Hey everybody, I just joined the nofap community. I'm a 21 year old male living at home and I've been using porn for about 4-5 years. I began using porn because I wanted to learn from it and practice masturbating because I was sexually inexperienced. I ended up being unable to get hard during my first time with my girlfriend at the time because I had jerked off 3 times that day prior. I began having chronic issues with Erectile Dysfunction (either not being able to get hard or premature ejaculation) and it led to the end of that relationship. After that I've been with several girls but I've had ED every time since. My porn habits dramatically escalated until I was jerking off every day and there were even days where I'd jerk off 10+ times in a day. I've been suffering with depression for about 2 years now and I have almost no energy and I can't concentrate. I dropped out of college, quit sports + working out (and got fat), and can only work a few hours a week without feeling completely exhausted. About a year ago I accepted my fate so to speak and became complacent with my situation, staying in my room except when I hangout with some loyal friends. Funny enough it never really occurred to me that I had an addiction and that the ED might be porn related until I happened to stumble across some videos and articles. I have decided to quit porn because I've realized how far the quality of my life has fallen, and I get tired of remembering the person I used to be or thinking about the person I could have been. I want to take back control of my life. I'm going to try quitting masturbation completely. My reboot is starting May 15, so far it's a 0 day streak. Thanks for reading if you got this far. I appreciate all of you guys, it's nice to have felt hope for the first time in a while. Regards, TJ
Welcome to NoFap where you are amongst friends who are here to encourage you and sometimes challenge you but not judge you. The enemy is here to steal, kill and destroy. What are your current strategies for combating the enemy called PMO?
So far I've just been using willpower to go do something else whenever I get an urge. Are there any strategies you'd recommend in particular?
