Angus McGyver
Fapstronaut
The 24th February was certainly a special day for me since it not only meant two months left to my birthday, it also meant I celebrated two full years of NoFap hard-mode!
But the way it all started and took off was actually quite random and not really planned from the very beginning and this story is more trying to tell how it all started two years ago. Even to this day, I don't consider myself completely rebooted but will most likely be so within the next eight months or so. It is all about getting those last demons, beliefs and old subconscious-patterns out of the system first.
It was probably one of those random decisions that changed my life the most in the long run to be honest:
Time really flies and although it might sound ridiculous, I remember that last day of fapping (and the day after) quite clearly. It was a gray, cold, and frigid February day (typical February day in the Swedish capital) and almost immediately after the release, that feeling of dullness, indifference, fatigue and sadness started to kick in but little did I know that it was actually going to be the very (most likely) last day I ever fapped.
The feelings of indifference and dullness almost felt as bad on the following day, despite some beautiful winter-weather outside and little did I know that it was due to the M:ing the day before.
Although I had been porn-free for a year prior to that, those remaining feelings of dullness and gloom never seemed to really settle, despite having been on the trip of my life the month before when I returned from New Zealand.
On the day after, I randomly decided to challenge myself by not M:ing for an entire month. I remember a previous attempt two years earlier when I managed to do so for two weeks and little did I know that those energy-surges and defogging eye-sight were signs of recovery, not insanity or similar which I thought of the time and hence the reason for why I fell back into old tracks. All because of the fear I didn't know much about.
However, I remember how tempting it was during that first week of abstinence, especially one week after where I was alone in my hotel-room in Belgium where no one knew what I was doing. I managed to keep it away though by going outside and take a walk amongst the beautiful old buildings, churches and canals in Brügge. It wasn't until the following day (after 11-12 days of abstinence) I got that energy surge, joy of living and clearing of brain-fog hitting me square in the face. This time, I wondered if this could have anything to do with semen-retention and the more posts and blogs I read about this topic, the more convinced did I get that this was the way to go so I continued the streak and it stands strong ever since.
The rest is history and two years later, I can conclude that these past two years have easily been the best ones of my life so far (by far) and it gets slightly better with time (although it settles a little) if you just keep up with it and take good care of yourself. Before I stop writing, the following are my best tips for preventing relapses:
-Ditch the electronics such as video-games, your phone, entertainment, TV-series (and TV in general) as much as you can (read a book and/or develop a skill instead) since they will make you lose focus and concentration very fast due to their constant dopamine-showers.
-Maintain a healthy whole food diet with few processed foods and refined/processed carbs such as pasta, potatoes, white rice, sugars, artificial sweeteners processed bread (and bread in general), breakfast cereal, potato chips, crackers, etc. Not to mention so many of those regular foods that are loaded with added sugar. All of those mentioned above are highly inflammatory-and insulin spiking foods overall that make you hungry all the time, create inflammation in your body and alter your mental state significantly, making you feel sad, down and depressed.
I have ditched most of the bread (and flour, wheat and grain products overall) and my daily sugar intake to only a few teaspoons a day and the difference that makes for your physical and mental health are significant. My skin keeps getting better and clearer for every day now, despite being almost 32 years old. Chocolate, pastries and ice-cream are things I only ingest during the weekends and in very moderate amounts.
-Exercise daily, both cardio and strength-training with some lifting.
-Taking cold showers on a daily basis.
-Getting enough sleep, rest and recovery.
-Surrounding yourself with good, positive and supportive people. Ditch the toxic people in your life or do at least not spend more time than necessary with them (if they happen to be your family or relatives)
-Having some meaningful goals and purposes in your life to shoot for and towards which you are working on every day (one piece at a time).
In the next few weeks, I can publish a longer story (or personal anecdote rather) telling what my life looked like before NoFap and how this good habit really transformed my life in the long run, if you are interested.
But the way it all started and took off was actually quite random and not really planned from the very beginning and this story is more trying to tell how it all started two years ago. Even to this day, I don't consider myself completely rebooted but will most likely be so within the next eight months or so. It is all about getting those last demons, beliefs and old subconscious-patterns out of the system first.
It was probably one of those random decisions that changed my life the most in the long run to be honest:
Time really flies and although it might sound ridiculous, I remember that last day of fapping (and the day after) quite clearly. It was a gray, cold, and frigid February day (typical February day in the Swedish capital) and almost immediately after the release, that feeling of dullness, indifference, fatigue and sadness started to kick in but little did I know that it was actually going to be the very (most likely) last day I ever fapped.
The feelings of indifference and dullness almost felt as bad on the following day, despite some beautiful winter-weather outside and little did I know that it was due to the M:ing the day before.
Although I had been porn-free for a year prior to that, those remaining feelings of dullness and gloom never seemed to really settle, despite having been on the trip of my life the month before when I returned from New Zealand.
On the day after, I randomly decided to challenge myself by not M:ing for an entire month. I remember a previous attempt two years earlier when I managed to do so for two weeks and little did I know that those energy-surges and defogging eye-sight were signs of recovery, not insanity or similar which I thought of the time and hence the reason for why I fell back into old tracks. All because of the fear I didn't know much about.
However, I remember how tempting it was during that first week of abstinence, especially one week after where I was alone in my hotel-room in Belgium where no one knew what I was doing. I managed to keep it away though by going outside and take a walk amongst the beautiful old buildings, churches and canals in Brügge. It wasn't until the following day (after 11-12 days of abstinence) I got that energy surge, joy of living and clearing of brain-fog hitting me square in the face. This time, I wondered if this could have anything to do with semen-retention and the more posts and blogs I read about this topic, the more convinced did I get that this was the way to go so I continued the streak and it stands strong ever since.
The rest is history and two years later, I can conclude that these past two years have easily been the best ones of my life so far (by far) and it gets slightly better with time (although it settles a little) if you just keep up with it and take good care of yourself. Before I stop writing, the following are my best tips for preventing relapses:
-Ditch the electronics such as video-games, your phone, entertainment, TV-series (and TV in general) as much as you can (read a book and/or develop a skill instead) since they will make you lose focus and concentration very fast due to their constant dopamine-showers.
-Maintain a healthy whole food diet with few processed foods and refined/processed carbs such as pasta, potatoes, white rice, sugars, artificial sweeteners processed bread (and bread in general), breakfast cereal, potato chips, crackers, etc. Not to mention so many of those regular foods that are loaded with added sugar. All of those mentioned above are highly inflammatory-and insulin spiking foods overall that make you hungry all the time, create inflammation in your body and alter your mental state significantly, making you feel sad, down and depressed.
I have ditched most of the bread (and flour, wheat and grain products overall) and my daily sugar intake to only a few teaspoons a day and the difference that makes for your physical and mental health are significant. My skin keeps getting better and clearer for every day now, despite being almost 32 years old. Chocolate, pastries and ice-cream are things I only ingest during the weekends and in very moderate amounts.
-Exercise daily, both cardio and strength-training with some lifting.
-Taking cold showers on a daily basis.
-Getting enough sleep, rest and recovery.
-Surrounding yourself with good, positive and supportive people. Ditch the toxic people in your life or do at least not spend more time than necessary with them (if they happen to be your family or relatives)
-Having some meaningful goals and purposes in your life to shoot for and towards which you are working on every day (one piece at a time).
In the next few weeks, I can publish a longer story (or personal anecdote rather) telling what my life looked like before NoFap and how this good habit really transformed my life in the long run, if you are interested.
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