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I think the type of people who frequent subreddits like NoFap have other issues. It’s not the porn that’s the problem, but sexual repression, feeling ashamed o

• wild_preference 8y ago
  I wouldn't be surprised if masturbation is indeed an easy thing to pin some other issues on for some people. Though I certainly wouldn't want to discourage people from experimenting with what's clearly a large source of anguish in their life. Quite the opposite. I wonder what it's like to grow up with ubiquitous high fidelity porn. I grew up wanking to alt.sex.stories and, at best, thumbnail image galleries and, to be vulgar, Shape magazine. I have to wonder if I'm better off for it.
• artichokes 8y ago
  Not a no-fapper myself, but my friends who do it seem to do so out of a belief in an effect on hormone levels/motivation rather than a sense of shame.
• kjeetgill 8y ago
  That's kind-of the trap this whole article is addressing; some people are dealing with issues that are well outside of most peoples' experience. Their issues are so unrelatable that they get written off with these side theories an treated as insincere. I've mentioned elsewhere that Chris Rock and Terry Crews have come out about their experiences with this issue. This lends the issue some legitimacy I think.