/nofap/ - Fappers Anonymous

>self-punishment

Shit dude. That never worked for me. The problem with planning self-punishment is that you're also the one who has to carry it out.

But I guess getting discipline is kind of why we're here.

Started years ago, not sure exactly when. I was 100% addicted until a little over a year ago, when /pol/ helped me get the ball rolling. Finally broke the porn habit, and now slip ups are fairly uncommon. I wasn't convinced about nofap at first, but I decided to give it a real chance a few months ago.

Anyway, about seven weeks nofap right now, I don't know the exact day this streak started.

Working out more consistently. Feels good. More sociable and confident, which is fairly new territory for me.

I think I have a date or something, I don't know. Not sure how that happened, I am not not good with grill. This is completely uncharted territory. We'll see how it goes.

Relapsed. I dont feel guilty about it. This was my longest streak ever.

This time I am going to challenge myself and go for extreme hard mode. I am not even allowed to even think about it.

I have to keep myself constantly occupied for this to work. After all, chans are known for the extreme.

>>689

Finished day 2, might as well make it 102. Let's do that shit, Anon

7-8ish weeks. Went for a walk in the middle of the night yesterday/this morning. Holy shit, is nature beautiful. I couldn't appreciate it until now.

Been on easy street for a little while now. You know how it goes, you're on a roll and you hit a little phase where it's not even an issue; you just don't even want to masticate any corn.

Well, it seems like the ceasefire is drawing to a close. Ranging shots are starting to come this way, so it's time to get back on full alert now.

Gonna kick some ass.

I just fapped and I want to stop doing it. I've practically fapped every day during the last 4 years, except for some breaks of a few days every time I decided to take on no-fap challenges or I had too much work.

I suppose this is as good time to start as any other, so I'll start lurking this board and reporting myself occasionally.

Wish me luck, bros.

>>693

Dig your heels in and steel yourself for the long haul. It's easy to decide you want to quit right after you've already done it. Lasting resoluteness is the key here. Learn to reject it even when you want it more than anything else in the world, even when you're doubting your reasons and don't care about your goals.

Welcome aboard.

Gotta be at least 8 weeks now. New shipment of get-up-and-go just came in. For the first time in years, I'm consistently getting out of bed at the first alarm, instead of the third or fourth.

Also starting to read more. Taking on projects I don't know how to do, but instead of accepting that, I'm going to put in the hours to learn to do them.

The future is exciting.

>>692

That was creative.

SUMMARY

The past few days have been pretty shit. I'm depressed because I feel like my life isn't going fast enough.

I need to work towards something larger than myself. College isn't enough.

I'm not going to focus on the days anymore, just the things that I have done since then because the days don't really matter to me.

Study: 2h

Work out: 3h

Social gains: 5 people

Academic: ~B- average atm

>>694

I just got back home from a graveyard shift, that makes three days without fapping.

It would be amazing how much I fap from force of habit if I wouldn't have realized that long ago. I'll try to reach the 15 days mark for now, then I'll try to survive nofap November.

>>713

Keep that momentum brah. Don't stop moving forward. You're like a great white; you're tough as balls and you can tear apart anything in your way, but if you ever stop moving, you'll die.

Stay focused, keep moving forward, never stop or compromise.

Almost two months in now. It's worth it. Wish I had realized that over a year ago when I first started investigating nofap.

>>715

On the night before my day off, I try to go on a walk in the middle of the night just to think and pray. It's become one of my favorite parts of the week, and no doubt helps with the fight. Definitely takes away one of the most opportune times for a relapse.

>>724

Good luck bro. Kick some ass.

>>724

How do you hold yourself accountable to getting off after two hours?

Im super addicted internet and have set time limits on my computer but whenever it prompts me i just put in the password and override the time lock. How do you do it?

>>728

>>702

Something like 10 weeks now.

This shit is real.

I'm also 100% convinced that girls can tell you apart from porn addicts, even if they don't know that's what the difference is.

>>747

>I'm also 100% convinced that girls can tell you apart from porn addicts, even if they don't know that's what the difference is.

Care to elaborate? like, they know you are in rehab?

>>758

I'm noticing a marked increase in attention and respect from girls, even when my behavior and appearance stays the same (as far as I can tell).

It's no longer even a question of whether I can get a girl, it's become a question of which girl to invest in (tfw monogamous af).

>>760

It's not that you were getting more attention, it's that your bent-up sexual frustrations made it more apparent to you when you did get it. Not fapping does that to you.

