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A Long thread from the Beginner of Nofap

Discussion in 'New to NoFap' started by ElectricArea, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. ElectricArea

    ElectricArea New Fapstronaut

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    Hi everyone,

    Finally i make my first thread. This thread should've been posted about 4 days ago, the day i started NoFap, but i decided to keep it to myself first. This post will be divided into several parts background, PMO habit, reasons to NoFap, progress and questions.

    First, my background. I'm a 20 years old college student. I came from South East Asia(won't mention a specific country) where sex is taboo before marriage and i have never experienced a real sex. I have been PMO for about roughly 8 or 9 years. I have an unpleasant experience in the past when i was at 3rd grade elementary school, my neighbor was introducing me to watch my first porn video. It was weird at first i was a very weak and shy kid and i couldn't resist their intention to show me. I won't give too much detail for this story.

    Second, habit. As i'm getting older i realized that my intention to do PMO is surprisingly more frequent. I was regulary masturbate once in 7 or 14 days from age 12-15. I was only triggered by porn pictures since i wasn't know if porn video was easily accessible. Then it was increasing to once in 4-7 days from age 15-17ish,this is the time when i started to masturbate to porn videos. Then once in 2-3 days from age 17-18 and probably once in 2 days or often once a day from age 18-20.

    Third, reasons. I actually have found this community a few months ago when i was searching some porn subreddit. I used to see nofap as a joke while rigorously masturbate in a various porn section(because of reddit). But recently, i feel that i just want a change. I was starting to do Nofap not because something terribly happened to me as a result of PMO. But i just wanted to be a better me. I don't know if it's enough to be my motivation as i'm still not considered it as a strong reason. I've seen some articles and watched videos of porn effect or experiments and absolutely fascinated by some of them. Reading all the success stories has made me realized that i've been doing wrong all the time and aware that all of my laziness comes from this habit.

    Fourth, I'm doing well so far. I haven't PMO for 4 days and started to feel the benefits. I feel energized. I can concentrate more in lectures and i'm starting to more social. I also feel more emotions as i laugh more and sometimes giggle too long because of a certain joke. I wouldn't say i could feel the excessive energy like all the testimonials i ever read but i'm pretty sure it will be much better than this.

    Fifth, questions. I need guidance for the senior Fapstronout and also I just learned a certain terms in this community such as reboot, relapse, etc. And my questions are
    1. Why some people choose to relapse after a long period of time? Is it because they planned that or is it because they can't handle the urge anymore?

    2. Is my reason strong enough as my motivation? Do i need to be specific to be more motivated? Because i feel the urge is starting to bother and tempt me to stop Nofap.

    3. What is the possible target for a beginner like me? 30 days? 90 days? Can you give me some recommendations?

    I hope someone will read this and give me replies.
     
  2. Welcome to the community. And thank you for sharing your story.
    Sometimes a relapse or reset can happen when we let our guard down or stop our new habits we have formed to be more healthy. Triggers also play a large part. Reasons can vary.
    Make your reason or motivation specific, it will help you have something to focus on.
    You can set any target you wish. I went with 45 days for mine.
     

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