Hi, I'm new here and I just wanted to share my porn addiction story and my 2 miserable attempts at NoFap! (I'm guessing this counts as introducing myself, if not I'd love it if a mod moved this to a proper place instead of removing it) I'm a 19 year old guy and I've only recently discovered I'm addicted to porn, I know that sounds weird but I'm sure some of you guys can relate to this! So I discovered porn at the age of 9 and I've been masturbating ever since, I used to not think much of it until a friend asked me how many times a week I masturbate, I told him 4-5 times a week and 5-6 times a day and he was "weirded out" by my answer. I'll admit, I'm a kissless virgin and I've never been one to attract females, I guess you could say I'm shy when it comes to flirting with girls but I don't really have a problem talking to them as just friends, I'm also not anti-social as I have quite a lot of friends and I usually go out with them. So after my friend told me that my behavior towards porn and masturbation is really unhealthy and not "normal", I started googling on ways to stop it and I stumbled upon NoFap. The effects The Internet claims NoFap has, really piqued my interest. I tried doing this challenge in June but I relapsed on my 8th day because the urges to masturbate and just watch porn in general really kicked in, I felt really horrible afterwards but I fell into my old unhealthy habits again, until 10 days ago September 3. To be completely honest with you guys I did load up a porn video today but I closed it after half a minute because I didn't want to relapse, it's really hard for me to do this but I also feel a bit happier since I've noticed some girls are checking me out now, though I do think that I didn't really pay attention to this before. NoFap has only had 1 negative side effect on me so far and that is waking up with a boner that won't go away for a while, it kind of makes it hard (; to get out of bed when there are people around the house hahahaha
hey man glad to see your post here, maybe you can consider spending more time on this website, especially look the success stories and stuff, it helped me when I fight with the urge, good luck!
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?
Thanks a lot man, I do plan on lurking around this forum to find new ways of quitting this filthy habit.
Thanks, but I just relapsed because I just couldn't resist it anymore. I don't necessarily regret it because I kind of feel "better" now that it's done, but I don't plan on quitting yet, gonna start doing this challenge again next week.
I would advise against delaying your journey. By doing so, you are only making even more difficult to quit.
Welcome back! I'm glad to hear you've decided to turn things around. The forums provide endless amounts of support and have saved me multiple times from sliding back into the same old ways of doing things. You'll find the same as long as you continue to utilize them. As a side note, does anyone else find it enormously depressing that a 9-year-old had access to P in the first place (as mentioned in the first post)? I grew up before the internet was the bastion for degeneracy that it is today, and I'm shocked that people so young are getting into it. This is not to insult you, OP, but rather point out how pervasive this stuff is. Truly stomach-churning how much we ignore this problem and instead openly celebrate it.
