NoFap Thread - Discussion & Join?

What is NoFap?

NoFap in itself is the act of not engaging in solo sexual activities or seeking arousal via viewing of pornography etc. Now I specify solo since you are allowed to engage in sexual activities with another party during this NoFap time.


Science Behind it?

A basic summary is that with the availability of porn our brains are receiving super-normal stimulus. This is due to every time we view a picture/video some dopamine is released into the brain (what makes us feel happy, etc). Our brains are not designed to handle the overload of dopamine and in the long term you can loose motivation to do things and seek out even more extreme versions of porn as vanilla porn is unsatisfactory due to your dopamine receptors "dulling out", e.g. similar to drinking once when you are new to it, you can't handle much but after time your resistance to it grows.

Spoiler: More in-depth NoFap Science in here

Here is a scientific article which states that different amounts of chemicals and such are released during sex and masturbation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16095799

Some people have theorized that ejaculation frequency can raise the risk of prostate cancer. Here is a study that disproves that. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15069045

Some resources which back up this no fap process

Gary Wilsons Ted Talk about Pornography and Masturbation. It’s where you want to start as a beginner for learning about why you should do this. Watch the whole thing
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Phillip Zimbardo’s Ted Talk on guys and pornography and etc.
http://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge.html

www.yourbrainonporn.com
A whole website dedicated with research and facts about the negative effects of pornography, and masturbation. (more about pornography than masturbation, but still holds valuable information on masturbation)

A few articles about no fap and such
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...ating-too-much (This article talks about the negative effects of masturbation. Ex. Social Anxiety)
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...s-hidden-cycle (Speaks about how it can take up to a minimum of two weeks for your brain to stabilize and recover from an orgasm)
http://attach.bramblethorne.org/Comp...%20Effects.pdf (Neurochemistry and science behind masturbation)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16020138 (Talks about how orgasms are actually more of a psychological thing and take place more in the brain rather than physically down there)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16095799 (Different amounts of chemicals and such released during intercourse rather than masturbation.)
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...rbation-advice (Talks about excessive masturbation)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15069045 (READ THIS ONE FOR SURE IF YOU THINK THAT REFRAINING FROM MASTURBATION WILL GIVE YOU PROSTATE CANCER. IN FACT YOU CAN JUST SCROLL DOWN TO THE CONCLUSION)
http://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/commen...90day_reports/ (Success Stories/Personal Stories)
http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/what-...as-they-reboot (Benefits/Success Stories/Etc)

Potential Benefits

Apparently everyone responds differently to NoFap; here are some of the potential benefits:

• Reduced acne
• Increased productivity - actually want to do things that aren't fapping
• Increased enjoyment in sexual encounters
• Sexual aggression (Good for the timid types)
• More energetic - Helps with lifting
• Less sleep required, earlier mornings/later retirement
• Increased confidence - Feeling more Alpha. People may pick up on this due to the differences in your mannerisms and like you more for it.

Rules

• When posting updates on this thread, post one or two a week max. We don't want the thread to be flooded
• Follow Sythe.org rules when in this thread
• Do not seek to look at porn with intent to be aroused. If you get sent to a porn site or something accidentally that's fine, just click off immediately. The only time it is acceptable to be viewing porn or arousing imagery is out of sheer curiosity e.g. your friend has just nailed some sloot and he shows you pics
• No masturbating to orgasm
• No edging (masturbating to near orgasm)

