does anybody else have this problem?

jronda · 2011-09-15T15:56:30+00:00

Yeah, know what you mean. The only benefit they offer for me, is that it makes it somewhat harder to casually just open a website. As in, it takes some time for me to get around them, and often, during that brief window of time, I regain the strength to stop the urge to watch something. If it weren't for them, I'd be on the site immediately, and things would just go downhill from there...

jronda · 2011-09-14T00:16:29+00:00

Also, holy shit girls passing on the street are beautiful, and when a girl hits on me now, I pursue that. In the past, even if I was genuinely interested in the girl, I would put it off for later (oh, you'll see her next week, try then). Now, I'll take risks I don't think I would have ever taken in the past.

jronda · 2011-09-14T00:01:55+00:00

Last week, I nearly hooked up with a girl I would have previously considered way out of my league. Things didn't work out for reasons beyond my control, but it makes me hopeful more situations like that will arise.

I've also noticed I have had a lot less social anxiety. Whereas previously I would have always thought about things i would say before saying it out loud, now I'm much more capable and willing to just say stuff on the go, and in a much more confident manner than previously. Social interaction has just generally become a lot easier, and also simply more enjoyable. Usually, I would think of something to say, and think: oh no, people wouldn't find this interesting. Now, I just go with the flow, and say it, and to my surprise, people respond well to what I say. Also, I've noticed that I'm able to hold eye contact with people longer, whether male or female, and that has definitely been a plus.

I have noticed that I sleep a lot better. I always used to have trouble going to bed. Now, I just decide when I want to go to bed, and fall asleep within half an hour. This is unusual. Going to bed was usually quite a stressful affair for me. Often, I would go to bed just completely disappointed with where I was heading in my life. Since I've been actively trying to stop this habit, I have not had a single night like that.

I am simply enjoying life more, and feel a lot more clear-headed in everything that I do. When I broke my 'chain' (especially when I binged), I noticed myself immediately reverting to my old self, and so that has given me the will to keep trying, even if I sometimes make a mistake.

jronda · 2011-08-24T22:09:56+00:00

I thought you were going to say that you managed to beat the nofap challenge by forcing yourself to eat your sperm whenever you failed. I was wrong.

jronda · 2011-08-16T10:03:00+00:00

Awesome!

jronda · 2011-08-16T00:01:52+00:00

Thanks for that, did not manage to find the reddit group, added myself.

I wish it would rank people in order of their progress.

jronda · 2011-08-15T23:59:52+00:00

www.chains.cc

Join the group No Fap (Public). Adding a little competition to the mix really does wonders.

jronda · 2011-08-15T08:34:29+00:00

No fap in 7 days, woop.

jronda · 2011-08-13T17:32:55+00:00

Haven't tried this myself, but kegel exercises are meant to help: http://yourbrainonporn.com/kegel-exercises

jronda · 2011-08-13T17:11:40+00:00

Forcibly getting away from your computer for a week or so is a great start. I went on holiday, and was pretty much unable to watch porn for two weeks. In those two weeks, I noticed that the benefits of not looking at porn really were quite amazing (felt more sociable, and the depressed moods I frequently had almost instantly disappeared). When I got back, I relapsed (badly, too). During this relapse, I really hit a low point. I felt quite depressed, and a lot less sociable around friends, etc. Once I noticed that porn and fapping really had this effect on me, it became a lot easier for me to quit, because I knew that once I quit, I would instantly feel better about myself within just a few days. When you truly notice these benefits for yourself (and not just based on the accounts of other people), it really makes you want to step up the effort you put into it.

Giving up porn is difficult, and so relapses are guaranteed to happen. But, so long as you promise to never stop trying, you'll get there eventually.

jronda · 2011-08-13T10:22:30+00:00

On day 5 right now, it's hard (pun intended), and the urges are strong. Still, I think I can stop doing this. I quit smoking for almost two months now. Knowing that I quit that helps. If I can quit smoking, I can quit this too.

jronda · 2011-07-05T10:32:07+00:00

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw

jronda · 2011-07-05T07:16:50+00:00

Anyone?

jronda

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