The Unhooked editorial desk

Research and writing · 26 pages on this site

Every article, tool and milestone on this site is researched, written and edited by the small team that builds Unhooked, published by Must Have Apps SIA in Rīga, Latvia. One desk, no invented experts, and a source on every claim about your body.

What the desk is

Not clinicians. Every health claim names its source.

We are not doctors, therapists or researchers, and we say so on the page rather than in a disclaimer nobody reads. What we can do is read the primary literature carefully, quote it exactly, name what it does not show, and print the reference so you can check us. That is the whole of our claim to be worth reading on this subject.

It is also why there is no photograph and no name in a white coat at the top of these pages. In this category a byline like that is usually decoration — a stock portrait over words nobody with that credential wrote. A page here says who stands behind it, which is a small company with a strong bias for citing rather than asserting.

When we get something wrong, write to us and we will change the page and say what changed. The date at the top of an article is the day it was really edited, and it comes from the file rather than from the clock.

What it holds itself to

A study, not a study-shaped sentence

Anything about bodies, brains or outcomes names its source with authors and a year, and links it. "Studies show" is not a source.

Say what it does not show

Sample size, design and the limits the authors wrote down themselves go on the page, next to the finding.

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Reach the desk

One mailbox, and a person reads it: hello@musthaveappscorp.com. A source that looks wrong to you is the most useful mail we get.

The five hubs

How to stop watching porn The honest method map: what has measured evidence behind it, what blocking can and cannot do, what a log is for, and when to see a professional.
What the research on porn actually says What the research on pornography actually measured, what it only reports, and what the recovery industry invented. Every claim here carries its source.
Quitting porn: what actually happens What is measured, what is only reported, and what no study can date. Expectation-setting for quitting porn, with the evidence labels left on.
How to deal with urges What to do when an urge arrives: change the context, downshift the body, delay, and ride it out. The techniques, where they come from, and a free timer.
Quit porn apps, compared honestly Eight quit porn apps: what each one actually does, who it is built for, and what it costs. Prices and features verified August 2026. No affiliate links.

Everything written for this site

Relapsed on NoFap? What to do next Most people slip, and slips cluster early. What the next hour is for, what the evidence says about the verdict you are passing, and the comeback plan.
After No Nut November: what thirty days means Nothing switches over on the first of December. What thirty days is, what it is not, and the three decisions that turn a month into something you keep.
Benefits of quitting porn: measured vs reported Sorted honestly into three columns: what is measured, what is only self-reported, and the one benefit that is pure arithmetic — the hours you get back.
Free quit porn apps: what is actually free Two quit porn apps are free outright, your phone already filters for nothing, and the big communities cost nothing. What free buys, verified August 2026.
Covenant Eyes alternatives: the honest options What Covenant Eyes does, what it costs, the 2022 reporting worth knowing, and the cheaper or free alternatives — filtering, programmes, or nothing at all.
Do porn blockers work? Blockers buy friction and a few seconds of delay, and every layer on a phone has a documented way around it. What each one does, and what it cannot do.
The first week of quitting porn: what to expect Night by night through week one: what is measured, what is only reported, and why the evening — not the day — is the part worth planning.
Is it a real disorder? What ICD-11 and the DSM-5 actually did with the label, and why the word matters less than the log.
No Nut November tips: what gets you through The practical half of No Nut November: plan the evenings, have something to do in the ten minutes that count, and keep a count you don't have to remember.
The NoFap flatline: what it is and how long it lasts Flat mood, low drive: the flatline is reported at roughly weeks two to six, occasionally longer. No controlled study has mapped it. The honest version.
Porn and erectile dysfunction: what the evidence says The published evidence is case-level: three clinical cases, recovery over weeks to months, unevenly. What that supports, and why a doctor comes first.
Porn triggers: what they are and how to find your own A trigger is a learned cue, not a need — and the measured part is that the brain fires at the cue first. How to find yours in two weeks of logging.
Porn withdrawal symptoms: what the evidence shows No universal withdrawal syndrome has been established. The one randomized study found measurable craving in daily, heavier users — and in nobody else.
QUITTR alternatives, compared honestly The honest QUITTR alternatives, by what you want instead: free counters, lessons, small groups, filtering. Verified August 2026, no affiliate links.
How to stop watching porn at night Most people quitting this are quitting a late-night habit. Find your window, design the evening before it opens, and stop fighting it at 1am.
The only porn abstinence study, explained One randomized study has tested a week without porn. It found no general withdrawal syndrome, and one narrow effect in one group. Here is what it did.
Therapy for compulsive porn use: what works Therapy-grade methods measurably reduce problematic pornography use — the CBT and ACT family, per a 2025 meta-analysis. What sessions involve, when to go.
Urge surfing: the technique, the script, and how to practice Urge surfing means riding an urge instead of fighting it. Where the technique comes from, what the one study found, and a complete script to read aloud.
What brain scans of porn users actually show Three imaging studies, one correlation, and a field that disagrees with itself. What the porn brain research measured, and what it never claimed.
What to do when an urge hits Four moves, in order: change the room, cold water on the face, put a clock between the urge and the decision, then ride it out. Why that order works.
Why you feel terrible after watching porn The best-evidenced finding in this field: distress tracks how much you disapprove of your own use more than it tracks the use itself. What that means.

Each one carries its own sources and its own real dates.