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I had a relapse last night and when I relapsed, I had flashbacks to a sexual assault that happened to me years ago. The whole experience was unpleasant. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, how did you approach it? I can provide details about this particular event that happened yesterday if...

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.

I see myself going back to my bad habits to cope with stress. I feel I'm not making progress, but again, this is on me, because I want to keep using this as a coping mechanism. I'm really too busy for hobbies, so the most relaxing time I have is driving and sleeping. How do you cope with...

Dear fellow fapstronauts, Levita here. 30 years old, been watching P half of my life. Have had periods of abstinence once in a while, but never longer than a couple of months. Currently at day 36 of PMO (hard mode) and going quite strong. In my personal journal I have been writing about the...

Hey everyone, To introduce myself briefly, I (17M) discovered porn at the age of 10 and have started my proper recovery from porn (i.e discovering NoFap) almost 2 years ago. I'm on this journey for my own wellbeing, for my relationship with God and my relationship with my girlfriend. Porn...

I don't know if it's stress or if I'm just not serious enough, but I've relapsed again. What's making me more anxious and stressed is the cluelessness of what to do next. I feel like giving up on everything. I did my best during January and February, but in the end, I fell again. I think...

Nofap isn't the cure for anything. It's just a way to improve yourself if it helps you. I followed nofap for 1 year f***ed up real bad by taking too much stress (I know I can only blame myself). During quarantine I didn't go out and started overthinking and overworking for my goals (more of...

At the risk of coming across as weak, I think the continuously deteriorating state of the world (especially the West) is as much of a trigger for me to relapse as anything else. There are things I read and watch on a daily basis that have me thinking that "you literally could not make this shit...

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...

Please, i need help : Before you start reading, you have to know that it's not my first time on nofap, i had multiple try and so multiple relapse in my life. Im on nofap COLDTURKEY since 2 week, i emphasise on the coldturkey because before that i was still looking at porn in some way, i was...

Does it make sense that now in my streak(12 days) I've been waaaaaay more socially anxious? Like the anxiety really spiked up, I met a friend of mine to study together, and I was super anxious because I spoke silently and almost didn't have anything to say, no eye contact, all this stuff. I...

DOING NoFap SOLO IS CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE.I LIVE ALONE .FRIENDS LIVES FAR AWAY.I DONT GO OUT OF MY HOME.I AM NOT SAYING THAT I DONT GET URGES .I DO .BU I JUST THINK ABOUT THE PAIN THE PAIN OF DEFEAT THE PAIN OF JUST RUINING THE STREAK JUST FOR 30 SECONDS OF PLEASURE STAY STRONG .DONT BREAK...

Hi everybody, first of all sorry for my english...i do my best but it's not my native language. I'm fighting PM for some months now, and my best results are weekly (2 weeks max) streaks, but usually i'm not reaching a whole week. I studied and analyze a lot my habits and behaviours (when/where...

I have found that the main reasons of relapsing can be fit into 3 categories: Loneliness, Stress, Triggers. Loneliness: You could also call this boredom. It's having nothing else to do may cause you to relapse. Without hobbies or (good) people to hang out with, you will be at a higher chance of...

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...

New Fapstronaut here -- I want to find ways to manage my anxiety and difficulties in life besides using porn. I know it has negative impacts on my life - the biggest for me is just the sheer amount of time spent masturbating and looking at porn. If I use porn for one hour every day, that is 365...

I am 38 years old, been using porn for a long long time, but in the past 3 years I really ramped up on the porn consumption by 10x and was literally glued to my screen almost everyday watching porn all day long while jerking off (but in 95% of cases not ejaculating, I only ejaculated once in a...

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 recently started a security guard job on a multilevel building. I basically have nothing to do all day, just stand in front of the building from time to time and I basically get to be on my phone and sit inside of the lobby whenever I want to. It's literally the easiest job I have worked (...

I feel like this is a losing battle sometimes. I had 17 days now I’ve relapsed 3 days in a row . I just relapsed like 15 minutes ago. I’m Tired of this . I don’t know what’s wrong with me . I know it’s bad and I know it’s hurting me . For some reason that lizard part of my brain takes over and...

On a quest to do better for myself and my family, I'm making some big changes in my life. I'm moving back to a place I once called home. Also, I'm furthering my education and skillset so that I can start to do better financially. There's a lot of uncertainty for me right now. I usually...

So TL;DR I've just about had it with 9-5 jobs and want to write online instead. Keen to hear any thoughts or stories! I've recently quit a stressful 9-5 that didn't leave me much time or energy to live my life outside of work. The work/life balance was one thing, but being in a building...

