The art of Self-Doxxing

It's possible it's as simple as not recognizing nonmembers can see the avatar pic, or thinking it through to recognize even when posting in a members only subforum it's not that hard for anyone to become a member with access to that anyway.

Someone mentioned celebrities speaking up about porn addiction, it is possible that some people don't care what others think but nevertheless have this issue. Traditionally the better someone's recovery the more candid they are about speaking of their past, though that's still in a limited context even if it is a large recovery meeting.

On a deeper level of the first possibility it's just a lack of understanding of the context of mediated online communication, which is practically universal from what can honestly tell. For one thing the sheer scale of the online audience just doesn't compare, and for another people can't necessarily sense you're an okay guy from posts even if you present fairly well in person, but I think today more than ever people make that assumption when it has never been the case, much is lost in translation.

 

I never publish my face on the internet. The less data you put online, the better it is in the long term.

 

Gay probably

 

From my experience general practitioner well in cases like the NHS in the UK health care is a national service and is paid for by the tax payer but is essentially free . We don't pay through the nose everytime we see one . From that's perspective GPS here are skeptical. Some went to university and gain experience in the field. At what point do you stop learning . Never is my guess . But how many have the time and the final ruling over anything considering they aren't researchers unless they hold a private clinic . Hard to say about general practitioners I have had gps clearly know very little about the topic at hand but have usually tried to assist by making a referral they aren't an expert in every field

 

This is soooo sick *vomits*

 

As to your question, yes, I think it's quite risky. And if some fapstronauts want to show their faces, maybe they are better off starting in their inner circle. Not by telling ppl, "hey, I'm AnonXY77 on nofapdotcome!" of course. But by talking about their issue and admitting it. Throwing your face on an anonymous addiction forum is quite a wildcard ...

 

I'm not expecting them to be an expert in every field. I'm expecting them to be willing to learn and to listen to their patient without acting like they're stupid and/or crazy. It's not hard to do that.

And it's not like I'm going to some random podiatrist for a problem with my throat or something. I'm going to an ENT for a problem with my throat. After, by the way, repeatedly contacting their assistant to see if they are familiar with my disorder and are able to help me before I waste my time driving an hour to see them, having their assistant say yes, they are able to help me, only to get there and have the doctor say they have no idea what I'm talking about and that doesn't sound like an ENT thing (even though I know for a fact that the doctors in the country who do know about and treat this problem are all ENTs, because it is a throat, related problem) and say that she is unwilling to even consider learning about it.

I'm not expecting anyone to be an expert in every field. My expectations are very far from being too high for someone who is going to charge me hundreds of dollars when they didn't even help me at all.

 

I don't really see why. I think y'all are maybe overreacting a little bit. What do you think is going to happen if someone from your real life finds out you masturbate to porn and are trying to stop? That literally just makes you like every other adult person in the world, except that you're trying to stop and they're not.

Now, if we are talking about some of the people here who have extreme or highly unusual fetishes or something, then yeah, I can absolutely see how that could harm them if someone from their real life found out about it. But for the average person on NoFap, you're just like everyone else in the world. What are they gonna do to you? Make fun of you for masturbating, when they're doing it too? Maybe I'm just naive, but I can't really see why it's so dangerous or such a wild card as some people here are making it seem.

 

That says a lot more about you than it does anyone else. Not everyone considers this “an addiction forum.” Not everyone on here is an absolute degenerate. A lot of people here are actually successful in mastering their sexuality, which is something to be proud of, not ashamed of. Hence, showing your face isn’t a big deal. It’s only a big deal for people who care way too much what others think about them, who fear that they’ll be perceived in some light based on their existence on the site alone.

 

Yeah good idea man.. let’s continue to normalize degeneracy, as if it hasn’t caused enough problems. You know not every behaviour that’s existed since the beginning of time is a bad thing just because it’s considered “negative” or “toxic” by snowflake liberals. I guess we shouldn’t shame pedophiles either now, by your logic?

 

Coomer....

 

Yeah, I'm aware. But the conversation has evolved a bit. That's usually how conversations work.

 

It’s not hard to figure out. It holds you accountable. And if you have balls then you don’t give a fuck if people find out you’re on a site dedicated to controlling your sexuality, which 99% of people are incapable of. I’ve considered it before, but I also enjoy anonymity so that I can be more of a dick. Why do the hundreds or thousands of people who make nofap and semen retention videos on YouTube show their face? Same thing.

 

That or death wish cry for help they want to be remembered before they do something crazy and forums is where they say some of there craziest shit wtf knows

 

Lol linking multiple anonymous accounts isn’t very revealing.

I fail to see what’s dangerous about it. This addiction thrives in secrecy.. what better way to hold yourself accountable then present yourself openly.

There are deranged weirdos all over the internet. Better be sure you’ve never posted your picture on any social media anywhere if that’s the case.