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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. Ironguy5

    Ironguy5 Fapstronaut

    "I always like going South; somehow, it feels like going downhill"


    Getting close to Hobbit!
     
  2. Ready to Stop

    Ready to Stop Fapstronaut

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    Day 173 no PMO. I was here yesterday, liked all your posts, and forgot to post myself. Anyway… had a wet dream Thursday night but nothing too disturbing so I will just move on and not beat myself up about it. Played golf yesterday. Had a nice dinner date with my wife. All is well for now.
     
  3. Chi405

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  4. Jeen149

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    Day 44
    Feeling well. Today completed sleeping hours so I felt very active after Meditation+Workout+Cold shower. Today not more urges to disturb me. Feeling energetic due to resolution of my wet dream issue it is being improved with time. It was a big problem for my rebooting but still trying to manage it.
     
  5. Squiddy

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  6. breaking-myths

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    I won't turn up for a few days , I will return when I have finished reading Atomic habits.
     
  7. bob200

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    Day one of the new age.

    Thank you all for your kind words.

    Enough time has pass that I no longer fear that my dick would fall off and I can (and my girlfriend do) laugh about the whole experience.

    I’m taking time today to write in my journal about this event and I just hope that I would not forget it so easily. It’s kind of a funny shock to understand that despite how fucked up the whole thing was, it’s still not rock bottom.
    truly, thank you @RiseToGreatness @garmenclyde @Are-we-there-yet?

    Today I’ve done everything right and even got all of the papers that I need to give the embassy to get my visa. I took time and listen to a podcast I love and I’m going out today to see a friend. I see how just being hard on myself would do no good. And I’m a bit more excepting of the bumpy road that is this reboot.

    In a random turn of event, I’ve gotten a new computer and while setting everything up I’ve open up the Microsoft “one drive” and found that it save all of the nude pictures I have from my girlfriend over 8 years of a relationship. And that was just a shock of nudity that I was not expecting, but it is the women I love, so I wouldn’t say it’s all bad. For now I’m just removing it without looking at it to much and just staying focused on her and not just her pictures and her body.

    But I still do miss porn. That is still one thing that is weird for me. I could recognize by name hundreds of pornstarts. I have favorite films and a fetish for every mood. It is sick but it is real. It was a real hobby for so long that it’s hard to find new hobbies that would replace all of that.

    As a student I hated coffee and was really addicted to energy drinks and it made me really sick in the end.

    Later after some friend that was in med school showed me how much coffee is just not that bad to your body or mind and how bad these things are, I switched and never came back. I suggest that you stick to coffee.

    @Becko, welcome brother!
     
  8. soldier127

    soldier127 Fapstronaut

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    I know it may sound silly and I'm not a fapstronaut to advise you, but I usually focus on something else. Even if you're just watching TV, focusing on anything else than masturbation helps me a lot.
     
  9. RiseToGreatness

    RiseToGreatness Fapstronaut

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    Hang in there brother. We´re with you!!! :)
     
  10. RiseToGreatness

    RiseToGreatness Fapstronaut

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    Well, you can´t the control the first thought, it´s just pops up (like any other thought). but you can control what you do when you realize a lustful thought is here. be aware of it, but don´t feed it with more thoughts, and it will pass on. thoughts work in chain, when you stop feeding them, they disappear.

    do meditation bro, it´s great to calm the body/mind and train yourself to be aware of thoughts, and not getting lost in them ;)
     
    Last edited: Aug 14, 2021
  11. RiseToGreatness

    RiseToGreatness Fapstronaut

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    Sure bro!! Welcome to Middle-Earth ;)

    orc 3.gif
     
  12. RiseToGreatness

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    Very good bro. that´s the right mindset and attitude. now keep it flowing, in good days and bad days :)

    That´s super normal. pretty much everybody here did the same thing :D, so it´s normal bro. an addiction, unrecognized, is an hobby :D ;)

    yes, now is the tricky part, because the brain is heavily unbalanced towards porn dopamine, so in the beginning, there´s not much motivation to engage in other hobbies. so you got grind. make a plan for the day - "plan for a great day", and put there some hobbies or goals that you want to acomplish.

    keep doing them, follow your plan, even if you don´t feel like it. eventually the brain will start rewiring for new sources of dopamine, and you´ll be more and more into the new hobbies and goals ;)

    but you got to be patient. it takes time for the brain to adjust and supress all the porn dopamine receptors that you have created. it´s like changing lanes in a highway. before you change lane to the opposite direction, you got to slow down or even stop the car (withdrawal).

    so be patient bro, and keep grinding :)
     
  13. RiseToGreatness

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    Checking in Fellowship :)

    Feeling much better today, amazing how a good night´s sleep can make a great difference. and i wasn´t sleeping well in the past days, due to late work. so i will prioritize my sleep more than ever, it´s super important.

    And some urges appeared today, i guess flatline is over for now :D.

    The overall mood of the Fellowship is strong, so i salute you my brothers :). You are the best.

    Have a great day Brotherhood, and a great weekend ahead!!! ;)

    "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength" Gandhi
     
  14. Are-we-there-yet?

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    Hey, checking in. Still going, 2 days strong, and on my third.

    So, the urges have been whispers in my brain that I could recognize and turn in the right direction. Thus far, I have been turning in the right direction haha. I hope it continues, I really want a fountain pen. Which I'll get myself when I make it 7 days.

    I've been writing down my dreams for the past couple of days, as I'm beginning to believe that dreams can tell us something we don't know. I've been surprised to find out that all my dreams, though radically different, have the same core theme of me running away. Like something is after me and I'm running away from it. Sometimes it has been women and sometimes it has been bad people. I'm going to be thinking about this for a while and will be cataloging to see how long it lasts.
     
  15. modern milarepa

    modern milarepa Fapstronaut

    472 days SR
    44 days no sex

    Sex and semen retention are the easy part


    Today I did some yoga with a girl at the gym, she told me she noticed another girl at the gym is into me. I think she is but I pretended I didn't realiced it.

    I saw the other girl on my way home.
    Girls bro, sex and semen retention are so easy compare to deal with girls, but understanding girls, dealing with their egos and emotions that is the hard part it's insane sometimes you need to be 100% to not be crushed or affected by a girls mind.

    Sex that is the easy part.
     
  16. Rubzi

    Rubzi Fapstronaut

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    Today was a good day. Not even a single thought of anything sexual whatsoever, no chaser effect nothing. It is really about keeping yourself busy

    Day 2 - The Dark Fortress, Barad-dûr.
     
  17. goldchain

    goldchain Fapstronaut

    Day 0.

    At today's night had sexy dreams and in the morning I just can't to handled my blue balls. So I did M, but without porn.
    From Uruk-hai to Nazgul, the Mordor don't let you out easily. Keep my mind concentrated to reach the Destination.
     
  18. Vanquisher12

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  19. Onan the Barbarian

    Onan the Barbarian Fapstronaut

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    Day 4, weekend check-in

    Hey guys. Still on the horse. About to get a little work done and maybe listen to some classical music.
     
  20. Revanthegrey

    Revanthegrey Fapstronaut

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    Daily checking in
    Everything good on Barad Dur
     

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