FAQ & Glossary

• Reset - You have to reset your day count due to failing
• Relapse - When you fap unintentionally during your chosen streak of NoFap
• Reboot - When your brain (mostly your dopamine receptors) has returned to a natural state
• Flatline - This is a period when you have no libido. Some may experience sadness, lack of motivation and laziness, etc. Others will not feel any of these. NoFap affects everyone in different ways. Apparently a few people get worried that their dick isn't going to work so they fap to make sure it still works. DO NOT DO THIS as you will fail the reboot process. It is a normal part of the process and it will go away.
• Edging - This is masturbating to near orgasm. Despite not blowing your load, edging also fucks with your dopamine levels (you feel good) so you cannot do this and should reset your day count if you edge.
• Intercourse is allowed - Sex, Blowjobs, Handjobs etc are allowed as you have to pursue women and work for these orgasms. Scoring with chicks is one of the reasons for NoFap anyways.
• What's the difference between fapping and sex? - Unless you’re really intimate with your hand, and you had to make a chit load of effort to get your hand in the same room as you, no. It’s far more rewarding both to you and your brain’s reward circuitry to have intercourse, you have to work for your orgasms.
• I got with a girl but I jizzed via fapping - This doesn't break your NoFap streak as the girl is present. You do not have to reset your count.
• How long should I do NoFap - The general guideline to reboot your brain is 90 days, although it varies depending on age, addiction status and brain function. Some have 150 days as a target, while others set personal targets ranging from a month to an entire year. Then there are those who have quit it entirely... In my opinion 90 is a pretty arbitrary number, if you can go that long why not longer?
• Is a wet dream a relapse? - No this is just the body cleansing itself of excess sperm. While they are a bit messy and require you to wash your underwear earlier than usual, embrace them. It is a sign that you are doing well and to keep going.
• Likely to get action, should I fap beforehand so I last longer? - No. There is no point in you making so much progress just to orgasm for the first time in ages from your hand again. Let her finish you off quickly, and go for a second/third round. Most users on misc report being good to go again within a few minutes. If she makes a big deal about it, she’s not worth your time.

Motivational Posts & Imagery

Spoiler: Motivational Posts & Imagery

I completed 70 days No Fap yesterday. Here's my take on it.

To begin with I was actually never addicted to it. It has varied from no fap upto 3-4 months to fap 2-3 times a day. On an average I would say, I might have fapped twice a week ( mostly with gf on phone). However once I read about no-fap on MISC, I instantly knew this is the way to go. Since then I haven't fapped. Incidentally, the start of no-fap actually collided with the break-up with my gf. Since then I haven't looked back. No edging, no watching of porn, no fantasizing. All this while still living alone in my apartment! The feeling that I could do wht I want to but I am still able to control myself is amazing. For most part, i don't even have the urge now. Some points:-

- I feel proud of myself, the very fact that I can control one of the most raw human emotions inside myself is a great feeling. Anyone who says he is on no fap, earns my respect inherently.
- My confidence is surely on boost. I find it easier to talk to someone if I want to. Every time people talk abt fap and sh!t, I feel great inside for I know I can do something which they can't.
- I find extra time now to do things which are productive, instead of looking for erotic sh!t on net.
- I am finding it easier to be on my routine and workouts are improving ( not that much, cuz of stuffs like break-up and certain work commitments)
- I can honestly say, it has been a great help in my break-up thing. I don't know why or how but I know without this, I would have been feeling 10x worse than what I feel.
- My thought process and being able to see trough things have improved. i feel matured and alpha factor is on rise. I once again have true ambitions in life and looking forward to improving myself always.
- My only regret is I should have started it earlier

ITT, this has become my greatest strength. I am loving myself that i can do it. I plan on doing it as long as possible, yes even for life! I only hope I remember this, all of you who are doing it I am proud of you and keep getting inspired from your stories. Thank you misc!

Day 90 Brahs

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I started No Fap back in March and my first cycle was 3 days. At time a day without fapping was a big deal for me so I felt, at time alpha as fuark for going three days haha. The next day I got back on the no fapping regimen and lasted ten days. It would take a couple more cycles to finally got past the ten day plateau but I finally had a 30 day cycle in March/April. In those 30 days I gained so much confidence that I did my first ever cold approach. (I was a senior in HS at the time and had been crushing on this girl for a few months. I thought 30 days was a big deal so I began to walk around campus like I was the king of the school, I was a senior, I hadn't fapped in 30 days and I had my first cold approach under my belt. Long story short and rejection by that girl led me to felling sorry for myself and eventually relapsed on Day 33.

