I don't know in which section I should post it, success story or this, because It is a success, to reach this goal, but there were struggles like edging, urges are present sometimes, recently I had a depression, but If I look from the positive side, I am not that pathetic person anymore, I am worth something, I feel smarter, I am more outgoing with people, nothing super huge, I don't walk on the sun or gained any of those mega superpowers, but I gained the ability to be a normal/decent human being, but anyways, it is the 100th day. yay. If you have any questions, I will be ready to answer and help.
Best what for me works is trying to walk away from thoughts and leaving the current location, for example, my room, where is a laptop, but for me, the thing was, that I started to live in the dormitory as I started studying in University. I also installed qustodio program, K9, and disabled incognito mode in regedit, when I feel, that I am about to enter a P site, I just went to those programs and enforced the security.
I am not doing a hardmode, I am doing it simple, simply no M or P. I think that monk mode is an overkill, but If someone is a super heavy addict, then I would encourage doing it, but if you are a decent person, no need for it.
I am getting the socia anxiety it seems at day 40. Not much other symptoms though. How long after 40 days were you feeling better..?? I really have no inclination to watch porn or masturbate any longer though...
It started to reduce at day 30+ maybe, but sometimes there is a week, where you feel the worst, even two weeks ago I felt insecure and afraid of talking, today I even feel super serious and not wanting to talk, because I have lots of work and I am simply not interested. But It should start to fade for you somewhere at this time, 40-50 day, If you were a heavy addict, then it will certainly take some longer time, but be patient. Anxiety is not 100% gone, for example, I can talk with people easily and start conversations, but somehow I am not brave enough right now to ask a girl out somewhere. Every person in the world has that anxiety, but we train ourselves and practice speaking, to be more comfortable in conversations and social events/places, nofap just gives you the helping hand, a bit of courage to start practicing, later on, you will get gradually more used to talk with people, it is just a skill, I was also scared to go somewhere, to talk with someone, but I just somehow tried to talk, no matter how insecure I was, I got used to talking and I have become more comfortable. Nofap is helping you just clear the brain of brain fog and other junk, but 80% of improvements is skill practice, communication, sports etc. I wish you to avoid edging, any sorts, even avoid for less than a minute on a P site, keep this motivation and avoid porn at all costs, good luck, because it is a hell of a ride even further, but very, very very rewarding, trust me, it is worth it all 100%.
Honestly the main purpose is doing no PM to get orgasim , monk mode is stupid , but i say to people they should do hardmode until they can get an orgasim
This really depends on the person and how damaged is brain, but it is peoples choice how to deal with their problems, in this journey , there are some universal methods how to deal with this, but you have to find your own solution how to deal with urges etc.
Congrats OP. I am doing hard-mode and it's been very challenging, but getting easier by the day. Looking forward to being at day 90.
10 year addiction for me. Almost daily, but definitely weekly for sure during that time. I had to do hard-mode and will probably be going for more of 120 days. But either way, I won't be watching or entertaining PMO ever again so the day count really doesn't matter that much for me other than milestones.
The more you will think about nofap as a thing, the more you will be prone to think about porn as itself, I am considering leaving this community and continuing going with the flow of the life, except continuing avoiding P and M, like nothing has ever happened and I don't know such things as M and P.