why are you really on nofap?

Because there is a part of me that has been slipped away years ago when i started PMO , i should have experienced things growing up . Which i didnt

When you know that you social anexiety and depression is related to this addiction , u will think that ur life will be better without It .

If i lose my social anexiety I will do the things that make me happy.

When i did 10 days , i felt that i have emotions , its like i was emotionless for 10 years !

People expect that the benefits will solve their problems

 

Because I feel like my life depends on me successfully rebooting now. I want to be a normal person without anxiety.

 

I agree. Yup, there are definite benefits, but they ain't magical. Chicks are not - not - going to suddenly flock to you because you quit PMO. I know one thing, though. If I had had the guts and strength to quit when I was younger my life definitely - absolutely - would've taken some different turns. Turns for the better. I realized decades later how I enabled myself to hide away with my PMO. That was my lifestyle. It's not anymore.

 

Same thing brother . People used to say things about feeling human or feeling alive . Never understood the meaning until the 10 day streak

Honestly i just wanna do it and get done with my life . They say after 2 weeks it calms down

 

We all recover in our own way. If we have the right mindset we can do it. It took me decades to get here. No turning back. Hang in there, brother.

 

Painfully - yes.

 

Simply because I've learned that fapping and porn is not good for me. It makes my life worse by draining my energy, my time, and my enthusiasm for life. So I decided to go spend my energy on things that do add value to my life instead.

Best of luck to all of you dudes on your journeys.

 

No PMO, and clearing my head for the rest of this year. I'm getting married later this year, and my fiancee was understanding enough to walk with me through this, seeing as PMO got me nowhere.

 

You got a great woman there. And full props for your honesty to her.

 

True , u just need the mindset . And reasons . If u hit a streak and u did not get the benefits to solve the issues u was expecting to be solved . U will get depressed and relapse .

For me I know for a fact what I am missing , after joining I realized that i put a barrier to me reaching my potential . I am 22 and i should have been able to do moooore . Enough of this . I want to quit and experience what I missed

 

PMO has left me unable to have a normal sexual relationship with women as well as depression, anxiety and lethargy. I objectify women and once I've had intercourse with them maybe 2-3 time I lose any sexual attraction to them I once had, I'm sure this is due to my porn addiction. I need to take control of this if I'm ever to have a healthy relationship again. So far I've only managed to get to the 30 day mark, but at that point everything feels so much clearer that I know this is the right thing to do.

 

Hey man, good post eh, such good questions, when my mind starts probing it can dig pretty deep, until 4 days ago i didnt really even realize how serious this addiction was until i hit a pretty hard to swallow bottom. I get the idea that its bigger than i can see but only by doing it one day at a time will i be able to climb the mountain, my reasons in my mind a diverse, but mainly it comes down to real connections and being human again, being able to be as useful and present for others and myself as i can. Three years ago i got sober after years of chronic alcoholism, so for me i get that im just a addict in general, and its always that attraction replusion thing to pleasure and pain. Porn made me feel good till it didnt, and then i suffered some more till i couldnt keep trynna push away the truth. Its a sub human existence to be hooked like this, and i want to be here for this life.

Thanks for prompting the thoughts

 

I don't procrastinate as much as I used to, and I'm trying to become more of a positive person. Exercising was a coping mechanism that I've picked up from previous NoFap streaks. Diet is horribad, but very easy to change. Sadly, I'm smoking way more marijuana than usual to get through this, so I guess smoking less is a goal in mind