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Are you struggling to maintain your NoFap journey? You're not alone. Many in the NoFap community face similar challenges, but there's a science-backed approach that can help you achieve lasting success. Understanding Motivation: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic To truly succeed in NoFap, it's crucial...

A study published on 2016 compared how many men had erection problems in the 90's and in the recent years. The scientific article also separated those males by age, so people can see how and why younger men are having more and more problems on having sex. Below you can see some highlights of the...

"Y chromosomes are genetically degenerate, having lost most of the active genes that were present in their ancestors. The causes of this degeneration have attracted much attention from evolutionary theorists"...

Hi, I'm a college student whose goal, beyond graduation, is to maximize productivity and material comprehension skills. I recently came across a scientific article, where tests are carried out on subjects in sexual abstinence for a period of 3 weeks, and I would like to share the information...

Have any of you used naltrexone or know information about it to help treat porn addiction. From what I've researched, I know it has been proven to work with other addicts like alcohol and drugs, and there are a few studies for sex addicts. This is how it works: You take the drug before you...

So, a few days ago, Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder, has made a video discussing the topic about dopamine and behavioral addictions, specifically social media addiction. Although she didn't discuss porn addiction specifically, I think it might be relevant to discuss here and what you think of her video...

Okay, so my ridiculous co-worker brought up the rare 32 people in the 7 or so Billion people in this world that are " allergic to water", and I think this is absolutely ridiculous! My basic knowledge of science and biochemistry says that water is life, and a lot of life is water. A quick google...

Our so called Science says , it does affect body in any terms. How is it even possible?? Because The one who masturbate frequently know how much it affects the energy in body and confidence on their body. My experience says it decreases body gains and weight And energy as well. What does your...

NoFap Remastered – A Guide on How to Quit Porn and What to do After Foreword I joined the NoFap forum recently but had heard about that movement long ago. This community is a really great thing for many people. Nevertheless, very fast, I noticed reappearing patterns of posts in...

I by mistake found porn in 2015 online and was trapped into it. Then I became lustful. Is it possible that porn induced lust exists ? There is Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction and Porn Induced Insomnia. Is there any Porn Induced Masturbation Habit ( PIMH ) ? I learnt masturbation only after 2...

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...

This thread is intended to be a place to post links to scientific findings, serious books and websites, and verifiable resources on the following topics: Semen retention (including abstinence, continence, and avoidance of masturbation, ejaculation in sex, and orgasm in general) Karezza...

(First of all, English isn't my native language) I am new here and I finally want to stop. I watched porn my entire youth and fapped at least once a day. During the Corona Lockdowns this behavior has become even stronger. That was also the first time when I tried to quit porn. It worked at...

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 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...

I started a Bible study today to help me quit porn, and after day 1, I expect it to be incredibly helpful :) Day 1 asked the question: Is porn really that bad? Here's how that was scientifically investigated: Dr. Mary Anne Layden and Dr. James B. Weaver had this to say about pornography...

Hey Fapstronauts I have spoken with my therapist about NoFap, and he is interested in the scientific support the practices promoted on this site might have, and where they originate. He is not hostile, just curious. I did some hunting but only found a few claims about research into neural...

Counter: 351 days no PMO, semen retention Celibacy benefits, semen retention is not backup by science as a physician in western medecine I tell you that. What good is it then from a western point of view? It simply makes you more resiliant, the sex urge will always be there bothering you, it...

For years I and many others have been infuriated by what seemed to be a disconnect between our reality and popular science. We would be told that masturbatory is healthy yet everytime we ejaculated we felt dizzy, unable to concentrate, tired and lazy, timid, with burning scalps skin and eyes and...

Hello dear community, sadly i could not find any long term testo level obervations linked to on nofap. I read alot that the t-level spikes at around day 7, but what about the LONG run? I would like to see some 90+ days observation of the hormones as the highest i´ve found was ~16 days...

Hey guys, We have had six million years of evolution, why have we fellow humans killed each other in wars and in daily life since pre-history? When will humanity evolve to a point where it stops killing each other over petty things? Why are humans so primitive, needing to consume, excrete and...

Hello Rebooters, In the absence of discord servers which encourages a strictly focused scientific view on retention ,I founded Rational Retention discord server with the idea of collectively collaborating facts ,information,strategies and of course all around science that backs up the idea of...

I joined NoFap 2 years ago and with the greatest of intentions did absolutely nothing. I decided to make a change in my life and I am now on day 4 of the challenge and finding the boredom and horniness tough already (especially considering my sports gear fetish makes temptation very easy)...