It was around the middle of May when that relapse occurred and I had a two weeks of high school left before graduation. I tried my luck with another girl. Things started off great with this girl and I thought she was going to be girlfriend. Long story short I didn't work out with her as well. Those two rejections led me to feeling sorry for myself and fapping again. During the summer My no fap cycles would have a duration of 2 weeks, then a fapping binge. Finally around the middle of August I said I need to stop this fapping bullsh*t, Im starting college in a couple weeks and I have to be a sick kunt. So I started and 30 days later another relapse.

That relapse occurred September 3rd. After another unsuccessful no fap attempt I decided to change my routine. Instead of counting days everyday (Haha the long time no fap crew that has been here since V1 knows that I used to post in that thread everyday counting days) I decided to just take one day at a time and that was that the method that finally worked for. I didn't start counting days till around day 70.

In this current no fap cycle I've been cold approaching girls at uni, and never once thought of fapping because it didn't work out with a girl. My days fapping are history. My acne has improved, confidence has increased, and my personality has been brought out.


I couldn't care less if most people pass by my post with the excuse of tl;dr. All I hope for is that this post helps one person get past their platue and reach 90 days. For that one person this is worth it.


Stay Strong brahs

This is MrJmont signing out


120 days come at me!

(300 Days)

I was 21.

Basically - I wanted to take control. You ever feel like you're being swept along in life and that your efforts to better yourself are like swimming against a current?
It was a deep personal goal. If you can master the urges that are coded into your DNA via billions of years of evolution and achieve complete control over your animal body, what else can you accomplish?

I failed over and over again. I would go weeks then flatline and make some excuse to fail. The worst part is your weak pitiful brain rationalizing to yourself why you should quit. It comes up with such good reasons, but the more I quit the worse I felt and the more I realized that it couldn't continue. I decided that when I felt like relapsing, I would just do something that I had been planning to do for a long time but had been putting off.
For me, it was learning a language and taking up an instrument. It wasn't that I ignored the lust, I would just channel it into improving myself. You know the rewards are in your future if you deny yourself brief satisfaction in the present. You MUST look ahead.

From there it was a snowball effect. Everyone noticed these changes which was all the more reason to stick with it. I'm not saying you should base how you feel on what other people think of you, but it feels good when others see the improvements. It makes it more tangible.
No more post fap apathy, no more sleepiness from staying up late watching porn, no more sick urges to fuk yourself when you could be doing something productive.

When I finally went 30 days I knew I would never go back and it's just got better from there. Like I said in an earlier post, I feel like a little kid again. Like I can do anything and everything.

To me, nofap represents discipline, consistency, responsibility and mastery, over yourself and anything you choose to pursue.

DAY 90!

Well what can i say boys, 90 days ago i was 28 days into a no fap streak before i stupidly edged to some 5/10 ganga on facebook because i was so horny. At first i thought it would be stupid to reset my count because it was the longest i had ever gone with out fapping and i didn't want to have to start from scratch again so i thought i would tell everyone in the thread that i had edged and wasn't going to restart (bad idea lol) after being called a phaggot by Tobias and Burrowed (thanks guys srs) i thought it would be best to restart my count, here's my 90 day write up.

I'm not going to write some magical **** were no fap made me some powerful saiyan that instantly started smashing 10/10 heavenly blessed beauty's, what i am going to write is the truth about no fap. No fap is glorious thing in all honesty it can and will change you. The main thing i noticed with no fap was that it really gives a whole lot of ambition to achieve your dreams, it's like this mentality on life that's so powerful hits you smack bang in the face and makes you work harder for want you want out of life.

