damage

Hello, I have done it to get away from porn, but also masturbation. Now in the recent weeks, I have heard from many people and Social-Media, how bad it is, to not masturbate. Is it true? Should I stop my streak? I am feeling very good since stopping, but now I am feared of developing some...

Hey Guys, I am married guy who has just started nofap to get my strength back. I am trying to repair the damage that I have done to my physical and mental health by not masturbating. Just had a question that what if I have a sex with my partner? Will it be considered as relapse? Please help me...

SPECT scan of a porn addict's brain: Long-term addiction to PMO: Downregulates neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine and serotonin) - 1, 2, 3, 4 Disrupts hormonal balance (e.g., testosterone, prolactin and adrenaline) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Decreases the volume of grey matter in the brain...

Can porn cause unfixable critical damage to your brain? If so, is there any symptoms?

Hey ive been trying to stop masturbation and porn for a long time but in that time i feel like i might have damaged myself I don't know if this is because of masturbation but I've realised my erection is weaker than it used to be. Im worried i might have developed erectile disfunction. i dont...

Hi, Last August I was masturbating and put too much pressure on the left side beneath the head. I felt a cold sensation and some mild pain and I think I felt something pop or snap but very slightly. Afterwards noticed redness and veins bulging out just under the glans on the left side. It feels...

Buckle up, this is a long one. I have been addicted to sex, pornography and all the perversions within it for over half of my life now. Starting at an insanely early age, I was always drawn to sexuality, taboo topics and just the overall "forbidden" nature of it all. When I was only six or...

***TW: Graphic Language*** Look, this is not a story about getting "superpowers!" after 7 days of nofap. This is a serious post - and it's ugly, ugly stuff. Just letting you know well in advance - so I can say with a clean conscious that you were warned. Still here? OK. Here we go: There's a...

Hi everyone! I have masturbating daily or twice a day for almost 4 years now. This problem arouse 1-2 years ago but i neglected it, but it really seems to be a very bad one. In my head of penis,there kinda seems like to be tissues damage. There are cracks all over the place. Seems like it is due...

I’m really struggling to find motivation just now. I first started his process about 150 days ago and I started off really strongly (at least for how badly I was - multiple times each day). It was: 7 days, relapse, 10 days, relapse, 1 month, then a really bad relapse. I couldn’t believe how...

I am very worried that I have damaged myself someway because of something I read on Quora and the fact that my erection is softening. I can't get a 100% erection anymore. Maybe 80%, but that is the most and I am worried and it's getting softer. I wouldn't consider myself addicted to porn...

Hey guys I am a 23 year old male from Ottawa, Canada. I am glad to be apart of this community. Thanks for having such a great website and forums. I have a couple questions regarding people who are experienced abstinence from fapping. I joined this community to get a grip on my life...