willpower

If one is a long time addict, there probably is going to be a point when they realise that they can't resist to indulging on porn. They are conscious, and know what they're doing, but simply can't summon the effort to not do it. I also go through this, but realised how inefficient it is to...

Do you agree with his views?

Porn is one of the most addictive things there is and overcoming it cold turkey is neigh impossible from my experience. Like having a cigarette in your pocket except it's attached to your body. The longest streaks I have had always happen when I stay away from the internet for a minimum of two...

Hi guys, I'm extremely addicted and I can't stop. I'm masturbating every day, 1-3 a day. I can't go a day without masturbating in weeks. I've been trying nofap for a while, the longest I can go without a PMO was 9 days, but now I can't stop. I'm trying to masturbate only 1 time a day but it's...

Hey yall. Short on will power or motivation? I will be posting every bit of real life stories in this threat that will motivate the ever living F out of you! Now strap your belts, LADIES AND GENTS, your Journey starts here!

Can Willpower be effective to break free from porn's grip, or do we need something else?

I haven't yet read the full "Tiny Habits" book by BJ Fogg, but went to a seminar about it and intend to read it after another book I am working on. One interesting piece that made a lot of sense about building/destroying habits is that you cannot rely on motivation and willpower. These are...

Hello dear reader, I am struggling with PMO for many man years. I am on nofap.com since Sep 2015 and my highest streak were 50 days of PMO. I accomplished these 50 days just because I locked up my mobile and my laptop in the library. Very time I had to use my phone or the Internet, I went to...

I've been at it for 15 years. I started when I accidentally mistyped a songs website which took me to a porn website when I was in 7th grade and never permanently stopped. Last weekend I started reading the book Your Brain On Porn. And it jolted me into reality. One sentence of the book says...

WHY AND WHAT IS THIS THREAD? Music impacts our mood a lot and also they boost our willpower, confidence and motivation.I t makes us really happy so thus thread is made to spread happiness. Just post your favorite songs(1 or more songs) along with the name of the artists and why you like that...

Today I had a bad relapse after an 8 day streak. It made me think: "What if I am not worthy of a reboot? What if my destiny is to give up or being unable to reach streaks of more than 2 weeks?" First of all I'm removing giving up from the picture. I am never giving up, and I know I have the...

Does it really matter? Hey guys. I hope you’re doing well. So, in this thread, I’m going to address an issue and that is the loss of motivation for rebooting. Once we forget the reason why we’re doing this, we are susceptible to relapse more than ever. After countless relapses, I’ve noticed that...

I have been addicted to porn and masturbation for the last several years , and it's time to completely end this up. I am going to start and will try my best not to give up . Porn and masturbation have some severe effects on my life where I choose masturbation over studies and hanging out with...

Even since starting nofap 6 months ago, and even tho i had many relapses and failures, i can’t help to notice that Nofap is slowly changing my life to the man i want to be. thanks to Nofap i have managed to : read books and prior to that i have never finished reading a book other than school...

Your Ideal Self. That's it. That is the best accountability partner you will ever have. Please read on to understand what exactly I am saying and exactly how to go about your NoFap journey with this new-found motivational insight - an insight that has allowed me to reach my streak that you see...

Please note : This represents my personal belief, understanding and opinion on why relapses occur. This isn't intended to discount the progress anyone makes in NOPMO through willpower alone. I'm going to try and break this down to keep it as real as i can. If you find this insightful and could...

Hello. I would like to tell you my story of beginning with this sort of "Self" Therapy. I truly believe i have the strenght within me to complete this task, and will finally.. after so many failed attempt of quiting my porn addiction, start with living the life that was ment for me. I would love...

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Doing a post this morning before any edging. Had a new low as I watched gay P*** the other day. I edged on which I know isn't good, but afternoons are kind of a weak point for me right now.. It was a g**gb*ng video. I got curious and got harder with it then looking at Woman which is troubling...

Hello, guys! I am now on day 2 without PMO, my biggest streak was almost 17 days, but I will spend 90 days without PMO this time, I CAN do it! But there is a problem; when I study I can't concentrate on my studying for school, I don't have willpower and determination since last year, when I...

I just relapsed yesterday. It shouldn't have happened in the first place. I already know from the beginning that no blocker will be 100% effective in preventing me from seeing porn. All of them could be turned off easily with a switch, which is exactly what happened to me yesterday. There are...

