All I can do is regret what I’ve done in the past.

if you eat certain things and stay in a certain place or temperature

that also affects you to fap or not to fap.

like you if take cold showers and fast (dont eat food) and have no stress then you dont feel horny

and also if you have job and earning money for yourself like totally independent then that also affects you .

I think we don't realize the consequences porn has on the people who actual commit to being a adult entertainer as well. Many of them quit because of how bad it is. And now someone famous like Lana Rhodes has a child who can watch his own mom's porn video(which he will eventually see through someone showing him or him discovering it) which must be a horrible experience. Granted he probably is swimming in money but yeah moral of the story, everything about porn is fucked even the people who do it.

Hi,

so I'm trying to spark some discussion on the mechanisms of the benefits (mainly female attraction, energy, mindset,...) of semen retention, from some thinking I had,

which could mainly break it down into three mechanisms:

• Semen retention leads to androgen receptor upregulation, and D2 dopamine upregulation in the brain, hence the tendency to get behavioral changes on SR, which might lead to becoming more attractive to women (more assertive, confident, motivated in life goals,...)

• Semen retention over 75+ days leads to mature sperm being broken down, then reabsorbed in the body, which could then be used to assist regular body functions, as well as providing the body with nutrients, therefore leading to a more healthy, vital organism (I have no science with this, the mechanism makea sense to me)

• Semen retention leads to sperm accumulation in the testis, therefore needing less sperm being produced daily after 75+ days on SR, in order to meet full capacity (mechanism would then possibly be that after a while, daily sperm production only fills up what's also lost daily from mature sperm being broken down, therefore daily production would be less than having to fill it up more from sperm loss from ejaculation); as a result fewer ressources and less energy are required for sperm production daily while on SR, freeing up ressources and energy to be used elsewhere in body metabolic processes

(would it be why, for example, people seem to report a glow to the eyes on SR, similar to what can be noticed with fasting, where ressources are also freed up to take care of metabolic processes, that are not taken up as much when reasources are needed elsewhere, such as sperm production, digestion, body repair functiona from metabolic stresses,...),

so that's my general view on this, do you have other mechanisms in mind to that effect ?

Or, would you add something to, or debate the three main arguments I laid down above ?

Thanks !

Today I'm free of porn, masturbation, fear, self doubt, laziness, irresponsibility, lethargic, lack of toughness, inferiority, lack of looking in the eyes and talking, past traumas, FOMO, envy, insecurity, worried what others think, attachment..

Don't take me wrong I didn't achieve this in months or years, or did I done any meditation or any rehab, I have been addicted to this for years and I failed a lot of times, so what happened now.

I just don't feel like doing it anymore, it's just not worth my time, why Time is not infinite it's limited, so what?

That's the question usually people ask, the answer is. That I'm human, and as a human I have dreams, responsibilities for which I must be tough enough to face the world, soo how is it related to this time you can always do it later, The answer is now I'm young and I'm full of energy, if I can bring any change in the world I can only do it now or never...

That is my reason.

From now onwards my eyes, ears, mouth, muscles, brain are going to do work that will grow me physically, mentally, else is just useless.

This will be my last day at the reddit, I'll be leaving this here, if this has been or will be any used to anyone, I will take it as I'm going on right path.

Hence don't bother reply this text or any personal chat, I won't be online on any social media here on. Thankyou.

Help plz

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Hi everyone, I'm on my day 14 of noFap, thanks to all of you for motivating me every single day.

However, my libido is high and I sometimes end up watching small clips of porn on reddit. ( I have porn sites blocked) I stop when I start getting the urge to fap.

Not sure if I should be proud of myself for not fapping or be hard on myself for watching porn. Or subconsciously, I'm rewarding myself with porn for not fapping? Idk

Any thoughts on how to overcome this?

Need information

I was 7 days clean (my longest streak ever) and I just relapsed. I feel like such a failure. The thing is I couldn't focus on anything else and felt like the only way to get it out of my mind was to just bust a nut but all I feel now is guilt and regret. How can I deal with this in the future?

I make music and last year I met this girl she makes music too I had a feeling in my gut to not talk to her But I avoided the feeling it got stronger but I really needed someone to talk to she said we were friends we work on a project together I did projects with her a lot of projects

one day she asked me to perform with her I told her my mind wasn't right I was depressed and was having suicidal thoughts the next week she called me to check up on me just talking to her made me happy but my anxiety was bad cause I was scared she was going to stop talking to me after that phone call after all the projects she just stop responding to me and I think I have been using porn to try and heal this void I'm hurt on the inside I should have trusted my Gut

God bless you all ❣️

Hey yall, heading back to work now and into the work week. Me and the girlfriend had a pretty big fight about how there’s no trust in the relationship anymore because I’ve failed on my porn addiction so many times. It’s sad because I’ve worked on every complaint she’s ever had but I’m struggling with something that’s been with me 60% of my life and how it should be easy to just not look at naked girls. She just doesn’t understand it’s an addiction and if I could turn it off, I would but it’s not that simple. She just blames me and says I just want to look at naked girls and I don’t care that it hurts her. Of course I care that’s why I’ve been trying(and failing) if that was true then I would do it and not be on here. But regardless of what others say around you, it is an addiction just like any other and it’s hard to get rid of an addiction, so even if you don’t have any support, I’ll be your support, you’re strong enough and you don’t need it. One look and it all crumbles away, and if you get the urges, go outside or play some games or even take a shower, anything to distract you and use your hands, you’ve got this, I believe in yall just like I believe in me👍👍