Please help me. I am stuck and can't break from this cycle of guilt and lust (towards porn). I try, but every time I am overpowered by the urge to get a quick relief, get it over with as the imagery keeps on disturbing my thoughts my focus in whatever I am doing, only to fall in a deep dark well...

After losing almost everything - in psychological terms - as I approached 18yo (that exaggeration has a purpose) turning inward seemed like such a sound choice that for a while. After registering down my main issues and patterns of thought-process, all my identity started gravitating around...

Once you relapse, it's so easy to continue to dig your graved deeper. A couple of reasons to why I relapse are usually more easily then not preventable if stop myself before It gets out of hand. Tiredness Loneliness Jealousy Anxiousness Stress Depressing wave of emotions. A lot of these, I...

Hi all, I'm 27 and I've been an on-and-off a relatively heavy porn user since I was about 15. It's definitely affected my performance, especially when sleeping with someone new but it was never too bad. However, in the last couple of years I have definitely acquired ED. When with a partner...

Hey everyone, I had a relapse 3 days ago and then I did it again today. The plan was to let go for a few days and start my streak today so it'd be day 1 but I just broke that. I have no idea why I did it. I wasn't "that" stressed and I wasn't sad either. I was numb you know not happy not sad. I...

It's maybe - the Final Article I write for the Nofap community. Or not, in the unknown future, I will have something to share along? I don't know, till then, let's the future lead us :) My article has the length of 12021 words. (yes, to inform you first hand @@) My purpose: I hope my...

So, during my reboot(Day 23), I've really noticed a lot of anxiety, insomnia, and extreme stress during my reboot. It gets so bad that when I'm not stressed out. I feel exhausted. Emotionally and physically to the point where I can barely even function. I know these symptoms are completely...

I’ve done it again, after 6 days of abstaining I relapsed once again. I don’t know guys, it’s so terribly tough, and I have problems with breaking this vicious cycle. I kinda was stressed with the situation I had today, I met up with this girl and we had a date sort of after which I felt...

I'm so stressed/depressed at times due to where I live and due to the people around me. I can't leave this location because my Disability prevents me from doing that. And I don't do drugs such as Smoking (of any kind) nor drink. So watching Porn is my Stress Reliever and helps me from not having...

Hi, so I'm doing Project, and the days got fewer and fewer but we haven't done and understand important core things, so i have my stress, my Project partner friends have some stress too. And that evening eventually leads to relapse, which i was basically lost in the thoughts and anxiety and...

Context: I am in highschool and remote learning has been draining me of my motivation and energy since I have to stay home all the time. My family isn't in the best situation and I still have to keep up with my grades. I am in the journey of building good habits and continuing my passion, but it...

I have Epilepsy and it seems it has been getting worse since I've stopped watching porn and now started to try and stop masturbating. Music, Movies, Gaming as well as Anime are my top yet if I get really stressed rather than playing Battlefield or listening to Slayer I used to take 5 minutes to...

(This is my first day here). I'm on my 6th or 7th day without porn and about an hour or 2 w/out masturbating but excluding porn, masturbating was one way of relieving depressing. Luckily I'm not as addicted as I once was yet I have a short story as to why I'm addicted. Feb of 2018 I was cheated...

I feel like quitting my job. Can't handle it right now. Financially I'm fine, can survive for many years ahead.

UPDATED 30.04.2021 If you feel that your reboot is too difficult for you and you suffer from PAWS long enough, seek help outside in form of professional therapy ! You may not be able to cope on your own and external help may be necessary ! Addiction is serious thing, don't miss your opportunity...

i started watching Porn when i was in Primary school at start of High School the habit go worse sleeping late at night 3-4hrs watching porn all this affecting my academic performance on joining University i used to dodge lectures because i was preoccupied with my worsen vice with no experience...

In social situations, the fact that I have no friends makes me needy. Not solely around girls, it makes me needy around everyone in general. I can get very paranoid quite easily, I'm susceptible to blackmail and I can be a massive people-pleaser. I've noticed that friends only come around if...

For most of the day I've felt a sense of fatigue. A lot of people I know mistake this for depression, but it's actually not. This is a sense of fatigue and it won't go away if I have a cup of coffee. Coffee may bring relief to the feelings of stress and angst, but it's not going too anything...

Its amazing how I've been in the dark for so long, how the porn industry has kept the truth hidden for so long. My Journey of self gratification began about when I was 10 years old, Now I'm 24. For 14 years, I answered the call of dopamine cravings and gave into my primal urges, as a child my...

