***Official NoFap & NoPorn thread V5.5 (V6 UNDER CONSTRUCTION)***

[BericDondarrion]

Day 2, zero problems. Will check in on Day 10.

[HunterMC6]

Calling out Tobias, where the hell is V6?

[Vegg]

Last time I tried this I lost track of how long I went but it was semi-pointless as I was having regular sex with my gf of the time. It's just not the same when you start feeling those crazy urges and can actually have someone satisfy them for you. So being honest with myself I abandoned the 'project'.

Now that we've been apart for awhile I think it's a better time now to explore this concept. I'm not trying for any particular reason, just to see what happens for myself instead of just reading about it.

Day 1 starting today. I will update here to keep account of anything I'm thinking and feeling, dear diary style.

[WhirlwindTobias]

Calling out Tobias, where the hell is V6?

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

Lately I've been in a major fuzz. I won't go into detail, Dear Diary and all that but in a nutshell it's been a cycle of procrastinating, self-hatred, getting carried away with dating and spending free time doing other, not always more important things. Sometimes I end up just organising stuff because it makes my life feel less of a giant mess. You ever feel like just packing everything in and just walking the earth for 40 years? I've felt like that lately.

Anyway I assure you it's still under way, I have hit rock bottom recently and my work approach has jumped up in accordance to that. I'm going to need some of you guys to contribute, keep your eyes peeled. Dard's post on prostatitis is going in, for example.

Gloria if you don't respond to this I'll send you a PM, but I could really do with a piece for any girls that stumble upon the thread, or for guys who might be curious as to why a girl would be interested in quitting porn/abstaining from masturbation.

[HunterMC6]

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

Lately I've been in a major fuzz. I won't go into detail, Dear Diary and all that but in a nutshell it's been a cycle of procrastinating, self-hatred, getting carried away with dating and spending free time doing other, not always more important things. Sometimes I end up just organising stuff because it makes my life feel less of a giant mess. You ever feel like just packing everything in and just walking the earth for 40 years? I've felt like that lately.

Anyway I assure you it's still under way, I have hit rock bottom recently and my work approach has jumped up in accordance to that. I'm going to need some of you guys to contribute, keep your eyes peeled. Dard's post on prostatitis is going in, for example.

Gloria if you don't respond to this I'll send you a PM, but I could really do with a piece for any girls that stumble upon the thread, or for guys who might be curious as to why a girl would be interested in quitting porn/abstaining from masturbation.

Sounds chitty man, although I know that feeling. Work really makes the rest of my life suffer but thats what happens when you are in debt. Will try to track this thread and scoop up any good posts I see. The only reason for the call out is seeing how much this thread has slowed down since the first few weeks of the new year. I am hoping a new thread will help bring this back out into the lime light a bit, freshen things up maybe. Only time will tell, anything you need help with let me know man.

[AlphaRabbiT]

Hey brahs! is it really bad if i edge a little before sex while my gf is in shower? Or is it a relapse?

[dltpjr]

Deer Diary,

I masturbated 9 times yesterday. I felt a little ashamed, but mostly numb. The porn I watch is becoming increasingly more phucked. I'll never watch scat though... it just ain't right. I don't know whether I should go cold turkey or taper off.

Zyzz help me.

[DarDardz]

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

Lately I've been in a major fuzz. I won't go into detail, Dear Diary and all that but in a nutshell it's been a cycle of procrastinating, self-hatred, getting carried away with dating and spending free time doing other, not always more important things. Sometimes I end up just organising stuff because it makes my life feel less of a giant mess. You ever feel like just packing everything in and just walking the earth for 40 years? I've felt like that lately.

Anyway I assure you it's still under way, I have hit rock bottom recently and my work approach has jumped up in accordance to that. I'm going to need some of you guys to contribute, keep your eyes peeled. Dard's post on prostatitis is going in, for example.

Gloria if you don't respond to this I'll send you a PM, but I could really do with a piece for any girls that stumble upon the thread, or for guys who might be curious as to why a girl would be interested in quitting porn/abstaining from masturbation.

