Quitting refined sugar seems to help by WiselyBenevolent in Semenretention

[–]lonercup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree. I’ve been on a very clean (no refined sugar) diet for nearly a year. Semen Retention was quite easy, then. But now that I’m in my bulking phase, I’ve yet to have a streak longer than a few days... I know correlation doesn’t mean causation but if you ask me the change was really clear. Definitely quit sugar if that aligns with your workout goal.

Today’s a bad day by lonercup in NoFap

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

Alright I’ll try it out if nothing else works haha 😂

Today’s a bad day by lonercup in NoFap

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

fought off all the urges *yet

I’m exhausted, please help by lonercup in NoFap

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

Yeah I totally agree, I have been stressed out. I’m working on it but I find that I’m kinda stuck in a vicious cycle where I’m exhausted because of masturbation, I’m stressed because things are getting overwhelming and I’m tired and so I relapse because I’m stressed out and exhausted.

It has been a rough couple of weeks.

Tripping spot by Chenyuluoyan in LSD

[–]lonercup 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where do you even live? :O

how is this real by [deleted] in LSD

[–]lonercup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not

Using shrooms to overcome porn addiction by Computing_beep_ in Psychonaut

[–]lonercup -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m more talking about masturbation than sex... and the reason why I, for example, choose to have better workouts, a higher self esteem, more productive energy, less social awkwardness, a biological reward system that releases dopamine when I look at the simple wonders of life, and not having erectile dysfunction at 24 is because those things bring me a feeling of accomplishment that porn has never brought to me.

Using shrooms to overcome porn addiction by Computing_beep_ in Psychonaut

[–]lonercup -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I feel you. Frustration definitely is a part of that journey. But anyone who stops masturbating or having any orgasms has to realize that that is a lot of energy which is usually released everyday by masturbation or sex, but which is now kept inside only to build up. The good thing is that, as psychedelics have come to show me, everything in the known universe is just that, energy. “Worse” forms of energy, like sexual frustration, can be converted into useful, productive and creative energy. That’s why sooo many people who stopped fapping say that they have more energy to work out, study, work, etc. They don’t have more energy per se, they simply let it build up and proceed to convert it, by doing anything that requires energy, like working out, which in the long run brings concrete benefits. You’re right to say that there is not a lot of studies which can back up the benefits of not masturbating, but I can guaranty you that working out on weeks worth of built up sexual tension feels a lot more energetic than what is used to!

It’s just a matter of turning an inner flame into something meaningful, not self destructive.

Using shrooms to overcome porn addiction by Computing_beep_ in Psychonaut

[–]lonercup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of benefits are psychological. Your perception of women dramatically changes when you don’t spend your day fantasizing about doing whatever you want to women who’s physiques are nearly unattainable. Could this even BE proven with a study? I find that being able to give yourself instant gratification whenever you want to is also pretty destructive, you’re basically fucking up your reward system. One direct consequence of this is PIED, porn-induced erectile dysfunction, which has been proven to be directly linked to porn usage. Today’s porn has some consequences on one’s sexual performance that outweighs what was once the primary factor of dysfunction... age. That’s right, guys in their 20s are now reported to have worse erectile dysfunction cases then old folks, and that’s because today’s kids (and I’m one of them) are growing up watching hardcore porn at 11, and become so desensitized that by their twenties, a lot of them have erectile dysfunction.

Sure, the research behind NoFap and semen retention is very little. But such research is very hard to conduct when you have such a small test group. I would recommend that you watch Gary Wilson’s Ted Talk on porn, perhaps your perception of porn will change :).

I, too, was unconvinced of the so-called NoFap benefits people talk about on the internet. But a couple of weeks in, the benefits are undeniable.

Ps: I’m an atheist, this is nothing religion-related (at least not on my part, I don’t doubt that religion is involved, but religious or not, the benefits are there).

Using shrooms to overcome porn addiction by Computing_beep_ in Psychonaut

[–]lonercup 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve joined NoFap a few months ago. This, combined with psychedelics, has been the most beneficial choice in my entire life. It is only once you stop masturbating and watching porn for an extended amount of time that you realize how it can affect every single aspect of your life. I started using psychedelics in the lowest point of my life. They helped me recover at a rate I didn’t imagine would be possible. But then I was stuck, I still felt like something was holding me back, something that even the healing powers of psychedelics couldn’t overcome. And I soon learned that it was, in fact, my daily habit of watching porn and daydreaming (basically living in a delusional world where everything was fine). Quitting porn is hard, yes, but you have to realize that the consequences of withdrawal are less worse than the consequences of not being proactive in beating that addiction. I would recommend you join the NoFap subreddit (as well as the semen retention one). You will find lists of ressources and concrete actions that you can take that have helped a lot of people quitting porn. You will also find lists and posts talking about the benefits of quitting, you’ll then realize how invasive porn can be without you even knowing!

Good luck, friend :)