/r/NoFap
A porn addiction and compulsive sexual behavior recovery peer support forum. Masturbation in moderation is generally healthy, but excessive porn use can have serious adverse effects. We also host challenges in which participants ("Fapstronauts") avoid porn use & sometimes masturbation for a period of time, generally 7-30 days. Whether your goal is casual participation as a test of self-control or if porn use has become a serious problem in your life, you will find a supportive community here.
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Introduction NoFap® is a moderated community-centered website that hosts challenges in which users ("Fapstronauts") abstain from pornography and masturbation for a period of time (often referred to as "rebooting"). This is NoFap's subreddit hosted right here on Reddit.com! Whether your goal is casual participation in a monthly rebooting challenge as a test of self-control, or whether excessive pornography use has become a problem in your life and you want to quit for a longer period of time, you will find a supportive community and plenty of resources here.
This forum is intended for porn addiction and compulsive sexual behavior recovery and is not an anti-masturbation forum: many users return to non-compulsive masturbation after removing porn from their sexual habits. We do not advocate against masturbation. However, excessive masturbation (usually fueled by porn use) can be an issue for many people, and we're here to provide a peer support resource for recovery from problematic pornography use. But remember, how you choose to utilize your genitals during your free time is a personal choice!
New Fapstronauts
Learn about what's going on in your brain. This is important so that you know what to expect during a reboot. Our Porn Addiction 101 page is a great place to get started. NoFap also has a Getting Started guide. This includes information about porn addiction, sexual dysfunctions caused by porn such as "PIED", disinterest in real-world sex, and the inability to experience a partnered orgasm. Our friends over at YBOP have a great introductory video on the subject that we highly recommend watching. If you need something that's shorter, check out this basic video by ASAPScience. For further resources to learn more about porn addiction, see our wiki page for other websites, videos, and resources to help you on your rebooting journey.
Learn about the process of abstaining from PMO, also known as "rebooting." If you don't know what to expect from abstaining from porn and masturbation, there are a number of things that might throw you off. Learn about rebooting and how NoFap can help you on NoFap's Rebooting 101 page. It is imperative to learn about concepts such as the "flatline", the "surge", the "chaser effect", and more. Please get educated and don't enter this daunting process completely blind to what might happen.
We recommend visiting with an appropriately qualified therapist in your area who is familiar with porn addiction and problematic porn use.
Get a feel for the community before participating. Afterward, a good first step is to share your story with us. Post a new thread.
This forum is for anyone - men and women and other gender identities - the only requirements are being a human and wanting to develop healthier sexual habits. If you are a woman who wants a private community, check out the women's forums.
Get an accountability partner, someone who will hold you accountable during your reboot. Post a thread here or on the forums.
Choose your own reboot. NoFap's Standard Reboot: No edging, no porn, no masturbating. "Hard Mode": No edging, no porn, no masturbating, no orgasming whatsoever. Lite Mode: No porn. For more information on the programs, check out NoFap's Rebooting 101 page.
Sign up for a reboot challenge by replying to a the official sign up thread. These are usually "stickied" as the first post or linked on the sidebar. It is up to yourself to remain accountable, although we're working on developing a more motivating solution.
If you come across a word or acronym that you don't understand, we have a glossary of terms commonly used in the rebooting community.
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Read our full disclaimer and rules before posting or participating in one of our rebooting challenges.
If you are feeling suicidal or want to self-harm, contact a prevention hotline immediately. Furthermore, we always recommending seeking mental healthcare if you are addicted to pornography.
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I was awake till 2 am doing work but then suddenly the urges kicked in so hard that I just was not able to bury them and they took over me which made me watch corn and then do the deed. I don't feel any regret but it is making me sad that I was not able to control the urge of doing it and surrender to it. I just feel sorry for myself as how can someone be this pathetic and downbad that they cannot control themselves.
Everything is going good but sometimes I have lot of urge to do ..but I am resisting myself..I will complete 30 day's...
is there anyone who doesn't mustarbate if yes then bro please tell me how you control
3 days to go for goal number 3
I started jackin' a few years back, and the longest I've ever gone is 2 days without a session. Proud of myself so far, haven't even felt the need look at porno.
Do you still feel urges to Fap?
I just feel depressed. At some point I should feel normal again?
I swear, these urges keep coming! Can anyone give me advice?? It's so frustrating
I’ve gone up to 31 days clean. Then I relapse into doing it every day (5 days). I was talking to this girl and it was getting serious. I’m 29 and I didn’t fap out of motivation to hold frame. It worked. Things fizzled out and I relapsed.
