mental health

Hi, I'm struggling with a pretty serious problem for me. I managed to distance myself from porn, masturbation, alcohol, drugs, smoking cigarettes and unhealthy eating. You could say I've gotten back on track and I'm extremely proud of it. I was addicted for a long time and porn accompanied me...

Some people enjoy their life at free time, some stuck in past or can't express their needs and feelings. What can one do to live life at fullest? We are not always alone our brain is always working; we can't lie to our self's.

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What are some strategies for addressing stigma and misconceptions surrounding Mental Health Medications?

I recently came across the work of Dr Susanna Søberg. She's an academic who's extensively studied cold water immersion. Her interview on Feel Better Live More helped me understand the benefits of cold showers as well as how to go about having them. Her research has found cold immersion benefits...

I wonder if any users on the forums have done meditation for practicing NoFap. Practicing mindfulness has been known to help treat people with drug addiction. If any users practice mindfulness activities, please post on this thread to inform other Fapstronauts on techniques to break free from...

This will be a long one, but it is both a vent and a cry for help, on a problem I have mentally for quite a while. As a background for myself, I am 24, I never had a relashionship, hookup or sex ever with a girl, and in general I am really bad with girls, although now that Im in uni, it...

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

I get this FOMO-type feeling whenever I try to mentally prep myself for a long stretch of abstinence. Something I've wanted for a decade or two is to be 90 days clean. My biggest achievements have been periods no longer than about 3-4 weeks and I've only had a dozen or so of those since I...

My biggest breakthrough in my self-improvement journey came when I no longer lived as a victim. I used to believe that I had no control over my life. I didn't feel like I had a choice. What I've now learnt is... I CHOSE to be in a relationship that didn't allow me to develop. I CHOSE to...

I just want to express my thoughts and feelings about this, specifically onlyfans. I never paid for such a thing but I was thinking about it and I'm glad I never did because I realized how toxic and bad it can be. I remember a girl I liked from school rejected me and I thought to myself maybe I...

Wanted to make a post to see if there were any other sufferers of any kind of mental illnesses from all walks of life. Men, women, trans, old, young, from any part of the world on this forum. I myself am a sufferer of Bipolar II, Major Depression, C-PTSD, Anxiety, Insomnia, and that's it so far...

Wanted to make a post to see if there were any other sufferers of any kind of mental illnesses from all walks of life. Men, women, trans, old, young, from any part of the world on this forum. I myself am a sufferer of Bipolar II, Major Depression, C-PTSD, Anxiety, Insomnia, and that's it so far...

Hey Guys, I am married guy who has just started nofap to get my strength back. I am trying to repair the damage that I have done to my physical and mental health by not masturbating. Just had a question that what if I have a sex with my partner? Will it be considered as relapse? Please help me...

I have read many posts in past stating that someone had OCD or ADHD and turned out it was PMO habit and after nofap they were getting cured. What about dementia? I am not asking a medical advice just to be clear. I've been addict for 14 years, I am seeing effects such as unable to focus...

Hi everyone firs time here. ill try to keep this short. I developed schizophrenia at around 17 but wasnt diagnosed until I was 20, that was about 3 years ago. I grew up watching porn since I was 12 and consumed it almost daily up until I was 18, at that point i decided I wanted to control myself...

I've recently started reading and watching videos related to Islam. I've already declared that there's only one God (Shahadah), given Zakat and have been reading the Quran for guidance in life. However, I've also struggled with many negative emotions (mental health issues) that have led me into...

My self-improvement journey has taken a bit of a set-back this year, so I wanted to post a thread discussing where I've lost myself and what I've been able to fix. Problems: - Porn Addiction - Bad performance - Gaining weight - Bad mental health - Poor hygiene - Lack of motivation - Falling...

I have been experiencing something off and on that I can't really explain. I think it has something to do with possible depression, anxiety, or just some sort of internal hate for my job. I work in a warehouse and as a delivery driver, and I frequently disassociate while driving. This sometimes...

I'm trying to give up my vices. I switched from YouTube, to Netflix, to games. I'm halfway to 30 days on nofap, which I've only done twice before. I'm aiming for 90 days, maybe a whole year, but hoping for the rest of my life. I want to break out of my bad habits and routine. I want to make a...

Anybody here a chronic sufferer of insomnia? I know I am not the only one. I wanted to know the methods you guys use and do in order to get a good night's sleep, if any. Do you find that being on a streak helps? What are your bedtime routines? I guess my dilemma is quite unique that not even...

Hello everyone. I really need help with an issue I've been facing. To start, I am a recovering porn addict who has made great strides in overcoming this problem to the point that I don't feel I need it at all on my good days; i used to watch porn multiple times a day but now im down to a few...