Sounds more like excuses to me.
Don't tell me you're turning into Izzo mate.

[ScottRose]

I got to day 20 and failed

what happened?
I lost the battle but not the war.
it was late(about 11:30) and felt kinda sad that I was alone at valentine's when I said I would not give a ****, since early on the day I had urges but I managed to tame them until sadness and tiredness added up and I could not handle it. Not even my wall marking saved me up from this one but I will still do it because it helped me on many times before.


If a everyday struggle it's what it got it be...so be it!

[iliketea]

I got to day 20 and failed

what happened?
I lost the battle but not the war.
it was late(about 11:30) and felt kinda sad that I was alone at valentine's when I said I would not give a ****, since early on the day I had urges but I managed to tame them until sadness and tiredness added up and I could not handle it. Not even my wall marking saved me up from this one but I will still do it because it helped me on many times before.


If a everyday struggle it's what it got it be...so be it!

For me, 1 hour left and I will make it to day 20
I dont know you, but I think you focus too much on it, and I know its a serious thing because it can change your life and we shoudnt fail, but think about it
And I advice to delete the wall marks, only check it like you check the date on your phone, and forget about the days, make progress! Do things you never done before,
change on things, HunterMC6's signature quote really said it:
"Fine, you get real sore, and you’re real tired coming out of the gym. But who cares if you aren't making progress? Being sore and exhausted wasn't the goal of this the last time I looked." Lyle McDonald
It doesnt matter how much days, you can make huge progress in just one day, but you can waste a lot of time easily
And continue your "Act like you own the world" attitude, I do the same, its cool!
Maybe Im wrong, I dont know you, I just think maybe this might help you, try it
Cheers!

[NickBibs]

Day 60. 2/3's through noFap today. Strong urges today, a little depressed after Valentines day. I WILL STAY STRONG AND NOT GIVE UP. 30 days to go.

[anonymous]

I am trying NoFap again but the biggest obstacle is the fact that I can't function properly if I don't fap. Like, I can't stay home for two hours studying or reading or even miscing if I don't fap.

[ScottRose]

For me, 1 hour left and I will make it to day 20
I dont know you, but I think you focus too much on it, and I know its a serious thing because it can change your life and we shoudnt fail, but think about it
And I advice to delete the wall marks, only check it like you check the date on your phone, and forget about the days, make progress! Do things you never done before,
change on things, HunterMC6's signature quote really said it:
"Fine, you get real sore, and you’re real tired coming out of the gym. But who cares if you aren't making progress? Being sore and exhausted wasn't the goal of this the last time I looked." Lyle McDonald
It doesnt matter how much days, you can make huge progress in just one day, but you can waste a lot of time easily
And continue your "Act like you own the world" attitude, I do the same, its cool!
Maybe Im wrong, I dont know you, I just think maybe this might help you, try it
Cheers!

actually nofap it's on my mind almost 24/7 and I think like you say it's taxing me, it became a part of me just like weightlifting
I will keep the hustling going because I know it will pay out

[Sundawgm]

Day 2. I used to think I shouldn't even post unless I had a thirty day streak but the point I'm at in my life 2 days is a good start. Have been around a bunch of beautiful women and not even been slightly aroused. I just hope all these years and relapses haven't warped me permanently. Good luck everyone.

[Achieving]

Still haven't fapped since the last time I posted, probably gonna end it soon though.
LMAO just checked, on Day 358, exactly a week before a year. Huh, maybe I'll keep it going.

[iliketea]

3 weeks and now relapse.
I consider this as restart BUT
I will put all my cards to the table.
In this 3 weeks I experienced the peak of rush, creativeness, highs and lows, I lived life. But this time I wont just avoid porn, I will avoid all my sins. And I say to you, be careful about the other things in your life, just because nofap benefits fill you with joy, your life might still have some other parts to be fixed, for example, illegal graffiti for me.