Well, this is my 3rd time with NoFap. The first 2 times i fell with 5-10 days. The two first times i was anxious with the minimum days to reboot. I think this was a bad choice for me. I'm on the 3rd time right now and registered only the day i started again. It works better for me not counting...

I've been feeling bad, I don't like to say that because it makes things worse, I seem to be on a thin line. I was 60 days without PMO, I started to feel bad, I had a nasal congestion, I get tired, I started to get irritated with little things, after such a time my strong and cheerful state...

-I had the worst case of premature ejaculation and problems with keeping an erection to the point i would start ''masturbating'' to get it up,normally when that happened and i got to the point of getting the erection i would usually imediatelly ejaculate,i was living a nightmare and the worst of...

Firstly sorry for my bad English I have done I think, literally everything to get rid of this porn and masturbation addiction. Nothing works out for me. After relapse I think so much about my next day that I am not going to repeat it and give myself plenty of reasons not to do itb when the urge...

Hi guys, i want to share some ideas with you and want to hear your opinion. But first let me tell you about my situation. I try to beat the addiction for a couple of years now. Because of my lack of motivation and the missing of selfcontroll I only started a couple of streaks, which were very...

How do you cope with stress and boredom? These are probably the biggest triggers for my relapses. About a month ago the combination of stress (caused by work and my personal programming projects after the work) and without recovering from that stress. Being tired and unable to do anything led to...

I miss when I was up in 70+ days, I was the best version of myself... Now I'm back on ground. I feel like I hate myself.... Like I've ruined everything around me. My separation anxiety is over the roof as I continue to overthink everything. I don't know what to do. I feel like my communication...

Original link below. Overthinking things is addictive. It took me a long time to understand this. Some people get it right away. I was not one of those people. In high school, I was very insecure around girls. My friends would tell me I was okay looking and with a great body. But it didn't...

So, here it goes... I’ve been unsuccesfully trying to stop watching porn for about 7 years now. I managed several times to withstain for about a month, actually this year already 3 times, previous years it was once or twice. Those months I always feel very calm and confident, happier than ever...

Hey all, new to nofap. Been reading a lot about ways to quit porn but having a hard time. I always go to porn to relieve stress. Any tips?

I'm 50 days in and it's been a hard journey. I've been able to form this beautiful relationship through the help of God. Everything is going well and we tell each other how much we love each other. This has helped rise my will power and now I'm doing and trying new things that I never have...

A short post, to catch ya'll up on what has been happening in my life My private goal for the day counter - is P, and M allowed but no Orgasming (I do my best improvement that way) About 2 weeks ago. The personal development strategies started to effect me harshly in painful ways emotionally...

It’s been 2 years since I last dated or was interested in a girl due to my severe porn addiction, which started when I broke up with my gf. Even though I did kiss a several few and there, I was not interested in them. I am 19 BTW Around 3 weeks ago I met this beautiful girl which I really liked...

hello all, i recently developed this attitude of masturbating whenever i am stressed. i tried lot of different ways to stop myself from masturbating but nothing is working. I stop for a couple of days and i do it again. this is how it has been for two months. I am in a long distant...

Hi guys my name is Alex. a porn addict with compulsive behaviour to porn. I am triying now for 2 years to stop and my longest streak was 35 days. I read on this site about porn addiction and it opened some stuff about me...

Hey guys/gals, I have recently been under a lot of stress due to experiencing bullying and unfair treatment by two co-workers who have ganged up on me last week. Who overrode and undermined the team leader in charge at that time. With them unwilling and reluctant to support me when I needed it...

so recently I’ve decided to join the community and work on recovering my mind and body from porn and fapping addiction. I’m at 3weeks and am now aware of Death Grip, which frankly scared me. I have abused my body and the appearance of my private area went to more of a pale and grey color and the...

So i see a lot of people holding stuff in their minds and that kills them from the inside. I recently lost someone in my family due to the this thing. He kept to himself and one day he is gone. Just like that! So i am starting this thread. JUST WANT YOU TO CONFESS IF SOMETHING IS BOTHERING YOU...

I know I won`t buy any of these drugs for myself without referring to a psychiatrist. I would like to gather some information before having a conversation with the GP. Here are My Problems (Yet not boring!) Listing out each and every activity that are left over in the Do List Feeling like...

I had a stressful time, because i got hit by a wooden plank two times on my left calf. I got anxiety after this, because i didnt know if my calf would heal by itself after. Because i couldnt contract it anymore that good and it movement were also slower as my right calf. I searched the whole...

