Day 16 (2 Weeks Update) Benefits and Advice

SonicUnleashed · Jan 29, 2019

So I am currently on day 16 as I've told myself 16 days ago that I will never masturbate again, and so far I really think I have made the right decision. I have so many reasons for why I want to do this, but that list is so long and isn't really the point of this post.

Nothing really interesting happened on the first week other than a complete burst of energy. Seriously, I think the first week was the best I've felt in years. Much easier to work out, little to no guilt, and a lot more motivation.

This second week however, has been tough. For one, occasionally I would feel demotivated and that would lead me to start thinking about the women, stories, and images I used to jack off to. I have since then learned to avoid this, (I have a little mental trick that's kinda hard to explain but I would go into detail if someone wants me to). Because of this, I've gotten several erections, but like I said I have learned to avoid this.

You really just gotta delete all your porn sites and keep your search history clear man. It's one of the most important parts of this lifestyle. I've been done that, and yet, today I still found myself somehow finding a substitute porn profile on Twitter. Yes, Twitter! (It was really hard to get off of it too admittedly.) That's the age we live in. Porn is everywhere. It's in websites, books, movies, tv, video games, art, your imagination, and in real life.

Wherever you are in the no PMO lifestyle, you're gonna get to a point where your mind will become so desperate that it will trick you into thinking that "what you're looking at isn't so bad". Listen, if what you're thinking about, or what you're looking at gives you a boner, then there is something definitely wrong there. Don't waste your time with what pathetic losers posts online. You're better than that. Stop giving them attention. Don't be mentally weak. Sure, it's a tough sacrifice, but listen, sacrifices need to be made to accomplish your dreams, and you'll be proud of yourself once you hit day 20, 30, 40, 90, 100 etc.

But yeah. Barely any benefits so far.. but I mean, hell, the things that I've done should count as a relapse but I'm just gonna try to pretend it never happened.

My favorite benefit so far has to be not feeling any guilt. I'd rather be depressed than both guilty and depressed.

Chad Warden · Jan 29, 2019

Hey, I'm glad you are doing good so far. Keep it up!

... maybe that was a poor choice of words.

I am also pretty new to the nofap journey, I started in the summer and it has mostly been a few day streaks and then relapse binges, and rinse and repeat. I do not know what came over me as of late but I have managed to stick to nofap for 11 days I think so far, right now my simple goal is to get past 13 days which was the highest I have ever went, and then further from there.

Just so I can help out anyone else who may be reading and are skeptical about the benefits, While I am not sure on which day I,started feeling this way, (I should keep a journal) lately I do feel like I have more energy. Before i would always snooze my alarm until I really had no time left whatsoever but lately I have been able to get up, and go about my day.

The only tip I can give this. I feel like there should be some balance. On one hand I like the day counter because it gives me that little bit of a boost because it showing me my progress. On the other hand I feel that if you dwell on the day counter and all you are thinking about is uggggh another day I can't fap, is probably a relapse just waiting to happen.

lif3 · Jan 29, 2019

The longest I went way 62 days once, and 60 days once before. This is what I felt,

First few weeks didn't feel fuckall except me telling myself that I'm accomplishing something. After about a month, I unconsciously stopped "looking for results" and nofap became like a daily routine that you don't even think about much (like brushing your teeth everyday, or drinking water). Basically, the benefits of nofap were occurring but I didn't realize most of them apart from an elevated mood.

Then at 62 days I relapsed and ran marathons of fapping for a week. Only at this point, and this point specifically, I realized the benefits of nofap. I realized how much different it is being under nofap and being under daily fap, and I found the differences to be very stark - everything from mood to social behaviour to work performance felt negative under fap; my outlook on people changed (objectifying women), my outlook on life turned grim, more pessimism, etc.

I'm not sure if I'm making sense but the point I'm trying to get across is, according to my experience, you might not realize all the benefits until you've lost them. Kinda like the saying "you really don't know what you got until you've lost it".. which always reminds me of a motivational quote I heard long ago "only after you've been defeated can you taste the sweetness of victory".

Dudes_manrod · Jan 29, 2019

SonicUnleashed said: ↑

Listen, if what you're thinking about, or what you're looking at gives you a boner, then there is something definitely wrong there.
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*drops mic*
#ListenToYourBoner

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