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Apart from all the other destruction caused by high dopamine (addiction, depression, anxiety, no motivation, low energy etc). High dopamine surges use ATP and a lot of cellular energy within the CNS, they also use a lot of serotonin and GABA (calming neurotransmitters that help regain...

I've been struggling with porn addiction for about 10 years now, and I genuinely don't know how to get out of this cycle anymore. I've tried pretty much everything: quitting cold turkey, gradually reducing my consumption, the Easy.Peasy method, getting into a relationship, porn blockers, you...

Challenge me to a streak! How many days do I need to win?

My Experience With PMO Addiction, Relapses, and Physical Withdrawal Symptoms Age: 24 Background I was heavily addicted to PMO from around age 12 to 18. Those years were by far the most intense period of my addiction. Since then, I've been trying to quit for years, with periods of success and...

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a serious accountability partner for NoFap recovery. Someone supportive, honest, and consistent with check-ins. No shame, just real support. Feel free to reply or DM me.

Day 1: Relapsed once, but it’s Part of the Plan. I‘m Only 55 relapses remaining from clean. At the Moment I‘m at Phase One: 4x per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday). Day 2: Energy is Great, Today relapsing is not allowed, I had a consultation for school (writing my final exams in a few...

I was very addicted to drugs. Hey, I know we're all here for a different synonymous reason, to quit masturbation and porn. I get it. But every experience adds up to our current state of being and if we're not here to talk about topics sorrounding abstaining from "pmo", then there'd be nothing...

Well I was wondering How a person feels when he enters the stage of *FlatLine* in the abstinence. All I know that it is not so pleasuring. I would like to know what are the truble you faced and how did you managed to over come it.

Hey Guys, What‘s your opinion on the idea of using certain vitamins or other supplements in order to support the natural healing of neuropathways in your brain, induced through excessive PMOing. I asked Claude to build me a biohacking stack in order to help me support my porn reboot with...

I had a heavy realization this week. For a long time, I thought my biggest battle was PMO itself. But now I’m seeing that PMO was connected to something deeper: survival mode. I built a whole life around coping. Low expectations. Delayed dreams. Constant exhaustion. Accepting situations that...

Hey All, Longtime lurker and addict. I’ve been on the NoFap train for about ten years with periods of varying success and failure. During that time I’ve suffered from PIED, brain fog, low motivation, and everything in between. This addiction has derailed my life more times than I can count...

33 years old. I have been addicted to pmo for years now. At first I thought it was just normal thing but one day I wanted to stop because I was feeling tired and I wanted to see if that was the cause. Bro what??? I actually can’t. Longest I have gotten was a month, but that was 2 years ago and...

From the studies I've seen, I believe frequent PMO switches off most of our androgen receptors, specifically in the brain, meaning most free serum testosterone cannot transcribe gene expression to our DNA. And as a result mimics the devastating effects of androgen deprivation therapy (a...

So one thing I've figured out is that I have more of a MO addiction than a porn one but porn is the trigger, without it I can't jerk off, so I was wondering if anyone knew of any good porn blocker apps that I can't disable through settings. I've had a blocker app that worked but I started...

What is PAWS? PAWS stands for Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome** (also known as protracted withdrawal or prolonged withdrawal syndrome). It describes a set of lingering psychological, emotional, and sometimes cognitive symptoms that can continue long after the initial acute (mostly physical)...

I hate Nofap, I hate how I abused myself and don't think people understand that there are or were people on this forum that genuinely needed to get medical and professional help. I was self-harming on my genitals at one point because of this addiction and self-hatred. I had intrusive thoughts, I...

Hi. I don’t really post on here much, haven’t for years but I feel like posting now I believe the time is right. I’m 27M. I have tried to quit internet porn on and off since around 2018 or slightly before. I’ve had a streak of around 110 days and relapsed before. Countless streaks of afew...

