depression and anxiety

I am stuck in a vicious cycle and am doubting my marriage… as of the last 2-3 months I have been getting into petty arguments with my wife, these arguments typically end with us cutting the conversation and just going to sleep. It has been like this ever since our marriage a year and some change...

Hi guys, as I first discovered this forum, it was 2017 and I came straight out of the psychiatry. To me: I grew up in a relative stable environment beside the fact that my parents divorced in my early childhood. As I was 11, I was hypersexual and masturbated about 10 times per day. With 12 I...

Day 1 of quitting . I am really worried that may be i will fail again. Let's hope for the better

Hi all, I'm new to the website, seeking for people who might have had the same experience as me. I'm 23, got introduced to porn at the age of 11. A few weeks ago I had the horrible feeling that my life needed some changes (panic attacks, constant anxiety..). My behaviour towards porn and...

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...

Once upon a time, there was a young man named Jack who was 21 years old. Jack had a difficult childhood, he grew up in a broken family where his parents would fight constantly, and eventually, they got divorced when he was only 10 years old. Jack was left to live with his mother, who was always...

I'm 17 years old and am a porn addict. I used to watch porn every day to feel better and to reduce my social anxiety. A few months ago I discovered that porn is really bad. I thought it was just a bad habit but it turned out that it was a real addiction. I'm currently on day 6 without PMO, but...

I am 38 years old and male, I recently started going the nofap route (early November, but relapsed about 2 weeks ago and jerked off twice since I didn't know all that I know now about dopamine and stuff) after I noticed that my health and mental health started going down the drain suddenly, I...

I have read that anxiety, depression, and insomnia are side effects of porn withdrawal, but these last couple years I feel like I haven't accomplished anything. And over 15 years of regular porn use I have wasted a lot more time and probably missed out on many experiences. I know it's pointless...

I was watching a Facebook then saw a video thumbnail of a fashion show, where the girl's clothes were almost naked and only her nipple heads were covered... Then i ignored the thumbnail and the caption got me curious then i clicked on the video and didn't expect to see that nipple heads cover...

I have so many things to tell and want a help. First of all I am an addict since I was in grade 4, but had very mild addiction, which increased just now, I fought this same battle and won a streak from April 2021 to October 2021. But got addicted again, and now with a very different practice, I...

I've been suffered from PMO addiction early ages... I never developed this weird compulsive or some shit i couldn't it just happened so randomly even I have been cutt off porn and masturbated for over 4 years now... After i found out i had HOCD which mostly everyone who recovering from porn...

It's a long story about how I have got into porn as far as I remembered it was earlier when I was around 15 that's how I was deeply addicted to PMO. When I was young I always fantasized about women, my first crush is a woman, everything was all women, etc... I remembered the day I finally fell...

Hello,guys. I continue my nofap journey and today It is for 20 days.and lately I sometimes can't control my strong emotion like angry,depression,loneliness,anxiety,etc. Especially about getting angry!Before I started nofap, I rarely got angry against others.Is this a flatline?My dopamine...

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...

I don't even know why I'm making a post or anything anymore I guess on some level my head still has hope but I know that's just a lie cause I have nothing now and there's no future for me. I've been trying to fight this addiction for so long now and it has finally won and took everything from me...

I cant stop watching porn. Ive tried so much but no results, I can hardly be one week without masturbating but then I will fail, usually I fail in day 1 already. Sometimes I can watch less intensive material but eventually I will fall back to p sites again. How do people stop this addiction? Its...

Hi All, I have been masturbating every day for a long time now and I dont feel good about it. I feel sad and like a loser But I am unable to go sleep without masturbating to porn or now even looking at girls pictures on instagram. I feel I am becoming more and more sad in my life. I am married...

Tired of being alone all the time. In the comfort of my own room because I’m too afraid to step out of the house fearing that someone will actually speak to me or me having to speak to them. I can do small things like ordering food at the drive through for example. There are rare times where...