Has anyone heard Kendrick Lamar's song Father Time? It's a song where he confesses to having daddy issues and how that's affected his mental health and relationships. Would you say you have daddy issues? Has it affected your mental health? Here are some of the lyrics: I got daddy issues...

Don't get me wrong, I think therapy can help some but I hate how some people talk about it as if it's the answer to everyone's problems. For some people, therapy doesn't work. It's like for some people, therapy is their religion and their religion has all the answers. A therapist is like their...

Any folks with bipolar disorder want to share how it changed their relationship with porn? I've always had issues with porn but after my bipolar diagnosis, its been extreme issues with porn. I'm quite well medicated at this point but do have hypomania and depression at times, both of which amp...

Hi, it's been long since i've been here, 3 years ago I believe, when I did a 30 and then 90 days challenge. I recall these as enlightening experiences, but i had no intention of quitting porn for good. As of today, I consider myself as a porn addict (whereas 3 years ago I did not), and I have...

Hi So I have a therapist now. We had our second session today. In the first session I mentioned the pmo/mo/fmo problem I had growing up and how I think it's the cause for why I struggle with overwhelm, dissasociation, stress and anxiety. Today we discussed ADHD and after the session I've just...

Hey guys I recently relapsed after a 67 day streak. While I am pretty disappointed in myself I've noticed a trend after my relapses. I have an extremely active chatterbox mind that wont keep quiet.To the point of really affecting my every day living. I do meditation and all that but it only...

Hello guys! I'm here with a interested topic to discuss. I did great for a month expect two night falls and unfortunately failed on 33 days streak because of my stupid friend. I noticed clear positive changes in physical, mental health. Like strength and energy in body and clear active mind. My...

As we know narcissists tend to be callous, unemotional, and lacking in empathy. It's impossible to live with them and not be the target of such malicious schemes. I recently discovered my biological father to be a narcissist, with a strong inclination to Sociopathy. It made sense to a lot of...

Hi there! I am a 26yr old bisexual man. I began watching porn around the age of 13, but it was within a household that the very act was made extremely shameful and was not talked about. My sex education consisted of what I was able to teach myself from a set of encyclopedias we had in our home...

Hi all, I’m a new member of this forum. I suffer with a form of OCD that gives me deeply unpleasant obsessional sexual thoughts and images. I will not go into detail as it is quite traumatic. I suffer with anxiety and depression because of the intrusive and obsessional thoughts. I have...

About 2.5 months ago, I had to split things on with my fiance (which is now my former) because she had some not-good things going on. Bless the situation. That was hard for me emotionally and I relapsed hard on alcohol and porn one week after our split. I watched porn for like 3 hours straight...

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...

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.

I'm stuck! I've been dating a girl for about 18 months now, and while she's sweet in many ways, she's also seriously unwell mentally; diagnosed personality disorder, history of hospital stays, self harm, suicide attempts, etc. Plus ongoing physical health issues with her digestive system. The...

Like many of you I use to wallow in self pity and negative emotions. While waiting for someone to come tell me the magic formula to all my problems. And was plagued by bouts of depression. But I found a way out, a way to deal with those problems on my own 4 year ago I had dropped out of...

For the sake of anomaly, I need to ask you fellows for some advice here. This time, it's about coffee. This feels like one the last vices I still have left in my life and something I would like keeping at a minimum if possible since I know it is a drug, although most people don't want to admit...

Hello! I've been addicted to porn since I was 12, so I guess it's been almost 8 years now. I used to PMO from one to three times a day when I was addicted. First time I noticed that pmo didn't do any good to me was at age 15. I didn't seriously commit to quitting pmo back then but I started...

Hi Guys, I'm new to the forum. Please check my latest post: https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/reseting-cause-im-bored-aware-of-the-shame.272431/ Is it normal and do other people face the same issue, where after masturbation they feel more empty and shame and a greater void? It is...

Hey guys I need some advice. I ask that you please take this seriously. The last day I masterbated was December 5th. I’ve tried to quit many times over the decade I’ve been masterbating without any real success. The reason I stopped was my penis began aching for days to weeks after I...

Pornography is like a drug January 10, 2020, | Michael’ Walter T. Farrell II Why are people so blind to see the silent killer that is destroying most men’s and women’s lives? This silent killer is pornography, even though it doesn’t kill the user it destroys how they see women...

So let me start off by saying, i realize a lot of you here don't believe there's necessarily anything wrong with masturbation. But for religious reasons, i believe masturbation is wrong. I've also struggled recently with a renewed porn addiction after 4 years clean. I struggle with Borderline...

