religion

Hi, I'm new to this site, but I do have a porn addiction. If anyone here considers themself a praying person, I'm trying to date again soon. Thanks. i-like-math.

These are just my thoughts, research and experiences as to why I/we use Pornogragry. The purpose for this is to better understand the problem so that we can better fix the problem.

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...

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...

It’s like I fap, have the O and feel super depressed . Then the next day I’m doing it again . Why is it like this for me ? I’m beginning to wonder if death is better . I was raised Roman Catholic but I’m not religious anymore . Would a loving god really send someone to hell for ending their life...

I made an account about a year and half ago and never posted until now because uhh... jeez where to start? I'm male, straight, 25, and that account was made because I was going to stop porn. Was - we'll come back to that. Reason for need to quit was that I had to face facts: my porn tastes...

I've always been terribly shy around women never really had a girlfriend never had sex. I want to become a Catholic as a way to spiritually commit to God but I have some pretty ungodly desires, I want to one day have kids with my own with a woman but I feel as if my shyness and sexual desires...

45 days masturbation free. this streak is 45 days but nofap has been an on and off battle for ~1 year. much improvements have refreshed and empowered me throught this year. a few years ago I was struggling with disgousting fetishes. they had control over me and I couldn't say no. I won't go...

I feel like I tried everything in my power to get rid of my foot fetish. I've been having an "interest" for ladies' feet since I was a young boy and I have no idea why. I'm trying to become more spiritual and religious but I feel like my foot fetish is holding me back. I also have an attraction...

I will not talk here about the benefits of recovery only, but I will also try to tackle the fundamental issues of self-perception and the distorted sense of reality which I suffered before and after I came across this challenge, I can tell that some of my views here may offend some brothers and...

Hello fellow NoFapsters, maybe this wikipedia article can give you some guidance, even if you don't believe in spiritual or metaphysical appearances. Even though an atheist, I find it faszinating, how the topic of masturbation is viewed, especially in the far eastern philosophy...

Hey guys, Thought I'd share my story with you guys. It's Sunday night and I'm finally done prepping all my stuff for work, so why not. I'll split this up into two sections: masturbation and porn. The masturbation side of things: How it started: Somewhere last June/July I made the intention to...

Hey! So yes I have OCD and my OCD is not more of germs but of thoughts. I'm kinda religious too and when trying to abstain from porn and masturbation I read a lot of religion stuff and now my problem is even though I am on day 3 after 1-2 weeks of relapses and this is my third try. I'm not...

I've been a pornography addict a long time ago. During all that period unfortunately i was not aware that Pornography and specially porn destroyed my life completely... I want to make you aware that most of the videos on these porn websites that are showing your brothers and sisters in humanity...

Hello, guys. So, two days ago, I was kinda sad. I was feeling down about getting girls. I've been single for 3 years. In order to alleviate this feeling, I asked some friends if they wanted to hang out. Sadly, none of them were available, so I decided to stay in for the night. One of my friends...

I don't know where to look for the anwers or who to ask. I have been taught christian values from a young age and I have always believed in God. However now I'm in cross-roads. I don't know if I believe in God or not. This drains my energy. Science has some good points and it's logical. Also...

Hey fellas, I am quickly finding out how much weed smoking is keeping me from achieving my highest potential. And just as we are doing NoFap to become the best version of ourselves, we should truly consider what our best version as a future self would entail. Would that best version include...

Hi all. I have failed for many years at overcoming my PMO problem (my longest streak ever in my life was around 23 days). I say 'problem' and not addiction as PMO has not overtaken my life (yet anyway). I am still able to function normally and get on with my life. However my constant problem...

Hey guys. Hope you all are well, thought I'd share my story and some of the issues I have encountered and still am. I quit porn last year, I think mid-/end-June or early July. I had wanted to quit for years, due to religious convictions, but I never did, because it just felt good and desires...