I didn't plan to write this post, but here it goes. I've been on NoFap for 31 days now and I haven't noticed many benefits. There again, I am currently in the middle of a flatline. I wanted to post more on here, but the flatline made me feel as though everything was hopeless and that everything...

Hello, glad I finally joined this, already feeling a bit better after reading through some of the threads. I am a male in my mid twenties and for the past year and a half I have been dealing with a pretty nasty addiction to cam/live porn websites. This has resulted in mental health problems...

Hey guys so i've decided to finally write this even if i really felt like not doing it in the hopes i could have some advice from people that have gone past this phase of reebot and maybe help others too. A bit of background on myself, i'm 19, and have been consuming porn content ever since i...

I think a have some symptoms of depression, but i am not sure because i can ignore it and is it because of porn? Maybe If i successfully reboot, i will find out!

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'm such a piece of shit. That's it. I'm worthless.

Hello guys,just wanted to share my story with you and get some tips on how to recover and get back what i've destroyed on my own without even knowing that i have been doing so. So basically i started regular PMO when i was around 15 years old,until then i was a normal teenager and doing MO...

Hi All, I hope this introductory message finds you well during this difficult time. I will try not to bore anyone, but I figured if I reveal as much as possible, it will be advantageous for myself and maybe even help another Fapstronaut out just a little bit. I have used masturbating as a form...

Hi, i'm new in this page. I just admitted that I got a problem with my personal relantionships because of my porn and masturbation habits. Since my mother died, when I was 12 (i'm 22) I started watching porn and jacking me off, at firts it helped me to quit or avoid stress and anxiety, then I...

Hey, plz give me some advice I am really struggling, lemme just introduce myself, I am 17 male, and I am on Nofap day 1 and I am leight depressed after school, I think a major reason is because I didn’t eat enough in the morning and had a lack of appetite afterwards due to constipation, I...

PLEASE NOTE. This post will be very long and probably confusing. English is not my native language, so there may be some grammatical errors. I intend to post elsewhere, so I would consider this post as multi themed. I will divide the text into parts for readability. I apologize for the excessive...

Hey there, today is my 14th day of NoFap and well... I’m pretty much not doing too good. I have not felt any positive effects of NoFap at all. Quite the opposite if I’m being honest. I do not feel extra motivated. I do not feel like my social anxiety has dropped. I do in fact have more problems...

My first experience with porn occurred when I accidentally found my father’s stash at 8 years old – and so began a habit that would take on various guises over the next decades. I was of an age where the internet was in its infancy as an adolescent so most of my early forays were from top-shelf...

Hey folks, i've got a problem. A deeply rooted issue of mine that's been bothering me for two years now. I am heavily depresssed, it all started with insomnia due to an anxiety problem which set it all in motion. Prior to that I was an avid bodybuilder, hopefull for the future, dreaming of...

So new to this forum, really enjoyed reading forums and seeing positive feedback from everyone. I’m 24, I’ve been off porn for about 1 week now and it’s not my first time trying to quit either. I’ve had a bad addiction to cuckold porn, femdom humiliation and I think it all stems from bad...

I've been working on a relationship for over three months now... During that time I remained away from porn. I recently relapsed and for some reason I keep overthinking everything. There's really nothing to worry about but for some reason I keep getting the worst mood swings. Ever since this...

Do antidepressants and long running/exercise go along? What's your experience? My psychologist says that I should consider taking some low dosage of antidepressants as I feel low/negative and feel overwhelmed by the amount of study I've to do. What effect did you find on your energy level when...

I have been sex deprived my whole adult life. I'm 26 and only just had a successful sexual encounter for the first time a couple months ago. I have seen prostitutes 6 times and only was able to ejaculate this last time because of a serious porn addiction that led to erectile dysfunction the...

I still remember how smart I was when I was in fourth grade. Although I came from a lower middle class family, I still managed to get the best out of my crappy school books. I was quite good in grasping the intricate concepts of relativity and was good in studies. I was always that genius kid...

I’m on Ritalin for ADHD and I’m wondering if this effects rebooting? Or PIED?

