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Should teens do the no fapping part of Nofap?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Kai101, Aug 15, 2018.

  1. Kai101

    Kai101 Fapstronaut

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    I'm 16 and I'm wondering if I should continue to do Nofap, or just do not using porn. My longest streak has been 178 days without fapping, but I noticed after the first couple of days, I was miserable. Since I'm a teen, would it be wise to cut out masturbation, or should I just limit it? I'm horny 24/7, and I don't feel like suppressing sexual feelings at my age is healthy. When I get horny, it's more of a feeling of, "I need to ejaculate" rather yhan a feeling of "I want to get somemomentary pleasure." When I don't fap for a couple of days, I'm extremely anxious and depressed, and that's how it was the whole time on my 178 streak. Should I just fap in moderation? Thanks
     
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  2. thedarkbird

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    Personally I'm here to support and get rid of my porn addiction. If I were not addicted to porn I wouldn't be here, and I definitely would be masturbating.

    Do you have an addiction or a compulsive drive to masturbate, for like 10 times a day? If so, then you may have a problem (and then I would recommend talking to someone professional too, instead of trusting everything you read on the internet). On the other hand, at your age it is not uncommon to feel (sometimes véry) horny, nor is masturbation. There's no point in limiting/hurting yourself if there's no underlying problem.

    Just my humble opinion :)
     
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  3. Dagger323

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    Masturbating excretes many vitamins and nutrients that you would have otherwise reabsorbed through retaining your semen. It is also an addictive habit in itself, and can easily lead to a full blown relapse for a former porn addict. I would definitely recommend not viewing porn or masturbating.
     
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  4. JJackson

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    You should deal with the anxiety and actually get help to fix it rather than suppress it with PMO and regret it when you're 20 and still full of mental problems.

    Plus PMO makes those things worse and for some could even be the cause of their mental illnesses. Judging by the fact that you get anxiety when you don't fap, that's a pretty clear indicator that its the problem.

    Most of my time as an addict has also been to M more than P. It only became both over time. M is pushed as normal and healthy by a lot of people on this site as if there's absolutely nothing even slightly wrong with it. But when shit like this happens where guys like us have crippling mental issues when we stop, guess what? Its a problem.

    Moderation isn't an option for us in my opinion. For 3 years I was doing it everyday and for a year and a half of that it was even multiple times a day. Then the 4th year was every other day. Then in the 5th year I was able to get it to once every 2-3 weeks. But its always a problem, even when I got it down to every 2-3 weeks.

    So basically I'd painfully struggle my way through like 3 weeks only to then give in anyway and end up having to deal with that struggle again.

    Imo, you either stop and get this shit out of your life or just continue but in slight moderation. Only moderate so its not multiple times a day. But if you have an urge then just let it happen, even if its every day. There's no point in struggling through urges unless you're gonna get something out of it and the only way to get something out of it is to commit fully.

    Doesn't mean if you fuck up a few times that you should give up or freak out but its about your intent. If you want to get this out of your life then commit to that and try your hardest. Yes, you will still fuck up but the intention is to eventually end it. If you want to keep it in your life then just do that. Don't go through the difficult shit, just give your mind what it wants.

    It makes no sense to keep it at once every 2 weeks if its a struggle to do it because you won't get anything from that. You'll just be in that position for your whole life that way.

    Do what you want but don't waste your time struggling if you won't get anything from it. Either struggle through the pain and eventually have your mind repair or just continue on with slight moderation that doesn't make your life hard. So don't keep it at once a week if its a struggle to do so.

    Either way, good luck!
     
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  5. Kai101

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    So you're saying, do it whenever I get urges, or don't do it at all? It makes sense. Trying to moderate it will just lead to anxiety and it's not worth it
     
  6. JJackson

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    I mean... I'm not advocating PMO but if you're gonna do it then there's no point in just dealing with pain that has no pay off.

    You really should try to cut it out of your life as early as possible though, it'll catch up to you one day. Especially in your case where it clearly is a factor of your mental issues. But if you decide not to then you might as well not add more pain into your life for no reason.

    But again, I do recommend that you try to stop. Sure it'll be hard in the short term but in the long run you'll be much better off. You might avoid that anxiety for now but one day it won't work anymore and be even harder to deal with.

    Struggle today for a better tomorrow or enjoy today for a shity tomorrow and all subsequent days. Which seems better to you?
     
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  7. nef

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    addiction is problem when you start running away from responsibilities do it on when you are happy , sad or just getting bored " just fap " forget studies well that's problem several times a day ,feeling regretful ,guilty ,loneliness this is problem searching nude pics , pictures revolving in head just like drug addiction never enough more and more , wasting hours on p sites
     
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  8. Kai101

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    Thanks man. I will take that to heart
     
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  9. Grey is colourless

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    Looking at life in general and development I think no porn only is mostly aimed at older folks, like in their 40s. Who probably have a wife.

    It is a well known and Very Serious fact that ejaculation throws days of food nutrition away. So starting to do that at 16 when some trainees still say don't lift too hard because your bones - your whole body! is still growing; is a kamikaze thought!


    I cannot understand this stupid logic that masturbation is natural blah blah. For thousands of years people have been laughing at WANKERS and here come these smart (...and well paid in the shadows..) scientists and youtubers saying wanking is 'natural', WHATEVER natural means to them, so go ahead do it all you can eat deal.
     
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  11. bobbiebob

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    You seem like you aren't addicted yet, if yes, I recommend you to stay away from pmo before it ruins your life.
     
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