By bipolar I mean every hour you swinging back and forth from feeling euphoric and like you're the king of the world to feeling like absolute garbage with no hope for the future. This always happens to me for a day or two after breaking the streak. I know that drugs can exacerbate the symptoms...

So I have noticed it on a people. I see some of my friends who masturbate everyday and they don't seem that they masturbate at all. You see that girls are getting attracted and you see that they are a lot confident. They are humorous, you see girls hugging them and basically they don't have...

(Sorry if my English is bad) Yesterday, I watched a documentary about porn and it’s industry. Now I know definitely: I never want to watch porn again. In the documentary it was said that there are many women in the porn industry who are forced to do painful things for example. I don‘t know if...

I haven't fapped in over a month but I still catch myself looking at pics of women on social media. Whenever I see a cute woman on the streets, I catch myself looking at their bodies. It might be because of the amount of testosterone building in my body. I'm still avoiding my responsibilities by...

Here goes my story: I'm schizophrenic. I take medication but angry, mocking, cruel voices are still there all the time and the truth is, I can't bring myself to believe they're not real. I also have chronic depression which brings suicidal thoughts and a crushed, awful feeling of pain and...

Hello all, I hope you take the time to read this because I am struggling lol. A little background, I have previously been in an anxious panic and obsession about my health in particular cancer. After multiple trips to the GP for reassurance I finally released this. (I felt this was relevant...

Hello! I've been trying nofap for 2 years, and now I've finally kind of "succeeded" with 223 days streak. I don't see many benefits from my streak anymore, but I don't want to do any PMO, so I think I'm just going to stick with my current streak. Anyways, I'm 18 and virgin, and I think I have...

Well hello there! Name's Ayman! In the last month, I've been down in the dumps lately. Just recently gotten out of a break up and have lost focus on what's been important. So slowly slowly, I started to listen to motivational speeches and spending time with positive people until...I stumbled...

Hi, Completely new to this forum, and glad it exists. Before last night I was completely unaware of the extent to which pornography can affect sexual health and break relationships. I’m in desperate need of some serious advice and encouragement from those of you who are further down the road of...

Hi there, I wanna talk about HOCD. I hope u wanna make some time to read it. I’ve been all my life perfectly straight. I’ve a girlfriend for a good a year now who I really love and have plans with the rest of my life. I have HOCD for like a good month now, I was really depressed the first...

Hey there fellow fapstronauts! (I feel a tad silly having just typed ‘fapstronaut’) I am a 30 yr-old male, and I’ve been using porn technically since the 90s when dial-up Internet/AOL took off. The cycle that this community dubs ‘PMO’ didn’t start for me until my sophomore year of high school...

Hi fellow people, What is your best strategy to deal with Stress & Anxiety? I ask because these are big problems in my life and are one of my biggest triggers to PMO. Stay Strong, Iceberg

The following is translated from China’s Jiese forums, all content belong to it’s respectful owners at: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5904018496 Hello Everyone, my name is hui jian zhan mo, I can’t believe it’s been two years since I started my NoFap journey! I feel I’ve changed so much! I recall...

Im new to this site, and I stumbled upon it in a YouTube video, so I gave it a try! I’ve been watching pornography since I was 14, and it’s finally taking a toll on my marriage and my mental well being. So here’s to a new life!

Hi everyone, I'm 25yo and trying to quit porn and masturbation for about 2 years. So far the longest streak is 22 days (August 2018), and I have several 10-15 days streaks. In a last 10 days I relapsed 10 times, which was the motivation to join NoFap. I immigrated to US couple of years ago...

Hi, my name is Mr Nancy (of course that isn't my real name, I borrowed it from the people of the gold coast, Anansi, the spider god, a teller of tales, a trickster and spinner of lies) I am currently a week and two days into a "rebooting" challenge. The reason why I am posting and signing up to...

Hey everyone. I'm a 23 year old man who's been struggling with addictions for the longest time, including porn. This isn't the first time I've made a NoFap account, but I've come back because I genuinely believe that fapping away to porn on the regular is one of the main roots of my lack of...

Here's a very important topic which I think people should pay more attention to: your ego. Have you ever been one of those people who goes to a place and just has an awful perspective on everybody who seems happy? Have you ever despised other people feeling that they have the happiness and the...

I have suffered with schizophrenia for over 20 years. However I have had a problem with porn for closer to 30. I have tried to stop using it many times sometimes for over a year, however I have always come back to it. I think I know what the problem is I am unhappy with my life and generally...

