Someone practicing "low fap" here?

Discussion in 'Abstinence, Retention, and Sexual Transmutation' started by Deleted Account, Sep 9, 2018.

  1. I just saw a video on youtube about a 500+ days nofap guy. He said he has friends who practicing low fap. They masturbate 2-3 times/month. What are your opinions?
     
  2. I Will Survive

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    It's hard enough to not masturbate at all. Each time you orgasm, there is something called chaser effect, which is: your brain wants more dopamine, especially through orgasm. That is, you enter a chain reaction, in which it is always harder to go without masturbation.
    Even when you have sex there is the chaser effect, but if you just have sexual intercourse then you can get satisfacted with more sex the next days, which is good. If you masturbate, then you most likely won't get as much motivation to get sex as you would if you don't masturbate.
     
  3. Yes but the chaser effect can be fun also. I'm not relapsed yet but I think it can be like the first 2 weeks. I was so horny. It's not good when you want to sleep but it can be fun daytime. :) Anyway I make the 90 days challenge and after we will see how to go further.
     
  4. zadvanceppa

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    I'm in my 50's so for me; I hope to never again PMO. Enough is enough and I look back on zero benefits from excessive masturbation. If I had the strength/ knowledge in my youth to minimize it to a few times per year; that would of been great.
    Find someone to do it for you. That is the best solution. Fighting the chaser effect is a worthy effort no matter how one releases. Retention is my favorite option. Next, an interested participant.
     
  5. In my opinion LoFap could be a good option, if your goal is not a classical reboot.
    To reduce masturbation is not so hard to achieve as to stop it completely, and so this gives you an easier achievable feeling of success, and thus motivates you to stay on your track.
    As @Blu3bear already said, the constant horniness can also be a positive sensation and motivate you even more.
     
  6. Ra's Al Ghul

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    Fapping is like potato chips. You can't have just one, and even 2 or 3 are not enough.
     
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  7. Don't you think it is possible to learn how to stop after masturbating once?
     
  8. Tanlo

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    I find it dangerous to set high goals if I already have tendencies to relapse. I keep the goals small and keep success in increments, like 7 days, 14 days, 1 month, etc., but even 1 month can be a big deal for me. Sometimes just knowing that goal stands in front of me at all can be stressful. And, relapsing after I've come far in my 1 month goal can feel defeating. LoFap is good for guys like me, although I hope to eventually get to the point where 1 month of abstaining is no big deal.
     
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  9. Ra's Al Ghul

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    Not really, because dopamine is a drug.
     
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  10. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter. That's a great difference. To say it's a drug is oversimplifying and leads to wrong conclusions. In your everyday life there are many actions in which dopamine plays a role and you keep it perfectly under control.
     
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  11. torrace

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    Before I started nofap, I was masturbating once to twice every 2 weeks, so definition that would be Lofap. However, it still brings about that guilty feeling, and definitely makes you want more and more. So personally I don't think Lofap would help in the long run.
     
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  12. I think fapping is like alcohol. Usually I drink 1-3 times in a month 3-4 beer. Sometimes I don't drink at all for two months and big drinking happens once in a year when I have really sick hangover next day. The difference is I never was an alcohol addict. Which is not true for fapping. I did it at least 1-2 times per day. I'm just thinking how to make it after reboot. Ideally I get a girlfriend, but it is not guaranteed.
     
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  13. jorg78

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    I think that's okay, as long as you stay away from porn and you can control it. (I have said in other threads that I would not masturbate anymore, but I think low fap when healed are the way for me)
     
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  14. I tink LowFap is good after a period of time. In the beginning you must not do it. Never go back to masturbation is not necessary in my opinion.
     
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  15. Freiheit

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    I think low fap leads sooner or later to pmo again. I know there are yt videos which telling low fap is possible but please keep in mind that those videos only show a small period of time in the life of them who made it. You can't see if they failed with it or not. I know it from smoking. I was a heavy smoker and tried to smoke only a fee cigarettes after ive stopped for over a year, after a few weeks i was the same heavy smoker like before. I personally think that we shouldn't fap ever again. Or would you recommend to a person who was a heroine addicted to take heroine again only twice a month?
     
  16. Maybe you are right when you compare heroine and fapping. But you need to loose your semen sometimes. That's why you have wet dreams. If you don't have a man or woman to have a orgasm with, why not do it yourself?
     
  17. Freiheit

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    I am not sure if that`s right. Semen can be reabsorbed from the body.
     
  18. Hm, I don't think so. First, you don't have long term experiences for Nofap either. Second, I think you have to make a difference between masturbation and porn. If you're addicted to porn then you should strictly not use porn to avoid a complete relapse. Masturbation to no porn shouldn't be a problem. Things look different if you're fighting an addiction to masturbation, then I'd agree that lofap is problematic.
     
  19. Freiheit

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    I just share my thoughts...everyone has to find his own path...i believe addiction is addiction is addiction is... i actually have the feeling thst P isn't my problem itself - its M. If i start to M without P it leads me sooner or later to P. Always. And i am not the only one. Cheers
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  20. The comparison with heroin makes sense. But nofap can be compared, for example, with the diet. Many people are trying to lose weight.
    Some experts are doing a diet like 6 days on a strict diet and on the weekend you can eat what you want almost. So you have one "cheating day" but it is because this way you can keep it for a long time. And I think fapping without porn is much more natural thing than heroin. I'm not saying we should do it once every week, just a bit more free than never again.
     
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