fantasizing

  1. trevormicheal

    Intentionally Having Fantasize And Sexual Thoughts is Relapse?

    Everyday Morning And Night I Am Intentionally Having Sexual Thoughts And Fantasizing About Old P Videos And Sex With Girl For 2 Hours. Am I relapsed? Or Can I Continue My Nofap Journey? (Sorry For My Bad English)
  2. neuron_starver

    question for those who don't check out women, does it ever get easier?

    this is mostly aimed at ppl who purposefully avoid ogling/gawking at the bodies of the opposite sex, and also try to not entertain sexual daydreams/fantasies. (sometimes called the "No Arousal Method") Does it ever get easier? like, averting my gaze whenever i'm walking past female bodies is...
  3. M

    Erection by touch - QUESTION

    Hi all, I am 45 and I have been a porn addicted since I was 23, when I first had internet and could see in images and videos all fantasies I have had since I was 13. Now at 21 days of rebooting i have already seen unbelievably good results, especially in my attitude toward life and other...
  4. P

    Question about fantasizing

    I know fantasizing is bad, so I have this question: What if you fantasize for like less than 5-10 seconds or like a short time or stop yourself during fantasizing or thinking about porn? Would that be a relapse and will it give me the dopamine rush that we are supposed to avoid? Because I am...
  5. M

    Problem with fantasizing

    Hey, Does anybody have any advice for limiting sexual fantasies? Ive noticed a big decreased when I stopped laying in bed on my days off, which has helped. But sometimes even when I’m bored at work and there isn’t much going on, I’ll start fantasizing. I read on the YourBrainOnPorn website...
  6. WildPig13

    Is/should staring at hot girls be accounted for as edging? (plz read on for more details)

    So, I broke up with my gf about a month ago and she used to turn me on big time and would always respond to my sexual insinuations (to the extent that it led me to relapse several times) but the thing is, that I started working at a new place just a couple of weeks ago and there happens to be a...
  7. E

    Fantasies about real women… feels like a relapse??

    I’m currently on day 39 of a hard mode reboot, and have noticed a few positive things. However, I’m starting to have very intense fetishes based fantasies about real women I used to see, my brain no longer thinks about porn but the temptation to masturbate to the thoughts of these women or to...
  8. P

    Fantasizing when having sex

    Hey all, I have been having sexual problems with my girlfriend for a while now. I have not watched porn or masturbated for about 11 months now, but I need to use fantasies (mostly fantasies involving my girlfriend, but sometimes with the women I know from work, the community, the gym, etc,) to...
  9. D

    Any advice on sexual thoughts while trying to go to sleep?

    Hi everyone. I’m happy to say that I’ve gone a full seven days without PMO. But today I released due to a wet dream. It was more or less related to the porn I’ve consumed. I know it’s natural to have sexual thoughts sometimes but consuming myself with fantasizing has been a been habit of mine...
  10. A

    How do you stop fantasising about real girls like your ex or imaginary girls..

    How do you stop fantasising about real girls like my your ex or imaginary girls??? Because it can be a trigger for a relapse..
  11. D

    Advice on how to avoid fantasizing

    Just chilling and sometimes I start fantasizing, it comes on its own and Im rather more frustrated than aroused. Anyway to maybe slow it down or stop completely?
  12. Honey_Singh_420

    Why do we idolize women's body? Is there an alternative?

    What could be the core of the objectification of woman body. Please refrain from commenting those who say calm down it's normal/healthy/blah-blah type bullshit, or that's how men are designed. Well along with our programming, we have intelligence and awareness. We aren't any of those reptilian...
  13. Rox7

    PIED: How bad is fantasizing for recovery?

    I am 24 going on 25 and I have had serious PIED for 4-5 years, to the point where I couldn't even get full erections during PMO, but I still get morning wood sometimes. I have been without PMO for 2 months. I have not seen any improvement, though with the issue being as bad as it is, I wasn't...
  14. karlthekingofthejungle

    Had never been addicted to porn, but... (19years-old)

    I had never been addicted to porn. If I passed a weekend watching porn and masturbating, it would be boring and I would't masturbate to porn for about a month or two. I don't even remember the last time I've watched porn. Like, for me it's always the same thing, it's nothing so especial. I...
  15. F

    Suggestions for Fantasizing

    Hey guys. So I'm new to NoFap and I actually discovered this platform today. I've been clean of PMO for 14 days now and I plan to keep it that way until I'm married sometime in the very distant future. It's been a real struggle but I've realized that my urges come in waves, and if I can ride out...
  16. Sleepingbadger

    Is there a way to effectively stop fantasizing and control my own thoughts?

