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Does the desire to PMO ever reduce?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by fapstr, Apr 10, 2017.

  1. fapstr

    fapstr New Fapstronaut

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    As the title says. My question is; is it even possible to get rid of the desire to fap and watch porn? I am 10 days in to nofap and I need to get this question answered. Will this ever get easier or will my sex drive forever be extremely high? I don't know how much longer I can take this.

    Background:
    10 years of daily PMO: Never before have I gone more than a day between faps.
    Once I actually abstained for a week of PMO because my girlfriend was coming home from a 2-month trip and I wanted to save up my best nut for her. This was incredibly challenging.

    Current situation:
    10 days free from orgasm.
    Though I have in fact watched porn, masturbated and had sex a couple of times during this time. But no ejaculation. My energy right now has sky-rocketed but so has my restlessness and sex drive.

    - I need to get rid of the addiction-symtoms and my reduce my sex drive ASAP. I want to be able to re-direct all the extra energy in to mental focus for my studies and not only to physical power at the gym. How?? HELP ME!!!!

    Thankful for all the help I'll get from my fellow fappers
     
  2. Fork2323

    Fork2323 Fapstronaut

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    yes you can get free of the urge.. but you must do a full reboot Hard Mode. No Porn, no M, no Sex. Just cut it all out. Ive talked to several people who are hardcore sex addicts, they all have gone over a year no sex with a partner and no MO at all.. they all said the urge to get sex went away and they became free of the addiction, then learned to date and have sex in a healthy way with a partner.. and all got married. But 1st things 1st.. quite all porn and MO.
     
  3. w95chris

    w95chris Fapstronaut

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    Well as @Fork2323 says first quit everything go on hard mode this is the only way to get rid of everything and day by day the urges will fade away until finally you will be free of them

    Picture yourself as a baby learning to walk.You can't expect in the beginning to run a marathon.Step by step and day by day until the day will come that you will be free from all these.Replace those bad habits with healthier ones
     
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  4. Icyweb

    Icyweb Fapstronaut

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    It gets easier and harder in a cycle that is unique to you, and then as you continue to heal it just gets easier, with the occasional bump in the road, and then back to smooth sailing. Like Fork said, you need to go hard mode, no porn, no masturbation, no sex. Just cut it all off (except, you know, it. Leave that on.)

    It could be your sex drive that you feel, but more likely is that it's the addiction that you're seeing as your sex drive. Your brain is demanding dopamine, and sex/pmo is what it has been trained to look for to get it. To help retrain it faster, start doing things on at least a weekly basis to give yourself some dopamine. Make sure whatever you do is completely separate from sex and any kind of screen/visual medium. That will only encourage the neural pathways, which are telling you to relapse. Try going outside, the weather is wonderful this time of year. Walk around the neighborhood, hike, just sit in the sun, whatever works for you.

    Keep going to the gym, too. Maybe try something different from your regular workout. Do extra cardio, give weights a break and do some plyometrics, again, whatever works for you.

    Another thing that I've done, is rearrange the place I usually PMO. Your brain associates those settings with relapsing, so change things up to reduce the frequency of urges. You can also remove electronics from that area. It is a lot easier to not masturbate if you have to walk to a different room for your phone/computer.
     
  5. Yes it does. But you will always have a sex drive and will naturally become horny from time to time, you just gotta learn to control it or find a significant other.
     
  6. BoiledEggplant

    BoiledEggplant Fapstronaut

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    You can later direct that drive towards actual intimate sex rather than wanking in front of a screen to big dicks and artificial tits. You're human, of course you'll desire it a lot, but gaining the willpower to like, not jerk off and feel like a wankstain in your life is what I think is the major benefit of NoFap.
     
  7. kambingzzz

    kambingzzz New Fapstronaut

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    im on my 94 days and i dont have the urge to M at all
     
  8. J247

    J247 Fapstronaut

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    35 days and I'm meh about MO. Like I have the libido where I want to O, but the need for sex is greater than that of MO. Probablem is my pecker is as dangly as a rope right now.
     

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