I'm a 37 year old gay male who is in a long term relationship. As my name implies, I am a masturbation addict. I always was from a very young age. The internet made that easier for me and I fell into some very very dark times because of it. But the support system I had, my "bator brothers" said I should accept it. It was empowering. I had several gigs of porn on my computer. I enjoyed chatting with others but it always left me feeling the same. This went against everything I knew and felt really. I never felt good about masturbation. It left me empty and kind of crazy weird feeling. I met my current boyfriend and I knew something had to change. I deleted all my porn, started deleting all my accounts on sexual websites, removed pictures and videos of myself. It was a lot work and I was ashamed of myself. I found this forum while struggling to keep from masturbating. I was looking up something about how much semen will store in your balls and found a post on this forum. I think that was meant to be really because as I write this, the urge has gone away and I can start my day. I have gone 4 days without PMO (I hope I am saying that correctly) and this forum has already helped me stop one urge. One other issue is that I have a hard time having sex with my man. It's kind of like I'm not interested, or it will take up too much time. But I have no problem getting off without him. I don't like that I'm that way. I want to do it with him. Not with myself. Anyway, that's me. Thank you all for this great place!
Hey man. Just joined myself. Just know I am already proud of you for making this effort to change your life. I have, well HAD a girlfriend that I couldn’t get off with... but porn always got the job done. I hope that I can also rid myself from the shame that has plagued my life for so long.
You're in the right place. Check out the glossary https://www.nofap.com/glossary/ You can also start a reboot log https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php#reboot-logs.8 Trying to help others is the key to helping yourself, in my opinion. Just start replying to other posts and encouraging those that seem to need help. You can do it!
Welcome to the community this will help you a lot, nofap is easy for me and i wish i had this knowledge in the beginning https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/if-youre-struggling.232140/ Good luck