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Hi guys. My name Ananth.I have been in on this addiction for 9 years. With this each day becomes very tiring,no motivation,no energy, depression,ocd,low mood,no interest in studies. This addiction stealing my happiness,smile,life before my eyes. I don't know if I am have courage to face the...

Hello everyone, Im in the 2nd Week of nofap, i was a huge PMOer for years, the withdrawals in the 2nd week are insane, strong headache and high blood pressure, brain fog after Training and no ability to concentrate. Did anyone else experienced the same symptoms after starting nofap? Thank you.

I don't know what takes me so long to relate my prolonged cognitive impairments with my porn addiction, but now being read the article about the porn's effects on memory, I know why it had happened. I was trying to remember my last few days, my recent relatively-important activities etc. and...

Hey guys. I don't have that much to tell you, except that I'm still in the flatline. Flatline is PAWS (post acute withdrawal symptoms). You can check my previous posts for more information. I still have anhedonia, brain fog, low energy, no libido and social anxiety. I still don't have the...

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...

Guys I would like to hear your opinion on the following topic. I believe that someone is cured or very close to being cured when the natural morning wood comes back. I am not talking about morning wood because you have a full bladder and need to urinate. This can lead to morning wood. I...

Hi guys. I started with month 49 today and I am still in the flatline -> PAWS (post acute withdrawal symptoms) from my PMO (porn, masturbation, orgasm) addiction that I had between age 13-22. I am 27 now. I had PAWS-reductions at month 4, 6, 18, 32, 40, 43, 46 and 48 (2 PAWS-reduction at month...

Hi guys. First of all - It's about this scale -> DOPAMINE - SCALE - TOLERANCE - QUICKSAND 0 is the normal baseline. This is the normal dopamine base line level. When you reach this level you are healed. You can work, study, talk to people, do sports. You have motivation and feel joy. You...

Hi guys. I start with month 48 today and I am still in the flatline -> PAWS (post acute withdrawal symptoms) from my PMO (porn, masturbation, orgasm) addiction that I had between age 13-22. I am 27 now. I had PAWS-reductions at month 4, 6, 18, 32, 40, 43 and 46. This means that the symptoms...

Hi, I'm a college student whose goal, beyond graduation, is to maximize productivity and material comprehension skills. I recently came across a scientific article, where tests are carried out on subjects in sexual abstinence for a period of 3 weeks, and I would like to share the information...

Hi guys. In summary: Age 26 PMO (porn, masturbation, orgasm) from age 13 - 22. I quickly escalated and watched categories / fetishes that would really disgust me in real life. Nothing illegal but very disgusting stuff. Month 43 currently and I am still in the flatline / in PAWS (post acute...

Hi guys. I had a wet dream at 11:00 am on Wednesday. My symptoms got worse. My perception has worsened. The world was not as "vivid" anymore. The colors were not clear. This is what I am trying to say. 12 hours later, that is at 23:00, I suddenly experienced a "switch". The symptoms were...

Today i have 48 months of Nofap Hardmode with some relapses : First year - 11 relapses Second year - 6 relapses Third year - 13 relapses Fourth year - 6 relapses 36 conscious ejaculations in 1460 days. Some with porn or with own thoughts ( novelty ). No binges. 45 months with dopamine...

I just don't have the patience to sit and study anymore. (I'm in college). I feel this blasé feeling towards everything. It feels like I lost interest in life. Nothing is exciting. Do you guys feel excited about things? For me everything is meh , you know? I have no desire to work, study, hang...

Hey guys, i've been on noFap since late 2019, i've had many streaks especially when i was younger. They all went alot smoother at the time but it's different now.. I am 69 days in (my furthest) and this brain fog is scaring me and aggitating me at the same time. If a thumbnail of a fully clothed...

Hi guys. Check out my 36 months post for more background information. I really don't know how long my PMO past will haunt me. I am really tired of it. I finally want to close this chapter for good. My PMO addiction was beaten a long time ago. But I still have the negative consequences (PAWS)...

I've been addicted to porn since I was 10. I'm now 24 and still trying to quit. These are the current problems I face every time I attempt nofap. I feel absolutely restless, even though I try to calm myself down temporarily by doing push-ups and taking cold showers. I still struggle to maintain...

I get up in the morning and I don't feel any emotions. I don't feel happy and I don't feel sad. I feel no motivation to do anything productive. I feel no drive and no energy to do anything productive. I don't feel any positive feelings or so-called vibrations in my body and in my brain. I get up...

