anxiety

Since this whole lockdown started around March 15th I've been for the most part, single.. For the most part most nights i was keeping myself warm.. Now as the year is wrapping up im reflecting.. finding positives and negatives about spending this year alone.. A positive is i know more about who...

As I am typing this I feel like I am going to have a panic attack. Nothing is happening, literally nothing. I am just sitting here, typing this post yet my anxiety is through the roof. It's constant, day in, day out. Some days it's worse than others but it is always there, this intense...

I woke up today, got out of bed, made tea, listened to a lecture on youtube. It wasn't there, that inescapable feeling of dread, it is GONE. There is hope guys, as long as we stand there will be. I will never stop fighting, there is meaning in this suffering. We woke up for a reason. I'll keep...

My anxiety is through the fucking roof, the smallest things give me panic attacks. Like right now, I'm just laying down and my anxiety won't go away. I also feel like I'm constantly on the verge of tears and I have no motivation to do anything. I hate this so much, why can't I just be fucking...

Hi all. I’m just thinking... WHY? Why we continuing to make the same errors and falling in the same wheel again and again, knowing that’s brings only pain to ourself? Is really simple; we just don’t know how the brain works. I’m reading a book that’s life-changing, is a really good book, the...

I follow many threads in this forum and I am often quite surprised about some people stories. To be honest, before I knew this forum I have never heard about things like HOCD or sissy Porn. And even though I don’t suffer from such things, learning this from you guys helps me a lot opening my...

Hello guys! 23 y-o guy here. Hope that somebody can help me a little bit because i'm really stucked now. I realized that I need help and here is the right place. At young age, like 10 y.o., i woke up at 2 am night like and i saw my dad fap on asian transwoman porn. This is really weird, strange for...

I relapsed to (PMO) on the 2nd of this month and since then I have been having a strange pain in my heart. The pain feels strange, unexplainable, more like a sad feeling without a known cause. I try sleeping so I would feel relaxed but no I wake up to the same feeling of pain. Am tired my heart...

Hello everybody. My mother tongue is German, so sorry for my English. I am 24 years old and have done PMO from the age of 13-23. I was extremely addicted and my sessions went on for hours at a time. I had several tabs open and developed several fetishes. Normal porn was no longer interesting for...

Stretching makes my balls hurt like a sting then goes away, is it due to frequent masturbation in the past?.

Hey there; I really need help, i'm going through the worst withdrawal of pmo atm and i feel like i'm loosing my mind ... I started nofap about 2 years ago and i've been on and off, the longest streak that i had was 17 days, and during those streaks i've never had realy bad anxious problems...

Been reading this forums for awhile and wanted to reach out for some support and here from some folks who have made it through the reboot. This my first attempt at a reboot and I have made it to 43 days, I was like everyone and did PMO regularly throughout my twenties but the last 2 years it...

I sure it's not just in my head. I have been doing meditation/mindfulness for 2 years now. It feels like my anxiety/irritability levels are just naturally higher. I feel more frustrated/irritable and worrysome for any from 2 days to 2 weeks after a relapse. I also feel more paranoid and more...

Hi. 14 days ago I decided to stop porn and fapping and I'm starting to feel again, I feel anything again. My emotions are harder, sadness, happiness, anger... The thing is that in these days I've been dating a girl (nothing had happend yet) and when I think about her I want to fap, but I don not...

https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/is-that-considered-as-edging.290173/#post-2732599 Look at this thread guys, this is my thread. In this thread, we are talking about edging without using hands.When you get an erection and flex your PC muscle, it gives an internal feeling of masturbation...

Hello beautiful people, I've been on nofap for almost a month, 28 days next monday, no relapse just hard mode, no sex, nada, to be honest, ever i've start i've had some pretty amazing days, days where my mind is so clear and peaceful that i wished the day would never end, however i've also had...

Hi, I put this thread into the problematic sex forum yesterday but of course it equally fits here so I hope you will forgive my repetition. I've summarised everything I wrote so far below, any comments would be very gratefully received. I basically wonder who has tried hypnosis as a way to help...