Join me for this challenge! The goal is to be Porn free (Porn free, not just PMO-free) for 7 days... This challenge is for those who need more than just PMO-free to feel good. :emoji_angel:

You have to go 14 days straight. Rules: all participants MUST post here 3 times a day. Anyone on any day can join.

Band of Brothers: The 101st Airborne Challenge "Men, this is your drop zone." ──────────────────────────────────────────── Mission: Fight through one year of discipline, rise through the historic ranks of the 101st Airborne Division, and reclaim control. Objective: Earn the final rank of...

Hello! Simple challenge, no sugar nor PMO 14 days. The only thing you have to do is to write a short journal of your experience in your free of sugar and PMO days. Sugar is like poison, we've heard this in many forms... (I tell you, I felt awesome by cutting it some time ago) It's time to live...

Hello! I'm a 23 y.o who's been on nofap for quite some time. I've managed to get the MO part of PMO down and under control, but I'm struggling with the P part. The longest I've gone without watching/peeking/fantasizing was about 7 days. What trips me up the most is that I can go about a day or 2...

I got nothing to say. gonna do a 5k day nofap hardmode. will revisit women and relationships and all that societal crap after leveling up my life for my family first. enough said. even if my family is gone. I'll secure myself. high priority, no drama. won't engage with any women (and no gay...

Help, I can't stop peeking. I feel lonely, and every time I feel lonely, I peek, looking for stupid things without seeing any images, then I go into those sites and cover the whole screen and only see a gray corner... There I have a stupid slip, I close everything and feel bad... I have 5 days...

Our modern lives are so stressful, man! Just think of the days you go in a vacation and it's all nature and relaxation. No one talks to you about deadlines or undone work. It feels like home! I'm suffering from that, stress accumulates and makes me edging slowly without realizing it, just to...

This is the start of my Journey, to start off, I am a 15 year old wanting to tackle the addiction of porn and materbation the earliest possible. I will report every day what progress report is until probably day 90 (as that is when most are fully clean) and i will return whenever new temptations...

What a nice weather today, I love Fridays! Just woke up and had this question in my mind...

I know what my brain is trying to do now that I didn't watch porn in a while, it subconsciously tells me to masturbate or touch myself to stimulate that effect, the standards are getting low right now, which is a desperate move to try and get me back again to rock bottom of this dirty addiction...

You're so special, cuz you're here! Most people I know would never admit they're addicted to PMO even at some low level. I always tried to talk to people in my environment about my porn addiction to see if someone's also suffering, but the majority of them deny the fact like it never existed...

So basically edging is just PM, you watch porn, fantasize or whatever and you touch yourself but when you get to climax you don't ejaculate, and you keep doing that for an hour or two. Two years ago I watched a YouTube video, it was a german guy explaining why masturbating is bad and why...

Waiting for me to show that weak state of mine, the relapse tries to move slowly but surely. Almost like the calm before the storm. What I am gonna do right now will determine if there will be relapse or not. I think, I'll be grinding for that... what's more important is that I am looking damn...

Obviously many people smoke when they feel stressed, others play video games, or use drugs / alcohol and more... And they see clearly why they do that, it's all about relieving stress. Porn addiction is no exception. Being able to face stress or embrace it when it comes is one of the hardest...

Evening of 20th was a relapse, and being annoyed with myself, didn't log it til now. I realize all the "I'm going to do this" in the world; alone, won't work. Nor through frustration attempting to make giant sweeping changes overnight, that would cut off all this easy-earned dopamine with no...

I was born in the late 90s and discovered that thing called the internet in 2005 and never used it to watch porn until 2009 or so. That's like a decade of pure normal life... In that time, I remember my dad bringing those CDs and DVDs but never set foot in his business. I enjoyed my life being a...

The role of Testosterone when it binds to our brain's androgen receptors and other target tissues (vital organs) is to transcribe important information to our DNA 1 The organs targeted and the actions caused by this transcription include: Central nervous system - Mood - Memory - HPG protection...

