Today for the first time since I made this thread: https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php and posted my strategy of abstaining from porn and masturbation every other day. I have attempted to not masturbate two days in a row and it's really hard because on the second day which I'm still in, I was expecting the reward of porn and masturbation for my efforts yesterday(which is fucked up I'm actually calling that fucking shit a reward) and suddently because it's the 1st of August I decided to go another day and since morning at 9am untill now 2pm, I've been in non stop conflict to the point I haven't been able to do anything I wanted to do today. Some people say porn and masturbation stops them from being productive but for me the opposite seems to be true at the moment. To be completely honest I made this thread to give myself an advantage over this monster.
"Some people say porn and masturbation stops them from being productive but for me the opposite seems to be true at the moment" Have you ever thought that maybe you can only function "normally" after you've used porn because your brain has become accustomed to it? You've become dependant on it just to get through the day? I too am on day 2. I know I'll get through it you know why? Because it's all up here^ (in your head). If you think you can do something you can, if you think you can't, then you most likely won't. I'm making day 2 my personal bit*h
Fuck this shit, I'm doing it too. I've never thought of that actually, do you want to compete to see who can go the longest?
I think this is the link you meant: https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/i-have-lasted-a-day-of-not-fapping.115497/
I'm on day 2 and the exact same. Meant to be in library doing university work because deadline on Friday and instead I came close to fapping and ended up napping all day instead. Just got up and still getting urges, this shit sucks. It feels like the only thing that made you happy is gone and now you never gonna feel happy again.
I'm on day 5. I was good until day 4. Then I just felt like something was missing. I pushing through it day by day. My record is 18 days.
Blaise Pascal practiced mortification of the flesh to reduce sexual urges, i forget exactly what he would do but as I remember it was something very painful. Pascal invented the computer, the entire field of meteorogy , plus a whole bunch of other major shit the industrial world uses everyday.
Today day 4 has been really difficult so far, I'm doing all I can to keep my urges at bay but it seems hopeless.
Even for me, getting past day 2 was next to impossible. But this time, I just visualized myself at the gym after work, instead of going home and jerking off, because on day 2, the urges would strike so hard, I'd leave work early, go home and have at it for 2-3 hours. It's a huge waste of time and energy. This time, I went to the gym, and worked myself to the point where I couldn't feel my arms, rendering fapping undoable, and now I'm on day 4. I hope you're able to figure what works for you! If nothing comes to mind, just go and work out. It really helps.
