abstinence

I'll let you in on a little secret. I like to stick my pen up my ass and masturbate while doing so. It's awful. Basically, it's a drug for me. I stimulate the prostate.

Hello. I am a new member. But more exactly, I already have been on this forum. Briefly, when I was 16 years old I registered here and started my journey. I didn't have problems with abstinence. But after 2 years I gave up. It's a reminder for those who think that after a long period of time...

Hello reader, I plan to not come back here, but wanted to leave some encouragement. Here's my story. It may be worth saying I am a Christian and my goals have usually been total abstienence from masterbation and porn. I appreciate not everyone here has those same goals. I hope my story might...

Let's start with a quote by Zen monk and teacher Shunryū Suzuki: "Sex is like brushing your teeth. It is good to do it regularly, it is bad when doing it all the time." Multiple choices are possible and encouraged for the poll below.

hi, i was wondering if some specialists about addiction could help us. if you have made some research, or learned based on significant amount of different experiences please answer. addiction specialists, or "enlightened addicts" (you have some scientific or even spiritual sources, but please...

Hey there. Im tucket, and Im trying hard to practice semen retention or sexual abstinence while at the same time being married. I've had some success in the past. But for the longest time now Ive felt like a slave to my wife's vagina. In my opinion, NoFap and sex are basically the same in...

started to take NoFap a lot more seriously back in novermber, have had some good streaks but also some relapses. the biggest concern i have regarding my PMO addiction is the brain fog / lack of cognitive function ive been under. been watching porn as a habit since i was 15 years old, and have...

I'm currently on my longest streak in some time: 8 full days. It's a small win but I'll take it. I'm trying to stay disciplined toward a 90 day reset. I'm in my mid 30s and haven't been clean of p/m/o for longer than 3-4 consecutive weeks in at least two decades. I attribute my subpar health and...

Weird phenomenon incoming. Whenever I abstain for several days or a couple weeks (haven't gone longer than 3-4 weeks for as long as I can remember), I seem to become less likable. I work in the service industry so I gauge this by analyzing how much and how frequently I'm tipped on the job. My...

In my introductory post a week or two ago, I had mentioned that my phone is my primary source for enabling this addiction. The computer that I am using right now was at once my primary tool for surfing porn related websites; however, I managed to install the Cold Turkey blocker and Covenant Eyes...

I'm trying to do better and be better. I truly am. I no longer want to run away from my reality or my problems. Ideally, I want to face them head on, in a healthy manner. I'm failing miserably so far. My current streak of abstinence from p/m/o is only 4 days but it's the longest I've had in...

K9 no longer works, the service is no longer available. I am searching for something similar that has password protection so that I can't turn it off or uninstall it unless I format my system.

In week 5 of no masturbation, I haven't so much as looked at my nether regions in the wrong way. I've had 8 involuntary ejaculations while sleeping in this time period, today being the latest. This is not my first rodeo with nofap so mentally and hormonally it wasn't anything I didn't expect...

Can you explain the difference between a lapse (you masturbate once or maybe twice and then get straight back to abstinence) and a complete relapse (where you masturbate again for a week or more, loose your track completely) in terms of what preconditions lead to which outcome?

I decided instead of constantly adding to my self-intro thread, to start a new one here and turn it into a journal. Prior posts copied over below. Day 1: Self-Introduction Thread Hello world, I'm 35, married to the love of my life with a wonderful family. And I am miserable. I have been using...

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. ~Colossians 3:5 1 John 2:16 - "For all that is in the world - the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life - is not from the...

I LIVED!!!!!!! I SURVIVED!!!!!!!! I CONQUERED!!!!!!!!!!!! It takes more guts to ignore a sexually arousing video online than it takes energy to lift a 250-pound weight at the gym. It's painful, yes, but it's for the better cause. Cheers to day 6 :emoji_champagne_glass:.

About to go to bed and get plagued by terrible nightmares whilst holding myself back from intense urges . I'll see you in the morning.

After trials and errors, I am proud to announce that I have beaten my 3rd best abstinence record of 4 days. Today is day 5 .

So i don't know on which day i am you can check my badge. But just here to share what I feel now. I am feeling somewhat horny and energetic and active. Also not thinking about girls too this is helping me a lot on this journey.

Today I have been 66 days without ejaculating, it is making me difficult, I still have not had any wet dreams. I imagine that depends on each person. Does something similar happen to any of you?

PMO quitting challenge. Day 1. After having gone against my promise yesterday night due to horniness, I retake my decision to quit the addiction. Today is a new dawn and I'll go again. First, all socials are being deleted from my phone till further notice.