I apologize for the clickbait title, but I really need to spread this message as far as I can. Let me tell you a little story about myself: I have always been a "what if" kind of guy who hangs on to the past and daydreams about a perfect future. I've repressed my feelings so hard that I always...

hi guys, So I’ve been talking to my bf today, and for the past 6 years, porn has been a problem in our relationship and his life. I have some questions for you guys to see if my bf’s problems stem from porn addiction. When he was little, he says everyone thought he had adhd. He was a very...

Hi guys, I have an aim to improve my life closer to what I would like to be in my prime. A little background about myself, and why I am here: I have been training in my chosen profession for the last 3 years. This past year I'e been on placements in remote, unstimulating environments, and was...

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.

H, I'm a guy who had a feminization hypno issue. I'm new but already went two days. My only concern is that I've masturbated to this and I'm worried my brain will hold onto it. The thing is, I'm a teen and I'm worried this will effect me heavily. Is this permanent or do I just have to wait it...

Hi all. Have you ever wondered: how come I'm struggling with this when I see so-and-so, who is living life and not worrying about anything? I've come to think about it. This is all our own fault. There is deeper level of truth about taking responsibility and drop the excuses. That level...

So the past year or so, I've been strictly working on my mental health and as a result, I haven't been able to hold down a stable job for very long. I have moderate-severe OCD, ADHD, clinical depression and I'm an all-around addict with everything that I do, specifically drugs and porn. My...

porn adiction made me insensible , and left me some mental problems about my sexual orientation , i have been feeling a lot of stress and concern about i think i will never feel great again... my head hurts a lot , for the stress, nothing likes to me, neither sex nor other things ... is this...

i didnt watch gay porn, just the "normal porn" but, i have leave the porn for a month an and i am leaving the M bit by bit , i feel very good again , but , now when i see a attractive man i feel incommodious... i liked women since 10 , but now with all the porn that i have seen i feel like i...

I have an accountability partner and this has been hugely helpful in staying clean off porn use and manual ejaculation. Yet, I am still looking for other resources to better mindfully handle urges to use porn. (And I counselor people diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder, so I know addiction and...

Hey everybody! Being that I am at odds with my masturbatory skills, I've discovered different images/items/observations that make me think about want to use porn. Being that we are addicts, I noticed a number of people using the word "trigger" to reference their thoughts on this. I find this...

So i've been doing substantial amounts of self-reflection lately; what kind of person I am, the kind of person i've been, and the kind of person I want to be. Some slightly epiphanic thoughts for me, but not at all entirely new concepts for many, were centered around the idea that I pollute my...

I am currently in a strange not-quite-relationship with my daughter's mum and can't quite figure out if it's healthy or not and then what I can do about it. I will explain a little more below, but essentially I'm looking for nuanced opinions from people who aren't invested in the situation to...

Hi there NoFappers, I'd like to share my story about porn ruining my perfect chance to relax and also porn affecting my mental health. This is my first time posting here so please be easy on me :) also, I'm 18 not 37 as my profile says. So I've been fapping and watching porn very actively ever...

So I was taking an antibiotic last week to make sure I didn't get an infection from a severe puncture wound in my foot. All normal, nothing weird. I was taking an antibiotic named Keflex, or Cephalexin. It has a symptom I didn't expect. On patient reviews of the drug, feelings of...

Hello. I started NoFap around August of 2016 and kept my no PMO streak going until November 2016. At this point in my life, I was dealing with some negative experiences from my past, which made me pretty depressed, leading to the beginning of my mental decline. At that same point in...

I'm start to think that my PE is caused by some kind of skin structure on my penis, that i have to many nerves or something...idk its that possible or im going a little bit crazy? haha

Hey Everyone, Just relapsed.Feeling fucked up.Sleepy and trying to gain motivation. So I have come to a conclusion and I will share it with you guys. Number of relapses i have had in these 15 days were more than that I had previous month. Thats really really poor. But why ? Why always relate...

Hi there NoFap people! I'm looking forward to experiencing all the positive life changes and challenges that rebooting has to offer. I decided to register here as I experienced a bout of quite serious depression to the point of feeling suicidal. I am on antidepressants now and have lots of...

Dear Fapstronauts, I got informed about this website after I read a blog written by one of us. It was about the success, peace and change within himself he encountered after taking this path. This platform, which connects like mindsets, will be helpful for me to know where I am. As of now, with...

Tl;dr I've left the more significant bits in bold, I've written an essay here haha Hi guys, Been aware of this group for quite a while now and entertained the idea of joining in many many times. I've been PMOing since I was about 13 and it's been pretty nonstop since tbh, this only got...