Hey guys me again! I have an important question, I started my NoFap journey a couple of days ago and I can already say this the longest streak I have had in months. The old one ended because I kept telling myself "I'm just doing this so I can learn control" except we can't control it, it must leave our lives. So my question is this: Sometimes throughout the day, I'll be doing something productive like watching a documentary, reading NoFap forums, talking with my friends, playing a strategy game, and then all of a sudden without warning, a memory of an old video will pop into my brain, portions of the video will just be playing in my head like a video player would, I had no lust before then either. I do my best to focus on other things and get back to what I was doing. My question is this, should I count these memories as relapse or are they just a side effect from staying away from pmo?
I'd say it's simply a result of doing NoFap and I really wouldn't consider it a relapse. It's only a relapse if the thoughts tempt you to PMO and you go through with it. When i'm alone, and have nothing else to do, I also get intrusive thoughts about porn, and it does make me want to watch it. But personally I see it as a test of my resolve, I imagine it must be a lot harder if you're doing hard mode.
Bro, it is not possible to do Nofap without these things happening to you. It is just your brain reminding you about porn so that you can go back and masturbate to it. All you have to do is, not listen to your brain. It is hard, but trust me, you can do it. If you need any help, text me I will explain you everything going on with you, so don't worry.
I have been on NoFap (hard-mode) for over two years at this point and I do still have memories of some of the porn I watched on VHS-tapes back in 2002, so no, you're not relapsing just because those memories keep popping up randomly and unexpectedly. But, they do start to fade much faster when you're on NoFap and although many of those memories haven't faded completely, the images become less and less clear for every year now which is good and probably what you can expect during your reboot-period.
I already almost 6 month without P. Sexual toughts decreased alot. Only rises in the morning. Also P video i watched just pop in my head: the early or the best one(fulfill my fetish) that i remember. The rest? already forgotten
Thank goodness your only recalling parts of movies. I get flashes of the woman I've been with all the time. It's all at once very sexual, comforting and extremely distracting. I don't objectify woman in my daily life. I'm a gentleman, but when the encounter is over and she walks away...OMG I often have trouble comparing the present to the past.
