A Progressive Challenge-A different kind of challenge- all levels

Your brain tried to trick you and you didn't listen. Great job. Great post and keep that streak going. You've got this!

 

Good post. Keep it going, my friend. Great job so far. You're finally learning some good strategies and you're starting to feel the benefits. Trust me, in another couple of weeks, you won't want to give those up. It helps with the struggle and you'll need that help in about two weeks as well. Don't stop being careful.

 

60 Day Report - Benefits ("superpowers"), challenges, tips

First, I cannot believe I am at 60 days. You guys who are stopping after just 4 or 5 years, I bow to you in admiration. I had decades of relapses and binges. If you're getting depressed at age 18 over a binge, I'm telling you it's worse when you're in your 40s. On the other hand, I'm the best relapser that will ever be on this thread, and expert relapser. I should get a relapse trophy. But then, it's not really funny because it hurt all those years and you all know that pain from the 15 year-olds to the guys close to my age. Don't stop trying. Ever. Never give up. Once I decided that I couldn't have the addiction anymore, it took me two years of stringing together streaks and not letting the relapses depress me too much. Streaks regularly got to two or three weeks and finally, here I am. Don't stop trying.

I need to thank the men on the thread for helping me get here. I couldn't have done it without your help and support. I really care about you guys and you were even patient with me during my hormone crazy ride a few days ago. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Watching everyone work so hard has been so inspirational. Even if you're on day 0 again today, you inspire me to keep trying and to not let you down with my support because we need each other. Thank you for allowing me that privilege to laugh and cry with you. I really mean it.

So, first of all, many will read this post just to see what benefits and "superpowers" I'm enjoying at the moment. Well, the benefits DO feel like superpowers but in reality, they are how I would have been if I hadn't had a PMO problem. So sorry I didn't have them before but glad I get to experience some things like a kid. Nice.

Here are the usual ones others report:
Clearer skin - Yes, definitely.

Glow - yes. not atomic but it's definitely there. I think it's a mix of the clearer skin and I am beaming with positivity. I also think a very large ingredient is just feeling clean on the inside. That may be the main thing.

Positive mindset - This is amazing. Things just don't bother me. I had numerous things go wrong with a two hour period and they are really nuisance things that will cost me money. In my old fap days, I would have said a few choice words and remained pissed off for the rest of the day.

Masculine characteristics - Yes. I do believe now that fapping delayed the second half of my teenage maturation. My voice has dropped just a bit. I've empirically tested this comparing recordings and using a pitch measuring device, so it's not my imagination. Prior nofap, I was the ONLY guy on both my mother's and father's side without a hairy chest. Even my son has one. Ugh. How embarrassing. Starting at two weeks, the chest hair that I now know I was dna-inclined to have (but didn't) started to appear, I'm sure this is because of increased testosterone and other male hormones that were always suppressed by constant mo for so many years. I had about 10 hairs on each nipple 60 days ago and now I have around 40 and they're moving across my chest. I'm both happy about this and really mad at myself for not stopping sooner. To those reading this, if you're not genetically inclined for this, don't expect it to happen. I was the only man without it in a family that has the inclination. But no more! Besides that, I find that I move and behave in a more masculine way. Not that I was effeminate before but it's different now or it feels different and that's good enough for me.

Posture and more - Way better posture, way more confident stride, way more confidence, smile much more. Why? Who cares? I like it.

Female attraction - I don't know if women are attracted or not or they are not repelled by the look of the fapper. Probably a little of both. It really is weird. Women look at me first. Some try to make eye contact. Some look at me when they don't know I know. It's not just that I am noticing it because I've always been someone who scans the faces around me. It really does happen and getting more frequent. I like it. I smile more.

Energy - Yes. Lots of it. Lots and lots. I feel lighter, freer, happier and more energetic all the time. Amazing. Just amazing.

Procrastinating less - definitely. Probably due to a combination of all the above.

So there you are. Those are the ones I could think of but I believe there are several more. Some, like the voice and chest hair I can document with recordings or photos but I won't because I don't need to prove anything to anyone. Anyway, it's different for everyone. Get your own benefits. I know some of the benefits might be my imagination. So what? I can live with that.

Challenges
Yes, a few difficult ones. However, I'm beginning to find that each challenge has a negative and a positive side. So, I'll try to give both.
URGES - Yes. Strong ones.......and yet, somehow different.

P: I can honestly say I no longer have urges to watch P. It's evil. It's harming people and it's killing our society. I pray to God I never see it again. P is a negative and I hate it. I hate what it did to me and it's doing to my friends here. If you don't know what it's doing to you, go to yourbrainonporn.com. On the positive side, I now find my head jerking to look at a pictures of classy and modestly dressed gorgeous women. Ah, enjoying the innocent and lovely subtleties. So much better and cleaner.

M: Hmmm. I don't want to end my streak and I REALLY don't want to end my streak. So, I can't say I specifically have an urge to M. that said, I am nearly constantly horny like I was as a teen. Frequent arousal, absolute iron bar level and high level of sensitivity in that region. The positive - That's the price of increased testosterone and masculine attributes. I can live with it (actually, I'm beginning to love it) but I have to be really be on guard. After 60 days, though, I am starting to feel like M as a habit isn't calling to me as strongly. I don't want that kind of habit ever again. Such a worthless, selfish habit.
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Guys, I'm living proof that you can't give up. Don't give up. It's worth it. It's really worth it. Top tip for success? Stay away from P of all types, no matter what. If you see it accidentally, look away, move away. Get away from your phone, computer, whatever. I'm convinced that P is the biggest culprit. Edging is a serious error. Don't give up. Ever.

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Repay by helping other guys in our thread. They need your help. We all need each other. That's the best thing about this thread.

 

Strangely enough, many a relapse occurs because of a fear that it will. Other relapses are caused by a fear of successful nofap and what that will mean for so much more available time for some guys.

 

You are so right. I'd like to challenge all the guys who can't seem to get past day 3 to try a new strategy. Try giving up P first. Make it really, really difficult or impossible for you to get. That helped me a lot. After about 2 weeks of no P, my M frequency went steadily down. Look, it's worth a try, right? Change something! If you do this, let me know how it goes.

 

It's part of the reset and that means that no matter how bad it is, it's good. It's tough. I had a really hard time in that stage. Took naps. Drank Coffee. Took short walks for exercise and as a distraction.

Power through and the other side is a different world. Trust me!

 

Be strong. It can go a few days. You're withdrawing from dopamine. I did a big post on this stage a couple of weeks ago. You are welcome to read it.

 

Here is a direct link
https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.p...llenge-all-levels.139862/page-17#post-1141323