    Hello! I've been having problems with provocative thoughts, memories of porn and fantasizing lately. These thoughts just pop in my head randomly and then I become tempted. I can avoid P and M as long as I don't take any physical action towards them but for some reason these thoughts are really...
  17. ThomasTheCat

    Fantasizing about real girls is bad?

    I was talking to this girl that I dated a while ago and she asked me to come over to her house. I started fantasizing about what this meeting would be like and remembering our past experiences. Having these thoughts, I had an erection of about 60% stiffness. This for me is practically a...
  18. Windkick

    Normal sexual tastes

    I'm curious. I know porn is the enemy here, but is there some kind of healthy Internet content that doesn't classify as porn? Or even just a fantasy that's not extreme. Is there anything safe for viewing/thinking about? I've been asking myself this because, where you draw the line between a porn...
  19. H

    All Suggestions Welcome "Insomnia"

    I'll try to keep it short. I fantasized every night since puberty, like every single night. Now I'm having trouble sleeping if I do not fantasize. And it grows with the nofap count, first it took me half an hour to fall asleep, now 2 hours and after day 60 I'm awake atleast 4 hours after going...
  20. Kyle23

    What’s the Origin of my Fetish?

    Im looking for someone educated on the subject of fetishes and how they come about. Also the psychology behind it. Looking for a pm discussion on the matter to help me better understand it for my own personal reasons. Any help is greatly appreciated.
  21. B

    Need cure from Intense Fantasizing & Brutal Porn addiction

    Hello All! It would be very helpful to get some tips from you guys to control the urge & have a different outlook while going through temptations by listening to your success stories. Kindly do share them. Thanks! -Barakkah Warrior
  22. A

    Does Fantasizing count as a relapse??

    I am doing nofap for couple of days and i get strong urges during the day but i postpone them by keep telling myself that in the night, i will fantasize. And in the night i fantasize myself with all sexy girls i personally know ( not a pornstar ). I do fantasize in bed till i get to sleep. This...
  23. Sovereign Soul

    Insight: Be very careful of how you use NOFAP

    Hey there fellas, Little bit about me: Been trying to quit for 3 years now, with some okay streaks (~80 days) and many many short ones (<10 days). As 2019 approached, I made the commitment to never watch porn again, and established a bunch of new, and infinitely more fruitful habits (waking up...
  24. O

    Surviving in a world of sexualized media

    Fellow fapstronauts. I'm on the longest streak I've ever had. My motivation has remained strong and I've been keeping my eyes on the prize. This helps me when negative thoughts or urges enter my mind so I can simply say no and send them packing. However, part of my success has been because of...
  25. R

    Need Help! Triggered by female roommate

    Every time I look at my female roommate, I am instantly reminded by the porn I used to watch; she's very triggering without her talking or acting provocatively. It's mostly the fact that she looks like many of these actresses. I can't just hide from her, she's in my apartment with a 3rd guy...
  26. Fucfemdom

    Will I truly recover?

    I'm 23 y.o and have had a life rich of porn and sexual encounters. My porn journey evolved into only watching femdom, and then into browsing FetLife to make my fantasies a reality. I've been with regular girls and had regular sex, but only 6/10 times I'd have a full erection. But what I was...
  27. kropo82

    Techniques to curtail sexual thoughts

    I've just hit the two year mark abstaining from porn and I haven't masturbated for 722 days, so my core 'reboot' is going well. And like so many others here I have found I want to add other elements to the reboot which will make me a better man (a better person). One of these is to stop ogling...
  28. Appleboy

    (Question) Fantasizing and Sexting

    Hey guys (and gals) I have a quick question! Is fantasizing about your girlfriend bad for rewiring? And what are your thoughts about sexting while trying to rewire?
  29. 7

    Is fantasizing considered a relapse?