Hi guys! I'm gonna tell you my story about this all messed up things. Well, all started when I started watching porn, maybe 12? Don't even remember to be honest... Well, since I found porn I've been masturbating minimum once per day and now I'm 21 so yeah, it's been a long time... At 17-18 I...

Hi Everyone, this is my first post. i want to share my story. (a bit long, please read) It all started when i was 14,initially i fapped to nude images and softcore stuff, but i was addicted to masturbation back then (3 times a day), it took over my mind, leaving me depressed and hopeless as my...

Hi all, I don't fully understand what's wrong with me - it has been about 7 months that my sex drive is at an all time low and that I've had ED problems. This isn't just during sex but during solo masturbation itself, my penis will reach maybe between 70% and 90% of hardness but won't get...

Hey guys, I'm really glad to be here and start my recovery from this hellish addiction I'm 22 years old currently in my final university semester. I've been watching porn probably since I was about 13, which is a hell of a lot of time to do so and it's caused me only damage, nothing more. My...

Hi there. My name is Dan , I am 25 yo. I've started nofap 76 days ago , my first streak ever. I used to watch masturbate since I was 11 yo with erotic content or using vhs tape with porn when my parents were not home and when I was 13 I got my first computer and I was watching porn and doing...

Hey guys I’ve basically joined this forum because I don’t know what else to do. I started watching porn when I was a teenager and then started doing drugs and masturbating to porn. I got PIED when I was 20 and have not had a normal erection since then. I can get aroussed when taking gas station...

Dear fellow nofappers, It has been years since I have visited this site. I just came here now, thinking I should be proud of my achievement - I am soon to reach 90 days of no pmo and it feels good. This is not the first time though. Back in 2015, I went 7 months without porn, only to give in...

Please help me out, I'm desperate. I just turned 18 the past month, I'm sure you guys have been through pretty much the same things I have (isolation, depression, etc) because of masturbation. I kinda have gotten over some things, but there are some other things that still affect me. Just so...

Depression is something that always made me give up my fight against PMO and forced me to go back to it. I really felt hopeless . After reading status of many people I realised many are struggling on depression so I wanted you guys ton suggest your tips and tricks to overcome depression. It will...

My boyfriend (of 4 years) and I have been having issues with a possible case of him having porn addiction. Now I don't think looking at it is bad in itself but when it takes higher priority than our relationship its a problem. The question keeps boiling down to: what do we want? What's the...

I believe it ( PORN + MB) has ruined my life...I have no friends...NO Job.. Its been 2 years I am graduated from my university (also faced great great difficulty in completing my studies)..and unable to secure job. Got scare because of the interviews \ insults... unable to focus on anything...

I believe it has ruined my life...I have no friends...NO Job.. Its been 2 years I am graduated from my university (also faced great great difficulty in completing my studies)..and unable to secure job. Got scare because of the interviews \ insult... unable to focus on anything. Unable to sleep...

Hey guys I'm gonna talk about my succes story with ED. I hope this post don't be a trigger. That was the reason I started nofap. I was 21yo dating a 31yo woman that I met on the internet. We've been on online dating for about 2 months and we dicided to meet each other in real life. Her aunt had...

Hi, first of all im 16, i have been masturbate since i was 13, i often do it 2 time a week. the reason i want to try reboot because sometime i feel depress and im having social anxiety and lack of motivation in school and hard to concentrate Also, does nofap make penis longer, because if it does...

Hi just wanted to know if the time you get your anxiety attacks correspond to the time you used to pmo. This question is for those people who didn't have severe anxiety while PMOing.

Hi everyone. I have been trying to quit porn for over a year (longest streak 10 days). I had installed web blockers on my computer but I always eventually found a loophole that would allow me to view porn. I like me when I don't use Porn and I generally do feel a whole lot better without it...

I'm 16 and I'm wondering if I should continue to do Nofap, or just do not using porn. My longest streak has been 178 days without fapping, but I noticed after the first couple of days, I was miserable. Since I'm a teen, would it be wise to cut out masturbation, or should I just limit it? I'm horny 24/7...