Hi all, I've never actually contributed to this forum before but the more I have read, the more I see the same issues coming up over and over again to do with shame, guilt, powerlessness, anger, frustration and so on and so on. So many people looking for solutions to fix their symptom, but the...

Hello everybody. I'm 24 years old and have been doing PMO for 10 years from age 13-23. On 1 January 2020 I told myself I would never do PMO again and am now on my longest streak of 252 days (month 9) and still in the flatline. PS: My mother tongue is German and I have translated this text...

Hi all, So im currently 4 days in, i manage to Stop for a few days Each stint but i lose my nocturnal and morning wood if im not Jerking off, does anyone else get this?when i fall back into my PMO cycle i get erections in the night but still cant get it up for my wife. But when i stop my dick...

This is my second time moving away from home, and it's even lonlier than I remember it. What if my mom is dead? I have no reason to believe she is, but I just can't put off the thought, and it's freaking me out. My instinct is to self soothe with pmo, but that's just going to make me even more...

Hi there, this is my first post. Even if no one reads this or replies, I just have to let it out. I'm a man, 23 years old, and I am a porn addict. Yesterday I tried to quit porn, and today I failed. Basically nobody knows I'm an addict, and I suffer from a strong anxiety disorder, which I...

Today i'm the happiest person on the planet ! I did a 15 day streak of no tobacco :emoji_grin:(cigarettes and snuff), i've started tobacco and porn addiction 8 years ago. The reason why i'm posting this on NoFap is I've found that the advice and information here is pretty useful and helpful...

Hi everyone. Nice to meet you all. Basically I 19 year old male in University. I have been watching porn since i was 12 years old. I have not been sexually active at all until last year when i came to university. My first kiss was in university too. I have had sex with 5 girls till now and i...

Hello guys. I'm new here and this is my first post. Hope you guys are safe and sound. Any help is vvvv much appreciated. Here we go Since March I have been having many problems with my erection causing me anxiety everyday. But the worst decision I made was to google my symptoms and now I'm...

As a result of my recent Relapse, I've come to realize somethings: •I have anxiety and I didn't know, the reason i'm saying that is because im exoeriencing shortness of breath, and when im distracted doing something or FAPPING, I breath normaly without any liabiliy •I became used to relapsing as...

Hey guys so I'm on day 50 something of nofap. A few days ago I had like extreme anxiety and hotness in the body. But when I started taking fish oil (Omega 3 fatty acids) the adrenaline anxiety seems to go away but I get intrusive thoughts. I will have a session with my therapist soon but what do...

Its amazing how I've been in the dark for so long, how the porn industry has kept the truth hidden for so long. My Journey of self gratification began about when I was 10 years old, Now I'm 24. For 14 years, I answered the call of dopamine cravings and gave into my primal urges, as a child my...

Today is the 6th day of my problem i can't even sleep well, I fallen in love with a girl who I discovered she also loves me ,and I really love her , and this problem won't affect my love for her and my problem is intense continuous OCD about she (may) have FGM and I can't ask her about something...

Can NoFap improve your mental health? Can it help cope with or even possibly help cure certain disorders such as depression, anxiety, panic, and paranoia? If yes, is there any proof? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey there, Female Fapstronout here. I was going to put this on the women's forum, but I felt like this was something that might be relevant to everyone. Idk, maybe it's just me. I've been on my NoFap journey for a while now, and I wanted to present an observation I have noticed within myself...

Hey everyone, I'm a young male in my 20s who has been using PMO as a coping mechanism (or more of an escape) for anxiety and depression ever since my teenage years. It has been really bad at some stages (I'm talking masturbating 3-6 times a day pretty much every day of the week), pretty bad at...

I am a 21 year old Indian who started watching porn and masturbating to orgasm since my 7th grade i.e, since 9 years. My life has been devastated since. No 'real' happiness, no 'true' emotions, no 'proper' socializing, no 'focused' work. However, being good at studies I cracked my tough...

