addiction

This, hopefully, won't be too long. It's been a few years since I have been active on this site. To recap, I first joined in 2019 and worked in the local news. A mental health episode lost me my job, then my mental health lost me another job. Eventually, I went back to school and got another...

Any musical recommendations on lyrics from artists that speak to you and addiction or society in general? I've been listening to some Macklemore & Ryan Lewis songs lately and I forgot how powerful some of his lyrics are (usually relating to addiction and/or society at large). Amazing how such...

Can S*x toys (m*sturbators, str*kers, etc.) be helpful in breaking a p*rn addiciton? I think that just using these toys instead of using p*rn would be helpful. What do you think?

Idk if I can count this as a success story but Im porn free and Im drug free so I think I kinda can. I DO NOT RECOMMEND TRYING THIS OPIOIDS CAN FUCK YOUR LIFE BEYOND REPAIR DO NOT DO THIS!!! I do drugs since Im 15, since Im 7 if I count ritalin, Im 23 now and I fucked around with oxycodone und...

14 years of addiction, 7 years of nofap trial and error. I tried many different techniques, such as surge surfing, not counting days, meditation, exercise, changing my environment, planning my day, keeping myself busy, and changing my mindset. But nothing ever worked. Today, I learned the bitter...

I want to start off by saying hello to everyone in here and to just say THANK YOU to NoFap for this powerful platform to really help people. I know people are struggling and it legit hurts me because I’ve been through it all with my addiction and really know all the drowning emotions that comes...

I have been doing OK in terms of avoiding regular using, but of late I've become drawn to transporn. I've googled this attraction, as you do nowadays, and discovered that a lot of males are grappling with it and wondering where it puts them on the spectrum of sexual orientation. And I also...

Man used to be multidimensional, Yes! Multidimensional with complex relations all around. A man living in a village or even a city in Europe or anywhere in the world before the advent of the industrial revolution had a multitude of complex interconnected web of relations unlike the man of...

You didn't misread. The fact that I'm posting here is only the result of my addiction and disease. I'm writing this as a way to express my emotions and feelings, as no one in my life knows that I'm suffering from porn addiction. I won't bore you with my story, you can read my previous posts if...

i just can’t stop relapsing..i’ve been doing NoFap for about 6 months now and i thought i’d be done by now. my longest streak is 35 days. I’m a teen so it’s very hard. When i went 35 days it was almost easy, because i wasn’t bored and was always doing something. Now i can’t find anything to do...

I don't know how this even started. I remember in elementary school I would touch my penis and jerk off for no reason, and I didn't even know it at the time (like in grade 1 and 2). Gradually, I started pretending I was a peak apex bird (penguins, falcons) and dominating lesser animals (this...

I'll try to keep this one as short as possible. Basically, I have a vault app on my phone that has over 1,000 photos and videos worth of NSFW content. I recently deleted a folder within that app that contained about 100 photos and videos from women I personally knew, so I am at least proud of...

This will be an incredibly awkward conversation, especially for me. Fetishes. Everyone has them. Some are vanilla, some are niche. No matter what you're into, you've likely spent a few hours of your life searching for content relating to it. Some of us are fortunate enough to have an...

Masturbation addiction forces millions of people to suffer in silence. Leaving them Afraid to seek help in fear of the stigma. Hence, people seek help on social media platforms anonymously. Unfortunately, with so much contradictory information and useless techniques on the internet, no one is...

I really want to get rid of this habit of doing fap but One thing, which I can control is watching porn . I do watch porn only when I masturbate. Other than That, I don't watch porn. I had left masturbation addiction in past and I was not introduced to porn till then. This was the major reason...

I am 20 but I am masturbating since when I was 12 . it has been 8years, There was only one time when I was able to quit Masturbation . And that too because I was busy in school and I didn't have my first phone. When I got my first phone, I again got trapped in this trap because I introduced...

Whenever I go to view the newest posts here, I find myself reading the first posts of newbies. After a while they seem to all sound the same: Argh, I’ve been struggling with PMO addiction for 7 years. My girlfriend cried when I couldn’t get it up, and now I’m depressed all the time and anxious...

I was on a streak of 22 days and I broke it by doing pmo twice in one day. I even had prec*m once. So I count it as 2.5 tumes relapse. My problems are :- Attention/memory problems Social Anxiety/ isolation Depression, mood swings, brain fog Acne on face and body , dull skin. Fatigue ...

I’m posting this as more of a journal type thing, mainly just for my own reference to keep my sanity. But I’ve just binged hard, won’t go into details but I’m ashamed of myself. This addiction is the worst thing and I sometimes feel like it’s too powerful for me. I’ve been attempting to...

