Current Events > Serious: have any of you tried "No-Fap"?

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What was the reason? How long did yo last? What were the benefits for you personally?
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Yes. It didn't end well.
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I lasted ten minutes
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i went 3 weeks and it was hell.

it wasn't for any reason other than i was never alone- always shared a room with someone, fear that someone could walk in any minute etc.

i don't see why anyone would do that to themselves voluntarily.
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Kombucha posted...

i went 3 weeks and it was hell.

it wasn't for any reason other than i was never alone- always shared a room with someone, fear that someone could walk in any minute etc.

i don't see why anyone would do that to themselves voluntarily.

Any sort of benefits? Even short term?
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I did it and now I can bend spoons with my mind.
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I did it for like a week and by the end of it I was finding things attractive that were more and more weird. Like, mundane shit gave me a boner.
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I always participate in no-deed November. Last time I recall making it around a week before I had the weirdest give-in. It just was like I was possessed, and when it happened, it shot in my eye.
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I went three weeks one time. It was during my time when I had stopped with porn completely. (I'm back to looking at it but gonna quit again, I know it's bad for me to maintain this habit)

I don't recall there being any serious issues because of it. Considering trying again, because I want to cut back on taking things into my own hands as a general thing - I do it too often. Reduce the frequency until I find myself just not needing it, or at least not needing to do it often.
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Vita_Aeterna posted...

Kombucha posted...

i went 3 weeks and it was hell.

it wasn't for any reason other than i was never alone- always shared a room with someone, fear that someone could walk in any minute etc.

i don't see why anyone would do that to themselves voluntarily.

Any sort of benefits? Even short term?

no, i am convinced that the benefits people see when they do no-fap is purely a psychological self fulfilling prophecy type thing. you come in with the expectation that not masturbating will somehow improve your life, and you whole heartedly expect that to be the case- so you kind of start to materialize that expectation through acting positive or doing whatever it is you expect to happen and it reaffirms your expectations. it's kind of like the placebo effect.
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Maybe I have terrible drive, but it's literally not a challenge at all.

Like I've done November to February and nothing happened.
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Kombucha posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

Kombucha posted...

i went 3 weeks and it was hell.

it wasn't for any reason other than i was never alone- always shared a room with someone, fear that someone could walk in any minute etc.

i don't see why anyone would do that to themselves voluntarily.

Any sort of benefits? Even short term?

no, i am convinced that the benefits people see when they do no-fap is purely a psychological self fulfilling prophecy type thing. you come in with the expectation that not masturbating will somehow improve your life, and you whole heartedly expect that to be the case- so you kind of start to materialize that expectation through acting positive or doing whatever it is you expect to happen and it reaffirms your expectations. it's kind of like the placebo effect.

It does have some effect on porn-induced ED though.
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Vita_Aeterna posted...

Kombucha posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

Kombucha posted...

i went 3 weeks and it was hell.

it wasn't for any reason other than i was never alone- always shared a room with someone, fear that someone could walk in any minute etc.

i don't see why anyone would do that to themselves voluntarily.

Any sort of benefits? Even short term?

no, i am convinced that the benefits people see when they do no-fap is purely a psychological self fulfilling prophecy type thing. you come in with the expectation that not masturbating will somehow improve your life, and you whole heartedly expect that to be the case- so you kind of start to materialize that expectation through acting positive or doing whatever it is you expect to happen and it reaffirms your expectations. it's kind of like the placebo effect.

It does have some effect on porn-induced ED though.

yeah, i mean if you exhaust yourself physically by doing it all the time it would help to cut back for sure. stopping entirely though seems like overkill.
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Vita_Aeterna posted...

It does have some effect on porn-induced ED though.

If you've fapped yourself impotent somehow, just stop until you start having wet dreams again.

the trick is to just fuck chicks instead.
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