Thought this could be a fun thread, to hear reasons people got into NoFap (could be anything from things they hope to gain all the way up to life events). For me the main reason is: I want to achieve my full potential with my work and I know that I cannot do that if I continue to PMO. What are yours?
Whenever I PMOed, I always got a feeling that I'm leading someone else's life. And, I want to live my own life.
I want to livea purer life through Christ, first and foremost, and that includes getting PMO out of my life. Also, like the two of you, I want to realize my potential and live my life as a leader!
Initially, I didn't know in how many ways PMO was destroying my life, it decided to quit it only because I got sick of regretting. But now I know that quitting PMO helps knowing yourself better, your other weakness, vices and strengths.
I can't find a reason not to stop PMO. Reasons to stop are like infinite for me : 1- I am religious. 2- I want a successful career in Academia and at a prestigious university. 3- I hate feeling weak and in a need of anything. 4- I feel like betraying my parents and wasting all what they have done for me. I can go to near 100 reasons but those are more than enough.
I was turning into a little pervert and I want to have a healthy sexual life with a girlfriend, so I decided to stop PMO for some time.
It's against my beliefs as a Christian, it's unethically produced, it's essentially cheating on my girlfriend, it makes me reeeallyy miserable/shameful/guilty and lethargic, quite a lot really. Good thread - it helps talking about our reasons for quitting.
My life is being ruined. It has a knock on affect to others in my life. Being perverted feels bad. It is bad for my health. It wastes time and money. I want to feel free. It is corrupting mankind and I don't wanna be a part of it. I wanna get in touch with my spiritual self again. I wanna enjoy simple pleasures in life. I wanna be satisfied with regular sex and love-making.
Like your quote from the Buddha "In craving pleasure or in nursing pain, there is only sorrow", Buddha
I realized that my sexual tastes had changed beyond recognition and my sense of reality had become warped. My intuition made the connection between porn and a vast array of personal issues so I did some reading into the subject and when I did my intellect and intuition made a unanimous decision that porn is bad for people. I want to get my brain back to normal so that I can return to being the confident and charming person I was before the problem took over my life.
I want to get rid of the porn virus which ruled my life too long. I want to enjoy "making love" in my relationship.
1. Curiosity. What is the effect of PMO in my life? 2. More energy. 3. More time. Until recently about 2 hours, or more, of my life each day was spent fapping. The seems like time which can be put to better use. 4. To find out if life becomes more satisfying without PMO. That's it. I have no problem with porn or perversions, or any religious reason. It's all rather selfish self-exploration.
I am so tired of PMO ruining my life. I could have been so much more at this point, but the more I feed into things the more my depression and anxiety build up, the more my body is in pain, and the more tired I feel, no matter how much sleep I get. I am doing this for real this time because I want to be a published author. Instead of my hands being where they shouldn't be I want them on the keyboard, typing, word by word, novel by novel, a better future for me, my family, and for all the charities I want to give to. Like my username means, I want to be The Great One, but not in the monstrous way of it's origin. I want to be great, but also good to me and all those around me.
i realized that i dont feel so much pleasure during sex. Even when my Ex gf gave me my first BJ i have to say i felt nothing man..... it wasnt that good at all. also i have problems with my memory, sometimes i feel like an addict, for example i cant stay still, it is like im a drug addict... but that was when i just to watch porn 2 times everyday.. now i watch porn 2 to 4 times per week. porn has fucked up my relationships, because im always thinking in sex. i want to stop this addiction, it is so great that there is a group of people that supports you! thank you all.