After abstaining from watching porn or even masturbating, I noticed a few physical and psychological effects. I'd appreciate if you listed what you noticed and we could peer review this. Physical: 1. I got 2 wet dreams in a 3 weeks period. 2. I don't get hard as often as I did before. 3. I am...

Apologies if this is a repeat to anyone, it was a new watch to me today and to my unscientific mind seemed pretty accurate at describing my experiences, I'm glad I've had the chance to view it anyway so thought I'd share, you can only lose an hour..

Having a discussion with my girlfriend about it and she seems to think that doing it in moderation without porn is perfectly fine and even healthy in order to release stress. My side of the argument is that abusing your body parts will stimulate those dopamine receptors over and over again, even...

Hi all, i'm on 8 day on hard mode and allready fell myself better. Its really helping with my apathy and depression. I have a friend from university what is much more addicted when me(i fapped 1-2 times a day for 5. He faps 2-4 time a day for ~5-7 years). He is asking some researches about...

Although there are naysayers, we see an overwhelming amount of research, especially neuroscience research, about porn use as an addiction. Much of it is helpfully collated by Gary Wilson on his Your Brain on Porn site. (N.B. @farmerjones gave a great summary of this in his two posts here and...

@IAmLegion I had this stored for quite sometime and only now it sparked interest in hearing some input from you. On reward system, survival habits, neurochemistry and physiological waste. I have not a specific question to ask. What I find most intriguing is the thought of replicating the...

Pornography is like a drug January 10, 2020, | Michael’ Walter T. Farrell II Why are people so blind to see the silent killer that is destroying most men’s and women’s lives? This silent killer is pornography, even though it doesn’t kill the user it destroys how they see women...

So I was reading this book the other day on Habits, and one sentence that made an impression as soon as I read it was : "You cannot extinguish a bad habit; you can only change it" In other words, the author's point was that there's a cue-routine-reward factor for every habit we ever pick up...

What do you think how does your brain take this habit of your's healthy or unhealthy ? Main purpose of human is to reproduce and pass on the genes so according to this fact your brain will think that you are doing great in your life and you are doing sex everyday brain don't differentiate...

I am new here. I am interested in the biochemical affects of masturbation on men and how this might affect the health of a man. I wonder if a consistent/somewhat regular freqency of masturbation during adolescence affects the development of a male, I want to know how significant this impact is...

Hey everybody, glad to have found this space. I'm a 24 year old male, using porn since I was about 13. My porn habit never felt obsessive, but I did progress through the years to niche material, and frequently wasted time that I did not have by watching porn. In my relationships, I have...

Hey, I spent the last few months reading countless studies that prove or find no proof behind NoFap benefits I decided to write an article about what I found, I hope this helps some of you; my goal is so everyone has enough information to decide wether abstinence is good for them or not also...

That video is reality powerful, try to apply what this guy is saying and tust me, it work : . If you are in a rush, basically what he is saying is that whenever you feel the urge to fap get curious about how you feel, and if you ever relapse, just do it but when you masturbate do it while you...

Hello beautiful people, I'm going to start this archive of medical/ science articles and journal articles on PMO/masturbation and sexuality. On this NoFap website it has a wonderful amount of anecdotal evidence of the benefits of getting rid of porn, but I feel that some legitimate links to...

Hello so I have been struggling with acne for quite a long time and mine started way earlier than people my age, just as my porn binging did so I wondered if there is any chance that there might be a relation. If anyone more well read on this matter could enlighten me it would be much appreciated.

Hi, I'm new to joining the NoFap community so apologies if this has already been posted or covered before... Backstory on me: I've tried to quit masterbation before, a few times last year tbh. Some attempts were completely pointless managing only 4-5 days before relapsing completely, once I...

Hi, I am a 26 years old man who have been watching porn for several years. As long as I can remember, I was always willing to become a scientist and do scientific research. But on every step that I tried to reach that point, I was stopped by PORN. I am really going to stop this habit and retain...

Hello everyone! I'm not thinking about any relapse or reset, but I have a little dirty question. But it's not as dirty as the P-dirty mind. If we drink our own semen, will it refill the energy and vitamins that takes more than two weeks to reform on usual? Will it undo all the negative...

So, I've been thinking. NoFap really needs an archive to place all discovered and relevant studies in regards to masturbation, ejaculation and semen retention. Especially as I suspect, science will learn more about this in the future. I would say porn as well, but YBOP pretty much has that...

