Semi involved in giving you a semi hahaha

Nofap doesn't give you superpowers. It returns your mental status back to baseline / normal you. 43 days to go for my 90 day reboot. Good luck

Doesnt constant masterbation lower your testosterone levels?

And not jerking raises T levels?

Aren't these 'symptoms' just chemical fluctuations?

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I also went from no fap to trp

Here's the thing - learn how to jerk off consciously. Do not do it because it makes you feel good, then you just resort to jerking off everytime you need to feel good. Sexuality is a huge part of a man's life - how are you going to avoid rubbing one out like the plague and still be comfortable slapping a girl's face with your cock? If you jerk off and the thoughts in your head are "I disgust myself, this is a mistake, I am going to regret this," then you will feel like shit and the only way not to feel like shit is to not do it. Alcoholics and coke heads do the same thing, they are so focused on the dope and alcohol and so unaware of what else can make them happy.

I did NoFap and got much more confident and strong because I replaced my massive "addiction" with lifting weights and putting myself out of the comfort zone. This past year I made it over 200 days without jerking off. Felt great. But then I realized how much negative thinking I would attach to jerking off, instead of just being aware of what it is, why I do it, and when I do it. When you are aware you are in control, it no longer becomes your dopamine fountain, and you get on with life.

I completely agree. Nofap isn't all powerful but it does install a high level of self control, alot like going to the gym. Not to mention from my own experience I didn't realize how much I was unintentionally suppressing my sex urge from constant masterbation. Now I only wank the stick once ever 1-2 weeks but even then I try to stick to just edging and Kegels(Train your dick)

I believe in the nofap benefits as I have experienced them, but some people expect to just do nofap and people (especially girls) will like them more. Before I even found nofap I was improving my social skills, training martial arts and lifting to improve my confidence. Nofap was just the thing that took all these things to the next level. And also I know some people don't believe the 'attraction' benefit but for me it's 100 % true. My goal with nofap is to get to the point where I can cum only with real girls, and even though I'm not where I want to be I keep getting better and slowly but surely I am getting there.

Regardless of the negative receiving my original post got, I want to say thank you to everyone for your insights, experiences, and criticisms.

I would constantly edge. Probably 3-4 times a week

You were not on NoFap, of course it didn't show results.

I might as well share my story about nofap and how it helped me so others in my position can learn from my mistakes. I was addicted to fapping & watching porn and used to do it twice almost every day. I got so used to it that when i was trying to have sex with my fwb, I couldn't get hard due to the image of hot porn chicks in my head. I couldn't finish either, because pussy didn't feel as good as my hand. Now I haven't touched my dick since first of january and I dont face these problems any more. I rewired my brain towards female body, smell and how they feel and i get rock hard erections now, get powerful orgasms and all the bonuses.

Nofap, itself, isn't that useful if you didn't face problems like I have imo. But it cures everything i mentioned earlier and thank god it does, because i felt awful.

No fap is underrated, people calling it bullshit just don't have the willpower to follow through.

But, only use it if you're addicted to porn and masturbation, if you only jack off once a week it's a waste of time.

Why not NoPorn and Fap once a week? I notice the same energy spike after going longer without a fap but after a week my balls just hurt. Why not release the pressure if you haven't had sex during that time?

Integration is my philosophy. Masturbation has its place, porn does too if you can handle it.

You can go all or nothing. Going all in and jacking off every hour that your cock isnt raw from.subsequent jerk sessions. With 20 monitors with 1000 tabs open on each one. Thats easy. Complete abstinence is another story

With porn its unavoidable. Somebody is gonna show you a pic or a link, a chick sends you nudes, you see a popup ad because youre retarded and dont know how to set up an ad blocker.

Im mostly pornfree and i do my best to limit masturbation. Sometimes i cant focus because theres a lot of pent up sexual energy and I find it way easier to go back to what im doing after jacking off. If i do this too much i notice a difference in my confidence, etc.

However Im also noticing that as my social skill increase, my confidence and frame get stronger. The deleterious effects of jacking off, or jacking off to porn, seem to lessen. This is also true the more I abstain and limit my indulgence in either.

You also have to be careful nit to establish a guilt loop. If you put it to yourself that porn is evil, watching it is a relapse thats going to rob you off your "superpowers" then youre going to feel like shit after you cum, beat yourself uo and then probably self medicate by busting off some more knuckle children.

Rebooting is important and not just for porn or masturbation. Ideally you should try going without coffee for a month every so often if you love coffee. I take frequent breaks from smoking pot. Time off increases your appreciation for things, it improves your discipline and makes you feel stronger in your resolve which lessens anxiety.

The info on yourbrainonporn about the addiction cycle, dopamine and delta fosb is crucial to understanding addiction and breaking free of it. If you cant seem to control yourself with porn and masturbation, do a 90 day reboot. Take a big break from it to.kind of reset/rewire your brain a bit.

I had to quit smoking everything for the longest time to get myself to stop using tobacco. It took me a year before i could gradually bring weed back into my life without it immediately making me want to smoke a popper. The same applies to porn. I still have "relapses" where i feel myself slipping back into my old ways of jacking off thrice daily. My ultimate goal is to pretty much never watch porn save for when its unavoidable and only masturbate without it.

So far ive got myself do wnto averaging a month between "relapses". I definitely see improvement in the past year since i was introduced to nofap/pornfree shit

as a 17 year old male you should be focusing on your school work and lifting. Get some pussy as well bro...

It's not easy to do NoFap. That is for sure. Especially if you are a person who doesn't have a lot going on in their life, and has a lot of free time.

Your problem. Your solution. You have the knowledge of the whole world at your fingertips for free, libraries are free, so are some HS EC courses. Take your abundant time in your youth to get ahead. I don't advertise to go monk mode regarding sexual gratification, as it is extreme. But the occasional masturbation to no-porn when you can't get a clear though due to being horny is quite healthy.

I jack off when I please and nut on a slag's cunt as desired. I have sex/jack off without ejaculating, that's the secret of "nofap" (doing this for 2 years)

But I now realize simply stopping an addiction will not necessarily change your life, you still have a lot of work to do!

You don't stop an addiction because it leaves a big gaping hole in your life. Out of sudden, more time, more energy, more money, more everything. So, people just jump to another addiction. The AA way - replace booze with meetings - kind of works for some people. As a professional NoFapper with a clean mind and T levels rising from lifting, you can post insightful shit here, thus raising our overall awareness, get some mod points, maybe become an EC someday.

tldr; don't quit, replace.

NoFap is just a way to get starting. especially true for the hardcore porn addicts. it helps you start doing new stuff and exploring. the thing is tho it is served in a super wrong way. people at NoFap are counting the days they havent fapped and are feeling guilty when they do. This is absolutelly not the point of it. There is nothing wrong with fapping. Like everything else in life, moderation is key. If you can't control yourself, then you have worse problems than fapping itself.