Hey guys, I should start off and say I'm not addicted to porn / pmo, I've fought for a few years with it but can confidently say that I've beaten it. I've done a lot of experimenting, with semen retention, abstaining from porn, different ways to retain semen (Taoist Sexual Energy Cultivation) and of course quitting porn itself as well as masturbation. Longest I've gone is about 4 months, pure hard mode and frequently do 2 week-3 week stints when I want to focus. I've been through it all and I definitely would like to help some people with overcoming their own addictions/demons. Looking forward to helping out Cheers.
Good to have you here! Feel free to share your experiences 4 months of hard mode is impressive. I'm currently on hard mode too. My longest period of time was 23 days. However, this has been over a year now. How did you approach? Where did you encounter difficulties?
It wasn't that hard, the big thing was keeping myself busy and not giving myself much if any idle time. I was mainly working on art, meeting people and some other smaller projects. The difficulties came when I was laying in bed, horny and can't sleep. That's when I needed to make the conscious decision to not break my celibacy.
I had the same difficulty in the morning. But now I'm just getting up immediately in order to avoid it and start off my day.
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Cool. Thank you. I'm just starting my nofap journey, I'd definitely like to hear more about your experiences. I am addicted already and I've thinking of planning my recovery step by step like firstly no porn then no porn and mast. etc. what do you guys think?
