After 164 days have passed i can tell that i finally feel better in my own skin. So don’t give up if after 30 days or even 90 days you still feel miserable. It has been a hard journey but i absolutely have no wish to go back to faping anymore, its completely disgusting. Sometimes […]
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Neuroethics. 2017 Apr; 10(1): 29–33. Published online 2016 Nov 7. doi: 10.1007/s12152-016-9286-3 PMCID: PMC5503469 NIHMSID: NIHMS840286 PMID: 28706571 Abstract Where does normal brain or psychological function end, and pathology begin? The line can be hard to discern, making disease sometimes a tricky word. In addiction, normal ‘wanting’ processes become distorted and excessive, according to the […]
Read More… from Is Addiction a Brain Disease? (2017) Kent Berridge response to Marc Lewis
THE REALLY SHORT VERSION: Some years ago, David Ley and study spokesperson Nicole Prause teamed up to write a Psychology Today blog post about Steele et al., 2013 called “Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive“. The blog post appeared 5 months before Prause’s EEG study was formally published. Its oh-so-catchy title is misleading […]
M27YO – Before this I was with depression and panic attacks. I’m still taking my meds but now I’m happier than ever 🙂 *Confidence / less social anxiety. It’s easier for me to just go talk to a girl and take my chances. I prefer “no” as the answer than not asking at all. At […]
Video by Gabe Deem –Porn Addiction Is NOT Sex Addiction: SASH Conference, 2015 UPDATE (2018): Study finds differences between porn use and other forms of problematic sexual behavior, and researchers wonder if internet porn use should be categorized separately from hypersexuality (“sex addiction”): One issue is whether problematic pornography use may be considered a subcategory […]
Read More… from Porn Addiction Is Not Sex Addiction–And Why It Matters (2011)
Today is my 45th straight day without PMO! While I can’t say that getting to 45 days has eliminated all of the problems in my life (Spoiler Alert for those of you just getting started: Ditching porn and masturbation will NOT get rid of every issue that you are dealing with…), I can definitively say […]
YBOP Comments: This was written in response to David Ley’s blog post attacking nofap. It serves a bigger purpose: 1) to expose that the so-called science contradicting porn addiction is smoke and mirrors, and 2) the papers claiming to refute porn addiction come from two individuals who often team up – Nicole Prause & David […]
Read More… from David Ley Attacks the NoFap Movement (May, 2015)
Much deeper voice Clear headed People gather and sit around me at work (a lot) Better, more restful sleep Energy to work on projects after getting off work Cleaning up and organizing more No stress More Confident and easy going I quit coffee Cold showers for past 53 days Gym for past 35 days Seems […]
Best 3 months of my Life. I started this whole nofap Thing because i wanted do get rid of my acne, it helped but it’s not completely cleared. I lost the interest in Video Games and Netflix. I started running and look more on my health and so on. I got a Girlfriend and lost […]
In Porn Then and Now: Welcome to Brain Training I look at the how and why porn from the internet is so compelling, so hard to stop watching. See the many comments below the article. “Are we the first generation to masturbate left-handed?” A Reddit poster recently asked, “Are we the first generation to masturbate […]
Read More… from Porn Then and Now: Welcome to Brain Training (2011)
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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