Hello everyone. I am 23 years old and started P fapping since I was 12. I realised I have problem because sometimes and lately more often, I have ED while trying with my gf. I talked to her and she understands. First problem occured 3 years ago. I'm on 7th day of NoFap and also doing Kegel's...

I am losing the battle before I even start. At some moments I’m so ready for sex and others I feel like I’m doomed to fail (and at those times I literally always do). I know all of this is mental. I’m so fucking embarrassed and emasculated by this and the shit I think to myself is so awful. I’m...

I wanted to share an article about the possible side effects from meditation, so anyone who is recovering from PMO addiction can decide , if it is good idea to start meditation, or not! I think this is the fair play, just as people should be warned before they take medication with possible...

This is my first post - so please forgive me if I have committed a breach of etiquette I have always lived with a certain fear, the fear of being negatively perceived, the fear of being judged by others. This has going on for as long as I remember, and has been ingrained long before I could...

I have been having dreams of me having sex with various women. I suprisingly climax and feel that ejaculation euphoria but I dont cum in real life. I can feel all that excitement and dopamine in my head that I have no control over in the dream. I wake up and feel very anxious. It's probably...

Hello Fapstronauts, I developed a fetish with video game characters at a young age, specifically those in fighting games. This sexual abnormality has grown with me all the way from around 3rd grade to graduating from college. Throughout those years, I've had three girlfriends and sexual...

Brothers, I am but a lowly Fapstronaut Recruit roughly 2 weeks into my abstinence from P and M after using it chronically (1-2 times daily, sometimes every other day, depending on stress levels at the time) for nearly half of my life (29 yrs old). Since my start of NoFap I have been scouring...

Reached day 50 no pmo. This journey has been like a sine wave in terms of difficulty, a week or more of feeling good and the other weeks feeling depressed. At the start I was viciously depressed and then from day 20-30 I felt amazing and now I feel depressed but strong enough to handle it if...

I made this topic as I see many people who suffer from prolonged withdrawals, paws, and kindling often looking for help in the from of antidepressants. Please do your own search first about SSRIs's (antidepressants) long lasting side effects! "What is post-SSRI sexual dysfunction? Post-SSRI...

I, as well as many others that are trying to reboot have escalated into watching extreme pornographic content. Some of these people including myself have gotten HOCD from it. Now recently I relapsed three times after a 70 day streak and it left me shattered. But i believe that I figured out the...

So I'm on day 11 on NoFap and this is probably my highest streak so far (which is pretty awful tbh) even though i started like 2 months ago. I am experiencing increased motivation mainly in working out and I feel like im thinking rationally a lot more.But I started to feel more anxious in and...

I am 27 years old and 21 days into NoFap. I'm really struggling with depression and anxiety since quitting 21 days ago. Porn has never been an issue for me- I have never watched porn. But previously I was masturbating 1-3/4 times a day. Physically controlling myself hasn't turned out to be the...

I've been going through hell the past few days, as I wrote in my journal: https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/ocd-etc.275073/#post-2547320 Today I really wanted to die again. I just had enough of the constant obsessive thoughts and fucked-up images of myself mixed with anxiety and urges...

Hello NoFap Community, i am a 19 year old Guy. I've been addicted to since young Age, Hardcore addicted since i am \~15 years old. It went from fapping once a day, to fapping 3-5 Times a Day. I relapsed a couple of Times on my NoFap Streaks (longest was 14Days) but this Time i'm even more...

I was on a 400 day streak when i relapsed and PMO'ed. After that i was 30 days clean and fapped again (no porn), then three days later fapped again (no porn) and then a week later again. This week later was yesterday, and i relapsed with porn.. i felt like shit this last time i fapped. Is my...

I was clean for 400 days and then relapsed (3 months ago) since then i always keep relapsing after a week or two.. I just relapsed again with porn and orgasm. Help guys, i feel like shit again I felt amazing this entire day and now that i fapped again it got worse. Worst relapse I've had today

-I had the worst case of premature ejaculation and problems with keeping an erection to the point i would start ''masturbating'' to get it up,normally when that happened and i got to the point of getting the erection i would usually imediatelly ejaculate,i was living a nightmare and the worst of...