>>774

>lick

luck*

>>774

Dude, don't leave college, make the most out of it, specially if your dad is paying, and actually wants you to go. I'll say it is more risky to go without it, since at least you can fall back on your paper if shit goes to worst, besides, it would make wonders to keep you busy even if you just wanna get through with it as fast as you can, that and be more social get connections, yada yada, Uni hasn't worked all that well for me, because I'm not all that motivated, but if you envision your own company, it can do a lot of good for you, if anything to get funding I guess.

>>778

Sorry friend, but I'm doing six years on a five year degree for being unmotivated and idle all the while failing classes, things are looking up though since I haven't failed recently

I came across Steve Pavlina's blog due to someone else mentioning it over on /v/ or something like that, I think his "do it now" article might be of help for you, since he describes how he graduated college in three semesters, two titles at that.

Be warned though, his method includes being busy, and I can't see how being busy depresses you, maybe it is because of the bullshit assignments and shit, but for me it's the contrary, usually don't have nothing to do, and when something finally rolls along school wise I always let it to the last possible minute, and when I start to get on a roll with it, find it's value and interest and having fun doing it, it's already too late, time to turn it over, so I always half ass shit.

Here's the article:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/do-it-now.htm

And a pastebin because I'm not shilling the guy, although he allows free reproduction of his works I think.

http://pastebin.com/ixJA3cTc

Good luck.

>>780

Thanks anon!

I'm this dude:

>>772

I relapsed a couple of days after that post I think, and well, basically fell off the wagon. Right now I'm up again for november.

I was going to succumb, but then I had this amazing idea: a Firefox extension that recognizes when you want to look at porn and instead suggests other stuff to watch or do in the meantime. At this point I sometimes just write addresses by muscular memory. So I had already opened a tab and decided to check the source code (interestingly enough, it had an ASCII naked lady and a message contratulating me for my curiosity, lel), and I figured there's something called the meta keywords. By recognizing those the extension could be developed. We could have user-based link suggestions and community-based ones.

Anyway, I'm here again and well, let's keep trying! It's nice to see that the board has been active, I'll try to stick nearby.

Haven't felt the need to fap for a few days. I hooked up with a girl this weekend and after that I haven't felt that driving need to fap since then. There has been more a weak need because I'm intellectually curious about what it would feel like but that overwhelming need is gone. Any time I hook up it's like this for a few days. I used to want to fap all the time before and would fap at least 1 sometimes up to 5 or more times a day.

I think that >>960 has it right. Too much masturbation is a symptom of our need to find an emotional and sexual connection with someone else. It's a symptom of our isolation. Once we have some sort of intimacy with others we should feel much more satisfied in general and want to masturbate much less. We are just animals after all.

>>1001

1000+1get.

Btw considering this, I should really get a girlfriend.

>>1010

Don't do it for any other person. Do it for you.

And even if you're not religious, try praying. Seriously.

>>1010

Maybe start slow and fap every 2 days, then gradually make it 3 days. Small changes and routines are easy to get into.

>>1036

That shit fucks you in the ass. Stop spreading bullshit lol.

>>679

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>>747

>>760

Upd8.

Still going strong. Nofap for almost three and a half months, noporn for somewhat longer. I feel completely adjusted now. I can't even imagine going back at this point, but I'm staying as vigilant as ever. I've seen too many people fall from higher than this.

Keep it up, brothers. It's so much better on the other side.

>>1068

Learn to not fap in response to anime, don't fight it, just let it pass.

Last year I began my nofap in november and almost made it all the way 'til the end of march but gave up a few days just short of five full months

This year, I aim to try again

Two weeks in right now, and I'm feeling optimistic

>>1068

Same here.

No guarantees here, but if you can control yourself long enough it will gradually turn into indifference.

Of course if you're constantly looking at those pictures, you'll just end up getting hooked on it again.

20 days today. probably my longest record as far as i can remember. i find it gets easier with time but you still cant let your guard down. porn blocker has probably helped a lot but i still cant help peeking when i see stuff float around 8ch. i've made arrangements so i can't access the password for my blocking software without reaching a certain level on a modded super mario world rom. i also blocked all the sites i could find that host rom editing software. nofap has never been so fun.

>>1098

I managed to last november, so I'm one-fifth done

There have been some temptations, but I think I'll make it through the four months I have left

Aiming for april

Six days so far. Not really a challenge yet, but I'm feeling pretty depressed and empty now. I don't know whether the nofap has anything to do with it, but everything is just starting to look bleak and meaningless. Why are we doing this again?

