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The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by RiseToGreatness, Sep 22, 2019.

Should the Thread Title be extended?

Poll closed Jun 21, 2020.
  1. No, leave like that: "The Lord of the Rings Challenge"

    18 vote(s)
    54.5%
  2. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Fellowship of Nofap"

    15 vote(s)
    45.5%
  3. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: Rising Fellowship of Eärendil"

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Journey to Mount Doom"

    5 vote(s)
    15.2%
  5. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Quest of the Ring-bearer"

    6 vote(s)
    18.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. MyGodandMyAll27

    MyGodandMyAll27 Fapstronaut

    Day 0 again I’m feeling hopeless but i dont want to give up , so let’s do this again
     
  2. Day 2 complete. In between some volunteer work at my church in the morning, and my actual job work in the afternoon, I took a nap for a little under an hour. During that time I experienced what I'm calling a wet dream, but there are some guilty, confused feelings lingering. It doesn't seem right that I should have had a wet dream just two days after a release, and I know that during a quick afternoon nap, a person won't usually fall into a deep, dreaming sleep. All that has me wondering if maybe somehow I did something to make myself more vulnerable. I'll be cautious moving forward.
     
  3. Rubzi

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    Im gonna start reporting in daily again. Staying off the grid didnt really work out, chaser effect got to me.

    I remember reaching my previous day 70+ streak by being here daily in multiple threads. I want that again :) never am i gonna quit and giveup!

    Day 0 - The Dark Fortress, Barad-dûr.

    The road goes ever on!
     
  4. Slider8

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    Looks like you oversimplifying to avoid self-examination and exposure of the cause(s).;)
     
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  5. Slider8

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    Why do you want this? Why you refuse to quit and give up?
     
  6. Slider8

    Slider8 Fapstronaut

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    If you keep doing what you always done, how can you expect a different result? Take full inventory of every relapse, learn from your mistakes, change and adjust your lifestyle to be in harmony with your goal(s).
    p.s. If you keep details of your relapses to yourself you are cutting yourself off from the advice and help of experienced brothers who had overcome these problems already.
     
  7. EpsilonDelta

    EpsilonDelta Fapstronaut

    51 days.

    Productive day even though I was easily distracted by my phone and computer when I tried to work. Not much urges.
     
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  8. Jeen149

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    Yes friend it happened with me in the past. I lost too much time in these dating apps because i chose them as an alternative of p, but at that time in my mind it was not as bad idea as I now know that it is more worst than p. And yes brother you are right that these apps are designated for making us addicted with them.
     
  9. Vanquisher12

    Vanquisher12 Fapstronaut

    Day 24 completed, approaching Weathertop
     
  10. Jeen149

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    Day 21
    Feeling little lazy and lack of energy. I worked out today morning it was difficult for me but i didn't left my workout as it was against my routine. I think the problem of feeling less energetic today due to changed sleep pattern of yesterday so from now i'll continue to follow my same sleeping schedule.
     
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  11. Chi405

    Chi405 Fapstronaut

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  12. PeaceOnEarth108

    PeaceOnEarth108 Fapstronaut

  13. Ready to Stop

    Ready to Stop Fapstronaut

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    Day 150 no PMO. I’m thinking of joining a new challenge in addition to this one. I really think reading all your posts every morning helps me and I’m betting that adding to that will just help all the more. Can you guys recommend another active challenge?
     
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  14. modern milarepa

    modern milarepa Fapstronaut

    373 days dwarf king
    449 days no PMO, semen retention
     
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  15. bob200

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    Fall down hard.

    I did everything wrong today, and somehow it ended badly.

    It’s 15:45 right now and I’m writing this at some coffee place. Finally I’m out of the house and I’ve got my shit a little bit more together. Now comes the hard part of trying to understand why it all went to hell.

    For start, I went to bad kind of stress after a small fight with my girlfriend. We are both stressed out about doing the relocation so fast. BTW, if someone here is from Berlin I would love to talk to you, just to ask some who live there some questions.

    I’m using the pluckeye extension to block all pictures and videos on the computer. So I woke up groggy and without even thinking it I got into a sex stories site and went to one specific story that I’ve read a million times. after fapping twice without even eating or brushing my teeth I just lay down and started playing on the Xbox instead of doing the million things I have to do or even doing the normal thing a person dues in the morning. And after an hour of Xbox, for the first time in my life I got on the internet through the console itself just to watch porn videos… so that’s the second way I’ve bypassed pluckeye today.

    I felt like shit after that and went back to the computer, and again I found a third way to bypassed pluckeye and on that point I just binged for another two hours.

    I just fill like I’ve killed the spark of life in myself today. that is the closes I’ve been to depression and suicidal thoughts that I’ve had in a while. I’m not going to kill myself, I’ve been in a deep depression long enough to understand that this is just a shitty symptom of the will to escape life and suicidal thoughts basically push on the same button like porn for me. The “Life isn’t real” feeling that I crave when life scare me or when I feel week.

    So now. how to reboot. It’s so shitty that the first 72 hours are so hard. I’m truly fear that I’ll never get out of this cycle.
     
  16. RiseToGreatness

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    i´ll give a help on that. speaking from all the big streaks that i lost, i would say that the self-care habits are the first thing to go when a relapse process starts. neglecting all the good habits like sleep, food, workouts, hobbies, accountability, etc... is the gateway to a relapse.

    then life becomes a bit caotic and non estructured. then, slowly a desire for dopamine rushs arise. junk food, drink, binging tv, binging social media, etc. and on the mix... lust comes along.

    i would say, once you get the hang of it, it´s easy to predict a relapse earthquake, and avoid it. if your good habits are in place and you feel centered, then you´re ok. if you´re neglecting yourself and feel out of balance, then it only gets worst from there.

    So take care of yourself bro, preserve your good habits. they´re more important than you realize ;)

    Quoting JK Emezi:

    “When you have a system, you will realize that your slip or relapse back into porn and masturbation did not happen randomly. A system shows you that your relapse began days or weeks ago when you stopped engaging the self-care behaviors that have been keeping you off porn.”
     
  17. Diderik

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    259 days P-free.
    About 5-10 days Psub-free.
    0 days M-free.

    I was off NoFap for a long time, and let myself go, but at least I did not watch pornography. I thought about it a lot, which was scary.

    I want this!

    Let's go!
     
  18. RiseToGreatness

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    you did great bro. try to see how you can prevent that from happening again. about the arrogance, i suffered from that too in the past, my solution was to realize: "i´m still an addict, i haven´t gained anything", "and even if i was an ex-addicted, i still need to be careful around risky stuff, because i have a soft spot for porn".

    addictions are chronic diseases, there´s no end to this. we gain happiness and life quality through dedication and work.

    humility - "today no pmo" - will make you overcome the addiction. humility will also keep pmo at bay when you are free ;)
     
  19. RiseToGreatness

    RiseToGreatness Fapstronaut

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    Congratulations on 1 year sober my brother. Let´s go for 2 ;)
     
  20. RiseToGreatness

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    well, there are challenges by time and challenges by theme, scroll down a bit and see what comes up to your taste ;)
     
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