Lately I'm mostly outside in the city, because the sun is shining again. I walk every day for about 1 hour. I watch people eating, drinking, walking, talking, chatting, laughing, etc. I look almost every person in the face. Sometimes I am at the train station at a special place where a lot of...

So I'm 12days clean from PMO, I feel great but tried and somewhat cranky but I am not taking my foot off the gas. For the past days I've had brain fog and my eye sight is also kind of Foggy like I been starring at a screen all day long. I feel by now I should have a clear brain and less foggy...

Hello. I wonder lf quiting porn but still masturbating like 2 times a week can cause flatline or brainfog

It's been 242 days since I've been masturbation, and pornography has been banned for 5 days. I've never discharged a semen in my sleep. However, after I stopped pornography, I became more depressed, anxious, and my head is blank (suspicious of brain fog), and I don't feel happy in my daily life...

Hello everyone, I'm curious if anyone has an explanation of why I'm experiencing this (science behind it). Bit about me: I started thinking pretty sexual around the age of 11 (Pretty sure), I started indulging in PMO at around late 13 almost 14 (I think). I'm now 16 and pretty addicted to PMO...

First of all, I’m so glad that I found the site. It’s a godsend. I was introduced to pornography when I was around eight or nine years old and that forever stained my life. I am a Christian and have been one of my life. So you can imagine the guilt and shame I’ve felt throughout the years with...

Do you feel bad for DAYS or maybe even WEEKS - brain fog, stuffy nose, fatigue, memory issues, body stiffness, digestion changes etc. EVEN after a SINGLE ORGASM/NOCTURNAL EMISSION? Even after months or years of clean abstinence and still a single relapse or wet dream makes you feel like you...

Did your brain fog last long into your recovery? If so, how long? I’m 25 years old, and have been heavily addicted to porn since I was 20, but have watched it since I was 12. I’m currently 28 days no p, 27 days no mo, and still as cloudy mentally as ever. In previous attempts I remember my brain...

This post is 100% serious and grave despite the shameful content. And all details are based on my actual experience, edited to avoid self-dox. This warning is about the danger of severe PMO addiction when attempting recovery. I hope it helps you avoid my outcome. It is known that severe alcohol...

Im so tired of this addiction, it has ruined my spirit, my health, my life. My brain is so fucked up. I feel always, non-stop, braindead, brainfog, depressed, tired, anxious, dead, disconnected. I suffer from dp/dr and many others mental health issues that are most likely caused by porn. Id...

Experiencing mild to moderate headache. Currently at 2nd week of PMO. Is it normal? What could help? How long will it stay?

iam 20 and I started researching about nofap, retention, no pmo and about brain on porn last year and i started several times without proper knowledge so i relapse several times due to no reason. its just a try but i started again last week with proper knowledge about how to do it because i...

Day 67, it's been literally a week since I started feeling like shit, literally. No will to study, some constant brain fog (not like the one you feel when on PMO habits) I still go to the gym but still feel not so energized by it. Sometimes I fail reps. Also, I am feeling like crap, even if I...

I quit pmo for 11 days and I relapsed one week ago exactly. My head was in the right place and I started to really feel the benefits again. From there, I binged for a few more days, until Sunday April 25th. I happened to get really sick (maybe just a seasonal cough) and that helped force me out...

Hello! Im just writing to ask about a strange sensation I've started to experience quite frequently after starting no PMO. I head people talk about brain fog and numb brains but these where all to do mostly with their thought process and how well that could concentrate. However, what im...

Very lost. Made mistakes. Not a troll. Just can’t communicate. Think I have Asperger’s syndrome . Alone all my life. There’s no purpose for my existence. HS sucks. Social anxiety sucks. Mental illness sucks. Pedophillia sucks. Being retarded sucks. I hope I die in a car accident. You guys must...

Hello all. I am 24 years old and have done PMO from age 13-22. 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 me. I have never used drugs or alcohol in my life. After several...

In the early morning when I am sleeping and having an penile erection, my brain get numb like something changing inside for 2 seconds then I immediately get exhausted and brain fog the whole day. Why does it happen? I have quitted porn for almost 2 years and this symptom occurred 6 months ago...

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...

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 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...

Hello guys. I have been PMOing since 14 years, sometimes it was daily sometimes 2 or 3 days a week, I was just sitting for few minutes in the beginning, and it raised to 1 hour by the time, I don't remember exactly how I entered PMO. But I know it hitted me so bad, I have been trying alot of...

