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90 days of noFap - Now what?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by SyrusDrake, Jan 26, 2017.

  1. SyrusDrake

    SyrusDrake Fapstronaut

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    As the title implies, today marks 90 days since I last watched porn and/or masturbated. Three months ago, I thought I could never do that and now that I've made it, I'm pretty "meh" about it. I don't feel any different at all, I never experience morning wood or spontaneous erections and keeping my hands off of my bits has been easy, I never had any urges. Someone suggested a few days ago that this might mean that I still need more time to reboot.

    It has always been my intention to pick up masturbation again and just go pornfree after my reboot. And I feel that masturbation might actually be beneficial at this point because I went through those 90 days by pretty much repressing any sexual thoughts at all and I suspect that might have caused my flatline. On the other hand, I don't want to ruin what healing progress I might have made so far.

    Thoughts?
     
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  2. troyan

    troyan Fapstronaut

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    I'd like to know exactly the same thing. I have just started 90 day challenge. The way I see it... when I reach 90 day goal, I would say to myself "I did it" and after that I would never masturbate or watch porn again. It's not what you should normally do anyway, if you want a good /better future relationship.

    Anyway did you notice any sensation improvement?
     
  3. diddykong

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    First of all well done! Reaching 90 days is a really incredible achievement.

    I had similar thoughts. I think I realized that I'd come so far that I didn't want to lose it. I was also in quite a deep flatline and the thought of it didn't really interest me at the time. So I forgot the counter and just carried on. It feels less repressed now, I just go through each day. The "superpowers" aren't there now but I have a very calm feeling regarding it, it doesn't feel like I'm fighting it anymore. I do still think about masturbation (but not porn - I do still find porn subs tempting though). I can't say that I'll never masturbate again (never feels like an awfully long time) but I've never had that strong urge to release tension (I've never had a wet dream either).

    So my advice is that for me it gets better beyond 90 days. For me it's so much better than when I was riding the "superpowers" wave.
     
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  4. HappyDaysAreHereAgain

    HappyDaysAreHereAgain Fapstronaut

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    I think it would be better to come out of flatline naturally before attempting a return to MO. In flatline, your brain is playing games with you. I thought my flatline would never end, but then one morning I woke up after I had gotten it up. It is nice when that is a common normal feeling again. I know I am not a teenager, I haven't been for nearly 50 years, but it isnice to feel more like one than I have for years. I now wake up more mornings with wood than I do without. On the days without, sometimes I wonder if maybe I'd had an errection that had subsided before I woke up. It is a good feeling!
     
  5. SyrusDrake

    SyrusDrake Fapstronaut

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    No way of knowing, I'd have to fap to find out ^^'

    Fair enough, but how do I know if my flatline is still continuing or if noFap just doesn't work for me?
     
  6. HappyDaysAreHereAgain

    HappyDaysAreHereAgain Fapstronaut

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    You will know NoFap worked when it worked. Sometimes we have to keep on walking forward in hope, because we can't be certain of the result. Often there is no guarentee of a specific outcome. We still have the surgery, or have the therapy, or whatever. If afterwards, it didn't work, we try something else. Sometimes we need a second surgery or to tweak a therapy. Nobody ends in flatline. That is a temporary stage except for those who abandon ship.
    Give NoFap a serious shot. If you abandon ship mid stream, you will get wet, but you won't get to where you're going.
    One of the corrolaries to Murphey's Law is, "It takes longer." I just took 2 weeks reseating a toilet. I thought I would do it in a day, then, when I got it up, I saw what a disaster was under it. There was nothing to bolt a toilet to, no foundation under it. It took longer, but it is now solid and functioning. I did it, and I feel good.
    I will see this through also. It just takes me longer.
     
    Last edited: Jan 27, 2017

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