My whole 90 days on this challenge i did not watch any porn i did not edge and i did not have any form of sex. I know i'm going to get alot of people asking me what some of the benefits of no fap are when it comes to things like skin, libido, testosterone and flatline. And i'm going to cover all of them now for you

-Skin is really alot noticeably better in terms of complexion sometimes i stop and stare in the mirror about how good it is lol
- Testosterone is great i honestly feel like it sky rocketed, and that's great because all my lifts in the gym have gone up and i feel less fatigued.
-flatline honestly for this meant nothing because i didn't have any sex, but there were at times i would notice my dick was dead for a few days straight usually lasting around 3 days each every 2 weeks or so.

If i'm to give any advice to people in need of help on their streak, it is simply this. If you think you can go 90 days abstaining from porn and masturbation you will. I don't want here any of this pussy **** 'oh it was to hard' or 'i missed the feeling' set yourself a goal and make it your number one priority to achieve it. No excuses.

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Relapse Stories

Spoiler: Relapse Stories

So I guess there is no easy way to say this, but to say I relapsed.

What happened: I was doing the best I’ve ever done at one of these, the Cheeky Kunts just really motivated me and for the first time in my life I started to see how I could live without fapping and porn.

This kind of broadsided me, I was flying home on a late night flight. It had been delayed multiple times and was like 1:00 am. (for some reason being really tired is a trigger). At close to the end of the flight I started thinking about how much I wanted to have IRL sex, and remembered a memory (not porn) and bam instant boner, and instant wanted to cum. The plane started to desend and that motion just added to the feeling that I was going to cum. And that sensation continued on and I thought I was going to explode just walking…. But it didn’t happen until I was standing outside the airport shivering waiting for the shuttle and bam it happened right there I just jizzed in my pants…. Pretty much like the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY. Not trying to make a joke out of this cause I don’t feel like it’s a joke at all.

I thought well since it was hands free I could probably say it wasn’t a relapse and that may have been true but since I ended that excuse an hour later, since it was not a full cum it felt like I was stuck in orgasm but not in a good way so I made it a full out cum. I thought well at least I hadn’t looked at porn, but that only stayed true a few more hours.

I can’t tell you how disappointed I am. To have to have my name taken off of the very list I helped create is heartbreaking. I have dealt with this far longer than any of you. I joined a 12 step group 18 months ago and could never make it to get my 30 day chip. I was excited to show up and be able to get my chip. But I missed it by one day. I’m not really sure what to do about this because this hands free cum situation has taken me down every time. As much as I want to give up, I already have tried that before and it’s really not an option.

So regardless I will try again and would like to be put on the Feb list. I will continue to cheer all you Cheeky Kunts on, I will continue to congratulate milestones. And I will continue to support Tobias as he leads this group on to success.

MBD

After talking it all up large for '13..... I'm out. Today I experienced the weakness of my will power and the manipulative strength of my mind.

I start my first ever full time job this Monday (a very good paying and hard job that has been causing me A LOT of anxiousness and nerves lately) and I managed to convince myself that: "since I will be so busy from this Monday onwards, No Fap 90+ will be easy from next week onwards... So i might as well have a proper fap now to stop me stressing the phuck out over starting on Monday."

Did that fap stop me from stressing out? No it did not.
Did that fap make me stress out even more? Yes it did.

But oh well. Back on the wagon now. I've never been one of "those guys" who says that 'this is the last time' cause I know that it's not as easy as that. But I legitimately KNOW FOR A FACT that this new page in my life of finally starting my career will be the death of fapping for me (Gonna be way too busy / Finally gonna be earning money to go out and do sh!t / Being behind a computer screen is gonna be the LAST thing I'm gonna wanna do after a day a the new job).

CKY KNTS: Good luck, I hope not too many more of you will follow me out of that list. I don't feel like I'm in any place to dish advise from now until I get some proper gains in this no fap shizz.

Day 1.

