Age 15 – I’ve been feeling noticeably more confident and humorous, my mind is clear, and my energy just keeps coming

I’ve made it, officially, on this very day. That wondrous day I’ve been desperately waiting for has come. All the benefits are there, I’ve been feeling noticeably more confident and humorous, my mind is clear, and my energy just keeps coming. I don’t know if this is due to nofap, but I haven’t gotten past […]

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Age 45 – How I went from the worst porn addict in the world to 90 days porn-free

[Note: don’t try this at home, kids.] This is it. Today’s my 90th day. Thirteen weeks, or close enough. Never thought I’d make it this far. Whew. The following post is not meant as an advertisement or to persuade anyone to follow my steps, especially if you’re a teenager. High schoolers, this is most definitely […]

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330 Days – It seems like it was just yesterday my wife told me that she was done with me and my BS and that our marriage was over.

WOW, I can’t even believe I hit the 300-day mark. It seems like it was just yesterday my wife told me that she was done with me and my BS and that our marriage was over. The only reason she didn’t pack up and leave that very day was that she didn’t want to traumatize […]

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What about Virtual Reality (VR) porn?

Update – 2018: The impact of immersion on the perception of pornography: A virtual reality study  Results showed that viewing pornographic video material via VR technology had a stronger effect on psychophysiological reactions as well as subjective experience than using the conventional desktop display. Update – 2019: The impact of virtual reality versus 2D pornography […]

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Something changed, be it my morals or my point-of-view. So, I’d like to declare myself an enemy of the porn industry.

I made it 134 days without pmo. Now, most of that should not count because I was in training for 15 weeks without access to my cellphone or privacy for 12 of those 15. The real success comes in the form of being rebooted. My mind doesn’t revolve around porn, sex, or women anymore. I […]

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Cyber-porn dependence: voices of distress in an Italian internet self-help community (2009)

YBOP comments: This paper was only brought to our attention recently by a young researcher. It’s fascinating because it describes all the same kinds of escalation and distress we (and others) have been documenting for years, and which a vocal pack of sexologists incomprehensibly deny. See excerpts below Abstract. (And don’t miss newer Polish research […]

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