What is edging?

There is no such thing as a silly question. I didn't know what edging meant before I discovered NoFap. In fact, I had never heard the term 'fap' up until a few months ago.

Edging is masturbating without bringing yourself to orgasm, in other words bringing yourself to the edge and then stopping.

 

It is up to everyone to set their own goals and limits. Personally, I have avoided edging as I don't think I could prevent myself going over the edge if I started. Complete avoidance of touching is better in my book.

 

I am new to the site and this is only my second post. I think edging is a bad idea. I have edged before and each time I did, I got closer and closer until went over. I ruined many months of being clean because I was playing on the edge. When I went over, it was too good and I went right back into porn trying to get that big "high" again. In my mind edging is masturbating. Think about it this way, if you put your willy into your partner and play around but don't climax, most (not all) would call that sex. The idea of edging is very similar to this in my humble opinion.

 

I think Guen is on to something here. "Edging" seems to me to be almost like an alcohol addict pouring a beer and bringing it up for a deep sniff before putting it back down without taking a sip. One is fooling oneself.

 

Gary "yourbrainonporn" Wilson himself used a quote to sum up his thinking regards edging in this article: http://yourbrainonporn.com/what-if-i-use-porn-without-orgasm

 

I think Edging is a bad idea. That's like quitting cigarettes but only smoking when you drink. Eventually you start smoking regularly again.

 

Could you consider watching porn without touching yourself at all edging? I know I've done this, and other people have.

 

I would say yes, although at this point it's largely semantics. Edging, porn, all of these things are going to slow your recovery from, well, edging and porn.

No porn, no MO, no PMO, none of it. Only way to be sure.

 

No PMEO then

 

if we were not costantly exposed to porn, NoFap would be such an easy challange. Such an easy access to porn has fucked up our brains, making a serious challenge enjoying sex with our girlfriends. Porn is making us eunuchs, enable to can't get it up. Stay focused on your goals and do not fall in temptation guys. good luck!

 

Yes yes yes.. unintentional edging... I didn't realize what edging was until nofap and I've been doing it unintentionally for years.. PEO.. my habit was 3 or 4 rounds of spending lengthy amounts of time looking for the right video to MO.. I would wake it up .. I would finish the video and start looking for another.. it would go to sleep.. I would choose another video again after much looking.. I would wake it back up.. have my fun with the video and then need to find another.. it would go back to sleep.. I would keep the cycle going for hours until I finally thought I had found the grand prize winner video and finish the job.. everything about this cycle is so unnatural and unhealthy now I realize that because of you people and the site

 

ClassicCase, I like your comment 3 years after! :-D