Here i ****ing am giving you ****ing guys advice.. trying to help, motivate, and stop you from quitting acting like I know what the **** im talking about. And i ****ing fail for the ****ing 10000 time. God ****ing damnit im ****ing pathetic. ****. Thought I would actually ****ing make it for the first time. Finally not fail. Finally beat this god damn addiction. So ****ing ashamed and disappointed in myself to have to write this. F********k. Im such a ****ing weak bitch. Unbelievable. Can't even make it 16 ****ing days without touching my dick to some dumbass fake titted slut horse screaming on film like a seal getting clubbed. Mother****er. Now I know why people commit suicide over this ****. So ****ing disappointing. **** this ****. I can't. Gonna sit here in my ****ing failure like a pussy beta ass bitch.. always trying to act alpha.. and then I let this get me. Take me off the ****ing list. **************.

Everyone neg me for being a pussy bitch. ****.

Thanks to: WhirlwindTobias for compiling the NoFap thread v5 on misc in which I got most of my information, DarDardz and ZaneStar for helping form that thread and myself for compiling this sythe version. Original thread here http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=152565923&page=1



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If you join you will be added to this list. If you relapse you will be added to the hall of shame until the end of the month.

Current Participants: (Top = longest time NoFap, bottom = Least time NoFap. If you are living with a girlfriend/wife with sex on tap please do not apply)
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Every now and then I'll be posting updates and seeing how you guys are going. 90 days is my goal as this is the approximate time it takes to restart your brain. The 90 days is irrelevant though, if I get through it and I find its great then I'll just give up fapping forever.

 

[paypalwiz]

Im down but im on like day 9 since i havent travled. been engaging in duo

 

[fezzbamf]

I'll give this a shot.

 

[Lame]

Been trying this since i started fapping. Longest has been maybe a momth.

Day 1

 

[Boxur227]

I'll give this a shot.

You're gonna blow your load hella fast if you get some poon though.

 

[paypalwiz]

I'll give this a shot.

You're gonna blow your load hella fast if you get some poon though.

Not if you get it regularly

 

[Boxur227]

Not if you get it regularly

I would like to think i get some regularly, usually on the weekends when i go out. Jerkin' usually makes me last longer though (doing it earlier in the day before i go out).

^_^

 

[fezzbamf]

I would like to think i get some regularly, usually on the weekends when i go out. Jerkin' usually makes me last longer though (doing it earlier in the day before i go out).

^_^

That's cheating!

 

[Boxur227]

That's cheating!

Not necessarily. If i last longer we both get more pleasure out of the encounter (unless she's awful) in which case I'll just throw in the towel and leave. Most of the time it's with girls I'll meet at the club and have a low possibility of ever seeing again which is why i feel no remorse for being mean and leaving if it's no good.

 

Im down but im on like day 9 since i havent travled. been engaging in duo

I'll give this a shot.

Been trying this since i started fapping. Longest has been maybe a momth.

Day 1

I'll give this a shot.

You're gonna blow your load hella fast if you get some poon though.

Sweet as bro's

Yeah you will if it's like your first in ages but everyone says they are ready to go for srs in like 5 mins or so

I would like to think i get some regularly, usually on the weekends when i go out. Jerkin' usually makes me last longer though (doing it earlier in the day before i go out).

^_^

That's cheating apparently as it fucks with the brain despite your good intentions. Just do what I said above and if she isn't cool with it then she's a bitch and you shouldn't even bother.

Also guys - make sure to check out the FAQ on that thread, especially regarding edging. NO EDGING!

 

[fezzbamf]

After the 90 days we can have a group fap sesh

 

[Dimethyl]

I would like to think i get some regularly, usually on the weekends when i go out. Jerkin' usually makes me last longer though (doing it earlier in the day before i go out).

^_^

I just cum more than once when I'm having sex. You can go for an hour or more if you control it. I don't even have the motivation to jack off when I'm fucking on a regular basis. It just doesn't cross my mind.