Hello Everyone, I am 16 year old and I'm currently on day 72 NoFap, This addiction started when I was 11 or 12, As time went by I started going into darker topics like incest, hentai, furry, lots of weird fetish, characters from videogames, animes and shows, and the worst stuff real people that...

Hello everyone, I believe that I’m addicted to porn and masturbating. The thing is that back when I used to live with my parents I used to watch so much porn and I used to masturbate a lot too. I had so much free time because I was just in school and every night of every day for hours I would...

Hello everyone, My name is Richard and I am 26 yrs old and I am single. I decided to join because I believe I have an addiction to PMO. I started masturbating since I was about 12 yrs old and I started watching porn since I was about 15 yrs old. I obviously didn’t see it as a problem when I was...

Though I have much to share, I'll not make this super long. #Ftd-1 stands for "fighting the drug no.1" - as I'll make journey updates every now and then. I started consuming P at around 14 and rapidly got hooked. This led to an addiction and daily PMO cycles. I wasted lots of energy and...

I am in my early 30s and I have been addicted to masturbation from early teenage. I am not one of the people who got pulled into this due to access to high speed internet. Infact, I am not addicted to porn at the moment or never have been in the last 5 years but still have trouble in other forms...

Addiction becomes giant when we remain free all the time So make sure You don't have time to think about these thoughts and watching them in mobile Make sure You don't use mobile much. Only tip that works

Hi i am anonymous i am now 22 but i am not enjoy my life in last 9 years I started watch porn in i studing 8th standard that time i dont know i lost my life 9 years i lost my mind control i dont have more friends i lost my feelings also porn and mastrubation addict is destoyed my life , i am 22...

Hello, I have struggled with an addiction to porn since I was 13. I also have Tourette's syndrome and OCD, and was wondering if anyone with OCD has found that porn makes things worse. My sexuality is tied up with what might be called "body dysmorphic disorder," which gives me a compulsion to...

So this is my first post. I never engaged actively in any forum but now feel that it is necessary. I have first encountered NoFap in 2018. Identified IP as a problem and am battling it since then. I started doing several streaks of hard mode since New Years of 2019. Suffered from PIED before...

We all know that people say you have to go trough a lot of pain, the anxiety, insomnia, the flatlines etc. But is there a proper mindset to quit without going trough all of this? I do not ask this because I'm afraid of pain, but just I don't want to go trough a pain that it is not necessary and...

Hello, I'm new to this community finally I decided to take action, and overcome my addiction that caused me so much trouble mentally and physically! Let's make it together and I'm looking for a friend to abstain with me for 21 days as my first challenge Good Luck to all

On a quest to do better for myself and my family, I'm making some big changes in my life. I'm moving back to a place I once called home. Also, I'm furthering my education and skillset so that I can start to do better financially. There's a lot of uncertainty for me right now. I usually...

Hello Fapstrounauts (lol), I was introduced to pornography while in early middle school and it quickly became a comforting addiction for me. I played a lot of online games and I always chose to play female characters. I remember going along with an alternate persona and it was in high school...

Has anyone been diagnosed with POTS? Does anyone suspect they may be dealing with it? Symptoms: Severe and/or long-lasting fatigue Lightheadedness with prolonged sitting or standing Brain fog: trouble focusing, remembering or paying attention Forceful heartbeats or heart palpitations (a...

So I got that now. I gave up nofap a while ago. Knowing that my psychotherapy is right for me, I have decided that I should focus on my other issues first and work on the porn later. But this decision sent me into a deep hole when it comes to adult films. In a nutshell. I watched two movies...

I'm currently at Day 32 but still, I can't manage to delete the porn vids that's hidden in my device. I don't know why but I lack courage just go ahead and delete those videos. They mean so much man I just need a second voice saying "just go for it!" and I'll delete it right away.

I'm sorry this post is a bit long but if you'd bear with me I would really really appreciate your input. I'm 27, BF is 31, we have been together for 3 years and recently moved in together. My BF has been porn and masturbation free for over a year, with no relapses (though the road there was...

15 years, that is how long I have been exposed to porn. The most amount of time I have been without it at any given time is probably a week or so. I hate to say it, but it seems to me that porn is part of who I am. It's something I need, like water or food. I choose porn over sex. I choose porn...

Do you ever wonder why 95-99% of search results regarding [the detrimental effects of] PMO bring up a seemingly endless amount of pages on which there are articles and "research" that support and promote the porn industry, the act of masturbation and regular orgasms? These pages are usually on...

