this is something troublesome to me. I read some posts where people have seen massive changes due to nofap. Party I believe because if you are doing nofap you are on a journey to change your life.
for othered they just want a “reboot” so they can feel more and get rid of PIED. It seems like this type is the more skeptical on how much P really affects people.
honestly think everyone is different. Not everyone will have the same symptoms or negative effects of P or M. Just like any other disease you can have common symptoms, you don’t have to have them all, and some people get less severe symptoms in some areas.
I am willing to be that for a lot of people P is a self soothing technique for certain things (anxiety depression) where as for others who didn’t have these P caused it. Of course it’s not the only thing. But a huge factor. And obviously for those with preexisting conditions it only makes those worse. Like I said, it’s not a magic bullet. You have to work on your life as a whole.
But just because you still attracted women means nothing. A lot goes into that. You have good looks and charisma you are a head of the game. In the pheromones research there was still people attracted to people in the control group. Add pheromones and you see an increase. It is undeniable.
It seems like everyone will be affected differently to varying degrees. But I think brushing off some huge changes that some had legitimately experienced as “superpowers” is invalidating to their experience as well as not helping other trying to make change. Maybe they are discouraged by the fact that some say nofap doesn’t or didn’t make huge differences in their life. You never know who will have more benefits than others.
For me I’m only 23 days in to no M. I see huge changes already. And I know from my experiences that I did bad damage to myself. Some that may not be entirely responsible because of how frequently and for how long I’ve been doing it. I am no stranger to P although never had a problem with it wasn’t my go to source for M. But because if who my X was (he worked in the P industry mostly editing video, pictures websites, but was in front of the camera too) My brain has been conditioned too. My husband and I talk about this frequently. Both our tastes have been skewed by P.
I completely agree on the point that porn is used as a compensation for most people that suffer from psychological/mental struggles relating to things like depression and anxiety.
where I disagree with is the idea that doing nofap can be described as “aura” or “superpowers” just because a “feel”. The way I see it, it’s placebo. It’s like giving someone a pre workout for a gym session and they say “I feel it and I feel energy I have never felt before”, only for you to break it to them and tell them what they had was simply amino acids. It wasn’t the supplement that gave them more energy, it was because they had convinced themselves it will work and got more energy through placebo.
regardless of what the reasons may be for each individual doing nofap, it is this misinformation around superpowers. It isn’t superpowers, it just makes you normal. This is what feeling normal is like.
almost everyone in this world PMO’s, however not many end up like everyone on these forums where it is an addiction. Despite most people watching porn and masturbating, they still accomplish everything they set out to accomplish in life.
my good looks was hard work, I’ve been training for 20 years. Yes, I have great bodybuilding genetics but I still put in the work to achieve this. My career wasn’t handed to me, I went out to achieve this. As for attracting women, this is just through life experience, I put myself out there and it allowed me to understand the dynamics of male and female interactions. Keep in mind, I’m only 5’6. My charisma didn’t fall on my lap, I become charismatic from life experience.
my question is this, if nofap has superpowers, then why did i have no issues with attracting women? Better yet, why didn’t these women sense my “aura” and know I was PMO’ing? I gave up porn in feb this year once I found out the negative effects of it and I will never go back to it. Since giving up PMO, nothing has changed for me other than having extra time. That’s it. Everything else in my life is still exactly the same.
when you acquire time, it will allow you to be healthy, take up hobbies, focus on your career, gain life experience which in itself will bring you confidence and charisma. It isn’t nofap that gave anyone superpowers, it’s the time that it provided for them.
time is the superpower, not nofap
and my body odor is way different. Very light and subtle now. Before it was more pungent and sharp smelling. His too. Now that there is no M for me no P or M for him… it’s all different.