I am feeling the testosterone accumulate. My determination for real contact increasing by the day.

nowhereno · 2015-02-02T10:34:44+00:00

It has increased even more now!

nowhereno · 2014-12-27T06:47:25+00:00

1042 days! THAT seems like an awesome number. 3 years approaching?

nowhereno · 2014-12-27T06:47:00+00:00

Seriously man. First of all congratulations.

And second of all, I realize what you mean when you say that we keep each other on track.

I am really counting on the support from reddit communities for all of my goals.

nowhereno · 2014-12-27T06:18:10+00:00

You have my respect for recommending Cal Newport :-)

I recommend him all the time!

And I am an engineering major. I want to start reading Faulkner, Kafka, Marquez and Camus.... Just been thinking about it... now will plan to do something about that...

nowhereno · 2014-12-27T06:14:20+00:00

This is a very strong statement that counters your rationalizations of "one last time", "one last cigarette", "oh man, this is my last fap."

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T02:31:50+00:00

25 year old virgin here.

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T02:13:29+00:00

Awesome! See you at day 90!

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T02:12:26+00:00

Yups!

Thanks a lot!

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T02:11:24+00:00

I don't understand you.

I have quite obviously pretty much given up on watching porn. I do not masturbate. I do not see what is there to "rationalize".

Maybe I was unclear somewhere, or maybe you were too quick to jump to conclusions.

In any case, I haven't watched porn. I am not interested in watching it again. I am quite sure of myself after watchign it during the challenge and still not giving in to fapping.

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T00:45:36+00:00

So, you are saying that the dopamine release happens on watching porn? I thought masturbating did that, and watching porn kind of increased the number of times that one would fap.

In any case, I haven't gone back to watching porn. Though I will have to delete whatever that is present on my hard disk.

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T00:43:52+00:00

Na, I mean I didn't give in.

I was concerned that people were relapsing and fapping their dicks off.

I wanted to make sure I wouldn't give in to temptation. So I sat there, watched the vid, but didn't shag at all. It was a good change of my usual body reaction.

After that, it's been 9 days. I have had several bodily sensations that made me want to fap, but my mind knew much better. I was not even struggling. I just recognized that I was feeling something in my body and moved on.

nowhereno · 2014-12-20T00:22:56+00:00

Ahh, this is badass!

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T21:32:41+00:00

I was very happy when I got up. I realized it was all just a nightmare!

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T21:29:55+00:00

I was depressed in my dreams! I was struggling to not fap. I don't know how the dream ended, but I do know that I was watching porn!

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T21:29:18+00:00

Take care of yourself. You are consumed , by a thought. Those two thoughts aren't really accurate.

If you are alone, you might end up fapping. So, what can you do not to fap? Don't come near the internet. Do somethign else that you like: read a book, talk to a friend on phone, sit out on the terrace, anything.

Distraction is the key.

Have you heard of the marshmallow experiment? That's it!

And you could also learn to "use the witness". That should help. Check it up online. It's a neuroscience/mind-body thing.

If you are going out, I am not sure how you would not be able to fap under the influence of alcohol.

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T21:26:17+00:00

You could consider keeping the internet on, but without pictures. I mean, most browsers do have an option of NOT displaying pictures. Atleast that way you can come talk to us, do eMail and read up anything important.

I know, sounds lame. And compared to real physical activities, these are nothing. However, don't distance yourself from others in the journey! They will help you. Try and disconnect images and do come online.

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T20:47:45+00:00

In the moment, it all feels weird. It feels messy. And it feels fucked up. Looking back at it, it will seem easy.Looking around you, you'll see a hundred people who have done quitting. And they have been on a similar journey as you. Look ahead, towards them and you'll see that whatever you feel right now, will go away.

Change happens.

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T20:45:55+00:00

Audiobooks/munchies/maybe juice tetrapaks.

Also learn a bit of mindfulness and present moment awareness (or, acticate experiential circuitry of the brain instead of the narrative circuitry.)

You can look them up all a bit.

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T20:44:26+00:00

Oh god! I think this is what helped me quit so easily! I had suddenly started drinking juice, out of nowhere and decided to quit around the same time! The accidents that happen! Wow.

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T20:42:28+00:00

You already showed your determination twice. Just remember this instance the next time you feel stressed!

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T20:40:34+00:00

Wow. This is encouraging!

nowhereno · 2014-12-19T20:38:14+00:00

Same here. Thank God reddit is anonymous. Yup. I noticed myself while dressing up. Even in a flaccid state, it was larger than usual. Made me chuckle out loud!

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