So. Hello there. I am 18 old. Have been dating with gl for like 6 months. Todays my 31d and 23h NoFap journey. So, I easily fucked off fap, really. I really love her and realised that NoFap challenge made me better at "loving". I do appreciate feelings, emotions and "clean" love. We are...

I'm not a religious man (yet) but this man is dropping a lot of knowledge in this:

Meant to post this ages ago, but here we go! How I quit porn and almost completed my 90 day NoFap but messed up a week before finishing. Typical backstory: Got introduced to porn at the age of 12 by a classmate, been masturbating since then, typical stuff. Had girlfriends over the years...

Science says that constantly watching many Hours of porn while fapping might not be good for the function of the brain and cognitive functioning. Watching many porn movies distracts clarity of thought and concentration, but I think that's a Problem with Smartphones, Computers, and TV and...

Have you read the popular Christian youth-leader favorite book? “I kissed dating goodbye”? Josh Harris... I not only read it eagerly but also recommended it to many friends when I or they were considering getting married. I’m Crushed to hear the author (I assume who is now rich and famous)...

Is there any reason for a non-religious person to get married? I was listening to recent a recent episode of Fresh Air where this former Jehovah Witness said she doesn't know why anyone gets married now that she's not religious. As a JW she was married but after leaving her religion and the...

I've been religious all 19 years of my life along with my very loving family. I just graduated, have held a job for over 2 years, am going college in fall. I am still dependent on my family but they keep forcing church on me but I really just want a break from religion as I feel it has prevented...

Hey everyone! I really need your help/advice regarding a recent incident that happened in my life. So a while back I made this post: https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/almost-had-sex-but.228945/ What i was asking in that post is relationship advice regarding a religious girl that i...

Does anyone have any views or opinions on how you can be secular when it comes to religions (agnostic or atheist) but also adopting a spiritual approach to life? Any thoughts/opinions are welcome! Thank you for sharing.

How much of an influence does religion play in how we think about masturbation? If there was no religion would we be bothered about masturbation? Does religion make us want to masturbate even more?

I don`t know much about Buddhism hence ive got started just a month back.. so kindly apologize if i state anything incorrect or misleading.. the founder of Buddhism 'Siddartha Gautama' is not considered as god. but he told to be a priest or monk.. He have found the reason behind...

I've been wondering do we all reboot due to the influence of religion. Yes, I know some members on here are atheists on here but having interacted with some atheists on here they seem to have had a religious upbringing. Are there any member here who grew up non-religious and are still...

"Every moralist is a pornographer", wrote Brazilian play-writer Nelson Rodrigues. It is correct to afirm that our "hypersexualised" society is not getting laid. At the same time, the world is becoming more conservative and less humane. In reality, the visible increasing of porn addiction, as we...

I am wondering if religion, specifically Christianity, is/has been beneficial to me and my PMO recovery or not. I was raised as a Christian, my immediate family and extended family are devout Christians. My brother has been more involved in going to church it seems. My uncle out of nowhere...

Grew up in secular family, but with "Christian values and morals." Grandma taught basic things like Lord's Prayer, but that's it. I started to get conflicted around 13, when "equal marriage rights" laws started getting popular. On one hand I instinctively "knew" it was wrong, but, if law makes...

I have been MO since I as long as I can remember. Now - in my mid 20s - I usually PMO a couple times a week followed by regret and frustration. I need to quit mainly for religious reasons, as someone trying to follow Islam. But also feel PMO has ruined my potential in terms of career, social...

So obviously, I’m new here. But up until this evening, I haven’t taken the time to really do some proper research on what I’m dealing with here. I’ve been told I’m inherently selfish and that it’s my responsibility to continuously allow myself to experience shame and guilt for the betrayal my...

