Hello nofap community!

Hello brother and welcome to nofap, best of luck on your journey to freedom, its great that you have deleted your social media and all the stach thats a massive step towards successful recovery, i look forward to your journal if you decide to do one, stay safe mate, all the best

 

Hey Illyan,

Welcome to the forum! We’re all floating in the same boat bud.

Another young gentleman such as yourself has also just joined the forum so my post might be a bit of a rehash but it’s applies to you as well.

You’re young and have decades of meaningful satisfying physical relationships to look forward to. Getting addicted to porn at your age will only ruin your chances of having a healthy sex life. For some people it’s no big deal and they can enjoy both but for many of us it leads to some serious issues like PIED.

Age is on your side and you have recognised the problem at a very early stage so that’s a great first step.

Keep reading as many threads as you can on the forum and the success stories to understand why we’re all on this journey of self improvement.

Also try and watch a lot of YT videos to understand how porn screws with our brains and leads us down a deep dark path of seeking out more outlandish or shocking videos as our addiction grows.

Your fetishes are nothing to be ashamed of as we all have our kinks.

Noah Church and Universal Man are the 2 YouTube channels that I am currently watching as I have begun my journey recently as well.

Good luck to you!!

 

Porn induced erectile dysfunction

 

PIED is porn induced erectile dysfunction. It’s a physical condition that affects many of us who are addicted to porn.

Your body gets so used to being aroused by highly artificial and unrealistic stimuli like fetish based porn that it fails to either get or maintain an erection in an intimate setting with a real life physical partner.

 

Your mind seeks novelty once you are done watching those vanilla videos and porn industry understands that. Don't worry. That has happened to a lot of us here. It's surely going to take some time to get rid of all those impressions lodged in your mind.

It's not your manhood which is to be blamed. It's only the medium for expression. It's your mind which controls your actions, your hands and the final act. Prolonged exposure to such videos have made it filthy and has filled it with x-rated stuff.

It's like a plant with unhealthy leaves. Merely cutting off leaves isn't the solution. One has to address the issue at the roots level so that the new leaves that grow are healthy again.

It's surely not about resources, you get it. It's about resourcefulness. Good workouts can still be done even when you are home-bound. Tons of great videos to check out on YouTube!

Our wicked mind can find a solution across such filters. It's only a few steps.

The question is: what are you going to do to rewire your old thoughts? How are you going to cleanse off all those sexual impressions stored in your subconscious mind?

Meditation, pranayama, reciting mantras/ affirmations, connecting with the higher power ( or whatever you believe in), nipping off sexual thoughts in the infancy stage are some of the things that have worked for me and might be of help to you too.

Solitude can be bliss too. Get to know yourself. Start working on things that you might have been postponing. You may be alone but you are never lonely.

Wish you all the best. I can share some good books in the field of sexuality if you wish to get educated on the topic.

 

Here are the two books that helped me:

DLSHQ Brahmacharya

Rebooting as the best remedy

Let me know if they made any difference in your life after reading them. All the best

 

Hello good to have you here with us!
Highly recommend you to visit ftnd.com, tons of resources!

 

Hey, welcome to the NoFap community
: )
It's nice to see you here fighting the good fight alongside us!
First let me go ahead and drop some helpful links for you:

Getting Started Guide / Forum Rules / How to Use the NoFap forums/ Glossary/ NoFap Panic button /
Set up your day counter /
Rebooting Resources/
Accountability groups (new!) /
About NoFap/ Support Nofap
Here is just some advice:

First and foremost please take a careful look at each section in the forum, there may be something(s) you will find to be of big help to you.
Secondly I advise you to be active on your profile(as there a few active people in the profile section). Please start by choosing an avatar and then begin posting frequent status posts to show you're active and needing support/encouragement.
The forum has got a neat little feature that shows freshly posted statuses for all users to see.
People will find your profile and give you support.

There’s a portion of people who love communicating in the profile section..(it should be and is )mostly spportive talk but it doesn't hurt to deviate from supportive conversations. It would be great to have you join in and become part of the team!
We support others in the threads, profile posts, and journals/reboot logs.
Once you receive some support, please be sure and be grateful to the member for the help/support you received and consider giving some in return to anyone you wish.

Thirdly, you should highly consider creating a public journal/reboot log (in the appropriate section for you) to write about your days in depth for us members to follow along on your journey and offer support to you on.

Please start your journal in the correct section and with that, also try your best to post in the correct sections as it is mandatory and would be helpful to the mods who organize the forum. : )

Last but not least: Good luck on your journey here, make sure to really give it a try with all your heart!

 

Hi, welcome to the community

I would recommend you to stay in touch with members and read their success stories. You may also learn tricks to avoid the short-term pleasure and to face the temptations.

Be AWARE of your habits and control what you see and what/who you spend your time with.

It's also important to limit the usage of social media. In addition, never be free! Use your free time as much as possible and do sports, exercise, attend classes, etc.

This video contains everything that you need to know about porn addiction. Lastly, here is a collection of ways to deal with the urges which worked great for me.

֍ You got this my friend ֍​

 

Hello there... Welcome here!

 

Don't worry buddy. Relapses are part of the process...
Check this thread it might be helpful
https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/strong-urge-killer-phoenix-toolbox.270461/