So during my last relapse, I was having really bad thoughts of something unpleasant, I know I’m not attracted to it, but my mind makes me think I must do it again to not feel this way and so I have a clean streak. I haven’t been able to get the thoughts out of my head. I know it’s just in my...

I am new here, I just want to check in the community whether anyone has this experience whereby you can't be yourself around a certain type of girls and sometimes guys that intimidate you in your mind? for example, I have had times where I sat across a female co-worker but I just can't think...

I can safely say that I managed to make it 32 days without PMO. Today I relapsed due to insurmountable waves of anxiety,dread and an overall a feeling of emptiness. The positives: *Deeper voice * A no-give-a-fuck attitude * A little more peace (possibly placebo) The negatives...

Hello Everyone, I'm (a dude) ready to kick the can in a more organized way than just "avoiding" doing it. Below is my bio about how I finally got to this point in life: It began in 5th or 6th grade, about age 11-12 and has followed me many many years till now at age 23. I grew up in a...

I'm gonna keep this short and simple. I'm 16, have pmo'd my entire life, and, obviously, faced the consequences of such actions. I have developed fetishes I did not have before porn, such as gay porn and transgender porn, however, I only find myself attracted to feminine looking types. I have...

For the last week, I have been feeling depressed and anxious. I am unable to think straight and I have anhedonia (an inability to experience pleasure). I make music on YouTube. It’s something I usually get pleasure from and enjoy doing and I haven’t been liking it much lately. All the music I...

Hello everyone, I'm just putting it out there in hope to find some clarity, if not some answers. My boyfriend's porn addiction is a struggle for both of us. He's one of the ones who recognized long ago that he has a problem and he wants to solve it. He wants to quit, for good, but so far, there...

Hello everyone and first thank you so much for creating this community which I'm very greatful to have found. I'm new here, and am looking for advices or any kind of ideas/support. This post might be a little long, sorry in advance for that. But I'm struggling. And I can't keep up with those...

I need some advice on how to move forward. I can’t get past day 1. I’m stuck in a rut. I have been an addict for 4 years. I’m almost 24. I can’t seem to get a new grip on life. It’s embarrassing to admit that it’s this bad, but hiding it isn’t going to solve anything. I need help. I’ve tried...

I’m on day 320 and I’m worse than I’ve ever been before. I’ve been on and off of streaks for the past year and now I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m so stupid. I kept on going a week and relapsing and now I’m worse than I was when it felt like I was finally breaking free of everything. I’m...

So I've been heavily procrastinating my college work this past two weeks. Today I was successful in stopping myself when I found myself digging into sub-porn. I am now trying to do work as my anxiety builds and my mind asks for a quick release... Through PMO. It's as if I'm trying to convince...

Hi everyone, i'm new on this website. I'm currently on my 6th day of NoFap (also my first time). On the past days i've been feeling kinda weird and i don't know exactly if is it because of the withdrawal or because of generalized anxiety (i have pretty bad anxiety and i hope i can help cure it...

I'm a 28 year old married man who's always struggled with being nervous around beautiful women. Back in high school I had no shame, I could walk up to almost any girl and befriend her expect the overly pretty ones. Once in college I started experimenting with weed and I matured and this is where...

Note: This is going to be somewhat of a long one (so sorry for that), but mostly I'm reaching out for advice. If you don't want to read the long wall of text, you can skip to the last three paragraphs for the core points. I got something pretty good going - a 6 month streak sober from PMO...

Hello Guys! I was wondering how long it took you to escalate into things you think are disgusting and bizarre, because im really confused that as i can remember after a short period (like one-two months) of watching porn i started watching some shitty stuff, is that’s normal?! Knowing that my...

It's haunting me and comes out of nowhere. Sometimes it happens when I sit at my desk at work. But most often it happens at the exact moment I am falling asleep at home. The feeling itself is terrifying. It feels as if the entire room is rotating and as if I am on the verge of fainting... but...

