23 and wanting to change.

So hello there.

I'm completely new to this community, so I'm not really sure to what extent I should introduce myself.

Anyway, I'm a 23 year old guy. I've never had any real sex, but I masturbated daily with the help of certain websites. Today is my 3rd day without any PMO (I'm sorry if I use certain NoFap codes or so wrong, but I'm not used to hem yet). I always knew something was wrong with how I felt. I'm a rather lonely guy, but I can be pretty social if I'm in a good mood. But the mood is one of the problems. I've been reading lots and lots on the internet about why I'm so often in a bad mood. When I'm in that mood I have almost no self-confidence and I'm really shy.

Somehow, I found out about the NoFap thing and at first I thought it was one big lie. But I came across similar stories of other people who also tried it and I was getting more and more convinced. I read about how guys feel drained after masturbating and I just completely recognize that feeling, but never really thought about it. I've also read about the benefits and I just really want to try it out. I'm convinced NoFap is no lie, but I want to find out how it's gonna work out for me. So here I am.

 

Thanks all!

 

Well, I already quit P for about two weeks now. I haven't had the urge to watch it, so I don't think I was very addicted and I don't need a strategie for combatting P. But I'm having a hard time without M, that's for sure. Everytime I think about it, I just try to think of something else, and it often works. What I do is, I put on a movie or television series, I go for a walk outside or I listen to music. These things really help.

Since I quit P, I also understand why some people say our society is full of references to sex. Once you quit P, you realize it's EVERYWHERE. But I just try to ignore it and most of the time I succeed in it. Sometimes when I see an arousing image, I still catch myself looking at it for a few seconds, but I'm able to look away eventually and don't give in to M.

I'm rather healthy-minded. I think porn has become too accepted by people. When I was about 15, I even heard my biology teacher say that watching porn is "a sign that you're a healthy boy". But I've come to realize that's just bs. I felt sorry every time I watched. So then I tried masturbating without porn and I found out it was difficult to do so because of the lack of porn. That's when I knew there was something very bad about porn.

Like I mentioned here earlier, I later found out about the benefits of NoFap and I just wanna try it out, even if that means no more M neither. I think it definitely fits my lifestyle, which is a quite healthy one.

And about having no O, well I don't have a girlfriend so if I succeed in no P and no M, then the O won't be a problem

By the way, I did my first cold shower today and it felt great afterwards

 

Gee thanks, I'll check it out.