Here is my personal guide, that I have used and are still using to recover and develop myself into the person I know I am and can be. I will most likely be posting more in this cathegory; 1. Watch the ‘movie’ “E-motion” - it will change your life. Big words, I know. Everyone I’ve shows this...

I was watching an episode of Adam Ruins Everything and it made me question many things that scientists claim indulging experiments that explain porn addiction. Now I just don't trust that well know mice experiment used to explain porn addiction.

I've been somewhat critical of Christianity and the church in a number of posts but now for a critism of atheism. It's taken from an article by Lois Lee in The Conversation: The problem that any rational thinker needs to tackle, though, is that the science increasingly shows that atheists are...

Hi Guys, I'm going no PMO for a news article I want to write. Please feel free to get in contact, give me advice, say hello or anything in between. Day 1 starts today!

This came to my mind the other day so I wanted to see what you guys think. I suffered from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for a little over a year back in 2015, that was when my PMO was at its highest. There is definitely a causal connection to one another since they're both in the brain...

Hey guys, recently I related my experience on my NoFap journey focusing on aspects of my bipolar disorder. I have seen many members with various disorders, from depression and anxiety disorders, to others like OCD, attention deficit, hyperactivity, autism, borderline ... I would like to share...

Is this in general Or when there are sexual stimuli ??

So obviously, I’m new here. But up until this evening, I haven’t taken the time to really do some proper research on what I’m dealing with here. I’ve been told I’m inherently selfish and that it’s my responsibility to continuously allow myself to experience shame and guilt for the betrayal my...

I can advice everyone to read this article.. I cant upload a website yet so search on google for : gettingstronger & opponent-process-theory/ It will be the first article! It's about the opponent process theory. I quote "Put into simplest terms, the opponent-process theory explains the...

Well guys it is my second day with NoFap after probably 6 years. I did not know what I was really doing to my health, but I needed, my brain asks for it. Everybody tell me that it was ok. Recently I started to feel no motivation, I can not make important decisions in my life, I am depressed...

Hey Guys, This is an article that was written by a monk that I know, who was a pharmacist before he became a monk. I think many of you may mind this article interesting, and you don't need to be religious to read it. This was written from the perspective of a theist to other theists so please be...

Since I decided to take serious action against my porn addiction - I spent many hours on learning about what is it and how to beat it! The most valuable sources for me are the videos and I want to share some of them here with you, in hope that it can help to some of you. I would also appreciate...

Hi all. I think this is the right section for this thread... I was listening to a podcast earlier which talked about the correlation between social intergration and longevity. I found it pretty interesting and thought I'd share it with the community. I thought it especially important as one...

Hi, I have seen some articles about NeuroFeedback Treatment for addiction, Please, if you have experience with this method, could you share it ? Thanks

Can anyone point me to the science behind this? There seem to be two schools of thought: The longer a man goes without ejaculating, the more there is an internal build up (of something??) resulting in increased desire that needs to find an outlet. There is no such thing for a man as a physical...

I originally came to this website after watching a video (1) by the YouTube channel What I've Learned. I was most interested when a study (2) was presented showing the testosterone levels increasing after seven days of non-PMO. I'm astonished by just how much testosterone increases after day...

Hey boys and girls! I want to appeal to any biology or anatomy geeks out there, by asking the question that brought me to my journey here at NoFap. It's no secret that many men suffer from various levels of ED, and more than a few of us came to nofap attempting to regain the sensitivity they...

Hi, i stsrted noFap 2 weeks ago (I don't think i was addicted in the first pace although i masturbated 2 to 3 times a day) and today I failed, what happened is that I don't remember how I felt when i was massturbating everyday so I didn't know if I was feeling the benefits. What i discovered is...

Note: The purpose of this thread is to gather information, and or scientific theoretical knowledge to help treat the underlying issue of this addiction. Feel free to post and share information regarding this topic as well as citations so that others may be able to dive further into information...

I just read this article and it gave some seriously cool insights about the process of recovering from a breakup. "This brain imaging study of individuals who were still 'in love' with their rejecter supplies further evidence that the passion of 'romantic love' is a goal-oriented motivation...

Hey there everyone. I am sure a lot of you are reaping the benefits of NoFap and that is brilliant to hear. It is wonderful to see so many happy people. Now onto the gritty stuff of why I am here. I am here to ask for any scientific paper that contains any kind of supporting evidence to NoFap...

Hello guys, I am new here, been off the PMO for 16 days, still going and all is fine. Now be advised, I would like to discuss the science behind all of the NoFap. If you are prone to relapses, I guess it is better you abstain from reading or contributing to this post. I really like...