>nice get

In 2014 I was in a prison known as shock camp, lots of discipline and working out. The first two weeks were insane so I didn't fap at all because I KNEW I needed to save my strength. I fucked up and had to start over, doing the awful beginning two weeks over again, this time maybe 2 1/2 weeks /nofap/. Been busting upwards of 2/3/4 times a day since getting out, haven't been keeping up with my PT, feels really shitty. A day here or there without and the heightened sensation just overloads me and I get pulled back into it again until I feel nothing but sorrow after. Even talking about it, thinking about the fact that I'm helpless- in a way it kinda triggers me into thinking or feeling "why not pull it again GOY?"

>>666

and

>jacking off since 10?

I'm sorry you got molested.

>>1188

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/20/the_science_of_masturbating_fetuses/

1 month…

balls gonna explod

Hi,

I figured I'd rather post here now than wait.

I haven't been counting days quite honestly. I'm guessing I've been on the wagon around 4/5 days now.

From some years ago, I've been thinking about weird systems of dealing-with-your-life; for one: if [the distribution of] Time is a Human Construct, we can build our own calendars based on whatever work for us: either Solar, Lunar or even asteroid-based calendars. And many other things.

Lately I've been thinking about vices supporting everything else, like pillars that support Your Cosmsos. You surrender to a particular vice (booze, drugs, attention whoring, you-name-it) and the pillar begins to shatter and then collapses, leading all that has been built on top of it to slide and fall.

I believe {At this moment at least} that to keep the core of the improvement-structure is to not fail at either one of those pillars that support the whole structure.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this, because I really am confused, sad and lost, wandering and without any sort of significant answer other than those that I can find in these anonymous boards. I drank tonight and got teased by some camwhore-pics I found on 4chinz on r9k and /b/, but I didn't fap nor edge, and even if I drank a couple of beers I also ran and did pullups to exhaustion and stared at the moonlight, trying to…

… not sure what I was trying to do, proving something I guess? Maybe trying to get some divine inspiration that I lost somewhere by paying attention to some kind of bullshit, like social media or drugs or also porn, but I feel like crap because I know that this is not what I'm meant to do with my time on this existential plane or whatever the fuck this is.

So, tldr: If you are alone and lost, so am I: but do not let that detract you from the purposes you have made to yourself. It is ultra fucking hard, with all this bullshit advertising spewing beautiful people and hot butts in front of our eyes 24/7, to try to let go of something that will never fulfill you, but I'm taking the time to write this (which probably no one will read anyway) to make a testimony that you can spend your time in other things, even in supporting struggling anons that could use a few words of support and some cheering up. Keep going mates.

I haven't fapped in months now. To be honest, I have never really felt like masturbating and the only times I've done it has been when the porn is really good. Is this normal? I still watch porn but rarely fap and stop watching after a few mins. I only pre cum too.

Porn addict here. Just finished a fap before i finally break this habit, any tips?

>>1047

Weening it off can be effective in plenty of addictions

>>1162

First day of month four

Do you guys find that it becomes easier the further into it you get?

Aiming for april

Ok, I've done a thread before on here to no success, and I want to try and hold on fapping again, I just use it as escapism to the real life shit I should be working on, so for my own sake, I'll cut on the faps one at a time like I was told to do before.

Oh God, am I gonna have fun, there's a lot of stuff I could be getting into, if not for the urge to fap I get any waking moment to avoid real life, it isn't as fun to fap when you can't get a really hard one after days of wanking it.

The nights are gonna be the toughest, since I'm already kinda conditioned to rub it off to be able to get some sleep some nights, I'll just read from now on.

I got to maybe day nine and cracked

being so comfy in bed makes me erect and I have no idea why

>>1334

You probably browse the interwebs in bed, which means that when you look at porn you do it in bed. Keep a boner-killer on hand; ED's Offended page works great so long as you actually remember to use it when your willy wants a waggling.

>>1333

I'm ashamed I can't even start to get a hold of the wagon, but here goes nothing again, since I found some more resolution after losing almost the entire weekend fapping.

I swear I'll return one day without feeling the need to shame myself by bearing the name of fapper, which I believe I rightfully deserve as I'm right now. It's totally not namefagging I swear.

>>1355

It won't change until you change it, so I say, go do your hobbies, if not now when?

This coming from someone who can't even go a day without fapping, so take it as it comes, your cause of depression must come elsewhere if you are using sleep and vidya as escapism/substitution for fapping, so look into that.

Good Luck.

>>1251

>which probably no one will read anyway

Read, thanks anon.