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50 days successful relapse.

Discussion in 'Success Stories' started by ekolog, Sep 20, 2018.

  1. ekolog

    ekolog Fapstronaut

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    So I masturbated and I don't even feel bad. Quite the opposite. Ever since starting on nofap my life has gone downhill and I've been more depressed than in a long time. Didn't get any "super powers" to be honest nothing at all changed to better. Huge placebo I believe. However I'm not going back to porn. That's gone for good.
     
  2. Mattew

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    In a way, i agree with you. Superpowers are surely a stupid thing invented by youtubers Fapstronauts to get more clicks, and promoted by people who has streaks of just 10 days or 90 days.

    Still, porn addiction is a real problem, and i'm sure there are advantages in doing nofap, but they're probably not as incredible as some people describes them.

    Also, i'm starting to doubt nofap, or at least the degree of the result.
     
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  3. Panthera pardus

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    Hi, i see it in a similar way: PMO is covering bad Feelings. If someone stops PMO, its likely, he gets confronted whit the bad Feelings. So the Process is to go through all this, and that might take some time, maybe years. But at the same time, the Energy that was taken by the PMO ore also by Masturbation if its for NoFap, is free for other Things. And its possibel to feel more and deeper, but than you can go as high as you can go low.
    So i think, doing NoFap and No PMO is one step, then you have to deal whit the things, you where pushing away all the time, but you will have more energy. And then its not easy to find balance.
    I did NoFap for 30 Days and i had more Energy, i dident developed Superpowers so far.
    For me the Goal is no PMO for there i see a real Problem. NoFap is interesting, its like a Spirtual challenge, but on one Point, i get to nervous, if i cant get real Sex and i would think Masturbation would help me to get calmer.
    Maybe the Superpowers come after a real long Streak, we will see.
     
  4. Alphamee

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    define superpower?
     
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  5. Reborn16

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    I wonder if the negative effects you experienced could be withdrawals instead?

    The 'superpowers' can sound misleading. But I believe they are simply the baseline capabilities too many of us give up when we're addicted to porn and masturbation. For example, I sometimes start a conversation with a stranger now. This feels like a superpower, in comparison to my heavily porn addicted self two years ago who could barely look a shop attendant in the eye at the grocery line!
     
  6. GeorgeJetson

    GeorgeJetson Fapstronaut

    This is an intriguing discussion. I personally feel that I engaged in my addiction and fetish to get out of self. Once I take my addictive behaviors out of the mix, I'm forced to experience the emotions without using my escape. I then feel like complete crap because I don't have my crutch. I believe walking through the feelings without my PMO can take quite some time to adjust to and I may experience an increase in feelings of depression, anger, sadness, etc. I'm sorry you are feeling worse :(
     
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  7. Panthera pardus

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    Thats an interesting few on Superpowers. i noticed, that i can open up myself much better, since i started no PMO . I speak about my Problems and i am abel to talk about things i would normaly hide inside me. That feels good and is new. Its a bit to tiny to call it superpower but its a start.

    And I know the Problem to talk to a Shop attendant very well ...
     
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  8. I don't know the ages of you guys but I shocked people are posting things like this.

    Of course super powers are just used to describe how your life changes. And not literally super powers.

    Those of us who have spent over a decade fighting this addiction we know what super powers means.

    When you get to the point where your health is in shambles and PIED is disgracing you in front of your woman you will be wishing you couks reverse time but it will be too late and you will understand why people are so thankful for nofap and think it is super powers to start healing.

    Go ahead and masturbate your life away losers.
    As for some of us we will never give up.
     
  9. ROB999

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    i believe increased testosterone is a good thing, thats the superpower, the testosterone, gets me up in the morning not just in terms of morning wood
     
  10. Mattew

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    All the guys who tell that they were completely alone, no female watching them, and all of a sudden women in the street are craving for them...

    Yes, that would be a superpower, if it wasn't the placebo i think it is.
     
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  11. The Lone Ranger

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    Ive been stuck PMO-ing for 20 years now, always struggling and ending up falling back into it. Im am about your age, a bit older, never noticed any superpowers, no. You might want to speak for your self in the future.

    Now, what I do know is that this behavior/addiction/habit (what ever we call it) is often associated with shame, guilt, low self esteem and discourage. You need to add ”loser” to that list? My opinion is we are here to encurage each other.

    My personal reason for doing this journey is that I find porn diminishing women and hurting people and their sexual health all the way from beeing produced on to beeing consumed and beyond. I love porn, porn is my best friend, I could marry porn. But I cant continue contribute to something I dont believe in. It has got to go. Good luck to you guys, I hope you make the right choice!
     
