YBOP comments: In plain English, this research found (again) that religiosity is NOT associated with believing yourself to be a porn addict (“perceived pornography addiction”). This explodes the meme that Josh Grubbs worked for years to “sell” to the world, that believing oneself an addict is related to religious shame. Grubbs’s CPUI-9 studies and his […]
Read More… from Evaluating Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model (2019)
As I’m typing this I’m on day 15. My record was over 150 days before, I’d have thought it would not affect my self-esteem, but falling back to the addiction caused me to feel much more insecure, weaker eye-contact, unwilling to go to battle, easily giving up. When you go on long streaks, you become […]
Disclaimer: I was addicted for 15 years, doing NoFap for 6 years. This is my longest streak ever. The streak is very clean – no peeking, no edging, no fantasizing. Working out daily, eating healthy, doing yoga, taking cold showers, socializing. I’ve also quit gaming completely, and decreased Netflix to 1-2 episodes a day. Benefits […]
Read More… from Age 27 – Doing things I’ve procrastinated on for years, morning wood back
Hello guys I’m 28, i want to describe my situation in first part, and in second part i will tell you about my recovery. 1st part: I have started to watch porn when I was 15 but at the same time I started having sex at the age of 18. The real problem occurred when […]
I am 31 years old. My battle with porn addiction has been almost 12 years. Several bad moments: ED, broken relationships, sexual repression, stress, frustration, ignorance, and loneliness were driving me crazy. Several benefits to quitting porn: improved strength, better dating approach, more confidence, improved relationships with women, removing toxic people out of my life, […]
Read More… from Age 31 – Better dancing skills, decisions and relationships with women
I used to fap to compensate for my loneliness, I don’t need that shit anymore. In my opinion, fapping is basically cheating on my girlfriend. Don’t need any of that shit in my life. But I’m not doing this only for her. I’ve been trying to not fap for years now, but I would always […]
Read More… from Age 14 – Girlfriend, clearer mind, no deviant thoughts and more focus
It all started when I was about to turn 17, I told to myself that I would quit pornography on the day of my 17th birthday. I failed pretty bad and like 5 days later I was watching porn again, I guess I did not have the right motivation and I went on like that […]
Read More… from Age 17 – I find myself smiling for no reason at all
I have had ED almost always from when I got sexually active like 1.5 years ago. Finally decided to leave P and start my journey with nofap. Today amazingly I had felt zero performance anxiety and rock hard boner during an encounter and for the first time in my life (I am 29, a late […]
Read More… from Age 29 – First time penetration after years of ED
Problematic Pornography Use, Mental Health, and Suicidality among Young Adults.
"PPU and its interaction with gender were both significant predictors of suicidal ideation." ~ "Gender comparison analysis revealed significantly higher scores for PPU and loneliness among men, while…
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