Point is, I’ve gone a month clean twice this year and then I cope with stress one day and break the streak. I get depressed. I’m tired when I wake up. The gym becomes tough before work. Don’t hold eye contact. I literally lose all confidence and I believe I won’t receive any blessings from above because of this. Shit is tough, man. Work requires me to be firm and I’m not in a good mental state the next day.
Anyone else been here? I’m super religious so I pack on tons of guilt like I don’t deserve anything good to happen to me either.
So not much to say here. I like "latina" content when I'm jerking it. I also like dating them in real life but feel guilty that this preference is warping my perspective of them in real life. As a result of my viewing habits I now strongly prefer (and have come to expect) the latinas I date to be able to twerk and to act in various stereotypical ways.
Does anyone else have a racial fetish and date that race in real life? Obviously it feel good to get what I want in reality rather than out of a video but the stereotyping I catch myself doing needs to stop.
I relapse with masterbation at day 36 as im a case of porn induced erectile dysfunction . In 1 month i see some improvement but not significant but some indeed. So after relapse do i need to reset my counter or is that mean i lost everything what i gained?😭
Life is cruel
If anyone wants to talk hmu im still new to nofap
I’m on week 3 trying to stop edging gooning and overall addictive porn use and I’m noticing myself paying attention to things/ people around me and it’s really messing with me
After 3 days . Man it's not even due to an urge. It's just straight depression and regret and stress and fantasies about what could've been at night. Made me just want to watch porn despite knowing it ain't gonna do shit. I've been sick fro the past 3 days as well so I couldn't comitt to what I said before which was studying cold showers training. I've just been in bed scrolling.
How do I stop relapsing . I thought this was the one because I no longer had the desire for porn it wasn't useful. But I just got really stressed and depressed and even tho I knew full well how bad it was I just did it anyway.
And the thing is I have no desire for porn its useless and makes me feel bad but when u are already at ur lowest it can't get any worse.
What can I do to avoid this. I forgot about everything really past few days. Should ve rewsd my journal but didn't.
My trigger is just depression really . When I feel depressed and regretful I say fuck it I won't feel any better anyways. And today I ddi manage to say no I don't want this it won't make me happy but I just decided idc if it makes me happy or not I'm still doing it
I womg even binge or watch anymore like my desires for porn asn women are just 0 ngl. I really shouldn't have relapsed I wanna gain my testereon and confident back. It's just depression it's brutal at night.
Maybe I remind myself that's the only wag
I’m almost a week into my NoFap journey, and let me tell you—the horniness isn’t going away. I'm actually praying for a wet dream 😂 It just keeps building, and it’s frustrating as hell. I get that the whole idea is to let your brain and body reset naturally, but here’s my question:
Is my brain subconsciously releasing through a wet dream really better than me consciously handling it myself and actually enjoying it? I mean, the pressure feels constant, my balls feel huge and the thought of just getting some relief is so tempting.
I get that giving in reinforces old habits, but right now, it feels like I’m stuck in this cycle where I’m paying for my body to take over. Does it get easier, or am I just going to keep walking around feeling like I’m going to explode?
Would love to hear how you’ve dealt with this stage and if there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Does a wet dream reset things like a fap? Seems weird I want a release in my sleep.
Its been 4 days no fap no porn, any tips or advise to keep the streak appreciated
Quick check in, day 46: I'm starting to sense some urges but I won't be tempted. I'm doing great. I'll keep pushing.
Staying away from masturbation is really desperate at times, but I can manage to hold off. My real issue is curiosity. I constantly feel the urge to open websites to see what's new. Strange, isn't it? And that’s how I end up relapsing...
I used to be a member of a forum and followed topics with some specific content, and I often find myself curious to see what’s been updated.
The last time I managed to go 80 days before this curiosity ruined my progress.
Currently, I’m on day 14. It’s much easier than before—maybe because of the venlafaxine I’ve been taking. I started it around the same time I began this NoFap journey.
It’s been 14 days without libido or erections (though I still have weak nocturnal erections).
I am not that tempted, but there is a large part of me that just wants to watch porn stars and fap again. It is a wrong feeling but what I am feeling.
So, I'm going through puberty and I've been trying to quit masturbation and adult content for a few months, I think, which is when I started watching it, and even though I can go at least five or six days without it, there are some days in particular when I feel a REAL urge to do it, probably because of puberty or whatever,You might think that I'm very attracted to adult content because of my age, but no, I got tired of it a while ago,And I realized that maybe this is just a matter of age, and so I want to put an end to this before it gets worse, so that's why I tell you, So, that's why I'm here and I say, PLEASE GIVE ME TIPS TO GO MORE DAYS WITHOUT THIS, PLEASE, HELP MEEEEEEE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (thanks for reading 😊) Ps:sou brasileiro então se quiser você que também é,pode responder em inglês,obringado.