Earlier this year I went without masturbation for 178 days. Now I am implementing it back I to my life (without porn of course). The problem is, I feel extremely guilty about it now, and this has resulted in anxiety and depression. Before Nofap, I used to feel no guilt, but that has changed. I...

Hi guys,I need help about anxiety.I realized that my anxiety became stronger when I started to abstain from PMO.When does anxiety stop? And should I visit doctor right away because every day I am feeling that paranoia ,anxiety and depression getting bigger.I started using Bromazepam(medication...

Hi guys, Trying this out. 24 year old male with a really good life. High paying job, decent looking, get to workout every day and stay fit. Should be really happy, but I'm not thanks to a lingering porn addiction that I realize now has been stifling my potential for years. It's gotten its...

So I've been clean for more than a week now which for me is a great accomplishment. I've been talking to this girl, all seems well but depression is spontaneously hitting me when thoughts of rejection come to mind. I recognize that this depression and sometimes anxiety are part of my recovery...

I have realized I have a problem that has ruined large parts of my life for years and it has ruined my relationships with women again and again. I am 35 and did not have any longer and meaningful relationships until my wife who I have been married to for two years now. She moved here from...

I'm currently 17 doing Hard Mode. I relapsed, and like most other times it sucks. I go into a raw state where I am aware of every imperfection in my life. It's like someone's ripped the glasses off my face and I can see all my problems clearly. My mind frantically searching for a way to deal...

Hey everyone, I guess I should give my background story. I am 38 years old and have never had a girlfriend, nor have I had any serious sexual relations. When I was a child, I was always a loner. I never had many friends. I would talk to people at school, but would never do anything with...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum. Right now, while writing this I am feeling extremely distressed and scared. Long story short - I have been addicted to pornography and a particular erotic hypnosis fetish for many years. On I side note I think I have some form of BPD...

I am from India and I have masturbated daily from the age of 10 thinking about sex with women older than me.When I entered world of internet for the first time ,I started out searching on google like " xxx " and " hot " videos on youtube .I am always fantasizing about incest and taboo stuff...

Hi. I'm a 20 years old male from Argentina. I started NoFap for the first time last week. I heard, say so, about NoFap about a year ago. The topic appeared in my Youtube recommendations alongside TED talks about quitting porn and effects porn has in your brain. It interested me but I never got...

Greetings! Recently I have been diagnosed with moderately severe depressive episode. I've been on medication (antidepressants, SSRI-class to be specific) for over a month now. During these thirty days I experienced various mood swings - some days I've been feeling crippled, devasted, I would...

I am feeling very lonely and stressed out. I just went through a cruel break up of a toxic relationship. I bored here with my thoughts, stress, and a aching need for companionship and comfort yet I am isolated in my daily life from others. I am also in an abusive unhealthy living situation...

Hi, I'm an italian student, i'm 19 years old. I'm here to reeboot, but for do it i NEED to tell someone my story. Before start i should apologise for my english :emoji_sweat::emoji_sweat:. I started watching porn al 12-13 years, at the begining it was just occasionally but then it becames more...

Hello everyone! New here (well not really, had an account made back in June of last year, shows how much this has been on my mind). Anyway been sort of making the journey alone and it's not working so I figure this is probably going to help a lot. Don't think it's just specifically porn and...

Well, the entire year I tried to stay away from porn. I have succeed in reducing it a lot, but I've had lots of relapses, of course. Last month, I was utterly depressed and anxious, I was rid of porn for about 30 days since the last relapse. This week I PMO the entire week, so I feel I've come...

Hello fellow nofap brethren. This is my first post and day 1 of me taking control of my life. The idea behind this post is to give a sense of accountability to myself and to document my journey. This won't be a long post, what I want to do with this thread is document the journey of me...

Just wanted to know the opinions of people on drinking. Here's my view: • I think a lot of time alcohol takes people down the slope step by step and makes them do stuff that they never would've done while sober. • For people struggling with depression, it becomes a go to response to escape...

