Is faping without porn normal?

Yes , porn is a new thing . People have been masturbating without porn for thousands of years. Of course its better to stop masturbating too

 

It can help to reset your mind if you do it right in my experience. But you have to be careful.
it can help to break the association in your brain between p and m and taper off to a more 'natural' and positive practice. you have to look at your own relationship with masturbation though. For some people they find it difficult to reduce the frequency and some people have problems with their behaviour by 'acting out' in situations that are not appropriate, such as doing it in public for an increased thrill. this presents its own set of problems.

Our natural state is to look for a mate, to have intimacy and bond with another so we can express our sexual energy with them in a controlled and mutual way, that is the best way in my opinion and should be the ultimate goal. I have found P to make this goal more difficult to achieve since your focus becomes about yourself and what you can get, rather than what qualities you can bring into a relationship.

 

As long as no others are hurt, that's a question for you to answer yourself. Do you think it's ok?
For me it's ok once I can manage not to play porn in my mind while doing so and currently I am still far away from that. I even see porn every time I close my eyes briefly. Every woman I see in the street, I categorize into if I would do her or not. I like to quit these thoughts and I think jerking off to those thoughts is not much better than actually watching it on the screen. But that's my contract I have with myself. What could be yours?