Anyone ever tried nofap?

[Narz]

Is this family friendly enough to discuss? Maybe if no one actually says what fapping is...

Longest I've gone since my first time is maybe two weeks. Not including when I'm in a steady relationship of course.

I kind of like the feeling of "hungry" for it when I'm out & about but it gets to be too much eventually & I crack.

 

[Paul in Saudi]

I am doing no porn. I am on Day 90-something in my current streak. Last year I managed over 200 days with no porn. (Remarkable how much porn there is everywhere nowadays.)

 

[Narz]

That's pretty impressive. What's your secret?

 

[bhavv]

I'm on SSRIs which destroy my libido.

 

[Hygro]

The icon you picked is funny.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I am doing no porn. I am on Day 90-something in my current streak. Last year I managed over 200 days with no porn. (Remarkable how much porn there is everywhere nowadays.)

Aye, I'm on this too. No-fap isn't all that great, no-porn is much healthier.

Though I tend to break every now and then, I've found I can keep pretty good streaks going if I occupy myself.

 

[Hygro]

I don't have any rules but I gotta say it's 2015 and porn is boring. It does hold a weird purpose though: it can orient your attraction toward what you want as attraction is fairly plastic.

 

[nc-1701]

Probably also in the 2-ish week range, I find the longer I go the weirder my "crash" will so I don't really do it unless it's combined with a relationship. I see it as a good idea only in a situation where you have gone off the deep end doing it too much and need to correct down. For most people it's pointless or even unhealthy.

No porn is probably a good idea actually, I've done it for long periods at various times. Though lately with my own apartment and computer it feels pointless to avoid. I almost never watch it during the aforementioned activity though. I much prefer using my imagination, I feel if you ever needed porn you should start doing no-porn immediately.

 

[dusters]

i have no clue what this thread is about. (i expected an android app)

I just wish all my friends fapped more and stopped whining why it's so hard to get a good bf when you are 20 years old and don't know what you want.

on a related note - i don't think that suppressing a natural instinct is any good. Fasting at least has health benefits. No fap? Can't think of any.

 

[downtown]

I've gone months without it before, and now that there is a baby in the house, I could pretty easily do that again. Alone time is hard to find.

 

[Narz]

The icon you picked is funny.

I usually have my pinky out rather than my thumb but they didn't have an icon for that.

I just wish all my friends fapped more and stopped whining why it's so hard to get a good bf when you are 20 years old and don't know what you want.

on a related note - i don't think that suppressing a natural instinct is any good.

Fapping to pRon is hardly a natural instinct. Our ancestors didn't have access to the endless porn or lube. Just like easy access to fake food, easy access to fake sex has negative consequences.

Fasting at least has health benefits. No fap? Can't think of any.

Excessive fapping lowers testosterone levels. And the high is quickly replaced by disgust IME. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAJxWiFfZzg

 

[Narz]

I've gone months without it before, and now that there is a baby in the house, I could pretty easily do that again. Alone time is hard to find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOiczB69KOs

 

[warpus]

Nofap is dangerous - After a week it makes me want to hump everything. All the time. It's very distracting and I don't get anything done. If I were a doctor I'd be prescribing a fap every couple days to all my patients.

 

[Zack]

I'm with dusters. nofap is weird and I don't get it.

 

[nc-1701]

Fapping to pRon is hardly a natural instinct. Our ancestors didn't have access to the endless porn or lube. Just like easy access to fake food, easy access to fake sex has negative consequences.

You can fap just fine without either of those things fyi.

Excessive fapping lowers testosterone levels. And the high is quickly replaced by disgust IME. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAJxWiFfZzg

Speak for yourself, I tend to be rather relaxed and in a good mood afterwards. As for the lowered test levels sure...But the amount required is excessive and I'm not sure how or why you would get there without wearing out your various pieces. Maybe that's where the lube comes into play

imo more than twice a day isn't sustainable, twice a day is hard iffy, and once a day (usually right before bed) is pretty optimal for managing hormone levels.

btw I could be wrong but iirc after about a week of no fap your test starts dropping again.

 

[Zack]

Personally if I go a long time without masturbating, the next time I choke the chicken he spits his food out pretty damn quickly.

 

[dusters]

ok, i guess i can't understand male perspective.

Excessive whining due to nofap + PMS - it lately has gotten my attention. Every friend who is fap-positive seems less whiny both towards men and life in general.

@Narz

I'm not speaking about porn as a fix. Maybe i'm naive, but since the porn made specially for women is really hard to find, what is there - some short story type movies with explicit scenes which pass more like a drama/adventure with sex as something natural (because in RL people make love, so why all soap operas omit it?) instead of "fake" and "easy access".

What i meant - natural instinct would be fantasies and erotic dreams.

Ok, there are plenty of girls in my circle who aren't that picky, so it must be me thinking that at least for girls - what you fantasize while doing it is something you would actually want to try in real life.

 

[Zack]

man, "fap" is such an awful word. It sounds like something a 10-year-old would say.

 

[Antilogic]

That's what you get when you let the Brits come up with cunning linguistics.

 

[Kennigit]

It's what happens when you take away the sheep from Brits

they gotta figure out something else to do