Is watching porn with the intent to masturbate but ultimatey not masturbating a sign of improvement?

I guess it's improvement but don't watch porn at all because it's also part of the problem. It desensitises you because the girls are infinite and very hot too which gives novelty everytime. Also it makes it very difficult to resist fapping if you do watch it. I recommend you don't watch porn at all and just set yourself a decent goal like going NoFap or porn for a week. If you relapse don't judge yourself just stay strong to stop the binge afterwards because the urges will be strong. If you reach the goal you will probs not want to do it anyways so you increase to another 3 days and so on. That way you get the feeling of accomplishment when you don't do it. If you relapse it's okay, don't judge yourself just don't binge afterwards and start again with a week goal. If you end up doing it 2 times a month it's not the worst thing it's acc an improvement. When you feel weak your mind will play tricks on you, first thing you do is login to nofap and just read for 10 mins before any actions. Stay strong and I wish you the best!!

 

How long can you abstain from masturbation


False beliefs about masturbation
For how long can a person abstain from sex and masturbation?
So many people who try to quit porn and masturbation usually ask that question. Now before answering that question we need to examine the belief or the set of beliefs that led to that question in the first place.

Most people who ask that question have few false beliefs about their bodies such as:

• 1) Sexual frustration builds up day by day
• 2) Sexual force needs to be released
• 3) If i don't masturbate my sexual frustration will increase

of course additional beliefs can lead to the same question but in most cases those beliefs will be very similar to the ones above.

I spoke previously in many of my articles and i explained that they can be the number one reason a person can't break a certain habit.

The society, the people around you, your friends and even some internet articles might have mistakenly convinced you that sexual force is stored in some kind of a gauge and that this gauge must be emptied when it gets full.

This is not just a false belief but its actually the opposite of what happens in real life.i explained how masturbation can actually increase your sexual frustration as it can motivate you to have real sex where as you don't have a chance.

Sexual desire goes up and down
Try to record your sexual desire on any given day and give it a number from 1 to 10 based on the strength of the desire. Now keep doing this for days without watching porn or masturbating and you will realize that your sexual desire fluctuates widely.

On one day you might find your desire level 9 or 10 then on another day you might find it 1 or 2.
Do you know what does this mean?

It means that there is no gauge that gets filled but it's more of different states that you go through on different days.

i said that once you masturbate or watch porn you create a strong association in your brain between porn and pleasure and as a result you will feel more like doing those bad habits.

In other words masturbation is the thing that causes the real frustration and not abstaining. There are so many people who abstained for years with no problems at all but the reason this urban myth about sexual frustration is so popular is that those people are the minority.

You can go as long as you want
Your body knows exactly what's right for you and this is why it regulates your body chemicals when you go to sleep. When your body realizes that you need to get rid of some sexual energy it will use dreams or wet dreams to regulate the matter without your intervention.

In other words your body was designed to have no problems with long term abstinence and the reason you find it very hard to quit are the wrong set of beliefs you acquired about that matter.

In short you can go on for years and years without doing any sexual activity and you will be perfectly healthy.

 

No that's called Edging, which actually is considered to be worst.

https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/what-if-i-use-porn-without-orgasm

 

I would agree with the first guy, you still fapped towards it do you have to restart depending on which one you are doing because im doing the PMO for 90 days.

 

That's good then keep it up can you answer mine.

 

Why ask for our opinions if your just gonna bash anyone who disagrees with you?

Your only kidding yourself if you think peeking at porn clips isn't a relapse. But at the end of the day it's up to you kid. Good luck on your journey.

 

NO but if you used to masturbate the minute you saw porn then its definitely an improvement

 

hey bro we are on the same day 4 and 4 lol

 

hell yeah hey maybe you could answer my thread and gave me your input

 

it seems so but I wouldn't risk doing it. I actually did this the last time I was trying to reboot and relapsed. So I believe the less you tempt yourself the better.

 

I did answer your question in the beginning of my sentence, so I'm sorry if added to it.