NoFap Thoughts

I have done NoFap before. The furthest that I got was 62 days. I intend to make this a life change. I started a YouTube channel. I invite you all to check it out. Please, subscribe if you like!

 

Hey DJ,

Thanks for the warm welcome! I appreciate that a lot.

I'm doing well. I got a new job yesterday. I go in for my orientation on Monday.

One of my main strategies is making music / making videos. It keeps my mind on the creative process. Also, I read a lot.

When I was working my other job, I did a lot of overtime, which helped... but I think that it was to my detriment because it was too much for me mentally and physically. 40 hours was the sweet spot.

Work definitely helps, I suggest to those that don't work to get a full-time job right away. It makes hours not at work very precious.

Also, friends... I don't really have any friends anymore because the one friend I did have was an alcoholic. He's not a bad guy, but his alcoholism totally affected me. When I went to his house, he always had a drink in his hand. Not to mention that he was always looking for other drugs. He couldn't be present and enjoy being there with other people having fun.

My point is, it's better to have no friends than to have a friend that influences me in such a detrimental way.

It sucks because the time spent with him was fun and it helped me short term to keep my mind elsewhere for that day. However, I found that I would usually relapse shortly after hanging out with him. It was like my primitive brain saw someone else with very little will power and told me that it was ok to be that way.

This has probably been the hardest part about NoFap for me. I'm very empathetic and I hate hurting people's feelings. So, I would usually cave and hang out with him. Things have gotten better since we stopped hanging out though.

One more thing, I noticed that I used to confuse needing to go to the bathroom with urges. I had accidents a lot when I was a kid because my dad was a stickler about going to the bathroom before leaving the house. So much so, that if I had to go once we got on the road that he wouldn't stop, even if it was a several hour journey.

In the morning, I usually need to take a huge dump. If you think about it, it kind of coincides with morning wood because the feces pushes on the prostate gland. As soon as I wake up, I go to the bathroom and the pressure goes away.

How about you? What are some of the observations / strategies that you have developed?