hey, do you know who eminem is? he is a very famous rapper. (my favourite) he is a drug addict who is sober for some 12-13 years now. and when he last relapsed, he had overdosed. cut to my story, this is the longest streak i've been on and when i last relapsed, even i "OD'd "... well i masturbated twice in a row... IN A ROW (no breaks). that made me feel twice the guilt.. so i didn't get an urge for some 7-8 days... and by the time i got one, i already had too much to lose so i didn't relapse. maybe this will work for you too. but, word of warning: if you have depression or anything like that, or get suicidal thoughts very easily, please do not do this. you might not be able to handle the excess guilt that comes after masturbation.. and i'm not even exaggerating, i've heard that a man once felt so guilty after masturbating, he committed suicide. (idk if that is true, but hey, why risk it?) but whatever you do, PLEASE CONSCIOUSLY DO NOT WATCH ANY KIND OF PORN, EVEN SEMI-PORN (shit like hot women in bikinis or something)... till you get used to stay away from porn.. cmon @corylife , you got this!!
Can I join? Day 0. Relapse after a couple of weeks. I need to get this out of my life. Already fell to the chaser (with pics, unlike first time), can't wait for day 1. These last strikes, where I am trying harder, I feel fantasizing is my biggest hurdle. The second I am bored or alone my mind goes there. Also, my hand seems kind of used to go for the stroke, like the body get used to putting cigarettes in your mouth. I am angry at myself but want to be positive.
im back. I feel something in my spirit. That this time I may be on to something good. I'm gonna keep trying.
Relapsed on the 30th, but I want to start this year with a new mindset. I think this mindset will take me very far.
I am completely new to this website and yet I've spent hours reading about same issues I've got! Reading your tag is same as I would l write it! Shit... I didn't realize that so many people got same issues as me!? I would like to say that I am 100% with you! I will be checking your journey as much as i can. I hope we can all help each other!
4 days done. Im not even gonna lie I slipped a little bit today by looking at some form of porn for almost an hour, with some masturbation. I didn't Orgasm at all, and normally this is considered a relapse. But Im gonna let this one pass, I dont wanna lose all my motivation and count it as a relapse. thanks
why did you look at porn? you can literally do anything else. i know it is not easy as it seems and when urges hit, logic cant reason with them. which is why it is important to not peek for even a small dopamine hit, one thing leads to another.. but you are doing good bro! 4 days after so long! keep it up!
in my experience “edging” aka masturbating with no orgasm usually gives you a HUGE surge of sexual craving later on so just be mindful and cautious of that. DO. NOT. LOOK. AT. PORN. we are done for life guys. its gonna be very hard to get clean if we dont all stick together
you did good bro! 4.5 days or something.. thats the longest you've abstained in what? 3 months? keep going and keep adding numbers to your streak! and yes, another word of advice, whenever you get an urge to watch porn, instead of going on pornhub or anything, come here, and press the 'panic button'.. you'll get 2435457687645 reasons to not watch porn. goodluck!
what ive found helps me too is coming here or another NoFap forum and helping others with their addiction. giving people reasons NOT to do something strengthens your own resolve! And trust me, if you hear enough stories about nofap itll make you never EVER wanna go back
there is nothing worse than trying to go about your day and getting hit with a trigger it’s like you get a dopamine arrow in your heart and I almost have to physically shake my head to get rid of it