Hey, me and my friend like to send nudes to one another but since I joined NoFap, am I not allowed to view it?
Nudes are what I am abstaining from at this time. I gave up vids and even very explicit pictures a long time ago because I found that they left me unable to perform well sexually. Personally, I can occasionally PMO to nude or semi-nude stills and still get it up with and get hot for my wife. If I go to vids, then I start getting half erections and not finding sex compelling. Now I want to give it all up more for moral reasons than performance reasons. If you abstain for a while from all porn, you can find yourself extremely excited by even a picture of a girl in a regular bikini, or a flesh exposing outfit. These are still very much a part of the addiction. The only reason they might not even seem like porn to you now is that you've been desensitized by vids. Edited to add: Even tame pics desensitize me. I may be able to perform when I look at them, but my excitement for real sex is never as potent as when I completely abstain. Any porn at all decreases enjoyment of the real thing.
Most of the ones on the internet are, most of the ones in the museum aren't. Instead of trying to define the dividing line, try finding other interests that are healthier for you.
I've been watching porn for as long as I've been a teen. And I've lost that sense of sensitivity for seeing a women even slightly show some skin. I need that back in my life. That's for talking about being desensitized Because I can see a guy now and not be phased. I want to be PHASED!
For my second year of college I went away to a strict conservative school with a strong dress code. I still remember one spring day when a student walked through the student center to the bookstore. She was wearing a short gray miniskirt, and I stared along with everybody else. The previous year that had been the standard dress at the state school that I had attended. I saw them every day, and thought nothing of it, but after 5 or 6 months of abstinence a miniskirt was shocking. I had to smile at myself, I had been rebooted.