I had a porn addiction beginning from the age as early 8 years old, I believe. It was only the late Spring when I had taken the idea of NoFap and abstinence from PMO seriously. Although I was exposed to pornography at a very young age I had discovered that my urges towards imagery are much...

Hey guys! Im starting a "competitive" telegram group. Will only consist of 5 people. It will involve cash (small amount) but this is to punish those who relapse and reward those who stay on course. *You will create a daily routine of 3 tasks. ---Example-- (mine) 1. Exercise (any amount- as...

Hey guys. So I had a streak a couple of years ago where I went about 1 1/2 years hard mode no PMO. I was found it easy as I was on Paxil at the time and it made it difficult to masturbate and my sex-drive was dulled substantially. When I finally broke my streak, I found that I couldn't get an...

Current streak: 380 days no PMO, semen retention More than a decade ago I almost did 3 years streak of no PMO, semen retention and no sex. When I started the streak I was obsessed into getting in medical school and learning to play the violin. That was my only focus I was distracted by nothing...

Hello everyone. I successfully went about a year and a half without PMO only to find that when I tried to have sex with my girlfriend I had erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. I'm trying to avoid having sex right now for a variety of reasons but I noticed that when I started to...

Hello. I'm new here, but I have some years of experience in battle against PMO. I have never reached abstinence beyond 1 month and something that I noticed these last months is that when I start to masturbate after 1 month or even 2/3 weeks I get very sensitive. I mean... I feel like i can´t...

Counter:340 days no PMO, semen retention It doesn't matter the reason or how long or short I've been on a streak if I'm 2 years streak or more, which I have done, if I happened to relapse PMO for me it's like going again to point cero. I don't feel I learned or improved anything after a...

As a virgin who's been off of PMO for 35 days, my sexual energy is through the roof. I become horny extremely easily and the fantasies get uncontrollable. A few days ago my dick started hardening even while talking to a hot girl who I think might be attracted to me. It was only a short exchange...

What I mean by this is that when the repetitive act of MO and the incessant watching of P has reached the inner depths of the psyche and starts to governs underlying day-to-day thought processes and if we continue to fantasise and ogle, imo it's a form of self torture. The journey to full...

Porn vs. our Goals: as Cognitions It is far easier to conceptualize the things we have experienced than those we have not. Porn surrounds us and is rooted firmly within us - we have all seen it and do not require much effort to form a clear picture of it. We can choose from a number of scenes...

I have always been abstinent, not for spiritual reasons, but because I have always felt strongly that I have no business sticking it in a woman if there aren’t any feelings between us. However, I’ve also been addicted to porn since I was introduced to it at the age of 10. Whenever I get done...

Hi! I'm warrior1995. I'm here to make myself a better person and to help others in the best journey of their life, The No PMO journey. And i have found some precious Chinese rebooting articles. Which i know, can be of great help for those who are struggling to get rid of this Porn and...

I write this thread mere minutes since my 2nd fap today. I've been trying to quit for the past 2 years but I've never gotten past 2 weeks. It's annoying because I've experienced the increased energy in that 2 weeks and I would wake up refreshed, but I can't stick to it long enough to see more...

Does anyone feel like (especially early 20s) your choice of remaining without sex till marriage makes the thought of not PMOing ever again almost impossible? Like the idea that you wouldn't have an orgasm till marriage makes you feel like you can't defeat this addiction. I always imagined I...

I was about to write a big essay about this but I don't think that's worth my time. I'm 21, and although people consider me a fairly attractive guy, I'm a virgin who's always been single and hasn't touched a girl in anything more than a friendly way. I didn't get a girlfriend when I wanted to...

I just started my nofap streak and I’m determined to quit this time. I’m not aroused because it’s my first day or 2 into the streak. But I still had this concern. earlier, I had ocd intrusive thoughts about erotic content. Basically, I kept thinking about it (not out of arousal) but because of...

Morning, I am wondering if anyone could offer advice, I am waking every morning with "morning wood" and it has got to the point of pissing me off. I am going sleep and having erotic dreams which i really want to stop and also I'm petrified of getting a wet dream. I have only gone 7 days with no...

Hey all, So before I started my journey, I decided to abstain from all sexuality including having a gf. Anyone have any tips? The gf part is I think I can handle because I've managed to deal without having a girl for extended periods of time but what I'm really focusing on is staying away...