I've gone 2 or so months without jacking off, but I didn't pay attention to whether or not I felt any different. I don't do it much anyways since I have sex often, but I'll see if I can go 90 days just for the hell of it and see if I notice any difference.

 

[Boxur227]

Unless you’re really intimate with your hand

I don't know why but that had me rollin' for a good 20 minutes.

I've got ya brah. No fapping, regardless of it helping your sexual performance.

We should have sponsors, someone to talk to if we feel like jerkin' it instead of jerkin'.

Day: 1

 

I don't know why but that had me rollin' for a good 20 minutes.

I've got ya brah. No fapping, regardless of it helping your sexual performance.

We should have sponsors, someone to talk to if we feel like jerkin' it instead of jerkin'.

Day: 1

Yeah that made me lol aswell

I'd make a skype chat for nofap brahs but I'm only on my phone, someone should make one

Guys - don't post updates everyday, one or two a week would be better so as to not flood the thread.

I just cum more than once when I'm having sex. You can go for an hour or more if you control it. I don't even have the motivation to jack off when I'm fucking on a regular basis. It just doesn't cross my mind.

I've gone 2 or so months without jacking off, but I didn't pay attention to whether or not I felt any different. I don't do it much anyways since I have sex often, but I'll see if I can go 90 days just for the hell of it and see if I notice any difference.

Nice to hear you are in on this Dimethyl, I enjoy reading your posts

 

[Boxur227]

I'm on my phone as well. I'll add you to my Skype for the time being, hopefully you can prevent me from jackin', fingers crossed.

 

[Alex_J_Leon]

Your username is sending me subliminal messages that are counter-productive to your cause.

I can easily do this haha... it's nothing I haven't done before, and I actually do prefer not doing it tbh.

 

Your username is sending me subliminal messages that are counter-productive to your cause.

I can easily do this haha... it's nothing I haven't done before, and I actually do prefer not doing it tbh.

Haha. When you say you've done it before was this just sparsely fapping or legitimately no fapping at all?



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[Alex_J_Leon]

Haha. When you say you've done it before was this just sparsely fapping or legitimately no fapping at all?



Updated OP to be more alpha

Legit none at all haha. Just to give more detail, I wasn't doing anything at all I went straight up nun. I didn't count the days, but it had to have been a few months. I don't know if there were any benefits, because I was only doing it because I was feeling disgusted for some reason lol. I did like how I had no desire whatsoever to go watch porn after being committed.

Moved the ex-gf pics to an external and everything >.>. I don't know if you've ever done that, but it makes you feel so bad afterward. I really need to delete them...

I really want to do this again, but that means I'd have to find some sort of devout virgin, since I want to go full nun. No handies, blowjes, jerks, sex, anal, ear sex, elbow sex, whatever haha.

 

Legit none at all haha. Just to give more detail, I wasn't doing anything at all I went straight up nun. I didn't count the days, but it had to have been a few months. I don't know if there were any benefits, because I was only doing it because I was feeling disgusted for some reason lol. I did like how I had no desire whatsoever to go watch porn after being committed.

Moved the ex-gf pics to an external and everything >.>. I don't know if you've ever done that, but it makes you feel so bad afterward. I really need to delete them...

I really want to do this again, but that means I'd have to find some sort of devout virgin, since I want to go full nun. No handies, blowjes, jerks, sex, anal, ear sex, elbow sex, whatever haha.

Yeah I deleted majority of my naughty chit but still wanted to keep some of it. Two heads to this though, it's semi a defeatist attitude of like keeping them for once you fail (i think this a little) or having temptation available at finger tips and yet still turning it down (i think like this more). Think how alpha that would be, looking at the folder and just denying it.

I'm also committing to a working out schedule also - hopefully that will get rid of some of the inevitable sexual tension

 

[Sypherz]

I don't think many of the benefits are that huge, but masturbating too much can make sex feel worse and much less confident. Not worth it at all really.