I want to be as clear as the title, I didn't masturbate because it felt great, I did it because I was sick, got problems, didn't know what to do instead. This is what porn has made of me, an abnormal person, hesitant, tired... etc Now it's hard to masturbate, even though I get some temptations...

Forget "survival of the fittest." Forget "dopamine hits." The reason you crave PMO runs deeper than science admits — and NoFap is your rebellion against a lie. The Radical Truth: > We don’t crave sex/masturbation for pleasure. We crave it because it mimics the feeling of being cared for...

Addicted to just one woman on Live cam for 4 years, masterbated every alternative days, it took 1 year to let go of her , now I have a flatline, I don’t get horny how I used to be looking at her. I use to get horny morning at work , at the girl , at social gatherings , She use to go to the...

Hello Brothers, I relapsed after 40 days. My last relapse date was 25th May, I was abstaining whole June and on 6th July I relapsed. Between 6 Jul 2025 at 12:00AM to 6July at 12:15 PM, withing these 12 hours I relapsed for 4-5 sessions. I want to find out my why, learn from it and I don't want...

Hi guys! It’s been a while since I posted on forum, so here we go. Let me just start by briefly summarizing my situation. I’m 25 years old, got my major degree last year and currently working remotely at a large company. I’d say it’s my first serious job, despite me working couple of various...

I’m in a confusing situation that I’ll try my best to explain. I just went on an erotic fanfiction binge as a way to help with some very specific emotional needs I have, which I think can’t really be provided anywhere else currently. I’m not reading it for the erotic parts specifically, but the...

I'm curious as to how many people here have considered talking to a doctor or therapist about this issue? I'm curious as to how many people are too embarrassed to bring this up or if they're fine with it.

As someone who was insanely addicted from the jump, no build up no slow start, just almost as soon as I started jerking off and watching porn, I became addicted. I couldn't quit for years as I would get insanely big urges and couldn't make it past day 4 or 5. I was insanely agitated and...

I'm from Argentina, I'm 23 years old, I started watching when I was 8 or 9, I ejaculated when I was 12 for the first time watching p, I masturbated 6 or 7 times a day believing that it was normal, until the worst happened at age 19, one day I got dizzy and felt like I was going to fall to the...

Hey Brothers, Today is 16th day of my journey. It's going good. I had decided not to goto insta reels but as I'm doing night shift after shift I was trying to sleep but I couldn't out of boredom and I went on Instagram reels. I was scrolling for straight 19 mins and most of it they were showing...

Hello everybody. I'm a 30 years old guy with a heavy PMO addiction since I was 15 (that means 15 years addicted, the half of my whole life). Since the first day I discovered M, at the age of 15, everything started going bad. I remember that day very well because my family and me went to my...

Assalamu Alaikum brothers, I've been struggling with porn addiction for nearly nine years now. Over time, it has affected me in so many ways — emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. For the past two and a half years, I’ve been deeply upset and frustrated with this struggle. I’ve tried many...

Hey there, Welcome to the journal of a nearly 30-year-old guy who decided to head back to uni a few years ago. This space is where I’ll be sharing whatever’s on my mind—whether it's reflections, ramblings, or just the things I’m going through. One major step I took today: I removed everything...

I have been able to keep a few months off my PMO habit. Everything was great. Travelling across latin america on backpack with my girlfriend and discovering new places, people, learning a new laguage and quite honestly living the time of my life. Not all days were easy but never did I even feel...

yes, you will become more attractive. Not just to women, but to the world, to yourself. And the proof? Experience. I’ve seen it with my own eyes, in myself and in others who broke free. I fully believe PMO robs you of your energy — the raw masculine energy that every man is born with just for...

I'm just tired. It's been ten years of PMO (I started at 11yo). I've been trying to quit by 16, but no real success up until now. Managed to start dating my gf (formerly my childhood best friend) and she knows about the PMO too - suffers a lot from it, as she has problems with her own body and...