Cheers companions! The same reason brought me here as yours - so let's skip that. Unfortunately my preferences covers any kind of sneakers and boots. No matter where I am - I will unconsciously stare at boys and girls shoes. I masturbated everday until yesterday. I want to stop it and hope...

Two years of NoFap (hard-mode) - How it all began and how it helped me turn my life around I apologize for the delays in delivering this long and detailed life-story of what my life looked like during my PMO-days (and what made the tide finally turn) but life has been quite busy overall and I...

I`ve started nofap and abstain over other similar activities (involves sexual contact, explicit eroticism and so on), not just to overcome addiction or cease back my attention on work. Renouncing such activities helping me a lot to perform better in my work and on various aspects of personal...

Hi, I'm new at this and would like to ask for your honest feedback from experience not "I wish to do it for...." Please review/comment the whole thing, you may add something. Additionally please support me in setting goal and propose the minimum number of days, per your experience...

One time I was in a new relationship and decided to stop masturbating to achieve the 90 days NoFap challenge, because I read that it gives a lot of benefits. At day 40 I relapsed and my orgasm was painful and the semen looked brown not white. I went to the doctor and he told me that nothing was...

wazzup guys! these are mine: I quit my job after 4 years of suffering. I had the courage to make the decision to live and I spent one of the best times of my life with someone I admire a lot. and.. I never bet the lottery, but last week I decided to bet and won 50 box!!! hahahaha next...

Before going to bed at night, that's a little hard but I can control myself here. But when I wake up in the morning, before I know it my hands are in my pants, and I hate this. Aside from this area of my life, I've completely eradicated masturbation (except occasionally in the shower, but I feel...

Do you think that the retention helps?

Hello ex-wankers, As the title says I’m a medical doctor in the UK formerly of the British military. A wee bit of background for you. Recently, I was forced to take some time off of work due to poor mental health and a failed suicide attempt. I got in into psychotherapy and from working with...

Why are experts not talking about the high addictiveness of masturbation? In a phrase: the experts are too cunning! It is not ignorance but the avoidance of the topic. The expert used a very cunning word: moderation! The span of the word moderation is too vast because everybody has a different...

Hey guys. I have made an experience worth a new thread: If I don't fap to porn (or fap without) for one or two week, I felt like on the Streets out there, I am way more aggressive. I don't feel very comfortable with that. I know that everytime I get back to PMO, I get depressed, get headache in...

My longest abstinence streak of 252 days was recently broken, which was brought on by my social and professional diffidence I decided to control with edging. I thought this would be acceptable practice, more than acceptable when watching pornography, to avoid denying myself as a sexual being...

Part 1/4: Hello all fapstronauts! This long post (or novel rather) is dedicated to all of you out there who are: currently struggling with PMO-addiction, those of you who are getting control over it and to those of you who have more or less mastered it. I make absolutely no judgment based on...

Hi everybody, I'm 32, I have started nofap after having problems to get an erection twice with a very hot and young girl. It has been almost 4 months since I started this challenge and I have been through a lot: mood swings, flat line, relapses, days with very strong erections and days without...

Reading some PhD authors on the topic of addiction I am left with the question as to whether or not a "reboot" for PMO is even POSSIBLE. An excerpt from an article in Psychology Today: "But Humphrey joins almost all reasonable researchers in the field of addiction in agreeing that there is a...

First of all, many of us are here because they want to overcome porn addiction and to have more energy. So Nofap makes sense - our dopamine and testosterone levels normalizes and it has a lot of other benefits we all know. But there's a problem, especially for those of us who weren't that much...

Hello my dear Brothers and Sisters. 15-06-2019, my birthday. Not happy but proud. Thanking The NoFap community. THis one is kind'a long post. Why Am I not HAPPY? First of all I am a Doctor(Graduated from China). On 2018-...

I'm gonna start off by introducing myself, hey there, I'm Pedro from Brazil and yeah, 17yo in two weeks. I'm also pansexual and an atheist if you wanna discuss stuff with me and think that's something you wanna talk about, and I also say that to warn people not to bother me. Some time in the...

Hi guys. This is gonna be a long introduction, because I'm seriously messed up. It's time for me to be a member here on NoFap. I didn't want it to have to come to this but I just have to try something new. I've been trying to abstain from masturbating for around the past year. My first quit...

4 months of monk mode Man, time flies. Not very pleased with progress in April. I've been in some kind of setback since being hit by a car 2 weeks back. Played Civ6 for hours again yesterday. Self-discipline is falling apart, not good. Being goalless is even worse. I'm in a state of anhedonia...

