Dear NF community, it feels like it is time to write down some experiences i gathered in this past one and a half year on nofap. I am planning on writing an extended version to clear up my mind of what has changed, on what i still have to work on and what i want to look for in future. But for now just a list. One more important note is that the benefits i speak here about come in at around 21+ days. I really do noticed that once i passed the 21 mark nofap was much easier and the streaks are longer. My longest streak in this time was at 70 days, which i did twice, some 45 days streak and one month streaks. Most relapses happens for me after a two days in. I calculated once my effort in percentage and it was around 98% so i think i can be happy with it. At the beginning of a nf career the benefits come in much quicker than on the long run. I don't know if it is because they stabilized on the long run, you have them more and so you don't recognize them as fast. Okay enough analyzing, lets start: - i look more after my looks and clothing and i do appreciated when someone does that too. before i really did not care and i even judged people who cared so much for clothing. i am not obsessed now, but i can understand the importance of it and to be hones, walking in leather shoes or wearing a leather jacket do feels pretty damn good. - i used to be depressed in the mornings. while eating breakfast i could have start to cry because of no reason. this is to 99.999% gone - energy. i experienced once an enormous energy boost at day 67. it was incredible. - lower anxiety on longer streaks - lower social anxiety on longer streaks and much more confidence in speaking, you are more spontanous in the conversation - the voice is deeper on longer streaks - more hair. i don't think i can speak so much for facial hair, but on chest area there are way more hairs than it used to - dreams. guys this one is craaaazyyyy. once i am over 21 days, i do have sometimes dream that are increeeeeedibleee!!! it feels so real! i do remember my dreams everyday but sometimes i wake up and say OMG, this was insaaaane!! - well, get compliments for my eyes and looks when on longer streak, past 25 days. - i do always listen to music, but when on longer streaks, i am not the first one to tell you, music sounds so good! - i do know notice in the mirror by looking at my eyes if i relapsed that night or if i am on a longer streak. something is different. - i am seeking for god, i am thankful wor his work, for my life and overall i became more spiritual and to be honest, the last streak of 55 was so easy when i asked him for help ( don't bother me about religious stuff, i believe everyone is free to believe and call him however he wants). but look out for some near death experience videos, there is a clear evidence of a existing spiritual force. - when on longer streaks i look at girls in a really different way. they are not simply targets for sex anymore. i appreciated them in another way. - the way i see and practice lovemaking has changed in a positive and healthier way - i started practicing piano, i suck at it, but when i play the first notes a shiver is running down my back and i could almost lost tears of joy. - i started being consistently in my diet and sports ( i was once on a super sugar consumption, 7 snickers in less than an hour, was no big deal. i still have to fight sugar but it decreased a lot) -i used to be fatigued. i notice that after a relapse my legs feel heavier. things i think are holding me back or sets me down to zero Instagram, Tinder (i create and delete my account several times in a month, it seems i still don't get it), i do not have facebook but for sure any social media damages your brain in my opinion. what i think is helping me: writing a journal, dedicate everyday some minutes to be thankfull about your life, praying, seeing the positive in other humans and the world. nature, sports and a good diet.
Well done man. Yeah Tinder is just softcore porn. I thought I could avoid the triggers but I was fooling myself.