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Is The Universe Thwarting Your NoFap Plans?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by TenderCrisp, Jun 9, 2018.

  1. TenderCrisp

    TenderCrisp Fapstronaut

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    Guys, I'm really interested if any of you experience the same thing and might be able to give me some kind of help, advice, or "workaround" concerning the following phenomenon:

    Almost every single relapse of mine is due to otherwise uncommon circumstances, situations, experiences that seem almost like a cosmic joke; somewhat magical and surreal. Like, I'm literally becoming this magnet for sexual stuff.

    To name a few examples:

    • I get the wildest and most vivid sex dreams and then later have an enormous sexual tension with the people from my dream in real life or get a horny text message from them,
    • some conversations suddenly turn extremely sexual and arouse me
    • I stumble upon things that work as porn subs and trigger me in the most unlikely places,
    • old and forgotten sexting contacts suddenly hit me up out of nowhere with a "what are you doing" text
    • in some cases, these contacts just bombard me with nudes right away - no joke; sometimes 3 or more such things happen in just one single day, even though said contacts were long considered history and inactive for weeks / months while I was still on PMO (plus sexting is actually a bit of a pain in the ass and "hard work" most of the time...at least you usually never get nudes that easy...i.e. without doing anything for it...)
    • Last but not least, I even "catch" people having sex or masturbating in real life while on NoFap (which lead to my most recent relapse).
    I don't wanna sound like a whiny little bitch and actually I'm more intrigued and amused by this whole thing than I am pissed or sad, but it literally feels like the universe is conspiring against me if I try to do NoFap.

    Very few streaks end in relapses because of "my inner world" (meaning my attitude or my mindset). Almost always there were suddenly all kinds of impossible and insurmountable temptations or triggers "out there". It's like suddenly the whole world and everyone around me turns hypersexual and enjoys their sexuality while I'm trying to "suppress" mine in order to recover from this possible addiction. Like the chain-smoker who tries to quit smoking and suddenly every cigarette butt, every tobacco commercial, every smoker, every empty pack of cigarettes catches his eye. But that analogy still doesn't really explain or do justice to those magical, sexual manifestations in my every day life while on NoFap.

    I mean, I've heard that higher testosterone levels and pheromones in Fapstronauts can have significant effects on other people, but how the hell do you explain those sexual situations or experiences or observations, let alone the whole texting / sexting thing?! It's like the whole world suddenly comes alive and explodes sexually. Each time I'm making the conscious decision to stop and take NoFap seriously, I seem to attract the biggest temptations into my life. Almost like the more seriously I'm devoted to NoFap, the bigger the temptations. These things don't usually happen while on PMO. And I probably don't have to tell you where the first relapse leads to, but imma do it anyways...it's of course followed by the chaser effect (aka round two) and before you know it you find yourself down at the bottom of the rabbit whole again.

    Anyone?
    Why is that?
    What can I do about it?
     
    Last edited: Jun 9, 2018
  2. Woodland-Soul

    Woodland-Soul Fapstronaut

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    Honestly I think its all in your head....
     
  3. TenderCrisp

    TenderCrisp Fapstronaut

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    Thank you very much for your insensitive and ignorant reply. I'm curious...tell me how exactly real life events can be all in my head? I've listed a ton of examples. These things hardly ever occur while I'm on my usual and numbed pmo-zombie mode. I'm not hallucinating anything into existence or making stuff up. I specifically asked for help or advice, not your ignorant diagnosis of whether or not what I'm saying is real or true. Because it is very real and true for me!

    I find again and again that this support forum is really not what it used to be. Almost 50 people viewed my post and only one guy responded (and did so with a one-liner that belittles everything I just said the other day when I poured my heart out trying to communicate the biggest problem for me on my NoFap journey). No signs of motivation, positivity, encouragement, help, advice, etc.

    Thanks for nothing guys.
     
  4. Woodland-Soul

    Woodland-Soul Fapstronaut

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    I read your paragraphs and smiled.

    I didn't mean it in a horrible way.

    Its is ''in your head'' because or less you believe in spirits/demons/devils/bad karma then it is indeed in your head in the sense your over thinking these mere coincidences.

    I believe from what you said that the problem is because your abstaining from masturbating your notices anything and everything sexual. Akin to an ex smoker notices cigs smoke more.

    Its probably a psychological reaction.

    Sorry for not replying with something you want.....
     
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