    What's up Fapstronauts? I have a issue on my conscience. I know we shouldn't dwell on fantasies that come to our mind, but if we do, is it a relapse? I ask because I do this a lot (I need stimulation somehow lol) and after remembering my NoFap commitment, I say "Damn, I relapsed!" and go on...
  30. K

    Need to stop!!

    Hi, I'm 25yo Woman and new here. When I''m reading some of Your threads I feel like it was me writing this. Here's my story. I started PMO when I was 14. Before this first final happened I was addicted to all this erotic stuff for years long. Till now... Then I meet someone and had my first...
  31. Kai101

    I feel worse then I did before Nofap. Is Nofap for me?

    I started nofap back in December 2017. I remember before I found out about nofap, I'd take a couple days off or skip a day of fapping, and I'd feel amazing. My life WAS amazing before nofap. Even though I was watching porn, I loved life. I had so much motivation. I enjoyed everything, and I...
  32. dummy roman titan

    Is fantasizing about sex relapsing?

    I fantasized about having sex with this girl I saw the other day. I didn't watch any sort of pornographic content. I just opened up a text file and started typing whatever thoughts I was having about that. Nothing else. I had a stiffie. However, it did feel like I let out some steam mentally...
  33. T

    Please share your thoughts with me

    Hey guys! So it's been a week of nofap without porn or masturbation. I felt like a god the first 5 days but now i'm beginning to fantasize more about people i know, i often find myself getting erected although i have no urge playing with my mojo.. I this common during nofap? I don't care about...
  34. Dov

    fantasizing and porn stash

    I was reading a bit on 'Your brain on porn'. im on a Nofap period of about a week now (i dont like to count days, makes it look long) and i have two questions: when i Nofap, i like to fantasize about women i know, this is interesting because i had (?) and extreme impractical porn fetish and now...
  35. diogo431509

    How to stop fantasizing about a girl / man / crush?

    Nobody discussed this. This question was asked by Pillan24 but no real answers. Please take some time to answer this thoroughly to help me and others facing this situation. https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-control-my-fantasies.161219/ In my specific case, I spend a lot of...
  36. Prashanna

    So Video Games release dopamine. Will this affect my reboot process?

    I am 30 years old, and I think I'm suffering from PIED (Porn induced erectile dysfuction). Can get hard while I'm watching porn, but couldn't when I tried to have sex, and couldn't even fantasize effectively. So I turned to NoFap and have been going somewhat strong for 20 odd days now...
  37. A

    Does this count as a relapse?

    It's been exactly 16 days since the last time I PMO'd. However, in some of those days, I couldn't help but fantasize many times in my head while I was asleep. Just last night, I was fantasizing again. As embarrassing as this may sound, I was fantasizing using my own pillow by hugging it and...
  38. StarSO

    Fantasizing about partner during sex - is it bad?

    My SO has been addicted to porn most of his life (we're talking 30+ years). He is now about 4-1/2 months into his reboot and is doing very well abstaining from PM, sometimes he dreams about it or random things pop into his head but he hasn't actively sought out anything or voluntarily thought...
  39. I

    Nofap question on fantasy

    Hey guys, So Ive been on a streak since sep 15 (2017) and have a question reguarding fantasy. This week has been extra hard because i have been fantasizing alot about scenarios and feel like im on a flatline.. Ive made improvements during this streak and like everybody, have experienced ups and...
  40. MCZorba

    Looking for advice on fantasizing and any success stories from those who were in a similar spot.

    So I'm in a long-distance LTR currently, and I've gotten to the point where avoiding PMO is pretty easy. What hasn't been so easy is going more than at most a few weeks without fantasizing about my girlfriend. These fantasies often come about when I'm having trouble sleeping, and they're...
  41. Lunatweeker

    Need help

    I started with porn at age 11 i haven't watched porn in 28 days but I've seen adds from pop ups and I'm still temped to look and want too. Is this bad? Plus I've been watching women's sports which shows a lot of there body's Because of the outfits they wear. Is this bad? Fantasizing and...
  42. L

    Rebooting and Fantasy Tips?

