I’m doing this post because even though there are a lot of these reports, reading through all of them when I first started this journey gave me motivation, ideas, and knowledge of what I’d go through. I (32M) have finally hit 90 days of being porn free, after 5 years of trying, 2 years of […]
[Study participants, males and females who work with those who exhibit harmful sexual behaviors towards women,] believed that increased ease of access to pornography, lots of which includes violence towards women, was problematic for many of their clients. … A number of Frontline Workers described how their clients had become desensitised to the sexual content […]
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Joined this sub in 2019, I was going thru tough time after broke up with my ex. Initially I relapsed non stop for like the first month, couldn’t even last thru a day without sexual thoughts. Then I began to try some progressing method like addiction withdrawal therapy: First I only limit myself to only […]
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1. I deleted all saved porn & porn accounts. You cannot give up heroin if you still have a stash in your nightstand for a rainy day, and the same absolutely applies to porn. “What if I just leave my stash aside for a few months, and when I develop a healthy relationship with porn, […]
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Life Background: I am a 55 year-old male and have been happily married since I was 21. We have almost always had a good sex life, even when the kids were little, and even after becoming empty nesters. I have been a porn viewer since my teens, and this has continued throughout the years. The […]
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I have successfully made it 90 days on NoFap Normal Mode. I’m currently 21 years of age, and this is the longest I have ever gone without jacking off since I discovered masturbation at the age of 11. Being constantly surrounded by technology since a young age, it did not take long before I stumbled […]
Porn free 32 days and counting. I also hadn’t masturbated until today. Table of contents Context Porn addiction timeline My wakeup call (my motivation that got me to quit porn) Steps I took What I’m learning on this never ending journey Context: After graduating from college in 2019, I decided I wanted to address issues […]
As the title says, I just finished my 90 days of no masturbation, no pornography, and no orgasms (except for wet dreams of course). This is gonna be a somewhat long post so I’ll split it into sections: BENEFITS Some benefits I experienced: – Deeper Voice – Less Anxiety + generally not caring about trivial […]
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19/M. So, the other day I tipped over the 1-year mark. Tbh the time has gone extremely quick and I can’t quite believe it has been a year! Several times I felt like ending my steak especially around 5 months in, but with some advice and support from fellow sub reddits I didn’t relapse and […]
Read More… from Age 19 – 1 year: contentment, confidence, eye contact, fitness, heightened intuition
I very recently discovered that I was addicted to fapping and watching porn. I couldn’t go 2-3 days without fapping. I would sleep for less time and watch porn instead. After realising I was addicted I really wanted to change myself, I felt my younger version would be ashamed of me if he saw me […]
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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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