed cartoonish and degrading. I grew up thinking that pornography was bad and demeaning to women. It actually put me off sex. Then at university […]
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We all need inspiration sometimes: a kick in the butt to get moving, or that piece of very painful (but true) advice that helps you move past what you thought were your limits. Here are 5 great quotes that hope to do just that… From Strength Coach Taylor, Fitness Coach: On the surface this quote […]
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Comment: The American College of Pediatricians is speaking out about the harms of pornography use for young patients. ABSTRACT: The availability and use of pornography has become almost ubiquitous among adults and adolescents. Consumption of pornography is associated with many negative emotional, psychological, and physical health outcomes. These include increased rates of depression, anxiety, acting […]
A therapist and IT professional explains: How to configure your Mac for web filtering How to Configure your iPhone/iPad for Porn Blocking One man’s experience: I was reading somewhere that some recovering porn addicts were finding it too difficult to use their computers and not look for porn, so they installed some software to block […]
90 whole days without masturbating, watching porn, sexual activity, or orgasm. For those willing to read, I have a few things to say about my journey, and some advice for anyone willing to listen. I’ll be sharing some of my experiences, hardships, temptations, victories, and grievances. I really hope I don’t ramble too much. TL;DR: […]
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A Little Background Story A success story is never complete without a background story. So, I’ll start here first. If you aren’t interested with this, feel free to skip right to the success story below. I’m currently a 20 y.o. with a long history on PMO. I first looked at porn when I was 10 […]
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Comments: Here’s another case study showing that the drug Naltrexone helps porn addicts control their porn use (as a last resort). For a thorough, and brilliant, discussion of Naltrexone and porn addiction see this earlier case study. Link to Research Gate PDF of full paper American Journal of Psychiatry . 01/2016; In Press. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15060843 Shane […]
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Comments: This paper (abstract below) contains two longitudinal studies examining the effects of Internet porn on “delay discounting.” Delay discounting happens when people choose ten dollars right now rather than 20 dollars in a week. It’s the inability to delay immediate gratification for a more valuable reward in the future. Think of the famous Stanford […]
I (19 Male) started NoFap because I was sick and tired of not having any social interaction with girls, and I desperately wanted a girl to sleep with. I also had mild PIED. I was jacking off at least 1 times a day, some days 2 (to porn obviously). I decided to give NoFap a […]