No Porn - Join in for the biggest change of your life

[bertstare101]

I am already on day 3 but if anyone want to join me feel free to do so but beware and be prepared.

1) You will hit no libido in a week or less (including minor depression and loss in meeting people and making connection) and it will last for one month so be prepared for the ride.

2) Don't masturbate until you get your NATURAL libido back. If you do end up giving in, try to focus all of your mental energy on the actual good sensations of masturbation and avoid thinking about any porn as much as possible.

3) Every morning or whenever you have urge go to the mirror and say it PASSIONATELY that you will never watch porn again and you are ready for change of lifetime (yell out loud if you want to or whatever excites you about being in journey of NO PORN)... Anthony Robins explain it better on how to create association..you can watch his videos



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Without the Coolidge Effect there would be no Internet porn



The Coolidge Effect is an ancient biological program that can override your sluggish contentment after orgasm if there are new mates begging to be fertilized. Without it, there would be no Internet porn. This neurological mechanism perceives each new erotic possibility—including those on your screen—as a valuable genetic opportunity, and jolts you into action with potent neurochemicals.



What happens when you drop a male rat into a cage with a receptive female rat? First, there's a sexual frenzy. Then, the male progressively tires of that particular female. Even if she wants more he has had enough. However, replace the original female with a fresh one, and presto! The male revives and gallantly struggles to fertilize her. You can repeat this process with fresh females until he nearly dies of exhaustion. Scientists know this phenomenon as the Coolidge Effect and it has been observed in females, too.
The rat goes after each new female because of surges of dopamine (a neurochemical) in his brain. Nothing natural comes close to releasing as much dopamine as sex, because our genes want to make their way into the future above all else. Dopamine surges command the rat to leave no willing mate unfertilized.
Dopamine is the "gotta get it!" neurochemical behind all motivation. Without it we wouldn't bother to court, pursue climax, or even eat. When dopamine drops, so does motivation. Dopamine is also the hook in all addictions. An addict's brain grows less sensitive to it, and thus, paradoxically, more desperate for it.
Back to the rat. Following each copulation with the same female his reward circuitry squirts less and less dopamine. Consider the above graph. The fifth time a rat copulates with the same female it takes him 17 minutes to get off. Ejaculation time increases as dopamine released decreases. But if he keeps switching to novel females, he can do his duty very quickly all five times. His brain renews his virility with strong squirts of dopamine in response to each new partner. *
Unlike rats, humans are pair bonders. We're wired, on average, to raise offspring together—and to find a fair amount of contentment in our unions (potentially). But the Coolidge Effect lurks in us, too, and awakens when duty trumpets loudly enough. I once had a conversation with a man who had grown up in Los Angeles. "I quit counting at 350 lovers," he confessed, "and I guess there must be something terribly wrong with me because I always lost interest in them sexually so quickly. Some of those women are really beautiful, too."
At the time of our chat his third wife had just left him for a Frenchman and he was discouraged. She had lost interest in him.

Internet porn: the Coolidge Effect on twin turbos

Online erotica can goad a user relentlessly. Endless novel "mates" keep dopamine surging. One guy noticed how novelty was the hook:
I collected a lot of porn. I thought I was amassing some wonderful database of pleasure. But I can't remember ever actually going back. The compelling part is the new star, the novel video, the novel act.
Not surprisingly, numerous studies employing porn show that rats and humans aren't that different when it comes to response to novel sexual stimuli. For example, when Australian researchers displayed the same erotic film repeatedly, test subjects' penises and subjective reports both revealed a progressive decrease in sexual arousal. The "same old same old" just gets boring (habituation, which indicates declining dopamine).
After 18 viewings—just as the test subjects were nodding off—researchers introduced novel erotica for the 19th and 20th viewings. Bingo! The subjects and their penises sprang to attention.



Dopamine surges for anything novel—especially if it's sexual. Research confirms anticipation of reward and novelty amplfy one another to increase excitement and rewire the limbic brain. This primitive part of the brain doesn't care if you've already had more than enough sex; it wants genetic results. For example, Sooty, a male guinea pig, broke into a cage of twenty-four females. For days after he was apprehended, he was knackered. (Research on other rodents shows that full recovery of the brain takes about seven days, and research on humans also reveals a post-ejaculation cycle of at least seven days.)

[Tweedurr]

No thanks Jeff LOL.

[FriscoBrah]

in on porn thread.

[JourneyToSwol]

watched this last night, wizard OP. pretty eye opening.

*stuck at day 1 crew*

[BeastlyChange]

"You will hit no libido in a week or less (including minor depression and loss in meeting people and making connection) and it will last for one month so be prepared for the ride."

Damn son, I don't even.

[Teryaki]

hell naw

[Ioveme]

Reported for porn thread

[LeoDaVinci]

I already don't watch porn. It's for unimaginative *******s. Beat-off to your own sexual fantasies, or find a woman to fulfill them with. IDK what it is - the fact that they're being paid, the fact that they're filthy drug-abusing sluts, the fact that some other guy is busting - but porn just does not do it for me.

[bertstare101]

"You will hit no libido in a week or less (including minor depression and loss in meeting people and making connection) and it will last for one month so be prepared for the ride."

Damn son, I don't even.

That's the part that was hardest for me (and for most people) and that's when I quit last time. I did some research and found out that it's pretty common but you have to be ready for it or you'll end up quitting before reboot and that's why I mentioned it first because I don't want to see anyone quitting

[FriscoBrah]

I already don't watch porn. It's for unimaginative *******s. Beat-off to your own sexual fantasies, or find a woman to fulfill them with. IDK what it is - the fact that they're being paid, the fact that they're filthy drug-abusing sluts, the fact that some other guy is busting - but porn just does not do it for me.

whens your last checkup for STDs?

