Why are we called Fapstronauts ?

And yet, can we think of a clever, pithy way to communicate abstention from erotic imagery and masturbation? Can we think of a way to make self-denial and discipline sound cool?

It’s a branding problem. Feel free to come up with something better, I’ll adopt and promote it.

 

Branding? Promotion? I didn't realize we're trying to make mon- oh wait.

Masturbators Anonymous is the correct answer to your question, of course.

 

Marketplace of ideas, amigo, and NoFap is already a tough sell

 

Music, culture, beliefs, no not really. There's people here who believe in no sex until marriage, some have plenty of sex but want to get rid of the porn problem. Culture can mean a lot of things, but if you are just talking about society, no it doesn't matter for the individual. Music doesn't matter at all, just listen to things that make you happy.

What matters for a successful "Fapstronaut" is habits and mindset.

The main habits include avoiding social media/online triggers, eating healthy, getting good sleep, exercising, taking a break from stress that doesn't involve technology, eliminating procrastination.

Mindset is a lot more difficult to explain, but a generally good mindset to tackling PMO addiction for me has been to put everything on the line. Devote your near future into practicing NoFap. Know that will alone will not help you complete 90 days. You have to plan and prepare for a long-term mental battle with temptation, it's not a fight most people can win their first time. Including me.
For general mindset: be a warrior, intense, capable of taking pain, demonstrating courage and will, but also intelligent.

 

It’s normal to want rules. Just follow the rules, and you’ll have a good life and it will be easy. We want it to work that way. But it doesn’t.

I wish I could tell you the six easy steps, the tunes or the podcasts to listen to, the books to read, the mantras to repeat, so you never want porn ever again. We’re different people, though. It’s not a question of money or time spent doing a specific thing. I have been quitting porn for decades. I’ve been on NoFap for years. So I guess maybe I just haven’t found the magic combination. Or maybe there is no magic combination. Maybe it’s hard work. Maybe everyone has to find their own way.

I’ve said before, many, many times, and you’ve probably seen me say it; the things that help me most are exercise, ADD medication, journaling, having good thoughts ready to focus on/distract myself when the urges hit, quit social media, and sleeping with pants on. Figure out what psychological need(s) porn is meeting, and find a way to fill it without porn. And then, serve time and don’t expect to be cured in a week, or a month, or 90 days. Stick to Hard Mode as long as you can, and learn to live without sex or eroticism.

Spend your time wisely.

Your music is up to you.

 

It was a joke. If members of your group wear a special title, you're in a cult. Marketplace of ideas is a meme to make fun of wannabe intellectuals.