A NoFAP Journey : 500 + days

Hello : )

First let's describe me, I am a 25 (soon 26) years old french male. My porn and masturbation addiction started when I was eleven, I began being interested in girls quite early but was shy or met with cold answers to my feelings... Well I began fantasizing heavily in combination with PMO.

Results : I was quite into sports/healthy and not so conscious of my state of being so It was way later I noticed the after-effects. I around 18 I started feeling more tired, tense, sick (because of PMO and others things too). After PMO I was feeling drained and started to hate myselfbut couldn't stop it... I started getting into more heavily into porn and sex games...

Around 21 I had improvements in others area of my life, so I tried to stop PMO....but I failed -----> Still I masturbated less.

Around 22, I noticed that I couldn't be completly erect in bed...It was a big slap in my face! I figured out it was maybe because of alcool just before (It was PMO as you guessed) so I drank less on parties and I retook my Qi Gong practice..

Around 23, I got a girlfriend after a long time..... still couldn't get it hard enough.. we broke up in relatively good terms (not just because of it but it played its part).
---> I heard of NoFap and lasted a few days and weeks here and there but I failed.... (30 days at best)

Around 24, I heard of this place : ), I went and READ a lot about rebooting, I was really serious and wanting to man up and do this! I NEVER STOPPED!!





Up until now it wasn't easy (One day I got a mad urge but not wanting to PM I went to a hook up...) but it got easier with time, dedication; here what I did :


***Brainwash myself reading rebooting/healthy lifestyle stuff here anf there***

***Commiting to a practice that help promotes mind and body health : it was Qi gong for me ****

***https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/6-years-clean-rebooting-as-the-best-remedy.135983/ this post is a mine gold guys, tackling PMO with TCM***

***STOP fantasizing, it a sexy thougth pop change it , let it go, whatever, as soon as you can***

**** Telling others peoples, I recall a group : rebootWarriors I was in the first months****

**** if you have a loving partner, it reaaally helps <3 ****

**** Don't kill yourself with pressure, love yourself ****

**** Learn from relapses, those who reboot on first time are few!!***

**** Make the wet dreams/ noctural emissions as few as you can***

How did I Feel? --> Sometimes it was real hard because I was also dealing with chronic pains (much better now : ) ). I had noticed myself edging sometimes.
But I had good moments too : Way more confident in general and with girls too, since my reboot I had two relationship (still in the 2nd one : ) ). I also stopped drinking (I dtank in parties) and startiing paying more attention to the quality of food and everything else.


Conclusion : Rebooting is great but it doesn't do everything but it 's agreat boost to yourself and a jump start to a healthy life style. Love yourself more <3

 

Thanks, Congrats on your 88 days man!! Continue : )

 

Thanks MrBean it's the goal : D
Hope it helps you as much as it did for me : )

 

Thanks everyone : )

@white burger Yes I do not have any more problem with my dick now
I would advise reducing or stopping ejaculation as much as you can (as well as PMO), because sperm is what takes the most of our body to produce from a western point of view (you can create babies with it^^)... and from TCM point of view it's your essence, you're using up.
If you're healthy and didn't had PMO behavior before, it does not too much damage to you. But man if youre here commit to your health!
Doing nofap and semen retention made me more present in sex and connected to my partner and testing orgasm without ejaculation : )