Wants abstinence

There's no definition of how many times is normal to masturbate, it depends on the individual....but if you want to put a hold on it and out it behind you I believe you can, and we all here to support you through thick and thin!!!

 

Masturbation is a normal and healthy sexual activity if done in limits.
It is possible to return to masturbation while maintaining a healthy sexuality.

If you feel yourself slipping into a pattern of masturbation that feels unhealthy, especially if you find yourself masturbating excessively and in conjunction with pornography, consider doing another quick challenge to get back on board.
As you say that you have a "Habit" of masturbating since 7yo, I presume that you are actually addicted to it. And as you told earlier that masturbation caused you to lose your memory power, cognitive functions etc, It means masturbation is having a negative impact on your life. So to clear off that negative effect of masturbation from your life, your brain has to rewire itself and it takes time

Monitor your thoughts during masturbation. Do you feel compelled to masturbate, or do you feel free to choose whether or not to masturbate? Do your fantasies while masturbating feel healthy to you, or not? Do you feel a sense of sexual fulfilment from masturbating, or a sense of regret?

If you had difficulty abstaining from masturbation for seven days, it’s a pretty good sign that a full reboot(90 Days at least) would be beneficial.
Is it like you are waiting the whole week for those heavy 7 days to pass on fast, so that you can masturbate? then you are still addicted, you need a 90Day+ reboot.
Keep on doing NoFap challenges until you feel that your habit is in total control, ie., you should not feel compelled to masturbate.

And if you decide to do a 90Day reboot, remember each time you reset your count, it’s an opportunity to get up and try again. Success doesn’t come to people who never stumble; success comes to people who learn how to get up again.

When you reset, the most important things you can do are share with the community that you have stumbled, and try again.

After your brain is rewired and when you feel that your habits are in total control, Masturbating once in a week is normal and has no negative effects, but you'll be losing a ton of positive effects that you can acquire without masturbating.The NoFap Superpowers.

 

Masterbation in moderation will not help you in path of rebooting my friend, read this for you to understand. https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/6-years-clean-rebooting-as-the-best-remedy.135983/

 

Once you ejaculate and masturbate you have to do it all over again

(DAY 403)

 

@Little kid5 Hi, i don’t want you to go down wrong path. Captain is correct. I disagree with the post above his that saying that it’s healthy and fine in moderation.

I would say for some people who are not addicted, it’s not the end of the world if they do it once per week. But still it’s not something that is good for you. It’s horrible for you actually, although doing it say once a week will make you more oblivious to the negative effects of it (aka you won’t notice much is wrong). yes i’m disagreeing with all of the experts and doctors out there, because i trust what my body tells me. I’ll trust what my body tells me over 1 million experts. What does your body tell you?

Also, my second point is that
How can one strictly limit it to once a week? It’s not like saying “okay i’m gonna go to yoga class once a week”, which is easily doable. Masturbating is something that has literally controlled your life. You will not be in control to do it only once per week. You can try if you want (Masturbate only once a week for 3 months), but you will see that it won’t work as many before you have tried and failed. Or maybe you will be able to do so, but your mind will constantly be clouded with sexual thoughts, and you will be too distracted to focus much on your other tasks

Masturbating is extremely addictive for some, as you know since you’ve been doing this since age 7. I’m sure you have tried to stop or reduce the frequency before and you know how hard it is to stop. It’s like telling an alcohol addict to just limit his use. You know even after 8 years of sobriety, it’s still a really bad idea to take even a sip of alcohol.
Heck, there are people on this forum desperately trying to quit forever and they still can’t even get to 2 weeks

Rationalizing the behavior by trying to do it in moderation is what many try to do to take the easy way out. Don’t be misled, think about how much masturbation has taken from you. Read the link Captain sent, it has important info

Make it a great you or not, the choice is yours. I’m rooting for you

 

You're on point about the fact that you cannot control it and do it once a week.

And what's funny is that it's actually easier to completely abstain than regulating it. Masturbation only leads to more masturbation. You never get enough. Even after completely exhausting yourself after days of binging, you will still want more.

 

Xactly, thank you!