6 months ago, I decided I would try not to look at porn or masturbate (masturbation without porn being impossible to even be thought of) for three days. I did this spontaneously, after looking at this interview of the singer I was in love with at the time. Why did I decided this? First, because […]
Read More… from Female – Age 19 & French: I’m fully rebooted sexually, no longer chronically depressed
At 45 days I wrote a pretty successful report that people seemed to like. It emphasized how NoFap wasn’t really about masturbating. It was about taking back control over your life. You see, masturbating is a bad habit, like smoking, but instead of damaging your lungs, it damages your mind. But when someone decides to […]
Read More… from Age 26 – ED: I am confident now, I am sure of myself. No longer controlled by addiction.
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