  12. litew8

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    Will stick my two penith worth in here, great thread by the way guys, 45 yr old male here, had a life time of porn, headonistic life style with all the things that come with being a party head, these days life is very tame but with the odd blow out. Porn has been a constant through all of this, even a 7 year relationship and life threatening illness, i think i had already realized its destructiveness before i came across nofap, in the last couple of years participating in M maybe only once a week.

    It really struck me a couple of comments above about the feelings and hiding behind them and about how you can now open up and talk to strangers where as before you would not even make eye contact. Fapping creates a degree of ego self control and a barrier that makes your ego super dominant in your personality, the dopamine system being the fuel for egotistical behavior. While the ego has its uses i do not want to it to become 'me', these days i want people to see the real me, not hiding behind a barrier or psychological wall, i want to show all to see the real me for good and for bad.

    To me this is a 'Superpower' beyond any power, unbeknown to me i could not have imagined i had it in my grasp all my life, the root cause being Porn and hedonistic behaviors fueling my ego which has kept me on a down trodden path of selfishness for a long long time.

    I am glad to finally have found one of the biggest problems in my life and be in good company with all your fellow nofap'ers, we all take different things from this journey, for me even if i relapse i am already on the right path which has been half the battle after all this time!

    Good luck one and all and stay strong even in the moments of weakness.
     
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  13. GeorgeJetson

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    Great words @litew8 ! I'm so grateful to be a part of this community.
     
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  14. The so called super powers are the inner capacities of everyone of us, who are also unique and share an unique amount of possibilities. One thing I know for sure is this, NoFap is a change of lifestyle, the changes happen, but slowly, and you must believe in yourself and in the choice you've made, because continuing in this path of Pmo leads to nowhere, it is a meaningless free pleasure without any effort to actually deserve it.

    I hope you reflect upon your choices and find what's best for you.
     
  15. ekolog

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    So one day later I feel really good. So much energy. Granted it's also Friday :D This is just my thinking and theory, but could it be that my body needed the release? Since I have never had a wet dream in my whole life during no PMO my body doesn't get the release like most of the guys when they sleep. Seriously past 2 weeks my motivation and energy has been so low and it's really the only thing I have changed in my life.

    By "superpowers" and that's why I used "" I mean like some of the posts and yt videos say things like "super confident, women can't resist you, deeper voice, thicker hair, smoother skin and so on". I'm not the shyest guy, but neither the most confident, model nor ugly and I seriously didn't notice any difference in female attraction or my confidence.

    I don't want my post to be depressing to you guys, but that's just how I felt during my no PMO and it was 2nd time. First was about 2 years ago where I made it to day 70 something I think and still didn't feel any difference. Granted porn has never been an issue for me timely. Just watch it 15 mins wank and done, but I no longer got the satisfaction from regular porn so it reflected on my performance and enjoyment in the bedroom. Never been a heavy user so I really don't know how deep of a shit hole people are climbing from and thus feel these "super powers". Leaving porn seems to be easy for me, but I want to be spilling seeds every now and then. Maybe once a week masturbation, if there's no sex.
     
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  16. Mattew

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    I am in NoFap with a "scientific" approach.

    So, i'm going to evaluate the result based on what i see. Now i Just came out of a deep withdrawal symptoms phase, so my view at the moment is not totally clear.

    I will give my final judgement after a year, if i will be able to reach it.
     
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  17. LeHso

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    50 days are very nice but I can't tell if it's enough for you, maybe you feel depressed because you are in the recovery period. Of course it will be hard, most of people struggle to reach one month but it does worth it. to at least start feeling like a normal person. For me, mind clarity and social confidence were the most benefits that I liked.

    Regarding superpowers, first you will back from addict to Normal, then it's on you to improve yourself.
     
  18. ekolog

    ekolog Fapstronaut

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    There were 2 reasons I wanted to try nofap again. 1. I had hard time enjoying real sex. It's really hard for me to cum without porn and my hand and 2. I wanted to see if it would change my life in any way.

    To be honest I don't think I'm an addict and suffered from withdraws. I wanked about 3-5 times a week sometimes once and it was never a problem timely only in quality. Fast, hard wanking and more extreme porn over the years. Penis to vagina porn. Nah.. Too vanilla and that's what I'm trying to change. I'm still kinda on nofap just nop.
     
  19. Mattew

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    The first part of this post does not goes along the second part.

    If you can't cum with real sex, but you can with porn and your hand, there is no doubt you're addict, and moreover, there is no doubt porn has an effect on your mind and your penis.
     
  20. Panthera pardus

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    If it is difficult for you to cum whitout porn and you have to go to more extrem Porn, that sounds like Addiction to me.
    Maybe not as deep as me for i could have been PMOing for an houre 3 times a day.
    But if you did not loose as much Energie as others whit your Habit, than there is maybe not so much to regain.

    @ Mattew: thats what i wanted to say, you where posting while i was writing
     
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