Porn addiction over.

Hey buddy. A few points that I want to make.
the most important part of PMO is actually the M part. P only causes you to M. P itself is not going to harm you (i.e. if you watch a movie and it has sex scenes in it, seeing that movie won't harm you if..) if you don't masturbate. And O is okay (well, less damaging) if you are getting it through the occasional real sex. So M is the problem.
And by the sounds of it, you have not cut out M completely. Unfortunately a relapse does a lot more damage than you might think.
From what I interpret from various sources, a relapse can be compared to scratching a wound before it heals. It opens up the wound again. And most nofap endeavours would count edging as a relapse.
I'm not sure how long your porn addiction has lasted but let's say you've been masturbating for the last 15 years (seems about the average number of years here). I really don't think a 30-90 day challenge will completely heal it. My sources say it can take anything up to 6 months or more before a complete recovery.
Good luck buddy

 

I'm not good at writing so please bear with me man,

SO, I see you did this to quit the porn (which is also what I'm doing now because I'm kinda unable to do both at the same time). I'd like to say that what you did it for and the result is your jurisdiction. Just quitting porn won't give u much aside from an increased sense of arousal towards the real deal. Quitting masturbation will give you a shit ton of energy. So much that I relapse everytime because i dont know where to go with all of it.

I've been addicted to porn and masturbation before & came clean, so I know the difference full well.Your potential in doing anything while you're off PMO is God-like in comparison to when you do masturbate. So I suggest now that you're over the P, its about time you got over the M

 

Hey, I'm not exactly sure what my counter says but I haven't PMO'd in the past 55 days. The first couple of days were really great, my base energy and base happiness was higher, I was going to the gym more often and also my motivation was quite strong. I was also looking girls in the eyes and generally was more comfortable and confident within social settings of the opposite gender.

I would like to call this the NoFap glow, the feeling of motivation you feel after discovering NoFap and all the positives it brings and how everyone is so encouraging. The glow for me involved a changed mindset induced by NoFap - I was telling myself to make more eye contact, I was going to the gym more and when combined with the general higher level of happiness it results in people giving you a bit more attention.

But this slipped for me after the 30th or so day, I began edging a bit and whilst I didn't PMO I found that I'd stopped trying as much. During that time I moved away from NoFap a bit and was busy with studies. After 10 days of that I began feeling what you're feeling, the kind of meh just cruising through this and uncertain of whether the benefits are real.

After some reflection I realised what many will probably repeat here, NoFap is the movement for self-improvement, it's a great catalyst for personal change and development. It won't right things in your life, it just shows you that it is fully within your power to do so. I've come a long way, learnt more about myself, my relationship with the opposite sex and how sexual entitlement was having negative repercussions. I've started making the effort to make more eye contact again, to be proactive - I do 100 squats, 100 pushups and 100 sit ups every morning now along with cold showers.

Also this is a long-term game, I spent the first 30 days laughing at how easy not using porn was for me, until I began struggling with it.

I personally see NoFap as a positive force in helping me continue my personal development and I prefer the challenge. Every day that I don't fap is a day where I do something productive instead of taking the easy, passive road of short-term pleasure - and that's what helps me move forward. You have to realise whether or not that is your case too.

 

Many people say that once you are an addicted, you will be for your entire life. And I totally agree with this. There is no end, and this is the reason why you should never go back to anything that is connected with your addiction.
I can quickly tell you my experience: I stopped watching porn and masturbating for 1 year, and then one day I started with some erotic reading, and then pictures, and then videos, and then again into the darkness of porn. It was an enormous delusion, but I have learned a lesson: NEVER lower your guard.

Porn it's not a sickness so you can't cure it, but of course you can control it for the rest of your life.
Don't make the same mistake that I have done, be stronger than me. You can do it!

 

Yes, but do you really think you can do that? And why would you want to do that? That's the theory, but obviously you wouldn't want to watch porn, because it will trigger you to fap.
You said you're still not clear about what to do? It's pretty simple, follow the most important rule: do not touch your penis no matter what. Every other concept talked about here is secondary to that main rule.