I’m asking because... well I’ve got nothing in my life besides porn which I’m legitimately interested in. Should I try join a social group or discover some hobbies before I attempt 90 days cold turkey? I’ve tried quitting countless, countless times in the past two years and have always failed...

How Stuff Works: What happens in the brain during an orgasm? An archived page is provided as the article was removed years ago. In both [men and women], the brain region behind the left eye, called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, shuts down during orgasm. Janniko R. Georgiadis, one of the...

My streak : 67 days Freedom actually means doing what you ought to do. What things you have to do? Grip the steer to self-control your life, obey the roadmark of your life, discipline, and detachment of any temporary pleasure. Let's just aim to the main point, i.e Nofap freedom. What is it...

Hello everyone, my name is botme (an odd and random nickname). I suffered with porn addiction as a young teen. We had internet, but my family took it away when everyone was just using it for PMO. At 27 years old I discovered nofap for the first time. It took me three years but I was finally able...

This is my first Thread, so if this does not belong in this category, please tell me. I am 19 years old, and i have been addicted to porn for about 10 years now. Most of the things i`ve seen have been things not involving real humans, as in Rule 34 and E621. I`ve seen it all, Furry, Loli...

Hi good people, I have been watching P and M since I was 10 years old and today I am 28 yo. I was always M non-stop, but it took me a long long time to even understand its an issue that is blocking me from reaching my highest potential. I'm in a loving relationship for the past 2.5 years, and I...

I’ve been trying not to relapse so much lately. Starting streaks.. and relapsing because of giving in, thinking I had already messed it up. every time I start a new streak, my mind plays games with me. Either through thinking about arousing material or something similar. I cannot keep...

Over Masturbation Side Effects On Bones: https://manmatters.com/blog/over-masturbation-side-effects-on-bones/ I'm posting this because I've seen threads on here in which people have complained about relevant issues. An example is cracking joints.

I'm not really sure how to start this introduction but I'll try. Having a porn addiction sucks, big time. Porn addiction and social anxiety has completely messed up the way I communicate with women. The anxiety might have been there first, but porn made my anxiety much worse as I have trouble...

Hello, I’m new and and wanted to give a bit of an intro. About five years ago, I converted to Catholicism. Before then, I firmly believed that porn and masturbation were normal and great. But after understanding how my obsession with it affected the way I looked at people, I’ve gradually come...

From the time of Hippocrates to just before Freud's Sexual Revolution, physicians had much different opinions on PMO than those of clueless shills in medicine today. NEURASTHENIA is, according to Merriam-Webster, "a condition that is characterized especially by physical and mental exhaustion...

The following was originally contributed years ago by a user on MedHelp. Credit goes to him and his doctor. 1. During masturbation (particularly long sessions where orgasm is not reached relatively quickly), the urinary sphincter stays contracted for a long time so to prevent urination. This...

(Bear with me here, tried not to make this too long) Without going into the long story that is my background, I want to tell you where I'm at and what just happened. I'm 23, and after I made a major switch in my life a couple of years ago I have found new life and hope. I have had some long...

Hey Everyone, Today 1st June 2022, i have decided to Quit My Addiction To PMO, and also my last Relapse. Man I have almost tried like Million times to Quit This Thing But every time i try to do i keep failing But not this time. I Have made a Decision Not to Go Back and Quit this horrible Thing...

At 2:05 in the above video clip, a patient is seen by an Asian doctor. He is told that if he doesn't quit masturbating and conquer his addiction, he will experience "tooth ache, loose teeth, back pain, weak knees, exhaustion, depression, psychological disorders, impotence and erectile...

So I relapsed yesterday and I fellt like shit. The problem is that this "shit" doesn't feel like punishment to me. It's just going back to pre-nofap and I see that as a problem. When I stopped smoking back then, there was a clear punishment for me, my heart. I had heart muscle inflammation...

I started using the internet in the early 2000s. It was still a developing and largely unexplored frontier. People seemed excited and optimistic about it despite the fact that it was a relatively new technology as far as mainstream products and services went. [What is internet?] Cell phones were...

Hello Everyone, It's common knowledge that in order to deal with this problem a therapist/counselor is needed. So far I've had two counselors that don't believe this is a problem and it's really hurt my progress. My insurance also doesn't really provide me with that many options for doctors. So...

If you can't address the trauma, then you can never truly get rid of the addiction. It's simply a self-medicating mechanism to cope with emotional pain. I have been an addict since I was 13 years old and I'm 21 years old now. I completely understand the mechanisms of addiction and I have been in...