Haven’t been able to sleep can’t get my hard on to just go away and prec*m doesn’t help either, cleaned myself and seems pointless cause i keep getting it, I didn’t touch it in that way intentionally at all either it’s just idk how to stop it, idk my thoughts are one thing the physical side of it is another, past days have been really hard not to relapse and today is the worst, really tempted to sign into my ig to look at stuff cause I’ve convinced myself it’s better than porn but idk, any advice is appreciated, btw I’ve got up to wash my face and did a slight work out can’t do much else cause it is the middle of the night

2 days of my NoFap have been completed... 0 urges byfar. I hope I make it to the end this time

Yes I relapsed but I’ll make sure that I don’t indulge in porn again in coming days,

Do you all also feel same after relapsing that my mind says as I have already watched porn for one time then there is nothing wrong in watching porn two times … then when I watch it two times … then again my mind tells one more time and it makes it three times ….Do you all also go through this???? But I’ll make sure that I will not watch porn again in coming days and I will continue my challenge from day 45 and I will forget about this relapse.🤧

I have spent most of my life feeling enormous pressure and stress about PMO. The stress of worrying about someone finding out. The external pressure to avoid it. The internal pressure to use it...

And now that I've lost a LOT (wife, kids, job, house) there's a whole lot less pressure. I realize that I will probably not kick this 20 year old habit in one (more) try. 6.5 days is a great start and I want to keep it going, but I'm done setting unrealistic goals for myself. I want to stay out of PMO as long as I can. Then I want to do it again. That's enough for now.

The more important part of my process is finding other things to do that are more rewarding and satisfying than PMO. Today I wanted to look at porn. But I also wanted cookies- so I baked them. I wanted to masturbate. But I also wanted to feel the sun again (I work night shift). So I went and read in the sun for a few hours. I wanted an orgasm. But I also wanted to have human interaction. So I talked to my roommate.

I'm finding that to truly say no to PMO I have to learn to say yes to other things that are more satisfying. Anyone relate? What are some things you say yes to instead of PMO?

Not sure if this is the best place to put this, if not I apologize. Went 24+ hours a couple times between my last post about relapsing a few days ago. But kept falling into it around hour 30, part of the reason I keep Falling into it is cause of family health issues (parents not mine) it’s hard to leave the house and I don’t really have any irl friends because of it so that kinda sucks, not blaming anyone btw, But it’s hard to avoid the temptation. If anyone wants to share how they overcame their addiction, and what they did to do so, you’re more than welcome to, weather it be DMs or comments. I’ve taken some advice from some DMs from previous posts and am open to anything to try and stop this addiction.

Longest Streak : 13 Days.

Trying to Break it. Urges have become strong. I'm trying to keep myself busy by studying and also making sure that I eat right.

Been a few days on no fap and have been doing alright, but finding it very hard at the moment. Just want to post this to give you guys encouragement to stay the course and to know there's so many of us trying to achieve the same thing.

Around the start of the year I went for about two weeks or so and I feel back into it and then I did it again 7 days later and then five days later and then Iv done with twice today it’s so dumb because I want to stop but I just can’t Iv gotten things to keep track Iv blocked those websites it’s just I cannot stop and I have no clue why

Things are going well I forgot yesterday to post but that means things are going well I’m staying strong

I saw a video of someone with beautiful hair and my attraction was so strong and overwhelming. I tried to ignore it, but I eventually found myself drawn back to it and then I gave in. Ugh. I hate it. It feels like I am stuck in a rut and when I think I conquered it I give in again. I tried to delete the video and block it perhaps. Please advise me on this? I have a hair fetish.

Im starting today.. Cold turkey.. This habit has made me a worthless stinking vermin. I need redemption. This habit will meet its end now!!.. Enough of looting my soul..

Basically I’m 18, fit, and healthy, and a virgin but I think I have ED. I was in one position where I could have sex and I just couldn’t get it up no matter what I did. I’m not addicted to porn, or masturbation (maybe 2 times a week) but I don’t know what to do. It was so embarrassing and it genuinely makes me not want to be put in that situation ever again. Any advice for what I can do?

I’ve had a porn addiction since I probably discovered porn (9yrs old) and I’m not exactly sure how to quit completely. It got really bad 2 years ago so I made myself kinda stop (not entirely). I’m not sure really why I’m here I just haven’t admitted this anywhere else and I don’t really like to talk about it honestly because it’s such a vulnerable and embarrassing discussion. It’s also pretty hard to not fap lol I mean everyone gets horny, and for me it wasn’t even a thought, I just put the two together like I wouldn’t do one without the other (watch porn-msterbate) I don’t think I’ve done it without porn in a few years which I think is a problem I think and has completely screwed up my perception of sexual acts (and as a virgin it’s kinda all I know) idk I just feel kinda frustrated. I wish I could be “normal” I guess and be able to experience self pleasure without the whole media addiction part. Any tips on overcoming this? I’m not trying to stop msterbation as a whole that’s not my problem (I rarely even do it anymore) I just need to disconnect the action from pornographic material if you understand what I’m saying

I am grateful for finding this forum. It showed me that the thing I deemed unable to stop is being managed by other people. Its my day 1, I stopped weed and fapping from today. It is an impulsive decision, fueled by self hatred. I request u all, that if there are some tools or methods that is helping u in ur journey to pls share it, along with an idea of what I have to face in this journey. Need to prepare a plan. Grateful 🙏

Im at day 28 and had insane urges today. I slightly fapped to my dating app feed (not to completion) but stopped myself within 5 minutes. Does this count as a reset?

I have an active dating life but due to travelling and work it's been a while since ive been on a date so my urges got very intense today. How to deal woth such cases? I feel like the apps are a trap when it comes to relapsing.

Please reach out i cant take this much longer

Any one up to chat?