Hi, I was reading a little bit on this forum and over the net about nofap. I am trying to stop masturbation but like everybody it's difficult. I though that registering here would help me to do it. Im 32 single since 2 years, have ED. Watch a lot of porn, fap maybe 5-6 times a week now but was la lot more for lots of years before. I've always been a huge fapper. Even when i was 16 and not watching porn, somedays i could fap 4 times. Today im at a point where i feel the weakest in my life and im pretty sure it's due to masturbation. I have read about nofap benefits and have experience somes like a high energy levelat some point when i was trying to stop. It was about 5 days straight of NoFap and i felt like i could run as fast as i ever run. So i do believe in the benefit and i do believe the bad that porn and addict masturbation are doing on myself. But i just can't do it fuck. When i go 5 days of nofap there's always that "ah fuck it" and i fap and i start to fap again after that. I don't have a challenge i don't know if i should get one. Im trying hard to change and today it's a step.
Welcome! I'm also new to this forum. At least you're aware that PMO is bad for you and you need to stop doing it. Think of all the other guys out there that are doing it right now and may not ever get the chance to be free from it. Personally, I would change your user name. Oldhabit is not the guy you are or want to become. How about newhabit? We all need to come out of this debilitating self image that we're weak, downtrodden and less than worthy. Unfortunately PMOing perpetuates that myth. So someway or other you need to force through that first day, then using that inch of selfesteem that day will give you, move to day two, come out of the porn cave, then brick up the entrance, cover it in concrete and don't look back. The feelings of self worth, not to mention the new found time and energy is soo worth it. the difference between heaven and hell.Trust me, if I can do it so can you, Ive been fapping for so long and it's affected my life on a deep level in a very negative way. But today and tomorrow are new days, and once you start, you'll quickly stop regretting the wasted years gone by, because you'll be too busy feeling good about now.good luck and just do it!
Thanks for the reply. Since how long have you been NoFap? What was hard? Should i have a goal from the start, should i get a challenge?
I've had long spells of nofap and of course I've had my relapses. it's definitely good to set your goals out. What you think is achievable. personally I'm on a 90 day challenge, and then if successful see where I go from there. PMO is simply not a lefestyle choice I can afford these days, being the wrong side of 40, health quickly dissipates if you continue into old age. Plus the whole thing makes me feel sick these days. I'm trying to regain the sacred side of my sexuality, not lusting at women, and certainly not viewing any kind of porn. we're all at different stages of the journey, so do whats right for you, but it's a real blessing to have support on here and reddit also. Really can keep you strong. The benefits of nofap are immense.Just give yourself the opportunity to experience them.
Im gonna start with a 30 days challenge. I understand when you say you getting older and have to stop for the health benefit. Im kind of the same. Since i realize that fapping was bad for my body and mind i think i even feel weaker and more depress when i fap a lot in a small amount of days. When i think back at my younger days now i start to think that a lot of things like my acne problem could have been cause by my excessive fapping. I've started acne exactly at the same age that i start fapping.
