This is Day 3, so we just getting started. My last attempt was during No nut November 2020, and I went 21 days without PMO. I failed when I got too triggered from seeing hot pics of women online and a few weeks later I was back to looking at P. Last year I mostly did it as a fun experiment thing, but reflecting on things I had to admit - I'm actually an addict and I can't treat this like a joke, because it is not. This year I will not be browsing 4chan or any other website where pics of women are posted! The main issue that I'm hoping to solve with nofap is my lack of motivation, I know it stems from me overdosing on dopamine so I'm gonna do a little bit of a dopamine detox at the same time. Nothing too overzealous in the beginning tho as I know the nofap challenge will be a lot to handle, but will try to cut down on sugary foods, screen time and especially weed. Long term goal is to get rid of my addiction to P, because watching P is gross, and I don't want to be a creepy old man who watches other ppl have intercourse on a computer screen. I'm 30years old, slept with 100+ women but haven't had sex in a year. Talking to women used to come really natural to me, but nowadays I get too nervous, approach anxiety is off the charts and motivation isn't there. Currently on Vacation in Zagreb for a few months if any Zagreb fapstronaut wanna grab a beer I'm down. Will probably hang around on the forum and I will try to update this thread at least once a week. Much love to the fapstronauts! <3
Good question! I'm gonna add physical exercise (gym + walks) and today I'm going to the library, see if I can find a good book to read. Also gonna cook more of my food instead of ordering it to my door. U got any good tip of something I should add?
Day 9. Today is first day I've been struggling with some serious urges, so I thought I'd visit the forum and read some success stories. It helped! Also I've pushed my friend (who I know suffers from heavier P addiction than me) to join in on the no nut November challenge tomorrow
On holiday for a few months? Wow! But not being too busy, does that not make this challenge even more difficult?
It's the first of november and i'm starting today! this is my third time and i've promised myself to not relapse no matter what happens this time wish me luck folks
Day.11! (I should stop counting the days but it just feels so good to be on a streak ) Felt some pressure in my ballsack yesterday, had me a little nervous. But it went away after about 30min. Yeah, but I'm kinda used to having loads of free time Bro, u tha man. How's it feeling? Big difference now compared to when u were cooming? LETS GOOOOO!!! Together we are strong my friend.
made it through the first day! i felt really empty, so i found some ways of making myself busy headed to bed now, thanks for the support friends
i got so close to relapsing today, it's my third day btw but i remembered that no good thing comes without suffering and made up my mind to shut down my PC and go for a run instead this thought has occurred multiple times in my mind but i never made up my mind to stop watching porn before, so i feel really good today
Curious what made you stop having sex in a whole year considering your resume. I doubt you get too nervous on approaching girls if you are naturally gifted in starting conversations. Like how did you come to the conclusion you need a "vacay" from that?
Bored out of my mind today, ofc my own fault for not filling the day with enough proper things to do. Probably would have ordered some weed if my friend had been online, only reason I didn't was because I didn't wanna bother him. Had some thoughts about quitting nofap, but then I started questioning my own weakness "HOW FUCKING WEAK ARE U?!??!?". No fucking way I'm quitting nofap during November because I would hate myself too much. I hope when November is over I will get a boost of motivation to continue going. Glad to hear u made it through the hurdle <3 First of all, even when I was on top of my game with girls, approaching new girls still caused anxiety (this is human nature, there's not a man in the world who doesn't get approach anxiety). However since I've been increasingly watching P and not meeting girls on the regular, my anxiety has become worse, and now I get nervous in social situations that I used to handle with ease. It's not that I made a decision "Now I'm gonna stop having sex" it's just that I haven't put the time and effort needed to meet another girl.
Most of us get that anxiety all the time it just matters on the person how he will address the fight or flight syndrome. When it comes to approaching total strangers on the streets I don't even contemplate doing it. Probably I've done it a couple of times or something during my entire life. All my hookups came from work, friends or clubs. Then again I doubt PMO was the issue that stopped me. It's just my internal values that do. Hence I am not even going in the fight or flight syndrome I am outside of it all the time lol
Here we are almost a year later.. I was not able to go quit P completely last time around. I made it 24 days and I had so much energy towards the last days. Felt amazing, didn't think I would watch P ever again. Probably what killed me was my over confidence and not taking it seriously enough. For example I would still read 4chan and scroll through Twitter, where occasionally there would be pics of hot girls which would trigger me. Not gonna be counting days this time around, I feel like it's telling yourself "it's just a matter of time". Anyways, good to be back! Now I'm gonna read some success stories
It would for me. I had about a 30 week streak at one point and having a work helped a lot. Then I lost my work unfortunately. Guess what happened just after a few days of sitting at home unemployment? Yep, you guessed it. I relapsed. A great loss, but I'm starting all over again with my streak just as I'm looking for employment also.
