No-Fap and 'rebooting' your brain.

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Lately more and more people are trying no-fap, but I couldn't find any topic here, so here it is.

What is no-fap?

No-fap is about abstaining from porn, masturbation and orgasm, in order to ultimately 'reboot' your brain and recover your natural sexual behavior and stance towards women. If you're used to watching porn and masturbating, your brain can get pretty messed up. This might lead to problems such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, willpower erosion, etc.

If the following more or less applies to you, no-fap can change your life for the better:
- You watch and masturbate to porn
- The kind of porn you watch is slowly changing (more and more hardcore or crazy porn)
- Porn is one of the more, or most, interesting thing(s) in your daily/weekly life

This video explains why no-fap might be important for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSF82AwSDiU

It's important to understand that in order to rewire your brain you must abstain from porn ánd masturbation for an extended period of time. In general people are reporting that this takes about 90 days. This is about 100 times harder then you might think, expect to fail a few times before you can make it.

What no-fap did for me:

It took me 2 months of trying and failing, but I'm now on day 35. At this point I'm pretty much used to this 'new life' without porn and masturbation, so I expect to make it to day 90 and beyond. What I've noticed so far:

- I struggled with depression for 5+ years, but it's pretty much gone now
- I feel a whole lot better about myself
- Other women, even really pretty ones, are not scary anymore. I can just talk to them (even though I feel like getting a heart-attack ofcourse)
- Being around women became fun and interesting
- My whole life became more interesting
- I waste a lot less time on stupid things
- Easier to concentrate, less procastrination
- My body looks better, more muscle and better skin texture
- My voice got somewhat deeper
- I started caring for the simple things in life

Basically for the first time in my life I'm pretty content with myself and my life in general.

Important!

This will likely turn into a lively discussion about how internet-porn is, or isn't, 'bad' for you. No-fap doesn't prove that porn is bad for you, but it does seem some individuals might be a whole lot better off without porn.

Looking at what no-fap did for me I just want other people to know about it. Post your no-fap questions or experiences here.

More info:

http://yourbrainonporn.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/

[Ineko]

- I struggled with depression for 5+ years, but it's pretty much gone now
- I feel a whole lot better about myself
- Other women, even really pretty ones, are not scary anymore. I can just talk to them (even though I feel like getting a heart-attack ofcourse)
- Being around women became fun and interesting
- My whole life became more interesting
- I waste a lot less time on stupid things
- Easier to concentrate, less procastrination
- My body looks better, more muscle and better skin texture
- My voice got somewhat deeper
- I started caring for the simple things in life

These changes sound like they have nothing to do with porn at all...

[Hooked]

Well forget about the porn can I just get the virus?.

[Deleted]

These changes sound like they have nothing to do with porn at all...

If you watch the video you will understand how watching porn affects your life in general. It's not like porn only gives your a sour dick.

[prwraith]

Porn has legit 0 negative effects for me. And masturbation has some pretty solid benefits.

Honestly if you're stuck in depression It's not the porns fault.

[diddle]

I'm a doctor and I still take a quick fap in the private restroom twice a day. (Edit: I sterilize)

[prwraith]

Also

Other women, even really pretty ones, are not scary anymore. I can just talk to them (even though I feel like getting a heart-attack ofcourse)

How the hell does porn make women scary? Dafug

[welcome2life]

Just want to throw another ax in your argument by saying I have no trouble with confidence or depression and I do sometimes relieve some sexual tension from time to time.

[Ineko]

If you watch the video you will understand how watching porn affects your life in general. It's not like porn only gives your a sour dick.

- My body looks better, more muscle...

TIL not watching porn increases muscle mass! The more you know.

[Deleted]

Porn has legit 0 negative effects for me. And masturbation has some pretty solid benefits. Honestly if you're stuck in depression It's not the porns fault.

I'm not at all saying porn gets you depressed, that would be a crazy bold statement.

[Hooked]

Do you know what hookers and porn websites have in common?.

[Deleted]

Odd - over the past month or so these anti-porn and anti-masturbation lunatics have mushroomed all over the forums. It's like jehova's witnesses in feminazi form. Can we get an extermination squad in here please? Those ''improvements'' are nothing more than you THINKING that it works - it's a placebo bud. Except for talking to women - that's because you're now a euneuch and your manhood has shrivelled up from too little use.

[Polarthief]

No-fap is about abstaining from porn, masturbation and orgasm, in order to ultimately 'reboot' your brain and recover your natural sexual behavior and stance towards women.

Y'know, I was actually really curious about this thread until I realized I wasn't welcome here. Unless this is something strictly for heterosexual males, I'd recommend changing some words. It's 2014, this stuff isn't taboo.

[Hyve]

- I struggled with depression for 5+ years, but it's pretty much gone now
- I feel a whole lot better about myself
- Other women, even really pretty ones, are not scary anymore. I can just talk to them (even though I feel like getting a heart-attack ofcourse)
- Being around women became fun and interesting
- My whole life became more interesting
- I waste a lot less time on stupid things
- Easier to concentrate, less procastrination
- My body looks better, more muscle and better skin texture
- My voice got somewhat deeper
- I started caring for the simple things in life

Basically for the first time in my life I'm pretty content with myself and my life in general.

I'm not going to lie, but this whole thread just makes it sound like you're 17 and these things are happening anyway and you're attributing them to something totally irrelevant.

Y'know, I was actually really curious about this thread until I realized I wasn't welcome here. Unless this is something strictly for heterosexual males, I'd recommend changing some words. It's 2014, this stuff isn't taboo.

It's also 2014 where generalisations occur. You know exactly what he meant, he wasn't exclusively denying homosexuals ...

[Seramore]

Y'know, I was actually really curious about this thread until I realized I wasn't welcome here. Unless this is something strictly for heterosexual males, I'd recommend changing some words. It's 2014, this stuff isn't taboo.

leave it to someone who's looking to get offended to leave a comment like that.

nobody is excluding homosexuality from anything, pretty boy.

[Tastyfish]

TIL not watching porn increases muscle mass! The more you know.

I am sure there is something about Testosterone usage and sex drive you can mix up and dream about helping you.

[prwraith]

Y'know, I was actually really curious about this thread until I realized I wasn't welcome here. Unless this is something strictly for heterosexual males, I'd recommend changing some words. It's 2014, this stuff isn't taboo.

Silly, girls don't visit a gamer site

I am sure there is something about Testosterone usage and sex drive you can mix up and dream about helping you.

I have the forearms of a greek god from porn, my good sir / ma'am.

[Tastyfish]

leave it to someone who's looking to get offended to leave a comment like that.
nobody is excluding homosexuality from anything, pretty boy.

Dosen't matter, it denotes sexuality and that is forbidden here.

[Jakexe]

I went 14 months without touching myself or having anyone else touch me. Granted this was due to drugs and a medical condition killing my libido. I wouldn't voluntarily do it again.

My depression wasn't affected and my anxiety worsened. A lot of variables were involved here so I wouldn't lay blame to no fapping. I did however manage to have some real conversations with women without picturing them naked the entire time and I've found since then I've grown out of the attitude that every women I meet is a potential conquest. I'm better off for the experience in that regard.

[prwraith]

Dosen't matter, it denotes sexuality and that is forbidden here.

Crying shame that, this crowd would lead to some interesting conversations.