Wanted to create a thread where only the benefits are posted in ceasing PMO without sugar quoting to compare and measure our successes. Mine: Lowered anxiety/stomach tinglings. Controlling emotions better. Firm grip handshake/looking people in their eyes. Less toddling and uneasy steps. More Driven / decisive Higher levels of energy Nightly erection early wood Stronger faith More aware of life's vices and how to manage them A bit wiser somehow Happier self loving thoughts Better contact with people. Better decision making Better expressing my opinion Stronger self identity. Waking up on time Received compliments on how I've changed Better contact with women harassed by the opposite sex More physically masculine and attractive Edit and update as more benefits are perceived Share yours
i´m glad for you that you made it to 95 days and you´ve made all that process!! keep it up!! i myself don´t notice that much as of yet (day 17). maybe i´m a little less aggressive, can´t say for sure. i´ve been a heavy fapper for years so i guess i need a lot of time to reboot for good :/
My experience so far has been -Increased awareness and deeper connection to my feelings -Increased confidence -Increased interest in communicating with people -Way More Energy than I already have -Less Sleep -Motivation to tackle large tasks I usually put off Only cons - Harder time focusing(because off how horny I get haha) Too much energy and anxiousness I feel as if I may explode!
Well done sir for making it to 95 days. I personally know how hard it is. Im on day 21 with P. I already feel my anxiety has decreased and I little bit more self assured. Keep up the journey - its inspiring.
About the same . It's crazy . Sometimes I feel like I've wasted so much time and energy . I have more desire, drive and ambition now and I can't help to think what it would have been like if I was feeling that way even 2-3 years go instead of being depressed. I like the way I'm now and I also realize how deep my problems were. Now it's about going forward and not dwell onto the past . Not always easy but life ain't .
alright, as i said no offense. well, keep going on, don´t see it as a relapse. look at it as an experience.
No offense taken. Its a hard journey for all of us. Very valuable experience, if I can hit 10 days I know I can go further and get to 10 again.
-mental clarity. i feel like my forgetfulness was driven in large part because of PMO because my focus was always on my next fix instead of an important conversation or task or favor i was being asked about. -stronger self-acceptance. without the expectations of "porn performance," i feel so much less pressure on myself. -increased confidence, especially in my convictions about the dangers of PMO. -increased happiness, even during flatline moments.
Great to hear the changes in you... I am sometimes confident now, but still the mind is not yet clear for the thoughts.
- deppression totally gone after 12 years and Im only a couple days in - self defeating thoughts vanishing - social anxiety almost totally gone - gf not so sad anymore - brain fog clearing day by day
Yea so much time wasted on such a rudimentary thing you'd think that good knowledge would be passed on and in some instances it has with religious celibacy but modern culture and society is largely ignorant of the harmful effects of porn and benefits of celibacy. when you hit puberty PMO it is "normal" thing to do, well, better late then never.
all the doctors/shrinks i went to see and they didn´t see the most obvious: i watched too much porn. guess the thing was i never told any doctor/shrink about it because it was too embarrassing to me.
Yeah back in days , when there were no Internet I guess it wasn't a big deal ( sex education ) . I mean the worst that could happen is teenagers having sex at an early age ( and usually at that age we don't know what we are doing ) but the problem today is there is no sex education for teenagers ( especially boys ) and in the meantime there is so much porn ( even movies and music is filled with sexual images which can be very arousing for someone that young ). It's totally normal for a boy to be interested in sex but the problem is Porn is not sex.
From my past experiences if you can get past days 10-14 it becomes a lot easier, but for me that period of time is where i always relapse