I have been on NoFap for 17 days now, and I have been having almost constant urges to masturbate, to the point where I can no longer focus on my day-to-day work. To provide some context, I started NoFap because I hoped it would allow me to better concentrate on my top hobby, computer...

Regardless of your age, you need to read this. I used to frequent looking at soft porn on the internet for many years, maybe once every six weeks, but for many years. I honestly have not looked at porn in over two years, because I knew it was causing brain fog, and it was difficult to be...

Hi everyone, This is my first post here, but I've been on the reddit previously. Had a few fantastic streaks last/this year, one was 130 days, but still struggling. Anyway, I've had health problems for years, primarily fatigue and allergies, but they are quite severe and life limiting...

I feel miserable right now as of writing this. I'm trying to get into drawing when I was 13 and because of what happened over the past 3 years I feel honestly ruined. I don't have the motivation to draw anymore. I want to draw but for some reason I lost motivation. I try and it's not like the...

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

So I recently watched a vid with nofap advice (posted by matt van gee on YT), and one of the tips i personally found most useful was to view the addictive urge as a separate consciousness. He gave examples of some of the numerous tricky ways that the brain uses to convince/influence you into a...

Hey peeps. I'll try to keep it sweet and short. * I'm 34. Been PMOing for most of my 20s. * Only started with severe symptoms a year ago * Typical P induced stuff I guess : Brain fog, fatigue, lethargy, headaches, insomnia (really bad), ED but not as bad. * Did MRI, full blood, sinus op...

Hello family, I am 31 yo, a business man. In the past, it was 10 years that I was addictive to porn. Today is almost my 2 years of nofap and I just found this forum very accidentally. I have to say that things are changing to my life. I find it much meaningful and feel thankful for everything...

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...

Today marks my 48th day of abstaining from porn, masterbation and orgasm. However, my brain fog is still severe, my depression hasn’t improved (arguably worse than before) and I have very low energy levels. I wouldn’t say I had a PMO addiction before beginning this journey but I always felt...

It has been one year since I had masturbated , And for the past few days I have been getting a lot of fantasies...initially they were of a girl a frequently talk to , but they eventually disappeared and i did not let them stay for long and i had stopped thinking about that girl in a sexual way...

Hi, I am on 86 days doing no PMO, so I want to know, what I shall doing now? When does I will reach the flatline? I feel I haven't be cured totally from PMO, but I felt lesser addiction on Porn, my self esteem and my confidence have increased so much, my interest for sex have decreased a little...

I've been fapping since i dont even know. Recently i started my nofap journey and ended up relapsing today. Imma start over again. Please pray for me . Btw I'm so skinny, very skinny neck, skinny thigs and hands look like 10yr old. I look like a 12yr old with a man's head. I realised all this...

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...

Mind numbness Cerebral Shrinkage/Athropy, similar to cocaine addict because of dopamine rush lethargic cannot enjoy simple things because of high threshold of dopamine receptors/receptors blockage in every nerves in many areas of the body, brain and spinal branches and center person objectivity...

Please submit pieces/poems/haiku's that deal with your personal PMO binge/session, frustration, journey, success, whatever. I started doing this in a guy's journal, and it occurred to me, that rejoining the left and right brain hemispheres in this exercise is extremely difficult the deeper we...

Not sure if anyone would find this interesting, but I'll post it here just in case. Ideas from Cal Newport, Alastair Roberts and Jordan Peterson have been stewing in my mind, and I'm ready to act. I'm making this as a log of this experiment, both my intentions at the beginning, and the results...

Hey, all. I've known about NF since early 2018, but my most serious (and longest) streak began on the 1st of February this year. I haven't had many hiccups since February, but I have a problem where sexual fantasies always come to me after just waking up, and they have a tendency to lead to...

Hello Good People. I found this website by accident while i was looking for some disease which causes chronic fatigue, severe brain fog and body weakness(have more symptoms, but these three are the worst, especially brain fog). I am fapping since childhood. Maybe 3-5 years before i even started...

Lack of sleep, usually caused my mind chatter, seems to be a bigger trigger for me than anything. Like, I'm in bed, restless, my brain is working overtime and nothing seems to allow me to switch off. After a while my thinking invariably turns to "knock one out, it will help you to sleep" -- and...

Hey there, So I’ve been on and off with PMO since I was about 12. I I had some good streaks here and there but then I’d have months/weeks where I’d be in full PMO and others where I was not doing it nearly as much. I sorta feel like there might be a lot of symptoms that I’m not even aware I’m...