Hello, My name is Zain and I’m a new member of this community. I’m 15 years old. My age might be young for such a website, but I will try my best to get through it all. PMO has brought me a lot of stress and depressing moments in my life. In addition, it took up long hours if my days. Not too...

Hey, For people who wonder HOW NoFap benefits Anxiety/Stress exactly, here's a video that explains it simply and short. The info helped me a lot to sustain my streak / keep doing NoFap, because I now understand how the science behind it works, which motivates me. When you don't understand what...

Hello,thats my question,how do I relieve from stress when I got home after being in street all the morning from 7 AM in the morning to 2 pm,I got home really stressed out and I cant focus the rest of the day in studying or doing other stuff

I wanted to share this deep video of former addict and counselor Ryan Donnelly with you. Dealing with stress is crucial and often overlooked part of addiction recovery process. If I look back most of my relapses happened after stress buildup. He's basically saying you need to deal with stress...

So, i used to play some tranquil, soothing or lofi music before i go to bed. It`s make me feel good, also makes me feel cozy and comfy?. So, my question is can I switch on to sleep hypnosis instead of regular music? will it make me sleep well?, how do I find good hypnosis music which makes me...

Does anyone here know how to deal with studying stress while abstaining from PMO ? i'm a former smoker i have 2 options #1 to fap #2 to smoke .. both of them are life destroyers. Advices please ?

In this thread I am gonna gather everything a know about social anxiety (disorder). This will serve as compilation of tips and way how to cure that anxiety. (immediate help and long term solution also). IMMEDIATE TIP/ TECHNIQUES When you are in social setting and you feel overwhelmed. Start...

Ive heard somewhere that when we pay attention for counting days on NoFap.. we might eventually giveup and relapse on PMO.. so is that better to not count days or do i get some motivation through keeping track record on NOFAP journey?? please help me out guys, im expecting for serious and...

I am a wife to a very good and loving husband. We've been married for a little more than two years, we have a beautiful daughter and I'm currently pregnant with our second. He's a resident and works so hard with crazy shifts and long hours. It's important for me that when he comes home he feels...

Hi everyone, I've been trying to stop my addiction recently. I started on the 1st of November and got about 20 days before I relapsed. Since then I've been having sporadic relapses of about 3 days with gaps in between of about a week. However, one thing I have noticed is that I've been a lot...

Hey guys, Just want to say to the NoFap collective: Thank you. Some of the most intense (and justified) stress I've ever felt in my life is compounding right now....and I still haven't masterbated, watched porn or orgasmed in over a month now. It hasn't been easy, my sleep is erratic, I feel...

I wanted to write a post about how important meditation and mindfulness has been in my recovery. Firstly I am no expert, i'm not a monk or a hippie I am just a huge believer in the mindfulness. Imagine when you are hanging out to PMO....you know the feeling. Your mouth goes dry, your focus...

Hare Krushna! Firstly, a big thanks to the NoFap community (founders, moderators who help run the show, friends and well wishers who helped me, and EVERYONE who is here - because every additional person trying to improve himself/herself - adds to my own motivation and inspiration a little bit)...

I am tearing up as I write this. I've been addicted to PMO since I was 13 and now I'm 29. This is my first thread on Nofap. I realized I cannot do this on my own, and this community is the first time I rely on others for help. I need help and guidance. I cannot control the urges of instant...

Hi , I'm 19 and I'm a student from India. I was 12 when I started using porn and masturbation, to bust stress it worked until 17 . Later I got admission in one of the most prestigious colleges in the country and since then things have gone southwards. It has had some very negative implications...

I use sex and masturbation as a way to run away from my problems. I've done that for so much of my life that I don't know how to accept my emotions or just feel discomfort like a regular person. I'm trying to get over my ex, because I see that I'm no longer that important in her life and talking...

New to this community. I decided to join since I started feeling my emotional need for orgasm was being confused with other triggers. I started developing behavioral patterns where I confused being stressed, in pain or just tired with feeling the need for a release. These occasions were a lot...

I have written the benefits one has when they quit porn and masturbation after 30 days. There are still the same when you quit 60 days, but there are more benefits as well. Here are some you gain when you quit after 60 days: 1) More time: This is a benefit that starts day one when you quit...

My longest streak so far was 6 days. I've spent the past week relapsing a couple of times just about every other day. I had a streak of 2 days, but while I was in the bathroom washing my face before bed, I got urges and started edging. I managed to get to sleep without going over the edge, but I...

Davey’s research has shown that negative TV news is a significant mood-changer, and the moods it tends to produce are sadness and anxiety. “Our studies also showed that this change in mood exacerbates the viewer’s own personal worries, even when those worries are not directly relevant to the...

