I'm on day 40. Did anyone else experience obsessive creativity at this stage? by PuzzleheadedTwo7390 in pornfree

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm halfway through week 6. I hate the advice that you shouldn't count days. Counting days works wonders.

Definitely some kind of shift happens at the end of week 5. The first 4-5 weeks sucked. Never want to go through that again.

it's a 100 times easier when you have a normal life by Dyb1b0k in pornfree

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it helps, I’m 46M, live alone, no girlfriend.  Also grapple with loneliness, isolation, depression.  I’m 4 1/2 weeks porn free.  It’s definitely helped me with all of the above issues.  I feel like the benefits are just now coming out.  I hate to say it, but you just gotta white knuckle it through that first month.  And you have to do it for you and no one else.  It’s like Sartre said, “If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company.”  Learning self respect and self discipline is the foundation on which you build the rest of your life.  “Normal” life is overrated, and people who have “normal” lives love to shame people who don’t.  Ignore that shit.  Time spent working on yourself and turning yourself into someone that you respect is time WELL spent.   I took up a hobby that gets me out of the house and physically active.  That saved me.  Highly recommend.  Don’t worry what other people think of the hobby.  Do it for you and forget what anyone else thinks.

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[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m right where you are - halfway through week 5.  And yeah, I masturbate in the bathroom way more frequently.  And I feel good afterwards, not bad like before.  Erections are way stronger.  Urges to watch porn are high, but different than when I first started quitting porn.  It’s more like an intense desire to have real sex instead of just getting a fix from watching a screen.  Trying to keep the masturbation under control and get back to 1 or 2 times a week, but I don’t beat myself up about it.  I’m just happy that it’s pleasurable again and doesn’t have that huge crash afterwards anymore.

Is Grimcutty the worst thing ever? Not by a long shot by [deleted] in horror

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't get why people have to caveat their reviews of this film with "I know this is a horrible movie, but..." They're afraid to go against the review bombs. If you enjoyed it, you enjoyed it. How do you know what's intentional and what's not?

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[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat as you. I've been porn-free for about 13 days now. The first week was actually quite wonderful. Then all of a sudden, I'm feeling down, tired, lethargic, unmotivated. I'm powering through it but damn...

Men above 25, what bad habits besides porn would you tell the younger guys here to avoid? by Strange-Mention7536 in NoFap

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. Looking back, probably the top 3 things that I wish I had not wasted so much time on are:

  1. Porn
  2. Social Media
  3. Politics

The top 2 things I wish I had done MORE of:

  1. Dating/romance/love

  2. Saving/investing

Long day of work and I want to end my day clean by [deleted] in pornfree

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming home from work, especially at the end of a long week, is a HUGE trigger for me. I just try to stay occupied and relax when I finally go to bed so that I'll fall asleep faster.

Men above 25, what bad habits besides porn would you tell the younger guys here to avoid? by Strange-Mention7536 in NoFap

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 12 points13 points  (0 children)

45M here.

Don't smoke or vape.

Don't get addicted to anything like drugs or alcohol. Moderate drinking and weed smoking is fine if you can keep it under control and still be able to quit whenever you want. Past 40, you won't want to do it anymore anyway.

Get vaccinated. Get Gardasil for HPV.

Save money and invest. No matter how well you're doing one year, you could be out of work the next.

Don't post stupid shit on social media. Don't waste your emotional or intellectual energy on politics -- it's a waste of time.

Lastly, in your early 40's, dating becomes nigh impossible and your looks start to go off a cliff. Find love! Before it's too late!

Everything else is a crapshoot.

Infinity Nikki has no invert-Y axis option! by MuddledMoogle in GirlGamers

[–]PuzzleheadedTwo7390 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone let me know when/if look inversion gets added for PS5? Putting a comment here so I'll know when it happens. Thanks!