78 days ago, dead dick with the most gorgeous girl I’ve ever met. Now, we fuck at least once a day and I last as long as I want.
Hi everyone. I'm a 22 year old male college student. As the title says, I've gone over a month without masturbating as a part of doing NNN and in an effort to curb my porn addiction. It started out not being so difficult but these past few days have been rough. I have horny thoughts constantly and it is distracting me heavily from my schoolwork. As someone who has focus issues anyway, it is becoming very difficult to deal with. I have some exams coming up this week and being focused for them has been difficult.
I was hoping to continue my streak of abstinence in order to better use my time, curb my porn addiction, and increase my social activity, especially with women. I am concerned that if I were to quit the streak, I might lose these goals. I am hoping that I can get some viewpoints as to how I should go about this. If anyone knows of any other subreddits that might provide some good advice, that would be appreciated as well. If more information about my life would help you with giving your two cents, I can do that too. In essence, I want to know if I should stop my abstinence streak, and if not, then I want to know what I can do to reduce these thoughts and allow me to get back to work on my schoolwork and other important things going on in my life.
I want to learn how to draw whenever I was motivated to draw this addiction comes in the way and my mind is also very foggy which causes my drawing from imagination ability to go away So here I am taking the control of my life again just like before my masturbation days
Gentlemen I firmly believe that most of us can't operate in our full potentials without a solid 40 days streak under our belt. Well you men must think that's quite STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. But Cold hard facts can't be denied. I recently read a post here on How we need 40 days of pure Retention for Real Benefits.
here are some excerpts from that post -
This Paragraph got me into thinking what's been going on my life for past 4-5 Years, It's been a constant cycle of recovery relapse & recovery , AGAIN AND AGAIN. But what if we muster enough courage to just pull the strings for little longer and never give in to the gorgon evil know to us as Porn & Masturbation, What kind of lifestyle we would be living ? If you ask this question deeply to your soul You will find this answer By Protecting your seed and cultivating sexual fire into other areas of your life as Finance , Fitness & Politics You will become the most powerful man known by the world Quite motivational ! but it's the raw reality Gentlemen.
For me personally it has been played out really well. By profession I am a Businessman & I am currently 22 year Old. On every long streaks I have made Huge sums of money and on every Relapse I have lost 100 opportunities, Love Interests & Potential Powerful Connections. This made me truly believe in this Small yet Profound statement RETAIN TO ATTAIN YOUR KINGDOM".
All those realizations made me go deeper into this stuff and I finally realized that Every bad Habit has it own chains and every chains have there own links simply putting " One bad habit brings another bad habit & It doesn't take more time form a whole colony of Bad habits " but same is is the case for Good Habits too A SINGLE GOOD HABIT BRINGS ANOTHER GOOD HABIT. after all this simple conclusion I decided if I need to break one bad habit then it's not merely enough to break just one link , I have to get rid of the Old chain and Put into Fresh Link Of GOLD CHAINZZ ( Good Habits ). Here's my protocol looks like !
PROTOCOL : SOVEREIGN CONQUEST
ABSOLUTE NO - PMO , 18+ STUFF , SOCIAL MEDIA , COFFEE , MUSIC , YOUTUBE & ANY FORM OF DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT WHATSOEVER.
The reason for Stringent Protocol is that all of them have SUBJECTED TO MATRIX PROPAGANDA of controlling the masses. They have designed these systems of Instant Gratification for keeping us DUMB & DEPRESSED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SUBSERVIENT TO THEM.
Me personally I never OBEY yup since My childhood I have lived my life in my School as a Backbencher and not done homework ever , cuz I don't accept anyone to assert even a bit of dominance over me. In 22 years of my journey here on this planet I am very grateful to understand these fact at such a young age, I am pretty confident I will become a Multi-Millionaire in 2025 By strictly following my PROTOCOL & FOCUSING 100% ON MY BUSINEESS. For that I seek blessings from People Elder than me on this sub and I give my sincere love to people Younger than me and remember " RETAIN TO ATTAIN "
YOUR BROTHER
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It takes around 66 days to form a habit. For the brains neuroplasticity to change our paths. When an urge to fap comes, do something else. Like go for a walk, or do breathing exercises. At first it will be hard, because our brain is used to take the easy route which is fap. Eventually it will become easier to take “the more difficult” route as our brain adapts. I think this is very interesting, hope it helps! We got this💪🏻
i’m here to mark the beginning of my journey;
i want to start this to better myself as i know the benefits with nofap and i would like to ask you guys for some tips and tricks that may help me get started.
i’m here for the long run 🫡
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