So first off, I'm 25 and have been on a No PMO streak since New Year's (nine days - ignore my counter). Around two or so years ago, I would have these super long and drawn out masturbation sessions, where I would compulsively and aggressively masturbate. I have OCD, which was severe at the time...

So first off, I'm 25 and have been on a No PMO streak since New Year's (nine days - ignore my counter). Around two or so years ago, I would have these super long and drawn out masturbation sessions, where I would compulsively and aggressively masturbate. I have OCD, which was severe at the time...

Hi, I am 23 years old and I have been trying nofap for a while now and have relapse many times, 2 weeks been the longest I’ve gone without fapping. I can’t ejaculate with my partner (or with anyone, only by PMO) and we’ve been together for 1 year. I no longer feel like having sex, cause it...

Hi all, I work in a field that has seen a major shift towards hybrid working since 2020, with some workers having to come to the office just once per month. What advice/tips do you have for people who work from home, to ensure they don't slip up between client calls, during breaktime etc...

Hi guys, I'm here asking if anybody knows of a foolproof system for blocking adult content on Windows 11? I have Cold Turkey Blocker Pro installed which helps, but I have just been bypassing it by installing new web browsers. I want to prevent this, start using a DNS and to lock SafeSearch on...

So, ever since I started fapping, I noticed very major, major brain fog. And it came with a long list of symptoms such as severe Anxiety, insane social anxiety, very bad mood (depression), very poor concentration. Additionally with poor vision, and changes in the face, as the right side of my...

I'm not fapping for a little while now thus, noticing some withdrawal symptoms, one of which is sexual frustration which is turning into a REAL frustration and making me bitter, agitated and angry all the time. I was attending a wedding (of my close family member), there I was helping others...

was just wondering if anyone has any success stories with just abstaining from P&M but still having occasional O from a girl? also a few nights ago I had my GF over and we "dryhumped" for hours. I guess this is a type of edging. Will this hinder my progress? I suffer from self diagnosed PIED bc...

I would like for people here to share storyes and give each other a support so we can grow together in recovery. And maybe tell what we expetc of our lives in future. 1. I live in a beautifull city with great weather. But that doesn't matter becaouse I make my days dark. My life is messy. I...

Hey all. I'm writing this post to let you all know that I'm far from PMO yet my life is still hell. I don't remember the last time I had feelings or emotions. I don't remember the last time I had an actual good day. I've been years in withdrawal and I haven't seen a good day. NoFap ruined my...

Hi everyone. I’m 70 days completely free of PMO. I have experienced intense withdrawal symptoms in the form of consistent P flashbacks and intrusive thoughts. It’s distressing but I haven’t even been close to a relapse. What I need help with is that I am currently unemployed due to a health...

Hi guys, my story goes the following. I´ve been addicted to pornography for 16 years now and started by the age of 13. For the last 6 years my intention was to break this habit and liberate myself from it. Somewhat I had some success and made it to streaks of 97 days and less. Overall, I think...

Hi everyone, So I’m coming up a month without PMO. I’m doing ok, but one huge withdrawal symptom I have experienced is flashbacks. These flashbacks can range from vivid to dull, intense on one day to less common on another and on some days they are just lurking, constantly, ready to spring into...

Have you ever really thought how many times you have tried but failed, tried again but failed again? It's been years. Every time we promise to ourselves, not this time, but still every time we have failed. I am tired of this, and I know you are too, everyone here is. The endless promises, but...

Hi 42 gay male here. I have been addicted and using sex, masturbation and porn since I was a young teen. It has always controlled me, and been my escape from reality. I gives me the feel good hit I need, but also the isolation and escapism from real life I crave. I have had lots of therapy, and...

Basically, I installed ScreenZen, chose the apps/sites I wanted to block, got someone to put a passcode in, and now I've realised I could just delete the app if I wanted, because I forgot to add the disable app deletion feature. I don't want to get that person to unlock it because there was...

