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Can I be helped?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Jesb, Jun 19, 2017.

  1. Jesb

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    I've been masturbating and watching porn since I was a teenager and now 39. It gets hard for porn but can't stay hard for real woman. I've failed to have any good sex with any woman I been with because of this problem.

    I fear I've desensitized it to the point of disaterous and no way to heal the problem. The last girl I was with just was heart breaking. She was very cold to me because I couldn't deliver. Basically threw it down my throat that I couldn't fuck her properly. I need to fix this problem, it's ruining my life. Can I recover from this?

    I'll do anything, but i don't know if I'm strong enough, my addiction is pretty bad. Giving up porn is not the hard part, I've done that. But zero masterbation is brutal. I relapse after just a few days.
     
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  2. John_Smith

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    There is no easy answer. You have to tough it out and stop masturbating too. The good news is that you can reverse the damage and have normal sex some day. Even better news is that the longer you abstain from masturbation the easier it gets to stay quit. I'd say the hardest part is the first 2 weeks for a rookie Fapstronaut.
     
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  3. Bearish

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    Well, that's an escape for you. Who'd ever want to be with someone with such horrific expectations? You may all sorts of challenges in your life, but no one deserves to be treated like that. You're much better off.
     
  4. Jesb

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    She was awful. All she cared about was money and dick. Didn't care about me as a person. I did very much like performing oral on her but she refused to do the same. But I hope I meet some more understanding girls about my problem.
     
  5. justmyusername

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    Everybody feels that they can't do NoFap at first. But you have to try if you are going to succeed. Usually success comes after failures. But you have to look at failures as learning how to succeed. You can identify chinks in your armor when you fail. And next time you can plug up that hole. Eventually your armor will be invincible and then you will succeed. YOU CAN DO IT.
     
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  6. w95chris

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    There is a cure of course you just have to abstain from Porn and Masturbation for some time (at least 90 days) and you will see that day by day you will feel better and the problem will fade away.

    About what happened well that is just awful and i cannot imagine how you felt.But you will meet more girls that are more understanding and are patient.You just stumbled across someone who is the exact opposite.Time to move on though and start NoFap in order to be cured.The journey will be hard but in the end you will see that it is all worth it
     
  7. You have much more strength than you think. YOU WILL MAKE IT! The community will help and support you. The only failure is to give up and run away. The NO PMO journey will not be easy but worth the effort.

    I love it. THANKS.
     
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  8. Ghost_Rider

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    You are lucky that you doges a bullet. I would never get involved with a woman who is just in for sex , I mean thats horrible.
    Fuck that woman!, Find a good woman who can understand you as a person and doesnt want a sex machine.
    Also, yeah you can do it, do 90 days pmo, although i think you would need more time to reboot,
    But still do 90 days and see where it goes.
     
  9. Jesb

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    Thank you for the words of encouragement. There are instances that really hurt in this journey. Like today I'm out at the mall seen a few hot girls I'd like to talk to but this problem I have stops me from approaching a girl. Its so depressing.

    Whats also depressing is I have made a life change with my fitness snd in my best shape I ever been so the quality of ladies have improved quite a bit. But its like that doesn't even matter now with this problem hovering over me.
     
  10. SuperFan

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    If you'll do anything, that's a great start and a promising sign of your potential.

    Let's say porn is off the table and you're not viewing it at all. What are the non-pornographic triggers that push you toward masturbating? Is it loneliness? Boredom? Depression? Stress? If you can start to reverse-engineer those influences, you can start learning how to recognize when you're in a vulnerable state of mind. Instead of your subconscious mind going, "well, I'm bored, so f*** it, I'm going to masturbate," you can have your conscious mind go, "well, I'm bored, so I need to pick that interesting book up again / call that friend I haven't gotten back to / hit the gym / take a walk / etc".

    As far as the woman you were with, forget about her. Chances are, porn has dramatically affected her expectations around sex just like yours have. Take some time to just work on you.
     
  11. Jesb

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    Sometimes having thoughts of a girl I seen somewhere like at the gym, mall, bar, etc will strike the mood for Fapping. Sometimes I'll get random wood and the urge to touch myself is so strong.
     
  12. Llama55

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    I'm new to NoFap and I'm trying to find out what rebooting is?
     
  13. Jesb

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    Last night was very hard. I couldn't sleep until like 2 or 3am. Last night was day 3.
     
  14. Jesb

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    It is ok, to be looking at dating apps such as tinder and bumble during this reboot? I'd still like to meet and date woman during this if possible.
     
  15. Jesb

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    Another question I have. Last night I had a very hard morning wood, more than normal. Is this a sign that progress is being made, I know I'm early in this, but is this a sign that I can be cured? That's the erection I want for sex, it was so hard.
     
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