So, I'm a 19M who has been having a very difficult time lately dealing with my sexuality. For my entire life I identified as straight, have had many crushes on girls, and never questioned it or thought about it. I have also been a compulsive porn user since I was 13 and have seen an escalation...

I'd like to do a poll to see how many of you guys use social media. I don't get out a lot and use it as a poor substitute to socialize. Please be honest, there is no judgement here. Feel free to explain your poll choice.

After being a lurker on these forums for the past 6 months, I was hoping to come here with a massive success story to bring hope and motivation to all of you struggling out there but unfortunately I’m not there yet I’ve suffered a terrifying setback and need answers. I’m a 24 year old long term...

I'm 19 years old and I've been masturbating to porn daily since I was about 12 years old. At first I could get really hard erections without touching myself but now I can't get an erection normally without porn and I can only get a weak, fading erection if I touch myself whilst watching it. I...

I have been a porn addict since I was 12 years old, I am 21 now and I want to quit porn. I have emotional numbness/blunting, anhedonia, brain-fog for almost 3 months but I started nofap yesterday. has anyone had success feeling emotions again after they quit porn ? I haven't felt sadness...

Hi guys, I am new to the nofap community and i wanted to know what would it do for me if i stopped watching porn and masturbation, the only reason I am here is because i have several problems like... 1. lack of energy every day + i can't focus and commit to my everyday goals 2. anxiety, repeated...

Hi, i'm a 29 year old male from Europe. I am struggling with porn & masturbation addiction for many years now, and never had much success whenever I tried to put an end to my addiction. I almost always failed at stopping myself from fapping & always beat myself up whenever I do fail. I never...

So I used to be a solid sleeper. Slept like a rock and loved it. A few years back, I had did a "reboot" although I wasn't aware of it. I was on a mission to get healthy, quit a ton of bad habits at once. Didn't sleep for a month but it gradually got better. I remember around 90 days or so...

Hey everyone just wanted some advice if possible. I started PMO back in around 7th grade or when I was 12. I’m 20 now and a lot has changed. I had absolutely no problems before I turned 16 or 17. That’s exactly when I started edging to porn though. I would do it once or twice a week for an hour...

I miss when I was up in 70+ days, I was the best version of myself... Now I'm back on ground. I feel like I hate myself.... Like I've ruined everything around me. My separation anxiety is over the roof as I continue to overthink everything. I don't know what to do. I feel like my communication...

I will list activities that I found work best for me against withdrawal symptoms, and help my nervous system to recalibrate, so i do not have to rewrite these in seperated posts for people. My goal to offer valuable activities, and tecniques to anyone who whish to help their recovery...

Hello All, I’m 29 and I’ve struggled with pornography since I was 14 though it often wasn’t as bad as it is now. I’ve been unemployed for almost 13 months and I’ve fallen into a bit of a depression. I have a ton of anxiety especially at night and in the mornings. The anxiety is worst when I...

Hello, I am new to this community, 21 years old male and addicted to catfight fetish. Here's how my journey of this addiction started. At the age of 10-12 i used to enjoy watching WWE Women's matches. Never had access to internet at this age. At the for 13 I started reading catfight stories on...

I just wanted to write this to possibly help someone find their way. I have deleted Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and twitter. I found those to be triggers and a waste of time. I made a routine of 30 pushups everyday, right when I turn the shower on I do them. I listen to motivational podcasts...

I am a 19 year old male and new to this NoFap community. I have tried to reboot my brain for months but have failed multiple times. The shame i feel after relapsing is just awfull. I did not know how much pmo was affecting my brain until recently. I have failed many relationships and have had...

I don't know why and how, but it happens to me that I get anxious when something associated with numbers 3, 6, 7 and the numbers containing the above the digits like 23, 26, 27, 33, 36, 37.....appear somewhere. I know it's nonsense to worry about these numbers, but i get anxious for no reason...

I'm in such a deep hole right now I've no clue where to turn. I've recognized that I have a problem. I am addicted to porn and masturbation, but previous solo attempts at nofap have not yielded success. Just recently, after some bad experiences trying to get into the dating game, I've fallen...

