Deciding to give up

I didn't say a thing about meditation, excercising etc. actually i would advice you to do those things.

Besides that, there's some people who stay on nofap for long periods and don't see benefits. I think it's more than 50% but it's hard to say. Many are just bullshitters, because in the first 30\60 days you can get a spike in testosterone, so you'll have an ego boost, and many will go write on the internet that nofap make you fly.

I don't know the truth, but i didn't see the improvements people talk about in 200 days, but i've also seen people who got better after a year, some get better even after 2 years.
This said, i don't want to masturbate or watch porn, at this moment i think it's for losers, why would i beat my meat in front of a screen when i can't even get a real girl?
There is nothing in porn masturbation anyway, so i'm keeping on nofap anyway for at least a year, on possibly on no porn forever (if i will be able).

 

I want to chime in here quickly on two points.

To the OP - I understand your search for hard and fast rules but it's all really personal. I can tell you that I gave up P for over 6 months once but allowed myself to habitually fantasize and masturbate, and eventually found myself back on square one. The key for me is, if it's just a habit/compulsion, there's no value in giving into it (aside from very temporary relief). Whether it feels that way to you is a gut call - I personally have a hard time separating the "organic" from the "compulsive" and just try not to.

To the side conversation on nofap vs other holistic advice - I think, in part because everything is personal and mushy (as I mentioned above), you can't really isolate the benefits of nofap alone. Honestly, the simple feeling of accomplishing a goal that has been a huge challenge for years (say, hitting 30 days) is enough to boost confidence regardless of any narrowly defined chemical benefits. I think the goal here is to beat an addiction, and any advice that helps you do that is useful. But I also agree that people who say they get superpowers from nofap are either giving themselves a pep talk or are likely exaggerating (maybe unwittingly). To be honest I don't really see that much on the forums, but I do see people complain about hearing it, so I guess somewhere people are saying it a lot.