Has anyone experienced negative side effects from abstaining?

@ tweeby: Lol. That made me laugh more than it probably should have. But I agree completely.

 

- zero libido
- severe depression
- suicidal thoughts

I don't even know if I am rebooting...

 

Hey Crawlingordie,

Damn. That is crazy. Is your counter on just NOT PMO'ing or also not masturbating?

 

Depends on what you call "negative". In the beginning, you have withdrawal symptoms. You might experience strong urges, sleeplessness, you might have fears and other strong emotions. This is because fapping is a kind of drug which you use to calm down yourself.

These withdrawal symptoms go away already after a few days. And I found that they are the strongest, if it is your FIRST withdrawal period. If you relapse and start over, the withdrawal becomes much easier.

And trust me, there is nothing like "blue balls" or else. This is a myth. I never relapsed because my body demande it. I relapsed because I lost track, and I became doubtful again.

Basically, you can go forever without ejaculation, your body can handle that.

 

No PMO. I MOed a few times two or three weeks ago (around day 165). So I was totally on hard mode for 165 days. I had sex the first two months but couldn't get off even once.

 

I know that it might not do much, but that is very impressive bud. Kudos for the crazy amount of self control. I am sorry about the sex problems, hopefully more members post in this thread. Have you talked to a therapist about it? There might be underlying issues not related to abstaining at all. Worth a shot.

 

Thanks man. Yes I am in therapy right now and on antidepressants since 1.5 months (wellbutrin - knoen for not having sexual side effects)...

 

I suffer from depression as well and have off and on for about 15 years. Right now I'm in a good place but I've been suicidal before and so depressed I couldn't do anything. Do you exercise? For me, exercise has been an amazing natural anti-depressant. Even just walking for 45 minutes or doing some yoga stretches does wonders for my mood. I've also found that with depression in my experience there's an underlying issue, something I'm not dealing with going on. So that's good you're in therapy, maybe you can uncover that issue.

Something else that helped me was discovering something I love to do that's healthy and social. I started doing improv classes and that was fun and got me out and around other people more. I think of myself as an introvert, I was very shy as a kid, but I realized that if I spend too much time alone I start to get depressed.

 

Hello guys Im Pol from Thailand nice to meet you all ^-^

Im 30 years old right now and have been on NoFap for about 1 year and a half.

i got relapse around 3-4 times last years.longest streak is 1 year.

Wanna share you main benefit is
1.Cloud gone off from the brain . work better.
2.social anxiety is real
3.music is more pleasure.

I have do research ,its' like, NoFap will cuz you to have really Low dopamine receptor system so you will be more happy with little thing.

But this is the real bad side.
1.More depress in life ... because when you not fapping for long time [although i have sex or make love are not count] it cuz you a depress of not getting what you want to do.so you may find out while nofap you go to the pub more often.or you will try to find ur happiness in another way ex smoking eating .
2.More aggressive if you are not smoking too.you will be like a lion in real life, quite strong opinion and really have thinking all the time.that may lead to overthinking that will kill ur happiness

nowadays i try to relapse when ever i want around 1-2 times a month ,some month yes some months not. its upon to ur aticivity in life. that how much depress in the life you re facing.

im doing my own job 8 hours a day everyday no off day so its may like too much for me for do NoFap for too long time. [i got really easy to be angry by my mommy opinion and my gf word. , and its gone when i do fap sometimes]

now im feel really happy with life that someday i jerk off and it may cuz lacking of motivation but its ok . i suggest you guys to try 60-90 days first and learn that if the benefit is ok for you or not. then find your balanced of ur fapping time,

create your own journey cuz we are all different in hormones and life and level of depressing.

*smoking actually play the same role with nofap. try stop it and u will gain cloud gone effect too. and if you use smoking like 1 ea./day or 2-3 days for me ,will make me relax, too much is not good it will make u depress.

*eating sugar take the same effect too. eat less can make u happy , to much make you depress.

** combine nofap * smoking * sugar taking together, find ur balance , and u will be like superhero haha.

***and gym 5-6 days a week is too much, its play same role too. try 3-4 days a week is really perfect.

god bless,

 

well , you must be getting a wet dream every now and then , and I think that's enough !!

Not to mintion the semen retention you get when you abstain from musterbation . all good juice going back to your body.

 

When I realized point no 3, it was shocking to me.It's a sad truth.