Guys it’s day 3 for me but I still wake up semi hard and still unfortunately stroke the bed a little in the morning:( is this a relapse I have not watched porn or masturbated. Going for hard mode for atleast a year I have PIED since I was 21 and I’m now 27. Wasted a lot of time and trying to get...

So, I come from a public bathroom at the train station, and there was this guy taking suspiciously too long to finish peeing, I looked at him and he looked quite hot to me. I'm bi sexual, though there are few guys that actually turn me on. I noticed he was trying to look at my dick and I...

Basically, I`m not an introvert, also I hate to see when people making small talk. It doesn`t mean I`m against over socializing or extroverts. It`s just myself, my attitude!. I also used to make friends, but just a handful of friends, not groupies!. I was decided to not often visit public...

Welcome, abstinence and rebooting are two different thing, abstinence is tough and so is writing this thread so forgive my writing skills and join me on my abstinence journey. The avoidance of male ejaculation either through sexual abstinence, or by practicing sexual intercourse without...

I wonder of how does it make you feel when you sincerely want to help out needy people. Im not talking about very dramatic kind of help. Did you ever help someone in their education or self-development?. like giving some life-changing ideas and advise. also let me know what are the other...

Day 1. I already did PMO earlier today but I have chosen to start this challenge and end it all for good. starting from 9am today I will be counting on a 24hrs basis.

Ive been heard by several motivational speakers in various mediums like book, youtube, audio books e.t.c.. But one thing is common among all of them.. everyone is suggesting people to set an appropirate goal.. yes that overall sounds good.. but my question is, is that creating any limit or...

I do really got in love with movie Limitless (not the tv series! it sucks!) hence ive been progressing through various retention i need them.. i have to feel like superhuman once again! :P so send me more and more memes (ONLY OF LIMITLESS) please!!!!!!!!

Yes i do accept that subconcious "deep state of mind" are always responsible behind every single action and behaviour that we take to an action.. Yes its also scientifically proven believes can effectively improves ones person`s life. ive heard that many people state placebo effect as an...

So I've been with this girl for awhile now and things are starting to get sexual. I'm in my early stages of a reboot from PMO and I am wondering how to handle this situation. One of my biggest problems at the moment is that when we hangout, I get blue balls pretty bad due to all the fooling...

So, I know this term may sound familiar to a lot of people in here, but I embrace part of MGTOW philosophy. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate women at all, I have lot of female friends and have had lot of relationships/hook ups/sex trough my entire life. I'm not going to go to deep into why i...

I am interested in the possibility of physical, emotional and psychological benefits from abstinence. I know such things are often claimed by eastern religions. But does anyone know of scientific verification of these. I have a suspicion that such claims are rooted in a negative view of sex.

Good morning, this is my first post. It is really long beacause it tells my story from the beginning with also a lot of reflections. Read it if you have time. I also haven't learned the lexic so i won't be very technical. I'll dive in very personal details, so be prepared. I wanted to discuss...

Hi guys Been on the website a couple of days now. I have disclosed things about myself here and it feels good but at the same time guilt shame and fear still keeps creeping up on me. I'm ok with not jerking off and avoiding porn. But every time I ask a girl out. I don't know if I'm doing it...

I stopped masturbating since the last week of August, 2018. I was very happy as I was building up my NoFap streak for the first time. And I made it to the 30 days mark on my first try! ✌ On top of that, I didn't have any wet dreams during my abstinence. But on the 31st day, I had a wet dream...

Context: I'm a 22-year old male I abstained from Porn and Masturbation from Aug, 2017 - Aug, 2018. In late Aug, 2018 I Masturbated (no porn) because I was worried my sex drive was lowering (I would never get very horny like I use to when I'd watch porn). I'm also of the belief "Use it or lose...

Hi everyone, I have a question: is semen a factor in the muscle growth ? In that case how it influences it ? I need and answer cause I'm praticing street workout for more than 2 years and I finally found my perfect way of training a month ago, but still no progress and during this 2 years I...

Ufffghh... well... I was not expecting that hard challenge. Yesterday was not so bad respectively with today at University. For a good luck, I was not giving into the same place again. Another teacher, which we haven't class in 2 long months, She is the most attractive on the entire University...

For me, I wouldn't like to have sex before marriage. I think that it's nice to share that with the same person, not allowing yourself to slip up and get pregnant without someone there to support you. So I find the no porn thing even harder. I also get turned on more when I have to pee so idk...

