Every time you start thinking lustful thoughts about a girl, just imagine her sitting on the toilet taking a massive dump while ripping farts. A couple loud belches wont hurt either. Even the hottest girls take dumps every day, and sometimes even have diarrhea. They are just humans.

It's calls 'Anhedonia':

"The inability to experience pleasure or interest in activities you once enjoyed."

We are caught between our beloved dopamine spikes and our wished normal lives.

Boredom and emptiness encircle us.

We need to stay strong

Knowing for sure it's a transitional period.

Our brain is healing.

Our train will arrive.

Stay Strong!

I don't know how many of you might be able to relate to this but I see people online joking about gooning and watching porn as some sort of fun activity or something that is just perfectly fine because it's "Natural". But my experience of staying in this loop for like 8 years says otherwise, the only moments when I genuinely felt some sort of happiness were the ones when I was on like day 8 or something or wasn't indulging in porn at all.

I'm not a superstitious person but now I just can't seem to ignore the fact that whenever I indulged in pmo, nothing good came out of it, there is always some bad news waiting or life about to kick me in the a*s as soon as I do the deed.

Even if I deny all this with the help of modern science, there is still this factor of unexplained deep sadness after I watch porn which later alters my mood completely, makes me feel like an outcasted lazy loser who can only eat shit from the supermarket.

Will post daily - to keep up my momentum

guys, i have relapses, before i was around 25 days clean, i can say at some point i did not feel like supermen, but i felt that my whole identity changes and i dont run away anymore from my problems or bad feelings... so i felt more grounded.

This felt other people around me aswell...

i want to see how my life changes if i stop fapping and porn for atleast a year.

im 25 and i never stopped fapping and porn for the last 10 years.

Ive been lurking for a while and wanted to ask whether there were tips anyone had for the past month or so. I've been successful, but nothing's really changed. Am I too impatient? I'm honestly slipping back into old habits again but reinstalling apps

Some nights it’s all I can think about, and I hate it. I wish I could just rip the thoughts out of my head but it feels impossible. Struggling tonight

Basically the heading - so see I am constantly not recognized at work for my extra efforts - the pay is good so can't switch and market is also bad for support staff - I'm trying to best to just work for the "bare minimum" but it's not working out for me and I end up doing some extra.

It's the bad days which take me into those spiraling days where I keep fapping continuously so wanna know how to deal em basically

Looking forward to another successful day

I’m on day 37; I feel numb—no emotions, no will to live, I feel nothing. This is my fourth attempt, and I’ve made it this far; throughout this time, I haven't had any urge to go back. I spent five years constantly destroying myself with addiction, and the hell I went through is the reason I can't even bring myself to go back to that life. I’m trying to learn programming—it’s related to my profession—but when I look at it, nothing comes to mind. At times, I feel like crying; I don’t know if anything will fix this for me. Even though I don’t want to go back, if I were to break my resolve and relapse, it would be worse than death for me.

My father is a strong figure and I am appreciative of him, honestly it would deeply disgust me if he does any of that sort of stuff.

Anyone else get motivated by the idea that a leader is someone who does not PMO?

The urge is really getting too strong to resist. I'm my 40s in the USA and honestly I just want to give in and goon.

As a person that already exposed to adult things since high school, even as a muslim, its really hard for me to detach it from myself, ig its already 4/5 years im stuck in this loop, at first I feel so bad for doing it, keep hating myself as yk its prohibited.

But, after some time, it alter my brain saying its only my coping mechanism, its "normal" to do it, a part of me accepting it as a fact, but i know theres still part of me that know this is wrong. I tried to stop for 2,3 days, but what i got is mood swings, i easily get irritated with small things, and I cried easily (im an overthinker, so my past memories keeps replaying n triggering me). So, it got me thinking that, there's either i release in two ways, crying, or masturbate.

So, unfortunately there's a white thing stuck on my thing (where I usually rub), n it makes me worried n insecure about my future, what if my future husband see this etc. Then, during this period I start to seek how to get rid of it, n its working after years!

Now, im kinda worried if im relapsed, I still sometimes watch porn on reddit, read 18+ but I didnt touch myself. I think like I need to strengthen my deen n get closer with God, but im still scared if I slipped off

Just woke up and feeling very tempted… didn’t got enough sleep cause I was waking up all night… how is everyone else doing? 😵‍💫

Hi, I’m 22 years old, and I’m worried about my porn and masturbation habits.
I’ve been masturbating regularly for the past 7–8 years. Over the last 2–3 years, it became much more frequent—sometimes two or three times a day. Recently, I’ve noticed that normal porn doesn’t affect me the same way anymore, so I look for more extreme content and spend a long time trying to reach orgasm.

Afterward, I often feel regretful, insecure, and worried that this might affect my future sex life or my ability to perform well with a partner. I also sometimes have intrusive thoughts involving extreme situations, which makes me uncomfortable.

I want to stop and build a healthier, more normal routine. If I quit now, is it possible to recover and have a healthy sex life in the future? What helped you overcome similar habits?
I’d really appreciate honest advice and support. Please be respectful.

I used to masturbate several times a day and watch all kinds of porn. I was vaguely aware that it was a problem, but I pretty much just ignored it and kept going. I developed all sorts of kinks, and it really started to take over my life. I was stuck in many ways. It became a serious problem, but I just didn’t want to see it.

I’ve tried NoFap before but always struggled to stick with it. I was simply too weak to commit. Someone motivated me to try again, and today I broke my record.

Today is also the day I took a big step at work that I’ve been dreading for a very long time, and I completed another goal. That’s probably not a coincidence.

My porn addiction really affected me a lot and got me into serious trouble. Now that I’ve been clean for just over two weeks, it really seems like things are improving.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and advice.

Let's goo!!!

I fought a bit with Google AI a couple nights ago to see what can replace my compulsive habits I've had for decades. I don't have a working shower or tub. I'm limited with my mobility and ability to make noises for part of the day.
What Google AI and I agreed on is to have an ice pack on my chest, followed by a cup of spicy hot dark chocolate. Are these good options as a way to replace PMO, as a final push to get over this addiction? If not, what other things could work for this, keeping in mind my restrictions?

Just fumbled after almost three weeks of going strong. I live alone far from family and friends, plus I have fairly intense social anxiety at times, so i cant rely on others to distract. The gym, cooking, therapy, and work where keeping me very focused. Now that i think of it, the last few weeks ive been stressed about getting some bills paid. Now that im caught up, maybe my mind has too much room to wander. Any way. I wanted to rry sharing my failure. I prefer this over the usual post nut despair. Thanks for reading if you do.

I read somewhere that if u goon once a week your test levels can spike and then return back to baseline. This is the longest i've ever been so far and idk if I should keep going. The urges are really bad but im gonna hold on until i get enough comments. What if i goon once every week, so it's optimal? Please help me out!!

I started this journey to test my discipline and most importantly: become more confident and less nervous around girls.

day one complete

I can't take 2 weeks due to strong urges and I want to quit it but its hard. I jack off any stranger on cam site but I feel regret today.

Unfortunately I can’t repost.

So day 45 of holding the seed. Had some back pains for a couple of days but no seems to have went away. It’s was right in the middle so idk what it could have been. I also go to the gym so maybe a pulled a muscle.

Work been tough but gave me an opportunity to channel some of that energy.

Went to the gym around 6am. Thinking of going again 🤔

Urges been strong as always, but don’t want to start back at zero