Hi I'm Yusuf and I'm new to nofap. I've joined because i am seriously finding it hard to stop mastubating, the urges, the desire, it's all been so hard for me to control. My anxiety paired with it doesn't help either. I find when I'm bored i just start watching porn for entertainment and masturbate because I've got nothing else to do. I'm generally very lazy and feel that it's holding me back from being the person i truly am. One of the main reasons for me stopping is what it does to my health. Now I'm not hear to argue about what masturbating does and doesn't do but for me it has had clear side effects. 1) my hair goes very dry and falls 2) i become extremely exhausted and bags under my eyes form 3) a general look of dehydration even though i drink tons of water. It's not only had an effect on my health but my education too. I would have times where my urges are so high i would put of work to watch porn, masturbate etc. My main target is probably 2 weeks. I know this may sound silly/ small but for me this will definitely be an accomplishment. I just hope i have the control...
Thanks! I hope to post daily journal accounts of my struggle, just hope I can get past the first day...
Welcome to NoFap where you are amongst friends who are here to encourage you and sometimes challenge you but not judge you. 2 weeks is not silly at all. It is a small achievable goal so you do not become overwhelmed by this new way of living. PMO, albeit a problem for you, is no is not the biggest problem you have, your laziness is. PMO is what you choose to do when you choose to do nothing else. If you don’t find ways you occupy your time wisely, you will most likely fall back to old harmful habit of PMO. Please remember, there is rarely a time when someone really has nothing to do but there is usually many times when someone wants to do nothing or doesn’t want to spend time doing what one doesn’t really want to do. The enemy is here to steal, kill and destroy. The enemy is using your choice to be lazy. What are your current strategies for combating the enemy called PMO?
Day 2 Monday 13 November 9:13 Today, so far self control and motivation has stopped me from masturbating, if i can can to the same time tomorrow, i will feel a deep sense of accomplishment.
Just keep plugging in my friend. Every time you feel like your hand wants to go down your pants...let it take you to this site! Shout, scream, rant, rave interact, assist someone else who is struggling, share your story and you will find a renewed motivation to get you to the next moment of struggle. Then repeat!! YOU GOT THIS!!!
Not my proudest day today... After 2 days of abstinence i relapsed. I couldn't help it, i was on YouTube then on porn then one thing led to another and I'm angry with myself, i was doing well, i have no idea what just happened, I'm pissed.
Don’t beat yourself up too much my friend. Everyone falls down. Get back up and start looking at how YouTube by yourself turns to porn...then make a plan on how to keep yourself in check next time
