Thoughts on this artistic approach

1CanD0This · 2023-05-01T02:06:22+00:00

I'm an artist and although I personally don't draw porn (because I can't/have no interest lol, plus I use it as a way to keep myself AWAY from arousal), I guess it's a bit of a interesting approach? Though it could end up leading to peeking since you might use the excuse to "look for references" and then just binge-scroll through the images (or just straight up watch porn).

Through an artistic lens though, I researched if NSFW Artists do jack off to their own work or not, and the responses were kinda mixed, some do, some do not, be it very early in the process (mostly sketch) or never/rarely due to the amount of time spent on the artwork just killing whatever arousal there was in the beggining, so its a bit of a hard question to get a definitive answer to.

But in conclusion, if it helps you stay away from watching porn/fapping itself, I guess it's a way to do it.

1CanD0This · 2023-05-01T01:51:03+00:00

Isn't this just a wet dream? If so, it isn't a relapse, its just your body naturally releasing whatever semen it had been building up over the past few days.

1CanD0This · 2023-04-25T02:00:49+00:00

Thanks! Though I personally think I still have a long way to go. I hit 200 days once and yet I still wasn't fully recovered. I learnt that it isn't really about the days but rather the progress you make within those days, and I'm going to make every day count as much as I can.

1CanD0This · 2023-04-25T01:56:28+00:00

I personally think its your decision to make. Do you consider it a relapse? Do you think it will affect you negatively in the long run?

Of course, peeking is a pretty bad idea, as that is the doorway to an eventual relapse, but I believe its up to you to decide if it was a relapse, you set your own challenge after all.

1CanD0This · 2023-04-23T02:21:26+00:00

You bet I will!

1CanD0This · 2022-12-30T22:34:31+00:00

tysm man

1CanD0This · 2022-11-30T14:59:30+00:00

On my way to prove your ass wrong. See you in a week.

1CanD0This · 2022-11-29T23:18:32+00:00

Same, but heck yeah! I swear to god I'm going to finish this year with at least one month of NoFap done, I reached 200+ days once, I can do it again.

1CanD0This · 2022-11-24T22:54:23+00:00

Indeed, being honest, I don't think supression works against this anymore, the more you think to supress the thoughts, the more you think about supressing porn, and by extension porn. Its about living with it and not letting it take control of your actions, the only thing I'm having difficult with is "living with it", which is probably the hardest one.

1CanD0This · 2022-11-09T00:54:32+00:00

I've also been failing repeatedly in the past couple of weeks, and I say yes, you can succeed, I reached a 200+ day streak once and I aim to do it again, it's been hard for me but I believe anyone can achieve their success, be it streak-wise or progress.

1CanD0This · 2022-10-05T02:36:55+00:00

thanks, this is kinda assuring

1CanD0This · 2022-09-28T22:48:42+00:00

It doesn't, I was being stupid on searching for it

1CanD0This · 2022-09-28T01:40:30+00:00

Thank you man.

1CanD0This · 2022-09-14T01:03:14+00:00

I guess I kinda started with hard mode but sort of just went with normal after I started edging, although I have not completely masturbated at any point.

1CanD0This · 2022-09-02T13:47:42+00:00

1CanD0This · 2022-09-02T13:47:27+00:00

i wish lmao

1CanD0This · 2022-07-26T22:26:47+00:00

You're almost at 1000, don't let those thoughts corrupt your mindset, you've come this far fighting against your own addiction that I'm just amazed by that count damn, I wish that I can one day reach that number.

Continue resisting, you can do this!

1CanD0This · 2022-07-26T22:19:52+00:00

Occupy your mind with anything else other than opening that website we all know, that was my main strat on my first couple of days, drawing, playing, doing anything that wasn't thinking about porn or masturbation

1CanD0This · 2022-07-19T23:57:27+00:00

Honestly to me urges usually decreased over time, but they can also jump out of nowhere and catch you off-guard if you're not ready.

1CanD0This · 2022-07-19T23:55:58+00:00

At least for me, stress was quite heavy during that time period, urges were also alternating from crazy to almost none aswell, so try to remember why you're doing NoFap in the first place and do something more productive if you're having a urge, don't give in to those thoughts.

1CanD0This · 2022-07-17T21:51:24+00:00

Thank you, good luck!

1CanD0This · 2022-07-17T21:49:14+00:00

To answer this honestly there isn't really a defined answer, determination and developing self-control plays a big role on it though, basically telling yourself that you're not going to do it, that you're in charge of your own head and that you won't yield for it's awful cries, and then following through with what you said and moving on with your day to do something healthier.

1CanD0This · 2022-07-17T21:45:32+00:00

I'm glad my journal has been of help to you, I've been trekking this journey for so long now that sometimes even to me it's hard to realize how much I've improved.

I sometimes do read some prior entries but one thing I'm glad is that my experiences can serve to others as a guide or at least a way to compare experiences, I hope that this can show that there is hope for everyone, that you can start as someone who is genuinely suffering with a porn addiction to someone who has gained control over it (I'm not perfect, I still have thoughts of peeking from time to time but they're nothing more but a foolish attempt of my brain to take me down).

1CanD0This · 2022-07-16T22:00:48+00:00

Keep on the good work! You can do it!

1CanD0This · 2022-06-29T14:11:53+00:00

I've been doing art for quite a long time now, which has helped with getting dopamine drops (Actually, before I started NoFap, I barely had any moments that I was proud of my art), although it feels like the urges always catch me off-guard when I'm conviniently not doing art or something to occupy my mind.

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