Okay I never noticed this, but as my addiction gets worse this problem is affecting me more and more. So basically, lets say I relapsed today. Most of my second day would be in a day dreaming ish mode. I don't feel like doing anything, I can't focus, I get headaches sometimes when I force myself...

Hi, everyone! For years I have struggled with heavy procrastination, feelings of inferiority, insecurity, extreme anxiety and lack of motivation. During more demanding periods at uni, I quickly get really stressed out which leads to profound feelings of depression, social withdrawal (and social...

Hello community members. I won't be sharing my real name so you can just call me the Pollywog because I'm a new kind of species ready to turn shit upside down. I'm 28 and have made 2 successful reboots in the past. However the last 4 years have been some of the loneliest, toughest, yet...

I have a porn addiction. Yes, it's been there since 4-5 years. Yes , I've had this crippling addiction for a long time now. Yes, I do feel guilt,regret and pangs of shame for every moment that I wasted on porn rather than doing something productive. 20 yo undergrad. CS. I'd also struggled with...

Hello there! I am Philipp and I come from Germany. I am addicted to porn and masturbation for a long time. I started porn and masturbating when I was 12 years old and I am not able to stop. I discovered NoFap 3 months ago and since then I have tried to control my sexual power but my record...

So I am on day 11 and this is the longest I've ever gone without it since I discovered porn 15 years ago. I have been super depressed and have severe severe anxiety for about a week now. I've never experienced depression or anxiety ever in my life. Has anyone ever experienced this? is this...

Hi guys I am a pornography and sex addict. I have been watching porn since I was 10 after a family friend told me to go onto the playboy website. Ever since then, I've been hooked. Im now 25 years old (birthday was 2weeks ago) and can safely say that porn has had a significant negative in...

I watched P since 2006 and its amount and intensity gradually increased. I didn't M until 2014 when I was 26. In the same year that I started P, I got depression. I visited 4 psychologists and in order to get rid of depression, all of them prescribed M !! They said "it's normal and 99 percent of...

Ever since I was a young kid all I could really remember is the incredible amount of porn I've watched through out the years. Every aspect of my life for the past 10 years has been porn or sex related and it has made thing impossible for me. The very fact I've made it this far without my life...

Hi everybody. I'm 37 and I'm here because I really need help. I have to admit that I have a serious problem with masturbation. I've suffered from depression and anxiety, and unfortunately there's a strong link between those problems and masturbation. I'll try to be concise since my story is too...

Hello All, Want to express my how grateful I am to be on a site of like minded individuals who share similar struggles as I have. I would like to first explain as to why I am here and that is because I have a compulsive desire to look at Porn and Masturbate. Have been doing it since I was...

Hello friends, I've been suffering from General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for many years now and one of the reasons I've kept PMO'ing was my way of calming myself down when I've been feeling anxious, worried and or stressed out. GAD is basically feeling either stressed, worried or anxious for...

Hello fellow Fapstronaughts. My name is Kairu (not my real name btw), aged 29 at the time of this posting and I'm new to the NoFap website. Like many young men I have been indulging in the act of masturbation since puberty. My triggers were of images of women in sexy revealing clothing such as...

I am doing Mastubration 2 to 3 times a day from 7 years. This I think may be due to me getting bullied from people younger than me in school, I am always made fun of,my parents not supporting me, depression and now my stamina is low.. My eyesight also gone weak and i always feel tired and my...

I'm depressed, sad, and I want to get laid. I actually started this about 3 days ago, so I guess this is my 3rd day. If I'm being honest, I want to be able to talk to super hot girls who I feel nervous and small around. I want to have sex with them. But I also want to not only care about sex...

I created this account to share some of my ideas and story with you guys. Well, my name is Can, I'm 21 years old and I'm currently employed. So, I have a bad Pornography Addiction and also masturbation for many years. It started at my younger ages. A curiosity that got triggered by something I...