Hi! For some time now my mind is working better but I still have a problem with it. I feel that it is often difficult for me to focus on something. It especially affects me when I am at university. I have to think and I see that it's harder for me. I consider myself to be quite intelligent but...

is that common for anyone after 30 days of no PMO? Feeling a bit lethargic and that my mind isn’t quite thinkjng as well despite no PMO in the last 30 days while working on applications for grad school. Granted I did just come off of adderall about a week ago, but I only used it for 17 days at...

I suffered from OCD for about 3 years in almost all aspects of my daily life and I was able to get over it with this mindset that I learned. I have applied it to NoFap the day I started it, which got me to where I am right now; a 200 days streak and a clear mind. From this journey I learned...

Hello I remember it was 6th grade so it was around 2005 I started masturbstion get. Then I started masturbating maybe once twice a week. I remember the feeling at the first time and then as It continued it became an addiction in its purest sense. Regret and repeat. Ten came high school, big...

I am tired. I am tired of my lack of social confidence, brain fog, long sleepless nights, loosing my passions, loosing my drive, loosing my friends, snapping at those close to me, unpredictable mood swings, unhealthy sexual habits with PMO, loss of memory, fear of ruining my brains healthy...

I am 25 years old and my life has really been affected due to porn,I got my degree a year late after passing it with great difficulty.The struggle continued after to find a job...I am very slow on my job and it is a job which I didn't want to end up doing in the first place (again I had to...

So I had an appointment with a specialist I see for headaches yesterday. As I've been healing from the years of PMO addiction old symptoms have been popping up as the chronic ones alleviate. She told me this is a phenomena well documented by a Dr by the name of Herr. Has anyone else had...

Hi all. Out of all the withdrawal symptoms I’m feeling, it’s the supposed “brain fog” that has me concerned and curious the most. The internet has so much information that seems to vary, so I’m curious how you’d describe brain fog or how it manifest for you? For me I get pressure on the very...

Hi everyone I’m at 85 days no PMO/artificial stimulation, but have had sex during this time. As I sit here and ponder how I’m feeling today, I just wanted to share and encourage feelings and discussion. While I feel proud to finally be working on improving myself from this nasty addiction, I do...

Ever since I discovered masturbation and porn at the age of 15 I'm hooked onto it till yesterday. I'm 25 now. There were some rare occasions where I went six months or a year not doing it. But besides that, every fucking single day. EVERY SINGLE DAY! Imagine, how exhausting it could be? You...

I'm new here and I already made a post a couple days ago introducing myself. The main reason why I began NoFap is beacuse of Brain Fog. In this period of time I got lots of exams and homework and I'm not able to think straight... I have a terrible memory and I'm often in a bad mood. So I...

Im currently on a 122 day streak (i know i just joined the forums, ive been on reddit much longer). All of my "superpowers" have disappeared. Brain fog is back, my inability to love is back, and my confidence levels have sunk a little bit (not all the way, im actually able to talk to girls i...

Hi everyone! As you can see, I'm new to NoFap. After seeing some videos on YouTube I got really excited about the idea of stop fapping and that's because since some months I've got a terrible brain fog. In this period of time I got lot of School Exams and really difficult homeworks and with...

I've experienced some form of brain fogging and I believe it's because of my pmo addiction. I've come to this conclusion by the drop in my grades that I've observed before and after I've got exposure to pmo. Is this inability to make clear decisions and visualizations because of lack of...

Hey, just now I was in the bathroom watching a Skyrim video. I subconciously got the fapping routine in my head, so I started to fap, but I didn’t think about porn or fantasise. I thought about the video. Before O, I realised what I was doing so I stopped immediately. Does this count as a...

I'm now 28 years old and and I've been masturbating for a long time (maybe 15 years or plus). I was a porn addict and I think I kind of damaged my reward system. I know about the whole brain chemistry stuff because I read a lot and I'm kind of educated on this topic but I need to find a cure...

Hi! This is my second post. I would like to thank the community for all the support I recieved on my first post. To recap : I was a very bright student but my brain sort of went into a hibernation. I cannot remember what I read even 30 seconds back and I couldn’t do the simplest of tasks. Please...

This thread is going to be created for fapstronauts wanting to share their stories of anxiety, panic, depersonalization, brain fog, depression, migraines, and any other stressful and scary withdrawals they’re having. Please be supportive of your fellow Fapstronauts. Thank you.

On day 21 of my no PM journey. Before I quit PM I was put on Fluoxetine for anxiety but that was close to a month ago. I have only had orgasms with my SO from sex only. Is there a possibility this is hindering my process and causing extreme symptoms like depersonalization and brain fog to get...

