What is life like after NoFap/Why NoFap?

I am new here so dont know the answer to your question but I am interested in this post.

 

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masturbation isnt inherently bad, but for porn addicts its basically a no go because it leads you back down the slippery slope of PMO.

honestly you wont be obsessed with sex if you stop MO. realistically youre sapping your energy for no reason and your sex drive is lower than what it would be. semen retention is no joke. there is a reason there are derogatory terms associated with masturbation.

the streak mentality is a bad idea. you want to build a lifestyle where nofap is inbuilt. if you can stop porn for good youre 90% there already. but those who can abstain get that extra 10% on everyone else. it seperates the men from the boys. and when you finally get that girl you can litterally go for hours like some god lol.

quit the porn for good. ease yourself off MO if you need to but if you quit youll eventually realise you dont need MO. its not what men were created for.

good luck

 

Well for starters there's no more shame and guilt. You don't have that invisible prison ball chain anymore. You are able to look someone in the eye and not think you are worse for doing what you do; because you don't.

 

I’ve tried easing off MO before. It doesn’t work.. going full on cold turkey is the best approach IMHO.

 

Personally, I have mixed thoughts and feelings about NoFap and it's supposed benefits, but I realise my experiences are somewhat limited. But please allow me to explain myself a bit.

Last summer I went for about 30 days without PMO, and I remember feeling really horny during that time. Also my penis felt really sensitive. When I finally fapped again after about 30 days, my pensis was really sensitive and I really enjoyed the slow build up. When I finally came, the amount of semen and the force with which it shot out of me genuinely shocked me.

Earlier this year I went for 90 days. During the last 30 days or so of that I felt like I really went into a flatline with almost no libido. Then when I finally fapped again, I came really quickly and felt like I had almost no control over my ejaculation. I felt like I couldn't edge at all like I used to. It felt like I'd lost muscle strength down there. It was a disappointing experience for me really.

The thing with muscles is that if you don't regularly exercise them they atrophy. This seems to be true with the muscles in the genitals. But I've seen people here talk about the importance of kegels exercises. I did some of that, but perhaps not enough?

But it's not just the muscle strength, for me it also felt like I'd lost touch with that part of my body, forgotten how it felt to make things last long enough to build up to a satisfying orgasm. Of course, the ideal scenario is to have a partner with whom you can have regular real sex.

For me, porn seemed to be the main evil. Porn is what does the most damage. Also, excessive masturbation is not good. But if you have no access to regular real sexual intercourse, is it good to go a long time without exercising the ejeculation muscles? I'm not entirely convinced it is, but I'm undecided and trying to figure this out.

In my mind, I have the idea that possibly it might be okay to masturbate just once a month to sensation only, without porn and even without mental fantasies. But as I said, I'm undecided.

 

Can I weigh in with my 2 cents here?

I've been in that position before, I wanted to start this journey because of the benefits that people had experienced and as a teenager, it somehow felt like the solution to all my life's problems. Increased social confidence, attention from the opposite sex, clarity of thought, better concentration Yada yada.

It was only after failing twice that I realised that, doing it for the benefits wasn't going to take me across the line. My impatient self would eagerly wait for any of these things to happen in a few days, and if they didn't I'd think to myself, what's the point.

As you can see it's not a very good long term strategy. IMO don't start NoFap because of the magic that is at the end of it, start when you realise that your PMO addiction is getting in the way of your life, and how NoFap could make you a better person.

I eagerly waiting to see what y'all think about this

Ciao