Hey. Do I fap too much?

I'm 28 years old, and I've been masturbating multiple times daily for years now. When i was a teenager up until 21, I never really did have a porn addiction problem. I'd jerk off every now and then to porn and never look at it again for week or more.Then I went to a rough period with other things in my life and looking back now I can see that I started using porn for stress relief more and more often. Now it has really gotten worse in the past couple of years, and in the past few months I've been doing it 5 times every day.

I never thought I had a problem, or that it is what's been causing all these problems in my life. I've recently came across a nofap video on youtube after I've been watching videos about hair loss, and after researching the videos on nofanp I've realized that thats when all the lack of motivation and depression started for me. (when I started masturbating more and more). I used to be mentally normal I think, now I don't go out anymore, don't socialize and my free time is just coming home and jerking off.

I'd like to hear how many times do you guys consider it a problem, and if 5 times seems crazy or not. I honestly have no idea how many times other guys normally do it a day and now I'm thinking I that really do it too much.

Last night I told myself I wouldn't masturbate today and I didn't in the morning which was very hard, but after getting home from work I immediately did it

 

thanks, i'm looking for honest answers because I don't know what most guys consider excessive. I don't do it 5x every day but it varies from 2-5 daily

 

you're right, i just never thought these could have been cause of fapping, and just thought it could be that I'm in a more "introspective" phase of my life, but I don't think that's the case. Im trying my day 1 today, hopefully I can make it lol

 

true, thanks. I made it so far with NoFap and I have already had a more productive morning when usually I'd have had fap to porn twice by now. I feel very strong about giving it a try. To be honest, to have only faped once to porn yesterday and not have done it today already felt like a challenge.

 

Good to know Im not alone in that. My first day today and its been hard

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I just finished my first day of my first attempt ever and it feels really good to have made it. I had an urge to fap after a long shift at work but decided to do other things at home instead. I want to stop this habit so much that I think that really helps. It's also helpful to read and post here

 

thanks guys! morning of day 2 and going strong, nofap! the urge when I woke up was bad tho, but already had a productive morning again instead of fapping for 30 minutes