[WhirlwindTobias]

Sounds more like excuses to me.
Don't tell me you're turning into Izzo mate.

I'd be inclined to agree with you, it just depends on how you define "Izzo mode".

Hunter that's a very good theory, but I'm also worried it's incorrect and I will have made all effort for what appears to be a dying community. Regardless I promised you guys I would deliver an OP improved upon from V5, and that's what you'll get (even if it's overdue).

It's just difficult to sit down and write stuff that thousands are going to read and supposedly draw inspiration from when you feel rather inadequate 50% of the day.

[HunterMC6]

It's just difficult to sit down and write stuff that thousands are going to read and supposedly draw inspiration from when you feel rather inadequate 50% of the day.

Sometimes you just have to do it, not only for everyone else but because it's that one thing you can build from to get you back on track.

Remember:

[Adrogeus]

Fuark I'm talking with a 53 year old married guy about lust...I guess this is just my cross to bear. He gave me a good internet slap in the face to stop the whining ("wahhh I keep failing, wahhh i'm an FA, wahhh etc etc") and f*cking fight against this. I don't know if there's glorious winning here, Christ was expected to "win" too, (just like this modernist catholic sexual theologian Christopher West promotes when it comes to lust to hordes of young catholics, but that's an aside) but there's just ongoing battle and suffering, but the battle is where the peace is, not just running away and remaining full of anger or self-pity. Onward church militant.

[CQDE]

actually nofap it's on my mind almost 24/7 and I think like you say it's taxing me, it became a part of me just like weightlifting
I will keep the hustling going because I know it will pay out

This was part of my downfall as well. Thinking about it so much, lead to me being weak.

I'll only check in here periodically from now on to minimize my temptations.
Day 1

[DarDardz]

Fuark I'm talking with a 53 year old married guy about lust...I guess this is just my cross to bear. He gave me a good internet slap in the face to stop the whining ("wahhh I keep failing, wahhh i'm an FA, wahhh etc etc") and f*cking fight against this. I don't know if there's glorious winning here, Christ was expected to "win" too, (just like this modernist catholic sexual theologian Christopher West promotes when it comes to lust to hordes of young catholics, but that's an aside) but there's just ongoing battle and suffering, but the battle is where the peace is, not just running away and remaining full of anger or self-pity. Onward church militant.

The guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about.
I've learned a lot of lessons lately due to my miserable life lately.

For example I've become to truly understand and embrace a few things.

1.) Overthinking or complaining or making up scenarios in your head or just anything that takes away from your main focus is pointless and distracting. I thought P Cancer was a possibility and I'm honestly always overthinking about how I feel like life has completely ****ed me over lately. But I realize that none of that **** matters and it's just a waste of time.

2.) Do or Die. For me this kind of went with overthinking. All I do is honestly think about my goals and where I want to be in life. And believe me I work my ass off but due to all the bad luck I'm having I feel totally hopeless still. But at one point I told myself that if I do have P cancer and say I only do have like three months left overthinking won't do chit.
So really to me it's like this. You can overthink cry complain bitch about your situation and die. Or you can conquer.
It's really that simple. It doesn't matter if you end up with AIDs or cancer or in a wheelchair or whatever the phuck it is. At the end of the day if you're serious about your goals there's only two options. You can either die or you can hit all the pinnacles you desire.

3.) You only fail when you let yourself fail.
This **** hits home hard for me. I'm consistently going to a fluctuation of emotions and feeling like chit due to hormones/neurotransmitters phucking around and I have success on my mind 24/7 so I'm ALWAYS worried about failing. And like for example say tomorrow you want out and drank and then the next morning you don't want to work out cause you feel like chit.
It's kind of like that for a lot of stuff in my life at the moment. Like I feel chitty 24/7 and I tell myself it's not a good time to start something or I should take a break from this or that or because I feel nothing like myself and like complete chit I should just give upbecause I'm not gonna make it.

