I'm going back to Porn (but only pictures)

Best wishes to you Depressed&Out.

 

Man, you look like to have it all figured out. Good on you.

 

Okay so if I can't use imagination and I can't use porn.

This makes sex the only outlet for sexual energy.
So you expect someone who doesn't get laid to just remain this way for 300 days?

 

Hey man you can stay clean. Even if you failed remember why you quit remember the pain it made you feel that's why each and every one of us are here. It's a vicious cycle that promises glory but spits us out feeling broken and used.
I can understand you feel frustrated with not finding a girl but it sounds to me there is some other stuff going on in your life other than PMO that needs to be dealt with.
Perhaps speaking with someone could help. And you gotta stay clean from the mo as well my counter is reset when I MO but its been a bit longer without porn honestly I felt as terrible by somewhat accidentally doing it. None the less I learnt from it and am determined this is simply one thing we need to grow up and deal with. One thing I have learnt in life even when it feels like we have sorted out something that was crushing us, some other giant will rear its ugly head something that has always been there we just havn't been able to see it. Always going to be a fight.
I feel for you mate I really do but you have to evaluate what you want in life and perhaps look at what else you need to work on to improve.
I believe in you look how far you have already come. You CAN do this. As long as you still have breathe in your lungs you CAN choose to fight. You CAN.

 

You should transmute that energy into working out and being productive in other ways, but yes masturbation is fruitless and wastes your energy and time

 

Images, Imagination, videos, sound, quick and meaningless sex. They are all the same, you have to ask yourself why did you decide to stop fapping, I assume its not because you were tired of the medium but the methodology. Whenever you think you've found a way to jack off and still abstain, that's not your head talking that's your libido.

 

Saying im going back to porn is like an ex heroin addict saying "oh yeah im going back to heroin, just the less pure stuff" .

 

Whatever you do, I hope you are honest with yourself and find peace with your decision. The best of luck to you!

 

when i saw a hot picture today it gave me urges to PMO, but i controlled myself, on the past days i had zero or almost no urges because i did not see anything sexual, the pictures increase the urges and soon pictures wont be enough anymore and you go back to videos

and it doesnt matter if its videos or pictures, it still does the same dopamine rush

 

Everytime you look at pictures, you're using up all the energy especially with masturbation, you're hurting yourself bud. If you choose to relapse, that's your fault because you intentionally did that for no reason. Think about that for a minute.

 

Hey bro, if that's what you choose, fair play.
My only suggestion would be - don't watch images on electronic devices - as the supply of images there is basically endless.
Buy a playboy or something, make sure to limit yourself. Don't overdo it. I guess in small amount it can't be all bad. But do limit yourself. I strongly suggest paper over screen.
Good luck!
-Finalito

 

Depressed&out - I'm actually really curious to hear of your experience of 'returning to pmo' after several years. If you choose to do it! I can't offer any advice from experience, as I have never been 3 years clean - I'd be absolutely chuffed with 3 months, quite frankly.

our ancestors probably had a lot more sex than us, since they lived more sociable and connected lives - although there are many figures in history who do appear to have remained celibate for long periods, most people married and/or had lots of sex. So, there is always to option to work super hard on your dating game, and give some lucky lady 3 years of pent up sexual energy

I have never heard of testosterone converting to estrogen. Is this for real??

 

Lol the way this is worded made me feel weird. UNLEASH YOUR SEXUAL FURY ON HER

 

See, we must enjoy being horny because it makes our body stronger. We all will be experiencing blue balls, and random erections are sometimes painful, so ain't no comfortable about this journey. NO PAIN=NO GAIN. We have to get used to be uncomfortable if we want to succeed. Most people don't fully comprehend about the journey.

 

Every animal(humans inclusive) have Testosterone and Estrogen in the body. It’s the ratio of the two that decides the sexuality. Males tend to have a very high T:E ratio.

An popular experiment among Biologists:
They took a cock(I mean a rooster) and injected estrogen into him periodically and soon ‘he’ started developing female reproductive parts, body features started to change. Yes! I’m not joking, go check it out on the web!

 

last weekend I watch the Netflix series and there was almost a complete intercourse scene between the couple so I watch it like rest other normal scenes... I'm into my 5th months of nofap... yeah I also do feel like going back to porn videos or pictures after watching that series but what good will they bring... controlling for few minutes always feel like a tedious task but there are so many options to avoid urges... at the last of the day since you have relapsed all we can hope is just stay normal and healthy... for sure the urges will hit you back and this time it will be more stronger and your brain will give you thoughts lets do it once again... just one more will not undo my 3 years of efforts... I wish you don't fall for that trap...

 

It's not quite true that the ratio of T:E decides the sexuality - only chromosomes can do that. An X-Y male with high E is still male.

I was more asking about the conversion of one to the other, to be honest, rather than the effects of high Estrogen.
A quick google suggests that excess testosterone does convert into estrogen, but it's only really been observed in men being given testosterone injections (unnecessarily), rather than any lifestyle changes.

I think NF produces a surge of testosterone in the first few days, but I doubt it continues to surge for months/years. Certainly not to the point that it causes hormonal imbalance.

 

It’s easier for the body to produce the hormones newly rather than undergo reactions to “Convert”.
Our body will produce hormones according to a certain definite pattern. Conversion is too complicated.