Has anyone tried intermittent fasting ? I am using this way of eating since more than a month. It seems to be helpful in combatting the addiction. As I am addicted as well to sugar, when I managed to tame my cravings for sweets, I noticed that my sexual cravings are more manageable too. Like if...

Four days in and the urges kicked into overdrive. Doesn't help that I'm alone and indoors (though I'll be going out in a bit to get some work done). What really started it was at a friend's house and his sister rocked a bathing suit like no one's business. Today I nearly went to some porn...

So I have decided to begin a new NF streak today. Something about myself: I am a student from Germany and I am going to do my A levels next year in May '20. Generally I am quite good at school but it doesn't really bother me as I believe grades do not tell much about abilities. The next 12...

I stumbled across this book by Kelly McGonigal that talks about practices someone can adopt to boost their will power; which I think is essential for Fapstranauts. I'm linking a video to her google talk below: Here's her goodreads book link if anyone wants it...

What's up guys. I got a twelve day streak going then relapsed twice, doing PMO both today and yesterday. It's actually the longest streak I've gotten for a while, I seem to have got into this pattern of doing about 7 days then relapsing, rinse and repeat. I was wondering if anyone could...

Hello everyone .. I'm Elia :D, I'm new to Nofap community , through the last couple of years I was lost in PMO .. I wasn't pleased in that , but i couldn't quit it . So a few days ago i was so depressed , searching the internet if there is anything i could do to stop it .. And i was so excited...

Hi guys I've been experimenting with nofap now for about two years. My longest stretch was about 300 days until I relapsed in spectacular style. I managed a couple of stints since then but haven't managed to retain the magic. I tried everything to bolster my efforts. Meditation, hitting the...

I was feeling a bit down today (sick/tired) and so my will power was quite low. I ended up looking up some girls/models on Instagram and glanced over a few pics really quickly. I didn’t see any complete nudity, it’s just Instagram after all. Does this count as a relapse or can I continue my...

Hi I'm new here you can just call me Q since I won't use my real name. I'm 28 years old. I've been fapping since my early teens frequently. I got a hold of my addiction when I started getting into exercise in which I was down to maybe one or two faps every two weeks. I felt great. As of...

Is it better to masturbe after have watched a seminude picture on instagram that is making me crazy (thinking constantly about that pic from 2 days), so allowing the urges to go down? Or is better to resist? (urges will go down in their own?) Actually I have this question from many months, but...

Came across this interesting trailer for a book. Succinctly explains present bias and how this keeps us from becoming the people we want to be. Basically, present bias is the preference to indulge in what we want right now instead of doing what we want for our future. These wants will never go...

Hi I am a Catholic christian and I have tried to live like a saint for a period of a time. We catholics try to be christians who do not break marriages. So therefore we do not let the desires of the flesh control us very much actually. Desires of the flesh include for example masturbation, what...

What are the most important benefits of beating your pmo addiction? At 4.5 months of no porn or masturbation after years of addiction, I see the "benefits" differently than I saw them at Day 0. Yes, I have enjoyed all the usual life enhancers that others have noted, such as no brain fog...

My fellow warriors! We are gathered here, on this day, to fight the evil scourge spreading across the pristine land of our forefathers! This our country, this pristine landscape of our ancestors, is being spoiled and corrupted by a malevolent force that has infiltrated into our civilizations...

A while ago I relapsed after a 134 days streak of no Porn. I realized it wasn't enough and since I've been trying to do the no PMO challenge to overcome my addiction. However, things aren't going very well. After so many tries and relapses I lost all will and motivation to try again, but...

Hi Fellows! i joined NoFap community a while back but I am having serious trouble with gathering my willpower. My longest streak since I joined was 7 days and I feel very ashamed of myself. When I relapse, I am not usually super turned on (even though sometimes that's the case) but I usually...

I've been arriving late but I'm going to go clean this November and maybe even continue too see where it could take me. My record is 1month without MO I'm aiming to break this... :)

Have any of you experienced mental benefits in terms of your academics and doing well in school / mental focus and the ability to think more clearly? I for one feel like pmo is to be blamed for some of my recent shortcomings, as I often can't find the motivation to do well in school and study...

I originally posted this on Reddit, but it didn't gain much traction. Still, I thought people would benefit and post it here as well. Here it goes. I have been battling PMO for about 2 years. My biggest streak was 3 months. Other than that I very rarely stayed clean for more than a week. So...

Hey everyone! I just signed up for this website after failing a countless amount of times to stop watching pornographic material. It all started approximately 9 years ago when I was around 13 years old; I was introduced to porn/masturbation in middle school. Ever since then, I would watch...