I unfortunately relapsed the other day after a 50+ day streak and, well, today wasn't the best day to be a college student. So I am an animation student at a college in Massachusetts and today we were pitching ideas for our shorts. At first, I was calm, collected and felt alright, no great but...

It's gotten to the point I don't even feel lonely, depressed, and anxious BECAUSE of the addiction, but now it's the only reason I even go back to PMO. I feel lost and confused. I don't know who I am. I look in the mirror and see a complete stranger. I'm such a mess... I feel so disgusting when...

Okay listen.....the USDA website claims that magnesium deficiency is rare, But if you look on any kind of peer reviewed science journal, majority of them claim that ~48% of people in the US are magnesium deficient. USDA claims that the normal human being generally eats ~300mg of Mg per day...

I've been waiting a while for the right time to post this. I've now gotten to a place where i feel that my story is worhty of posting here. I first joined NoFap on the 12th of August 2017. So it's been quite a long road, over two years, with lots of ups and down, reboots and relapses...

Hi everyone , i am very happy that in internet there has such type of good community . I am very excited and happy . I am a 24 years old boy . I have been watching porn since 2008 almost 12 years . I am unmarried . I had always a bad concept that "Hence i am unmarried , Porn+masturbation is a...

i am struggling with anxiety. Suggestions? I have been distracting myself with music and Netflix but I can’t do that without internet access on the plane.

Hey this post will illustrate what I've gone through and provide some insight into what I've noticed about Nofap. Started watching porn age 12-13, grew up alongside high-speed internet. My parents had money so we had a computer early on. I used to alternate between gaming late at night and...

Hi, What I mean is that a lot of times I relapse, the thoughts right before are thoughts of "I have to PMO or else my life will be meaningless (or else I will be worthless, or else I will have succeeded nothing)...etc...illogical fears, but aren't they generally illogical? I need help still...

Hello guys! I hope you're all doing alright. I've just begun a new streak which I plan on not losing no matter what. I feel pretty focused and confident this time because I'd do anything to regain my libido and sexual attraction by real life women again. BUT at the same time i'm feeling anxious...

A short post, to catch ya'll up on what has been happening in my life My private goal for the day counter - is P, and M allowed but no Orgasming (I do my best improvement that way) About 2 weeks ago. The personal development strategies started to effect me harshly in painful ways emotionally...

Hi folks, new to this forum. I learned about nofap many years ago and took it seriously to a point, but never really understood the benefits until now. It just didn't sink in. So I kept yanking the chain, obviously. Today is day 43 and I'm feeling great. It took me 3 tries of getting past that...

I'd like to pass on the knowledge I've been given my Tim Johnson, a man who went through transformation of being alcohol and opioid addict for 30 years to the amazing person he is now, helping others getting out of addiction. First let me say I was VERY SCEPTICAL when I first heard of Wim Hof...

It’s been 2 years since I last dated or was interested in a girl due to my severe porn addiction, which started when I broke up with my gf. Even though I did kiss a several few and there, I was not interested in them. I am 19 BTW Around 3 weeks ago I met this beautiful girl which I really liked...

Hi guys. This is the thing: I didn't know where to write this, as I'm kind of a noob to the forum, so I put it here, as I think it is part of "rebooting". First of all, please, ignore my bad English. Sometimes, I don't know how to express my thoughts, and I say this because this has turned on a...

Hi, So I finally managed to do 30+ days without jacking off or watching porn. My previous longest streaks were 21, 18 and 14 days respectively, with periods of sometimes very excessive PMO and some shorter streaks between. I am 21 and first came into contact with porn at approximately 13. I...

I never saw myself resorting to an open forum for porn addiction. I’m 26 years old and have been attempting NoFap for about 2 years at this point. I’ve Never been a compulsive fapper but a steady 1-2 times a day fapper...since I was 14 years old. I feel the symptoms of anxiety and...

Hi again, I’m back a little better than I was but still struggling. Still having M issues while having some success avoiding the P. Lost 70lbs and got my health back. Wife and family relationships good. But still feel like I’ve got this ugly part of me that I hide. This time I’m committed to...