[otakutrevan]

No porn you say? I guess its a good thing I get some girls. Ha...HAHAHAHHAHH.AHHAHHAHAHHH

[bertstare101]

I already don't watch porn. It's for unimaginative *******s. Beat-off to your own sexual fantasies, or find a woman to fulfill them with. IDK what it is - the fact that they're being paid, the fact that they're filthy drug-abusing sluts, the fact that some other guy is busting - but porn just does not do it for me.

GJDM.

soon

[Deez Nutz]

for every minute of porn you don't watch, i'll watch two.

[Vawx]

So this is basically another no fap thread.

TBH I never even watched porn until I was 20 or so and lived by myself. I try to limit it as much as possible these days.

[LaxinAround]

subbed, in for later

[atrueboss]

no thanks, i'll pass (on the fapping part)

[bertstare101]

So this is basically another no fap thread.

TBH I never even watched porn until I was 20 or so and lived by myself. I try to limit it as much as possible these days.

No fap is pretty useless in my opinion because you'll end fapping sooner or later( if it works for someone then good for them). The point of No Porn is to quit watching porn and get your dopamine level to what it's supposed to be.

The more you sexualy stimulate yourself (fapping, sex, look at hot chics on street) the longer it'll take you to get off your porn addiction...Once you quit porn wait till your libido is back to NATURAL level and then you can go back to your fapping, sex etc etc

[Vawx]

No fap is pretty useless in my opinion because you'll end fapping sooner or later( if it works for someone then good for them). The point of No Porn is to quit watching porn and get your dopamine level to what it's supposed to be.

The more you sexualy stimulate yourself (fapping, sex, look at hot chics on street) the longer it'll take you to get off your porn addiction.

Well that's actually the point of no fap as well. The purpose is to end your porn addiction and then you can fap all you want (as long as it's not to porn). But people take the name too literally and stop fapping for months at a time which is stupid and pointless.

[Hrcules]

in on first page

haven't watched porn since feb 22nd

[wtfmansh1te]

This is the same exact thing as the no fap thread. What was the point in making this?

[ticklemeelbow]

Good luck mates.

[bertstare101]

Understand rebooting and what it entails

The best way to understand rebooting is to read the stories of other who have recovered from porn addiction and porn-induced ED. You will find numerous rebooting accounts here[http://yourbrainonporn.com/rebooting-accounts], and many links to accounts of porn-induced ED and recovery on the ED-FAQ page.

Rebooting is our term for taking a time out to recover from porn addiction and associated symptoms, including erectile dysfunction. If you are hooked on porn, your brain has undergone the same fundamental physiological and structural changes that all drug and behavioral addictions share: desensitization, sensitization, and hypofrontality.

The quickest way to reboot is to give your brain a rest from artificial sexual stimulation—porn, porn fantasy and masturbation. Most guys eliminate or drastically reduce orgasms during their reboot period. There are no hard rules as eveyrone is in a different situation. On the other hand, sensual contact with a real person can be beneficial, as long as you don't fantasize about porn.

With your brain in balance you will find it much easier to avoid the lure of mind-altering habits and substances. Please note that for those with porn-induced ED, Internet porn is the addiction and the cause of ED, not masturbation or orgasm. However, temporarily eliminating masturbation and orgasm may be the way to go as it initiates a withdrawal, un-wires porn from masturbation, reduces cravings, and most important - works.

Rebooting returns your brain to its prior sensitivity and allows you to feel arousal and satisfaction more normally.

Addiction leads to the strengthening of sensitized "go for it" neural pathways, and weakening of rational "let's think about this" neural pathways. There's a tug of war between the craving pathways (sensitization) and your executive control, which resides in your frontal cortex. Weakened frontal cortex pathways (hypofrontality) lose the tug of war to cravings, resulting in your being unable to control use. It takes time for your brain to return to normal. See - Unwiring and Rewiring.

[iiiEatBabies]

IN. Also the No fap V5 thread goes in depth , OP check it out if you are unaware which im sure you aren't

[BTBAM]

I was on a no-porn , no-fap streak for over a month. Continued on no-porn for over 3 months but fapped occasionally to my imagination. No porn did not make any drastic changes....

[bertstare101]

This is the same exact thing as the no fap thread. What was the point in making this?

No fap = no masturbation (useless as fck because you need to fap for prostate health and testosterone)

No porn = getting your dopamine level back which would result in achieving your goal and become a successful person

[DevDawg]

I gave it up back in December. It's probably been close to 3 months to the day. Libido was gone for a while as mentioned, and still pretty much is. But still glad I did it. It's really not even difficult to avoid watching it anymore. Good luck brahs.

[bertstare101]

I was on a no-porn , no-fap streak for over a month. Continued on no-porn for over 3 months but fapped occasionally to my imagination. No porn did not make any drastic changes....

For some people it takes 120 days to see any difference. There might be lot of changes that you don't notice because it has been long time..for instance I thought I didn't feel any difference when I quit it for 10 days but as soon as I fapped to porn..I could tell right away that there is huge difference. I recommend keeping a log

[westsidee]

a miscer once said something to the tune of ..."no fap" is simply the the time from when you quit fapping to the next time you do...

they all try ..and they always come back

ALWAYS

now load up some youporn and fap away brahs

[MichaelNgoo]

Easy. Already done 11/12 days without much effort.

[C0sta]

so fap but with no porn

or no fap at all?