However I've realized that given the scenario it does not matter at all how bad your life gets. You will only truly fail if you let yourself fail. These days when I'm feeling mad weak I look at my phone and the background is a note with my new favorite question on it "Will you let yourself fail". Nothing else matters. Life cant stop you. It will throw obstacles but the only thing on this world that can stop you is you and it will remain you. Had a really ****ty day and now you want to skip gym and stay home and sleep? Blame it on life? Nah man. It's your choice and its your fault. Everything you do is up to you and not to anyone else. **** what life throws at youm It's all about you. Only one that can stop you is you so the next time you're rationalizing fapping or skipping leg day or something simply ask yourself. Will you let yourself fail.

It's that idea that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.
I've come to embrace this concept so much. It's the only concept that keeps me working as hard as I do even when I feel weak and like chit all the time. Although sometimes I feel like I shouldn't push myself too much. Like earlier this week going from not running so much consistently. (I still ran consistently just not as much as I usually could due to the freezing weather) but I told myself that it's pathetic and ended up running two hours non stop last week. To which I now have like 2 inch blisters on both feet. But it's worth it.

Just my two cents on what I've learned from my absolute miserable situation so far. Hope it helped a little.

[Matthewboyy]

The guy sounds like he knows what he's talking about.
I've learned a lot of lessons lately due to my miserable life lately.

For example I've become to truly understand and embrace a few things.

1.) Overthinking or complaining or making up scenarios in your head or just anything that takes away from your main focus is pointless and distracting. I thought P Cancer was a possibility and I'm honestly always overthinking about how I feel like life has completely ****ed me over lately. But I realize that none of that **** matters and it's just a waste of time.

2.) Do or Die. For me this kind of went with overthinking. All I do is honestly think about my goals and where I want to be in life. And believe me I work my ass off but due to all the bad luck I'm having I feel totally hopeless still. But at one point I told myself that if I do have P cancer and say I only do have like three months left overthinking won't do chit.
So really to me it's like this. You can overthink cry complain bitch about your situation and die. Or you can conquer.
It's really that simple. It doesn't matter if you end up with AIDs or cancer or in a wheelchair or whatever the phuck it is. At the end of the day if you're serious about your goals there's only two options. You can either die or you can hit all the pinnacles you desire.

3.) You only fail when you let yourself fail.
This **** hits home hard for me. I'm consistently going to a fluctuation of emotions and feeling like chit due to hormones/neurotransmitters phucking around and I have success on my mind 24/7 so I'm ALWAYS worried about failing. And like for example say tomorrow you want out and drank and then the next morning you don't want to work out cause you feel like chit.
It's kind of like that for a lot of stuff in my life at the moment. Like I feel chitty 24/7 and I tell myself it's not a good time to start something or I should take a break from this or that or because I feel nothing like myself and like complete chit I should just give upbecause I'm not gonna make it.

However I've realized that given the scenario it does not matter at all how bad your life gets. You will only truly fail if you let yourself fail. These days when I'm feeling mad weak I look at my phone and the background is a note with my new favorite question on it "Will you let yourself fail". Nothing else matters. Life cant stop you. It will throw obstacles but the only thing on this world that can stop you is you and it will remain you. Had a really ****ty day and now you want to skip gym and stay home and sleep? Blame it on life? Nah man. It's your choice and its your fault. Everything you do is up to you and not to anyone else. **** what life throws at youm It's all about you. Only one that can stop you is you so the next time you're rationalizing fapping or skipping leg day or something simply ask yourself. Will you let yourself fail.

It's that idea that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react.
I've come to embrace this concept so much. It's the only concept that keeps me working as hard as I do even when I feel weak and like chit all the time. Although sometimes I feel like I shouldn't push myself too much. Like earlier this week going from not running so much consistently. (I still ran consistently just not as much as I usually could due to the freezing weather) but I told myself that it's pathetic and ended up running two hours non stop last week. To which I now have like 2 inch blisters on both feet. But it's worth it.

Just my two cents on what I've learned from my absolute miserable situation so far. Hope it helped a little.

