Graduate students doing NoFap

I suffer from loneliness too. Try to find a new hobby. If you go long periods of time without introducing something new in your life, you'll get bored. Boredom can lead to depression and depression leads to masturbation. As for me, I got into vaping a few weeks ago. Whenever I get bored, I vape and it helps me avoid masturbation and pornography. Do something new that will occupy your time, as opposed to spending time alone with your phone and/or computer.

Perhaps volunteer your time at an animal hospital/shelter. Get into gardening, play basketball with some kids on your street, meditate, read something that interests you, etc.

 

I'm a graduate student and doing NoFap and I feel the same way as you. I can identify with what you said... it sucks to be stuck in that little hamster wheel graduate schools force us run in (or at least that's how I think of it sometimes). I've been having a pretty bad time with NoFap and other issues since school started but I try to spend time with people I care about when I have the time time to do so (almost all my friends live at least a few hours away from where I study). I really treasure those moments... even if all I'm doing is sitting down with one or two friends and having a beer. Being able to truly enjoy those few and far between moments has probably done wonders for me. Another thing I try to do is enjoy the little things when I'm able. These small things in life used to go by unnoticed by me but now when I hear a bird chirping in the morning or the traffic going home isn't as bad as usual I try to be grateful for these moments. Also, I think that if you have the time, doing what drac16 posted above could help. I feel like having a hobby you can do helps even if you're only doing it for a few minutes a day. Another thing I do is tell myself that graduate school will end eventually. It doesn't matter how much it sucks... I just need to keep putting one foot in front of the other and eventually it will all end. I don't know if that's the best way of thinking about this but it's worked for me so far.

I hope that was helpful to you (or some other person who reads this).

 

Returning to study at the ripe old age of 36 next week. I'm pretty nervous to be honest.

 

Student- Yes
NoFap- Yes
Loneliness- No, but I enjoy my solitude.

 

Yeah, life is an interesting experience, NoFap or AllFap. XD! You can PM me for sure, if you want to.