This is my 4th day without porn or masturbation. I made a profile on a hookup app last night and a girl is interested. Should I destroy that shit like I want To? Or is real sex cheating? I feel more confident socially by not fapping, which is a big reason I stopped. But now my mind is flooded...

Also want to pose another question to you all - do you think enough excess semen will be cleared away through urinating alone? Or are wet dreams also necessary, i see lots of serious people trying to also stop wet dreams to speed up the process or maintain benefits. From what I understand the...

Hello all. I’m just over a month into my reboot and I’m finding a lot more sexual thoughts are entering my head, sometimes with quite vivid visuals. I always end up getting rid of these thoughts relatively quickly by reading something or distracting myself. But I was wondering if this is a...

Hi Folks.. Well.. it has been a long ride.. 5 months in the next week, i really dont feel any desire(sex) i do recognize that i like what i see but dont feel the extra energy that usually was involved.. used to feel more alive. Before this period i did relapse 2 times.. the last time the sex...

Hi there everyone, My name is Josh, I'm 25 years old, am graduating from university in December later this year, and after many long and hard months (years of reading, talking to other students and prayer actually), I have finally made the decision to consider converting from Protestantism...

Day 3 9 yrs. That's how long I've been trying to quit PMO. Feels like I've been facing a mountain I've been planning on climbing and the longer I wait, the higher the climb. Imagine the fapstronaut who has become greater than their personal mountain. Gazing down on it in it's inferiority. An...

I think it's good and healthy to be virgin, so if you want to stay virgin for any particular reason, feel free to contribute to this thread. Those who aren't virgin but would like to participate are invited to share their own perspective or experience, as long as it encourages the 'challenge'...

So I joined her to admit to myself I have a problem. I don't really know what to say here so I'll just say... I'm going to give myself a challenge. A 90 day challenge. Into the fire.. Hopefully I turn out to be a phoenix so I come out unscathed. Either that or chuck Norris. Then I could...

Hi folks, Not so long ago I wrote a thread about my idea of trying a progressive approach in crushing PMO, consisting in quitting P and M one at the time focusing on a long period recovery, as cold turkey never really worked for me (u can find original thread here...

I'm an almost 22 yr old male in his last semester of college for a while. I've struggled with PMO for as long as I can remember. I think it started in middle school and has taken over a significant portion of my life ever since. My two most recent relationships have both been long term with my...

Edit 09/04/2018: This edit will make things right. Losing male's fluid is bad for health. Period. If you try to reproduce after a year of abstinence, you will have a lot of old sperms, but you will have also a lot of new sperm. I don't know how much of each, but at the end the ovum will be...

Saw this video and was wondering what peoples thoughts on it. I was pleasantly surprise at how nonjudgmental it was. Would you ever save yourself for marriage?

Hi everyone, Never before did I think that I could abstain from anything for more than 150 days - let alone from something as addictive as PMO. But here I am - 150 days PMO-free and feeling stronger than ever. Abstaining is much easier for me now than it was during the first couple of months...

So whenever I have an upcoming social event I abstain from PMO to increase my confidence, testosterone & reduce social anxiety. It always works but now I have a very intense urge and can't relapse because I have that event to go to tomorrow and I'm going to need all of my semen retention...

Hello, I am an Indian guy who just wants to experience a better and healthy life...so here I am trying nofap... Although I would not consider myself as an 'extremely religious' person but in my belief 'Hinduism' AKA sanatan dharma, there is a concept of 'bahmacharya' (you can google it) it...

Hey guys, I have an announcement to make. I relapsed after 60 days of NoFap NoPMO but with wet dreams. On the 60th day of Nofap (59 days completed), I had a wet dream and couldn't help myself cum into the dream. I felt guilty after waking up and had this feeling that I've relapsed. I hate wet...

For those of you who have rebooted would you say abstaining from sex is a piece of cake now that you've quit porn. I know not everyone on here wants to wait for marriage. But surely if you've beaten a porn addiction then you're able to control your desires, than they control you. Am I right in...

Hey, I was just curious, anyone here practicing total sexual abstinence for a long time? Do you still have wet dreams? After 100+ 200+ days of no PMO, do you have nocturnal emissions? Is it going to fade out or is it a recurring event never ending as long as one abstains?

Does sperm truly get re absorbed by the body after abstinence of ejaculation if so what period does this more or less happen and what are the benefits of it..responses much appreciated.

Hi, This is how I survived over 50 days of abstaining from PMO. Staying active. I have a full-time job, go to the gym six times a week, run household errands and go dancing once a week. Sheer willpower. There have been plenty of times when I've been tempted to relapse. I've stayed mentally...