Has anyone else found that as they traveled deeper and deeper onto the pit of pornography, eventually climbing over into trans porn as your tastes evolve, that you largely cease to be attracted to cisgender women? I have come to a point, after 17 years of porn addiction and about 5 years on...

Posting this article here, because it's relevant.

Good day, (Sorry for my bad english, it's not my main language) About 3 years ago I heard about NoFap and started to question my bad habit. I started to fight against my addiction to porn but failed all the time. As I grew older, my addiction got stronger (I am 18 now and started with 12)...

NEMO REPENTE FUIT TURPISSIMUS “No one became extremely wicked all at once.” — Juvenal, Satires The aim of this essay is a controversial one: to provide evidence in support of the thesis that porn addiction, especially when accompanied by compulsive masturbation over a long period, alters brain...

Knowledge is power: https://salvomag.com/article/salvo13/slave-master

The following is a transcript from a video on a long gone channel that was called AlphaConceptsTV. Edging is an Orgasm control technique which involves the maintenance of high levels of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm. It has consistently been described as...

The Story of my addiction I was 15, when I watched my first P. Before that first P, I watched a lot of nude images, I watched FTV swimwear models, etc. It's been 7 years and now I am 22 that I am addicted to that stuff. Things I am suffering now Addicted to adult sites, especially chat sites...

I'm just wondering if anybody on here is struggling with good, very good, friends fading away. Just focusing on their life's and not able to contact at all or even get in touch on IM. I have this Chinese friend and I actually miss her, there's no way of getting to contact her or talk on...

Background info: I’m abstaining from porn + masturbation for 90 days in the hopes of a case of PIED where I get morning wood daily but don’t get erections seeing women in real life. I’m on the morning of day 13. I’ve been getting morning wood every single day of this journey, but the past few...

What to do when you've tried everything and nothing worked? It's been many years since I've tried without ever being able to abstain from addiction. I can guarantee that I have tried everything I thought would work and even what would not work and now? What am I supposed to do? I humbly ask...

Right now it’s the evening of day six no-PMO. I’ve decided to begin this journey because I have a bad case of PIED where I don’t get hard to IRL women at all and if I get hard to women in porn it’s because they have ridiculous / unrealistic body types. If everything goes well, I’ll wake up...

Newbie here- not to porn, but to this site. As far as porn, I have watched it all kinds. I am tired of it, I wanted to start 2022 without porn and I failed so here it is 19 days in to the new year. I am ashamed and embarrassed. I have a family, wife & kids. What I do behind closed doors is awful...

Found this documentary today, very relatable and interesting. Shout out to Gary!

i been suffering from Post Orgasmic Illness Syndrome POIS for quite a number of years. get the usual symptoms of headache, chronic fatigue, depressed mood and very bad insomnia for next few days up to a week sometimes after ejaculation. that makes not PMOing even more imperative. my...

So years and years of porn and sex addiction have finally suffered a fatal blow. I honestly thought I was doomed to be a seedy old lonely man sat staring at his computer, cut of physically and emotionally from the world. Constantly craving, constantly feeding the insatiable monster as my desires...

A letter to my fellow people, 2022 is here - what a quick year Will this be the year of our recovery? Maybe, maybe not, it all depends. Discomfort is inevitable regardless of addiction Our desire must shift, value must be seen Relationship status to discomfort is key I wish you all the best, as...

Someone give me a tip to not masturbate on bed tonight, and I can’t do 10 pushups before bed lol, they’ll block me from sleeping. I appreciate any tip, thanks ya’ll UwU. ❤️❤️

Inside Me: I am suffering with my mental issue. The concern is I am losing my ability to focus, commemorate, ability to do critical things. Ability to plan long term goals and execution of short term goal in real time. I am losing my ability to socialize, I am being negative and thinking that I...

I’ve been watching porn for years. It’s been changing on me. Went from regular vanilla stuff to forced or rape to trans or gay porn. I hate that i can’t stop watching porn. I tell myself to stop but i end up watching it anyways. It’s also gotten to the point where i go to shady massage parlors...

I’ve been watching porn for years. It’s been changing on me. Went from regular vanilla stuff to forced or rape to trans or gay porn. I hate that i can’t stop watching porn. I tell myself to stop but i end up watching it anyways. It’s also gotten to the point where i go to shady massage parlors...

I really feel like I'm not in control of myself anymore. Every day I tell myself I won't do this again and I pray to God for forgiveness and I promise myself that I won't do it again. And then the very next day it happens again and then I feel so guilty and so sad and disappointed and lonely...

