How crazy is that! 35 years old, had lots of sex over the years but never any intimacy and never a steady girlfriend due to: no confidence to speak to the girls I wanted unrealistic expectations low self esteem feelings of unworthiness Also suffered from escalating sexual fantasies due to years of daily porn viewing. […]
Read More… from Age 35 – extreme feishes, DE & ED, lack of intimacy
God damn. A year. It’s crazy how time just slinks away like that, isn’t it? It seems like such a long time but before you know it a full calendar has zipped right by you and you’re back where you started. NoFap has been present in my life ever since I stumbled upon this subreddit […]
Read More… from Age 22 – A year of NoFap. Success. Failures. Highs. Lows. I’m still here – going for broke this time.
The MYLN Method Make your life normal. This method is about having a normal life only without porn and masturbation. Life your life as it was before minus the porn. This is a passive system. With this method, you do not resist or embrace urges, you leave them while they are small. You will use […]
Read More… from The MYLN method. A different approach.
Short answer: MAYBE! But there’s a lot that goes into that conclusion starting with this blog post https://thiswildwakingjourney.wordpress.com/2014/04/23/can-men-be-friends-with-women-theyre-sexually-attracted-to/, which is the inspiration for my blog post. What I find the most interesting about all of this is that there seems to be a groundswell of consciousness concerning all of these related matters, porn, Karezza and a somewhat more […]
Read More… from Is It Possible For a Man to be Platonic Friends With a Woman He Finds Attractive?
Someone on Reddit recently asked me, “Does this addiction ever officially go away? My future dreams and goals can’t rely on me consistently maintaining sobriety from this addiction. I want it gone forever and always.” That’s a damn great question, and one that leads many of us to relapse when we envision a lifetime of […]
Read More… from On whether this addiction ever goes away
This is a message to all, from a former member. who in a moment of curiosity destroyed what took over 9 months to create. When you recover, in between then and having a normal balanced healthy life style, your brain will go through many changes. And remember through all of this. it is NOT I […]
Read More… from ED – I finally made it to the other side, and one second of madness, destroyed everything.
My story: I’m a 25 year old guy. I’ve been watching porn regularly for about 10 years. And been masturbating on average once a day since i discovered it 14 years ago. I have had sex with a lot of different girls. My problem though was, that I often times couldn’t get it up (even […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Cured of my ED and DE
I made it! A huge THANK YOU for all of the advice and motivation. My experience with nofap day 0: Damn, this is gonna be harder than I thought day 1: This is really, really hard. day 2: I’m pretty sure I haven’t masturbated in a week day 3: sniffle day 7: holy shit guys! […]
Read More… from Age 24 – (ED, DE) Sex is better, more social, greater motivation
6 years I have been training boxing and bodybuilding. I have never got any muscularity or veiny hands. After 10 months of NoFap attempts (longest 39 days streak) I have made the body I always dreamed of! My legs are finally thinner than my waist. My back and shoulder and arms are lean and bigger […]
Read More… from Age 21 – Why has my body changed so much after 10 months?
April 1st, 2013 – day zero of my journey, at the time, I was sitting there casually fapping to porn, as per usual, along with browsing the internet aimlessly. However, the internet held some dissonance that would find me; a certain TED talk by Gary Wilson, The Great Porn Experiment. Being deeply tied to pornography, […]
Read More… from Age 17 – Depression is entirely cured, more confidence, improved memory & energy, greater intimacy