    So I'm almost on day 30 of a nofap streak. This is my most solid streak yet, almost no fantasy and not much oogling of women on the streets! Today I was feeling great then my mind had to ruin it.. I started fantasizing about a few of my favorite porn scenes at work. I went to urinate and some...
  43. T

    How to deal with porn-induced fantasies

    I keep thinking of my porn-induced fantasies and I get huge erections, to the point of I'm afraid I will cum. The point is I want to stop that and think only of girls I meet everyday, which I do sometimes. How can I deal with such fantasies? How can I block them? Also, I've been thinking about...
  44. D

    A question about fantasizing! (Would appreciate any input)

    Hello, Fapstronauts! So on the topic of fantasizing, I was wondering if these things are hindering my reboot. I know it's wrong to fantasize sexual scenarios, look at P-Subs and whatnot. But the problem is when I sweet talk a lady I'm texting, I get erections just thinking about having dinner...
  45. Josh88

    How to appropriately respond to an urge

    Have you ever been triggered and felt a strong urge to watch porn or masturbate? While ignoring (suppressing) an urge may temporarily put it under control, it will eventually come back. It's like trying to hold down a beach ball under water. It’s not too difficult at first… but the longer you...
  46. TooMuchTooSoon

    Ogling/Fantasizing = Delayed healing/No full reboot?

    Hi All, I'm posting here to get as many perspectives as possible. During a long (but generally good) talk with my SO, I addressed my concerns re: ogling. He admitted he still does it and definitely leans into the side of fantasizing (mentally undressing/ imagining sex with etc.) and not just...
  47. P

    Hello! Stop the fantasizing stop the porn addiction?

    Tl;DR - I struggle with defining "relapse." I struggle with fantasizing and edging. I'm as addicted to masturbation as porn. For me, fantasizing leads to edging, leads to masturbation, leads to porn. So, stop the fantasizing stop the porn addiction? Tips for not fantasizing or edging, esp. at...
  48. R

    Abstain from sexual thoughts

    Im on 11 days without PMO and i've been fine with it so far, not been that difficult. Though however what has been bothering me are constant sexual thoughts in my head. It keeps distracting me in school and I lose focus and concentration in lessons which is affecting me alot. Whats the best...
  49. E

    Is fantasizing healthy?

    I was wondering if fantasizing about someone or some situations is healthy or not. Don't you find it natural and rooted in human nature to imagine something you would like to happen, given that these fantasies don't become obsessions? feel free to correct my english if you find mistakes, i want...
  50. M

    Reached a point where I am now extremely scared and stressed?! help

    If you do not want to read all this scroll down to MAJOR PART! for the main part Hello NoFap community I just joined this site and I have already dived unto these type of topics to no avail. I believe my addiction started a long time ago with a is a mixture of masturbation & Pornography...
  51. N

    Fantazising

    Can I still have a successful reboot while MOing? If I cut out all visual stimulation but i still fap to my imagination of girls I know, will that still reverse the effects of porn and bring my brain back to normal? I'd imagine it would depend on my situation. Well I'm a teenager, been fapping...
  52. H

    Newbie here

    Basics 23/F Christian Struggling with: Sexual Fantasies (all day, every day) which often leads to masturbation. Last fap(s) I used porn. I don't use porn often but even a little is too much. I'm repenting. I can get aroused by anything sexual even if just in books (so taking a break from Bad...
  53. IWantToBeAHuman

    EVERYTHING SEXUALLY TRIGGERS ME ! :(

    Day 3 on no-pmo . . I find it hard to not fantasized about when I see girls , my brains automatically fantasized about them and breathing becomes heavy . I also find it hard to establish eye contact to anyone specially women when she's wearing something that can make you get aroused and start...
  54. J

    Fantasing whilst with girlfriend

    Hi, when I am receiving a handjob and occasionally a blowjob or having sex I fantasise about other women being involved. I don't like doing it particularly as I feel it's cheating in a way, and would rather just enjoy the experience without creating a mini porno scene in my mind. My question is...
  55. PleaseHealMe

    Help: How to fight with fantasy ?

    It appears that my brain is trying to fill the void created after quitting porn with over fantasizing. But problem is that i sometimes let my brain fantasize. Reason is that i have to prepare for a very tough exam and if i will stop fantasizing, i will go through intense flatline and i won't be...
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