I just feel super empty and weird. I am trying to get myself healthy by abstaining from pmo, self-harm, over eating, and finding new ways to find a release like exercising but it's so hard to stay motivated. I truly want to stay in bed all day now. I'm also heading off to college in the fall and...

Goodnight. I am from Latinoamerica. I am a man who started my addiction to pornography at 11 years old. I started to masturbate only on weekends, but over time I turned addiction into habit. Every night before going to sleep, I masturbated to calm down. Every day, one masturbation a day 365 days...

So in my latest journal posting I remarked how late last night, my tinnitus that I've had since I was a teenager flared up big-time to the point I can now hear it during the day above the volume of other things (normally I could only hear it during silence). I'm not sure if it's due to stress...

When I started NoFap (about 17 days ago), I got a surge of life for the first week that honestly put me on cloud 9. I felt confident, vibrant, no anxieties or stress, I woke up early, no tiredness whatsoever through out the day. I was 'High Energy' as Donald Trump would say. Fantastic. But since...

Hello, I am 20 years old and I have been masturbating since around 13. I have energy problems due to decreased adrenal capacity and that usually triggers my relapses. Throughout HS I would use A LOT of porn but since getting to college last fall I have been really trying to stop. I have...

Hey guys, i been on this journey since September 2016, haven't had any reboots since and don't plan to. But I've been dealing with physical issues that seem to get worse as time goes on. It's a feeling like I have to piss but I don't. This creates issues like not being able to sit down because...

It is as simple as that! I do not want to fuel this addiction to the point where I am unable to satisfy my girlfriend. Of course, it is not so easy because I keep relapsing...or how did you call it here, retention? This addictive behavior must have a cause and I have narrowed it down to the fact...

Hi everyone, I'm a 23-year-old male from Peru. The reason why I wanted to be part of this group and movement is my concern about the possibility of porn addiction and excessive masturbation. I'm a consultant and I work at the university, but the constant after hours, the fact that I don't enjoy...

Hey fapstronauts, Lurch here. So my end of the year exams are almost finished done tomorrow actually (Wed 18th). I have my Stats final in like 3 hours and I'm here to ask you guys something. So just last night, or I guess tonight I made the decision to pull pretty much an all-nighter and stay...

So today is day 90 for me of no PMO and 155 days no P although I did slip up and make mistakes but I never went to look at real P. Obviously it's been tough along the way and its all been a process of learning. I do still get urges but they're no where near as strong now and I'm able to deny the...

This is going to be a long one because I am explaining my psychology regarding nofap in detail. Before I start, let me make it clear that I totally support the NoFap cause and have been doing so for the past 1 year. I do understand that excessive masturbation and porn causes a plethora of...

Hello guys! I am a 16 year old guy whos been addicted to masturbation right from the age of eight. I try very hard to come out of it, but still in vain. something or the other arouses me and i fap. i do it every 2-3 days and am not able to come out of it! The effects which i face due to...

I lost another battle again today. Spent money on porn and masturbated. Afterwards, my body went in this sense of stress that caused body parts to twitch or move on their own. I am not an expert of what happens in the brain due to YEARS of unhealthy sexual habits, but has anyone else...

I don’t know why I’m making this thread, and I don’t really know what to expect as a reply, but I just want to get my thoughts off my chest. It’s been ages since I last made a thread and I haven’t changed since my last one. Okay, so my year started off fine. Got a streak of about 7 days...

I'm starting to realise that the streak has very little to do with how well you recover. Fighting this addiction isn't about numbers, it's about mentally fighting that demon within and physically trying to better yourself to be stronger than the old you. I thought being halfway to my goal would...

Hello everyone, I'm new here and first of all i want to introduce my self briefly. I'm 25, and for almost two years i've been masturbating once a day. Yes, as i remember i stopped from time to time, but it was never more than one week. I've never felt guilty till i started realizing this past 6...

Hello there, I'm 31 yo male. First time i see porn i'm about 11 yo. Exactly right, i know porn before i have my first kiss. But it was just a glimpse back then, nothing special untill after highschool, when i was 20. Maybe the hormone and my fellow friend that rapidly collected every genre of...

Hi Recently I have been suffering from fear and anxiety. I want to overcome this Guys please assist me and add me to the whatsapp group. Thanks JP

I have social anxiety issues. There are areas in my life where I can cope with challenges, remain calm - even under pressure, and am generally composed. There are other areas in my life where things turn out quite differently. For me that is primarily interaction with women - the more...