This is great dude, very high value post and im gonna save it on my computer. Wish I had higher rep power but for now just know that you are awesome brah

[golvmopp]

Day 16

I see a lot of fallen brothers these days. Men! Have you not heard? If you have to start fighting your way out of the middle of a sexual fantasy, you've already gone too far, and any victory at that point is to be seen as pyrrhic. Like I've said in here before - the key to persistent victory is not allowing your head to drift in that direction at all. Feel the pussy tear at your attention? Close your eyes, take a deep breath and disperse your energy and thoughts elsewhere. Pretend you're savouring the boost from a cup of joe. Start associating the impulse of sexual fantasies with that rush you feel when you divert your focus, rather than the ascetic angst of self-denial, and you will already have come a long way.

I spent the entire day yesterday with the girl from last week I ****ged out on. Got muffins and ****, engaged in cultural youtube-exchanges, talked a lot. Started making out, and had this INSANE sensation of all my mental barriers from the past two months crumble in the span of about three seconds. The amount of tension released just put a spontaneous ****-eating grin across my face as I suddenly got plugged in to that cool motherfu(ker I used to know whenever I looked in the mirror last year. Didn't fuk because she didn't feel comfortable doing it right then - "too fast", etc - on the other hand I think this is the first time I have overtly gotten a brain orgasm from physical intimacy.

That said, after I got home I found out my balls had swollen to the size of a pair of kiwis from all that grinding and making out. Hnnnnnnngg

[socrates07]

Well I'm going to quit drinking for at least 3-4 weeks, I just don't see anyway around it.. sigh.

I never touched/fapped but those drinks had me feeling like I'm on day 1 or 2 or something. Idk what it is or why it happens but oh well, I'm giving it up until I get a deeper run going.

Technically day 16, but for me it's day 1 because I just feel like I'd be cheating myself if I said otherwise.

[iliketea]

Its hilarous how we can mess up a lot of improvement just to see a scene because we were excited
Please somebody, kill me now.

[Quekaa]

day 10, no problems at all

[Vegg]

Day 2. Last night was rough. Ex FWB wanted to sext when I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep out of nowhere. I had to stop it short and just tell her I'm tired and going to bed because I knew that would've ended up blowing it before the first damn DAY was even done.

Today seems to be alot of self convincing that I should just say saw screw it what is the point of this again and go back to my routine. I have to just watch those thoughts as they arise and answer them with "The point is to test my self discipline and observe if there any real benefits to this for me or just a bunch of bro science I'll always read about and never really truly "know" for myself."

So to truly know, I have to do. Not read, not think or ponder but act. That is all. Day 2 out.

[iliketea]

Today I fapped twice, breaking my 20 day streak, but you know What?
It cannot fulfill me anymore.

[Sundawgm]

Hunter that's a very good theory, but I'm also worried it's incorrect and I will have made all effort for what appears to be a dying community.

Tobias. I haven't been around here in quite some time. I'll just come right out and say it you and I sound like we're at similar places in life. Except I'm a lot weaker. I have dedicated my life to bodybuilding and lately I haven't given two phucks. I've been hospitalized bc of my PTSD from Iraq/Afghanistan. Chit sucks dude.

I'm an addict no doubt. Three days clean after coming back here. I know that's nothing compared to you and I know I'll most likely relapse again. Hell my goal coming here was to just cut down watching porn/fapping to once a day. ..pretty pathetic I know.

Sob story and whole point being that I know in any demographic, religion, business whatever you want to reach as many people as possible. But I literally affect no one. ..not one phucking person. If I disappeared literally nothing would happen. But seriously man. I need this n other people here do to. I know you're a way smarter guy than me and you realize that, but I figured just a reminder of how much this helps people would be good. Your thread positively affects people's life. Whatever your situation. .. No matter if it slows to a crawl...it's still a good thing man. Anyways end of dumb speech

[Tax843]

Tobasis your still "no fapping" right?