Hi all, I am a 27 yo Asian female who have been watching porn on and off since I was 12 yo. During those more than half my life, I tried and successfully stopped watching porn for 2 years (not in succession). I am not really religious, but I can say that religion is my motivation. I have many...

after the urge of watching pornography I’m suddenly hit with depprison and I feel upset after watching porn due to religious reasons maybe I would be very grateful if you can help me get through this addiction as I’m a current suffering so please help or give advice. Best regards,

Hello, this is my first post here. So I'm going to introduce me a little Well, my brother once showed me how to masturbate, thus I became addicted to it. But recently I told him this is a sin. He said no - "it is normal life". I'm kind of angry on him. I think that he is knid of demon. When I...

or should everyone be required to obey the law of the land? Here are some examples of people and groups who've believed they shouldn't be made to obey certain laws. Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church wanted themselves exempt from laws regarding the smoking of cannabis since they considered it an act...

So I haven't posted in probably at least a year but this is some stuff I have been thinking about lately. Fair warning, I am long winded, it is kind of a ramble so it might be hard to follow, and I'm also going to talk some religious stuff. Also, apologies in advance for the vulgarity. So I'm...

I have been resisting masturbation for 8 days now, and so far, it’s been extremely difficult to say the least. It’s been forcing me to develop a mentality that bans and punishes any sexual thought I let enter. Even in meditation, the thoughts—and the feeling— pop up randomly again and again and...

I always thought that masturbating was Ok and normal, every animal in the nature did it etc., etc. Now, since I found NoFap I don't quite see it like that anymore. And I dropped a really strong Christian belief because of that, since I was born in a Christian family. I feel that NoFap might...

Hi all, I would like to first state thay I am a Catholic and this thread may very well help fellow Catholics and/or anyone else who will consider what I am saying. I would also like to ask for respect from anyone who may oppose what I am saying. I will respect you too. I also would save time if...

Hello everyone. Here is some backgound of my story, in second post I will write how I feel after 22 days of noFap I am very shy person, and also I had, and still have some issues with my mental health. That issues started when I was about 8 yo, I was diagnosed with OCD and Tourettes (motor and...

Hello brothers :) I am so happy that I have found this site... Its so much easier to share your own story with anonymus, that also fight with same problems. Anyway lets begin. I have to go really deep in past to remember how it all started. But lets start with even before PMO and MO started. I...

Hello guys! I am going to share some quick advice for anyone out there battling PMO! I have been struggling for years now, but I would definitely be in a worse state than I am in if it wasn't for my religious attitude on life. I've been involved in this terrible addiction of PMO, but up until...

Hey Guys, This is an article that was written by a monk that I know, who was a pharmacist before he became a monk. I think many of you may mind this article interesting, and you don't need to be religious to read it. This was written from the perspective of a theist to other theists so please be...

What I am trying to say in this post, is that how religion and sense of morality affect us in our nofap quest? Is porn and masturbation immoral? It is definitely according to many religions. But what about the atheists and non-believers. What would be their take on this? I have noticed that...

I've posted this in another forum but got 0 replies so i hope somebody will help me here. hi everyone, I've been visiting the website on and off to look for ways to stop my addiction (porn+fapping) and I've like the fact that its active .. so Im here ! here is a little background of me : Im a...

Hello my name is John, Apologies: this is long, but I just need to type this out, since I have never really told anyone else the whole truth about my problem. TLDR: I am a 19 year old who has a medical problem that causes him to deal with stress and high-energy activities by masturbating to...

I've read a few success stories on this website, and they've been really inspiring - but a lot of people here seem to be quite religious. I am concerned because I am not, and I wonder if all the personality benefits that religious people experience (increased confidence, happiness, etc.) are in...

they had a different beliefs to yours? So if you're conservative would you end the relationship if you found out they were liberal (or vise versa)? Or if you're an atheist and you found out they were Christian (or vise versa)?

Hi, I'm new to nofap an I was wondering what does this group of individuals do for Christians who struggle with porn addictions or who want to stop fapping. I don't necessarily know if I'm a Christian or not, but I have been struggling with fapping for a while now and I'm trying to move beyond...

I used to worship Satan. Yes, that's right, the Satan. It's not really a secret but satanists often do not talk about what satanism is to them and how they worship the devil. There's plenty of material on the internet. One of the nine satanic statements is that one should do whatever brings him...