This post is 100% serious and grave despite the shameful content. And all details are based on my actual experience, edited to avoid self-dox. This warning is about the danger of severe PMO addiction when attempting recovery. I hope it helps you avoid my outcome. It is known that severe alcohol...

Alright so I realized something this past weekend. Well actually a couple of things but we are going to stay on topic today hahaha. I cant fucking play this game anymore. You know the one where you build this really good streak all for it to get crushed and you end up back in the cycle of...

I was watching porn searching for something that would make me feel good. During the whole time i spended i wasnt really feeling it. There was some kind of voice in my head saying "why are you doing this? Why are you watching This shit?" And even though this voice in my head I was masturbating...

Hey there, I'm in my early 20's and I've had a femdom addiction for a while now. Just recently I knew I took it too far when I got an online "mistress". It was a spur of the moment decision that I couldn't help, I was too curious. But now I'm regretting it a lot, considering I've been sending...

About ten years ago I began self medicating with xanax ( alprazolam ) to help me with anxiety. A friend was taking them and she gave me one to try and it worked and I then started to purchase them myself. At the time I could buy them over the counter here. Within weeks I was taking two to just...

So you all are addicted to porn like me? Of course you are , why would you even sign up on Nofap then. What happens when you are addicted to PMO? 1. You waste your valuable time ( yes you do ) 2. You mostly sit at home and usually don't like much people around you. 3. You are a loser at life...

The first video game console I ever played was, I believe, a GameBoy. I played the PS1, PS2, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360 and on the PC when I was little. I remember games like: Fighting Force Halo 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Fable: The Lost Chapters Warcraft 3: Reign of...

Hey everyone! So it may sound crazy but read and try it out. And then get back to me. Mechanism- Honestly, Just Total Dopamine Detox approx say (70-80) % Method- For those 20 days time- Simply 1. Cut out all porn of course. 2. No video games, no music. 3. No youtube, no videos of any sorts. 4...

Hi, just thought I'd share my experience on struggling with porn addiction. I'm currently struggling with cam addiction and need to stop because it's getting worse and worse. The past 2 days I've spent over $100, it's definitely a compulsion and I've noticed I develop weird fetish's. I...

Two days ago, I made a post on my Facebook expressing my gratitude for how far I've come in life, and the many good things that have come my way in the past two months. In said post, I mentioned that I've been getting sober, and various friends and family members came with messages of support...

Day 1 Today is the first day where I am determined to leave the PMO habit that has bound me for 10 ++ years. What I realized was that PMO was an "escape route" which became my coping mechanism when faced with the same problem I was facing.. So lets the journey begins! ** Day 1 did other...

Porn addiction is driven by dopamine, just like all addictions. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter in your brain that tells you "this feels good, let's do it again" when encountering natural rewards, such as food, sex, money, and material possessions. Modern internet porn, with its endless...

Porn and masturbating is something that I had discovered and have been addicted to at a young age. I masturbate 1-2 times everyday for 10 years and I have never been able to tell anyone about my addiction until I met my girlfriend. I am becoming extremely depressed and fatigued after I...

I'm 27, and I've only had a handful of relationships throughout my life. Nothing very serious, but in the past 5 years or so I haven't dated anyone. Sure I've been on a few first dates, but they haven't gone anywhere. I have a tendency to get on dating apps every so often In hopes that I find...

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all safe and doing alright. I’m making this thread to know wether the following effects are related to porn addiction and excessive masturbation. - Increased hair fall - Receding hairline - Decreased hair density - Depression - Social Anxiety - Lethargy - Restricted...

So basically im a teenager and first time i masturbate was like one or one and half year ago thought it was rly bad thing made me scared asf but two weeks later and i did it again anyway one time i started doing it daily so hard for like 2 months and then i decided to stop and here comes the...

This is the most addictive addiction I believe. You don't have to pay money or go somewhere to get the drugs. All you need is internet connection and a few taps. So cheer yourself up for fighting this. A super-addiction demands a super-hero!

Hi All, I have been masturbating every day for a long time now and I dont feel good about it. I feel sad and like a loser But I am unable to go sleep without masturbating to porn or now even looking at girls pictures on instagram. I feel I am becoming more and more sad in my life. I am married...

Hey everyone. I haven't posted here in a good while and I figured I'd make a quick post to share my progress. Today is day 105 of my streak and it's been a long road. The pits of my despair First let me start off by telling you about what my situation was like at the peak of my addiction. I...

I'm looking for an inpatient program for sex/porn addicts. Does anyone reading this know about any from personal or second hand experience? Post here if you do.