So hello there. I'm completely new to this community, so I'm not really sure to what extent I should introduce myself. Anyway, I'm a 23 year old guy. I've never had any real sex, but I masturbated daily with the help of certain websites. Today is my 3rd day without any PMO (I'm sorry if I use certain NoFap codes or so wrong, but I'm not used to hem yet). I always knew something was wrong with how I felt. I'm a rather lonely guy, but I can be pretty social if I'm in a good mood. But the mood is one of the problems. I've been reading lots and lots on the internet about why I'm so often in a bad mood. When I'm in that mood I have almost no self-confidence and I'm really shy. Somehow, I found out about the NoFap thing and at first I thought it was one big lie. But I came across similar stories of other people who also tried it and I was getting more and more convinced. I read about how guys feel drained after masturbating and I just completely recognize that feeling, but never really thought about it. I've also read about the benefits and I just really want to try it out. I'm convinced NoFap is no lie, but I want to find out how it's gonna work out for me. So here I am.
Welcome to NoFap mate @1493545. You are amongst friends here. We all know how you feel and how drained and deflated you can feel after relapsing. It is amazing how vulnerable are our brain and body. The rebooting process is tough, but so much rewarding nonetheless. Keep it up. Be prepared! Pornography will attack soon enough so try to build yourself before it does. If, like many, you go back to day one, no worries. Learn and grow and watch how the world becomes smaller compared to your potential. Best wishes!
Hi and welcome! I always tell people, if only we had this NoFap forum 10 years ago, it would have made me/us better person/s than what I/we am/are today (physically, mentally and spiritually). So it is a blessing that you start young! Welcome again!!
Welcome to NoFap where you are amongst friends who are here to encourage you and sometimes challenge you but not judge you. The enemy is here to steal, kill and destroy. What are your current strategies for combating the enemy called PMO?
Well, I already quit P for about two weeks now. I haven't had the urge to watch it, so I don't think I was very addicted and I don't need a strategie for combatting P. But I'm having a hard time without M, that's for sure. Everytime I think about it, I just try to think of something else, and it often works. What I do is, I put on a movie or television series, I go for a walk outside or I listen to music. These things really help. Since I quit P, I also understand why some people say our society is full of references to sex. Once you quit P, you realize it's EVERYWHERE. But I just try to ignore it and most of the time I succeed in it. Sometimes when I see an arousing image, I still catch myself looking at it for a few seconds, but I'm able to look away eventually and don't give in to M. I'm rather healthy-minded. I think porn has become too accepted by people. When I was about 15, I even heard my biology teacher say that watching porn is "a sign that you're a healthy boy". But I've come to realize that's just bs. I felt sorry every time I watched. So then I tried masturbating without porn and I found out it was difficult to do so because of the lack of porn. That's when I knew there was something very bad about porn. Like I mentioned here earlier, I later found out about the benefits of NoFap and I just wanna try it out, even if that means no more M neither. I think it definitely fits my lifestyle, which is a quite healthy one. And about having no O, well I don't have a girlfriend so if I succeed in no P and no M, then the O won't be a problem By the way, I did my first cold shower today and it felt great afterwards