D11 I masterbated yesterday after sobering 9 days. But i didn't want to fall for it. I will try again. I want it to give up this shit. Today no one is home except me and my brothers wife. Bad thoughts coming in my mind about her. I want to get rid of it. This will drive me to masturbate and...

I am 35 and I have been struggling with porn addiction for at least ten years, probably more. In 2018-19 I had a series of failures in my relationship and career. I returned to my hometown to start from scratch. But then my father got cancer (he died two years ago) and then it was the quarantine...

D5 Life is a wonderful journey. To get the full taste of it it's our responsibility to remove harmful habits. Masturbating is not a way of getting pleasure. PMO is nothing but a time killer and destruction.

Hello everyone, I'm an 22 year old student that has had a problem with watching Porn for months now and I've been wasting a lot of time on PMO instead of living my life. I've lost a lot of opportunities because of it and even failed exams since recently. I need to stop this shit now before I get...

•d2 I am a college student. Most of my expenses bear my brother. My father only depends on pension. It's my responsibility to show a better output to my brother by showing a good result. I can't waste that opportunity by PMO. I must do that! There is no alternative.....

Hi Folks, is it healthy to have no ejaculations for a prolonged period of time? If I allow myself orgasms but no masturbations, do I make it mentally harder or easier? Since I am not in a relationshop, orgasms but no masturbation also implies I "would need to get out there and try to get...

Hello Folks! Some words about my person and my journey. I keep it short and not too boring. Age is 38, male, browsing porn for many many years. Noticed a clear shift towards more extreme content over the years. Needed novelty in porn content and in partners and sex practises all the time. No...

Hi, I just wanted peoples thoughts on the % attribution of positively encouraging someone to not PMO vs being a bit more ‘forceful’ and pressuring them against it. For example if someone is close to PMO’ing and say reaches out to you. What I see the difference is; Encouragement - ‘you can do...

I smoke when I visit some places near our town. I never smoke in my home or my home area. I want to quit that too. I keep watching women when I smoke and fantasizing about their body parts and smoke a cigarette or two sometimes keep staring at women and thinking negatively about their bodies...

Hey y'all, this is no clickbait or exaggerating it. I found my father dead and now everything is different. It happened 5 months ago. I was in school and got a call from my grandpa that my dad was not picking up his phone. So I went home and found him in his bed, cramped up position, cold and...

I’m probably going to be all over the place and leaving out important/graphic details. But here we go. I’ve been masturbating since about 12(I’ll be 35 in December). My friend put on one of his older bother’s tapes that he “found” in a drawer full of tapes to “laugh” at it with his friends...

"To thine own self be true" -Hamlet How Honest have you been and are you with yourself? What excuses did/do you tell yourself so you can PMO with a somewhat clear conscious? -For years I told my self porn is normal, PMO is healthy. I grew more and more addicted. -I also deceived myself about...

I wasted so much money and most of all TIME, on stupid pornography. I'm tired of myself, knowing what the problem is but not doing anything about it. I just paid for another stupid adult-like site today. I wish I had the courage to cut my loses and remove those sites I spent money on from my...

https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12986-019-0406-z#:~:text=Blocking%20androgen%20receptors%20can%20decreases%20the%20expression%20of,energy%20efficiency%20and%20fat%20metabolism%20by%20suppressing%20CPTI. Mice have a very similar biology to humans (reason...

Hi everyone, I m new on this forum, i'm French, and even if i often use English for work, i can make some mistake as it's not my native language. I am 37 yrs old, single for 1 yr, and stuck with PIED since i was a teenager, because of porn i started to watch when i was 13. As i remember, i've...

This thread is to gather all the lies we have been told by porn, about porn & for porn. In order for us to help each other not get deceived by porn and all the lies surrounding it. I will share my own lies and illusions about porn and how this affected me so far. Actually those lies are what...