Hey people! I'm here looking for some feedback on an issue I'm facing at the moment, that is surely killing all my small, yet hard to come by, progress when it comes to my latest challenges. I wanna know what you all did or how you all got fully convinced and fully behind the quitting PMO...

We talk about willpower a lot. We often praise the attribute and talk about how much willpower we need in our recovery. However, there is just one problem with the idea of willpower: most people see it as a character trait that you either have or don’t have. For people that struggle with...

Well it took me a year to do it and finally here I am to 30 days of no PMO. I think for me the biggest takeaway is that you have to make the decision to quit PMO and take the appropriate actions to do it. I've gone through depression, withdrawls, and relapses just to understand myself and...

Okay, I'm not good in math, so I don't know how many days is that. Spill it out if you do know. I have abstained from Masturbation and Orgasm for 99 days (?) and am eager to have people join in with me. Anybody up for this? The plan is July 1st to AT LEAST December 31st 2017 OR (ideally)...

I decided to find my willpower in abstaining from pmo. Other things along to be tested Speak only in English Brush with your left hand Go to swimming @ 6 am Not to watch film gags or useless things in youtube Use Facebook only @ 7 pm to 7.15 pm that on saturday Additional conditions on no pmo...

I decided to find my willpower in abstaining from pmo. Other things along to be tested Speak only in English Brush with your left hand Go to swimming @ 6 am Not to watch film gags or useless things in youtube Use Facebook only @ 7 pm to 7.15 pm that on saturday Additional conditions on no pmo...

I bet most of you are trying out NoFap for the superpowers - health, power, confidence... Others do it just to prove themselves that they are able to hold a week without touching their banana. But not many actually think about the reasons and the entire process. Addiction is not what you think...

Trying for about half year now with very little success.Best strike so far was 17 days.Then I've felt the first real urge.All fails before that and even now are out of habit.Diagnosed with paranoid schizofrenia, which can be wrong as it was given the diagnose while was under effect of drugs and...

Day 1 seems like it was just yesterday. And yet here I am, 36 days later, porn and masturbation free. If you had asked me at day 1 if I would have been able to make it to today, I''m honestly not sure I would have been able to answer with a; "yes." What a formidable undertaking this has been...

I hv completed 18 days and i am proud of that but between this i hv known dat this porn makes us a demon.thanks to this platform dat i m expressing about things what i felt today just ryt now.I mean i'm on the day 19 and I'm doing good but sometimes the urge for the porn gets strong and it gives...

To say the past few days have been hard would be a vast understatement. As our march break has just started, I have started having a lot more free time. As a result, old habits started to manifest again and the boredom to far urges. However, I made a promise to myself and I intend to keep it...

I have arrived at day 19 of a 30 day challenge, and what a ride it has been. (Or lack thereof)(pun intended). I was one of those porn users who would go through bouts of porn use and intermittent abstinence. Sometimes I looked at it for hours at a time, and days in a row. And sometimes I would...

Hi all, I am 28 y/o male, no girlfriend (don't need one now), passionate about my work. For personal reasons, I want to quit masturbation for good. Twice or thrice a week is what I used to masturbate on a regular basis while watching some cam shows or soft porn. I had been on a hard mode no...

Hello everyone, I'm an 18 year old guy, and I've had enough of this 'addiction' that has developed over the years, mainly due to me being a sort of recluse. I spend most of my time nowadays on the computer, and the urge just creeps out of nowhere. The longest time I kept resisting was about...

Hi I'm 23 years old and have been masterbating chronically since the age of 10 I started using porn since the age of 13 you can say I was hypersexual I've never completed anything in my life all I've failed at everything and despite the fact Im quite handsome I've never had a girlfriend so here...

I've been doing this for 24 days and all i feel is me getting hornier and hornier. I haven't noticed any superpowers at all. In fact all i feel is down all the time. I just feel drained and exhausted. The 1 week was awesome but after that it's been a slippery slope downward. Now i am trying to...

I keep trying and trying to stop but honestly all I do is think to "no more" now I'm trying this, hopefully with some success. I'm K, I'm 21 and I've been masturbating since before I was old enough to ejaculate. That's right. I guess I was a very sad kid and it just became a habit that stuck...

Hello all Nofapians I am Dead Ed, it's nice to meet you all. It is enjoyable to see a strong community that looks forward to inner change. Refreshing. I hope to contribute and learn new ways to strengthen my willpower along side you all. -DE