Today is day 18 of my NoFap journey on Hard mode. Before I quit PMO I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and depersonalization/derealization.Since I have cut out all forms of porn and masturbation. I struggled with PMO addiction for about 7 years. My situation seems to get worse...

Is it normal to feel depressed during NoFap? (I don't think it's flatline because my libido is still there when I need it...) Just before I committed to doing NoFap, I decided I didn't want to be on antidepressants anymore. I was only on 10mg of Prozac which is the lowest dose available, but...

So last year, actually a year ago yesterday, I started a streak that would go on to last 287 days, my longest ever by 250+ days. At first, it helped everything in a huge way. That all changed around the thirty day mark when I started to notice it was becoming harder and harder to focus on...

Hey everyone!hope y'all doing good. Last couple of days have been really tougth to me,and right now im really tired mentaly,so try to dont mind about the wall of text and grammar errors. I have tryied nofap since 2016,im currently 15 years old,junior high.i have a really strong addiction,even...

i found out that brain rationalization is my biggest problem with my nofap journey, and i read a thread about writing a letter to myself due to overcome it. I did it and it’s helping me a lot, so i’d like to share it with you and advice to do that. I keep it in my pants so i have to read it...

Hello guys. My name is Stavros. I am a 16-year-old boy from Greece and am a performing musician in a band at night and work a part-time job in fast food during the day. When it comes to my life on its own, I think I have it pretty damn good. Wonderful parents and sister, a passion that will...

im on my second week right now and im experiencing brain fog really badly anybody ever experienced this and do you know any tips to make it stop i excercise and am cutting bad on junk food im well hydrated so i dont know why i have it

I started getting some days of semi clear mind without much brain fog.. It feels awesome!! It is much easier to get things done, like you can do something and keep doing it for more than an hour without being much distracted or bored. I could do multiple things at the same time without losing...

today im on my eight day im soon going to go onto my ninth and for the first 2-6 i felt great i met new people made new friends but now im feeling really unmotivated and am right now in the middle of the worst brain fog ive ever experienced im wondering if this is a flatline right now or if this...

I am 42 days into nofap. I have masturbated once, but not to porn as I was curious as to whether it was just the porn or the masturbation that was having an effect on me. I have had sex three times during these 42 days and I felt great after the sex, I wasn't sluggish or cloudy in my mind and I...

Hey guys, hope everybody is doing well. I've been having a brain fog problem ever since I started indulging in PMO. When I first began masturbating which was around 4-5 years ago, it wasn't as severe hence, I didn't have any brain fog. However, a couple of months later I began masturbating...

Hi, I'm new here. Just a psychonaut trying to reboot his brain with the help of Nofap. It was caused by LSD. Since the beginning I know it's dopamine related. I've been told it isn't but come on it's just common sense. Low Libido, Lack of motivation, Being emotionless etc. isn't Anxiety. SSRIs...

I don't know how to start this other than by saying these 90 days have been the most difficult, rewarding, most amazing 90 days of my life. I proved to myself that I am capable of overcoming this addiction after 12 years of being addicted to PMO. 12 years of shame, lack of self confidence...

Have any of you experienced mental benefits in terms of your academics and doing well in school / mental focus and the ability to think more clearly? I for one feel like pmo is to be blamed for some of my recent shortcomings, as I often can't find the motivation to do well in school and study...

Hello, so about 2 months ago I suddenly started getting chronic “brain fog” I have been feeling spaced out constantly. I went and did some blood work at the doctors and everything was fine. I'm on day 14 of normal mode (because of my s/o) , but it feels like it will never lift. I can honestly...

I have had a problem with my thyroid for a few years now and I have noticed that it started once I started to give up pmo. Now, every time I relapse, I notice that I have a slight pain in my throat by my thyroid for a couple of days. I was wondering if anyone else experiences this. I feel as...

I've been a lurker of this forum for a while now. As I lurk, I always thought that I would probably never ever contribute to any nofap disccussions. But here I am, still struggling with immense brain fog, at this point I am already approaching the 6 month of my streak. With this thread, I hope...

what are your experience short and long-term effects of experience of a Relapse cycle in your life? After a relapse usually I'm not good for anything I mean I can talk or act like a normal person but I can barely concentrate or be able to express myself in the way I want to... It's like...

I'm 24 , I've had being masturbating to porn since i was 13 , everything was alright back then , up until 3 years ago when the obsession reached a whole other limit . I was obsessed with collecting and watching as much as i can , going to special niches , i was spending a lot of time on a single...