I don't know what I want to say... I never feel satisfaction when it's all over. And yet I strenuously “overcome myself” and wade into the “liberating” sin that is PMO. When it gets to the point where the will surrenders, then it feels good to me, like heaven. I want it and identify with it...

Hello everyone. I am happy to the part of this community.Been thinking to join this community for a while but life came in between and was unable to join . Now as my name suggest, you all can understand i want to quit my porn addiction and live my life to the fullest again.I know we all are...

Hi all, thought I would share ways that have worked for me getting over PIED and what I have observed from people trying to recover. I will start with the below because people are going to ask “but how sever were you?” Or “how long did you PMO?” Or “what type of porn we’re watching?” I am 35...

So it’s been around 10 days that I’ve started to abstain and before this I have tried to abstain multiple times but I failed miserably in that. But this time I’m feeling a lot better than my previous tries and my urges are very low this time. Now I don’t know what’s happening me to me, but I’m...

So I went to meet my gf yesterday and we got intimate. So I have a history of 10 years PMO and PIED. So last two times when I tried to have sex with her, it got failed because of my weak erection due to PIED. So I decided to abstain many times but failed miserably. But recently I started...

So recently I just got to know that I have PIED. I have been consuming porn since 14-15 years of age and now I’m 24. I have a gf from like 3 years. I love her immensely and she’s the kindest soul I’ve ever come across. So I have told her that I’m dealing with this issue and she’s very...

I have been addicted to this vice for 11 years now. I just turned 23 and NEED to put a stop to this NOW. I have been attempting NoFap since late 2021 but I can't seem to stop with PMO. Thing is, I have all the porn tube sites blocked and haven't watched typical porn in a good while now, but my...

Why does this happen? I look at a girl, I get anxious. I see slightly revealed parts, I get weak and anxious. I also feel foggy and weak. I don't know why it's like this. Also I feel so creepy, I'm so far from lust and lusty things. How bad is P really? This is really really bad..

Hi, I'm 37 years old and probably one of the longest porn-addicted persons ever, I started at the early age of 12 years old and until yesterday I've been an addict consuming all kinds of PMO, meaning that I've been addicted for 25 years, having passed puberty with that problem until now. I'm...

I started watching porn when I was about 13, and began sexting strangers when I was 16. I’ve finally accepted that I’ve had a problem with masturbation for about 10 years and I realize that it’s only affected my life negatively. I always struggled with school and going to uni only made the...

Through trial and error i discovered that the best way to deal with an urge is to visualize the whole process of the PMO, what i mean is that when you are faced with an urge visualize yourself doing the thing; opening the porn tab masturbating and orgasming but don't stop there because that...

I stopped watching porn about a decade ago. This year I found myself being pulled to online chat forums. I would meet others, begin a sex related chat and it would end with both parties climaxing. I recently found myself having problems with ED and wondered if the compulsive use of online chat...

I stopped watching porn about a decade ago. This year I found myself being pulled to online chat forums. I would meet others, begin a sex related chat and it would end with both parties climaxing. I recently found myself having problems with ED and wondered if the compulsive use of online chat...

Quick background: mid 30's male, p/m/o user for more than two decades, edger for almost as long I'm caving under the weight of guilt, shame and inadequacy. For the last couple days, I've had tears in my eyes on more than several occasions. I had much higher hopes for myself in my younger days...

I'm a very lively flamboyant cheerful person, I love to laugh and be the center of attention yet sometimes I can come across abrasive with a bad attitude. I have a temper and I fear its only getting worse. A little background of me. I was a porn addict for nearly 2 decades. My curiosity as a...

started to take NoFap a lot more seriously back in novermber, have had some good streaks but also some relapses. the biggest concern i have regarding my PMO addiction is the brain fog / lack of cognitive function ive been under. been watching porn as a habit since i was 15 years old, and have...