It's easier most times, but it hits you at the most ****tiest or random times. I've done this periodically over the years (didn't know about the experiment...knew about the addiction) and I hated how unchained I felt without it. Thanks to that TED vid, I'm on around day 15 of no p*rn or whenever I first posted here. I think that reply about no fapping completely because it digs up p*rn memories is a fair point, but you remember them less and less over time and there's other memories to take its place. 6 months for a full recovery seems out of reach, but one day at a time and be mindful of the other benefits.
man, it was hard. wife is at conference so couldn't resist for a couple of times by myself. so about twice in the last 2 and half weeks. still a lot better than ever before. going to continue this thing. doesn't help that youporn starts with the same word as youtube. sometimes without thinking youporn would load without intending to visit it. guess avoid youtube as well.
have a couple, lol, but never occurred to me that there is a hotmale site. won't be trying it never to find out either lol. maybe someone else can confirm? :grin:
And these guys are serious. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ubCMdY6TQ0I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
This is funny. I JUST now stopped due to interruption. Was watching pron and strokin when i got a call and so now that i'm not looking at it anymore, i dont think i have to go back and i have to get ready and watch the all star sat night with some boys anyway. So day 0 i guess? Since technically i was fapping to pron, even though i didn't finish.
Fapping and watching p*rn (provided it's not child or slasher p*rn) in and of itself isn't a bad thing and feeling guilt and shame about it isn't healthy either. Addiction is bad but as I said earlier I don't think it's helpful to beat yourself up if you do fap. As long as you don't go back to fapping so much it affects the rest of your life.
What you need is to find a better p*rn site then. Try "720porn" if you're into that type of thing lol
You're all over the place with this one. If you saw the Ted talk, a laot of us are addicts without knowing it. Some go cold turkey. Others wean off of it. Telling those who go cold turkey it's okay to bend their resolve isn't that supportive when you think you have your **** in control. I also think people got your point as it was already posted on here before
Dude you should only post here if you get past day 2. It really isn't THAT hard to go fap free for a day or two
My point is that some are treating this like it some horrible threat to your health and if you relapse it is some terrible thing. I agree p*rn addiction isn't a goo thing but this isn't like heroin addiction. A lot that I am hearing here is sounding like the kind of old fashioned talk about shame. Personally I don't think that is healthy either. Also I did see the TED talk earlier and I think it brings up some good points but I think it is alarmist in regards to say we shouldn't fap at all. Moderation should be the key rather going from one extreme to the other.
Some people have a serious addiction. while this isn't a health issue I feel as if it is a mental health issue that could help some guys get out of the funk.
I don't think the TED talk mentioned eliminating all forms of fapping. The facts he presented focused solely on p*rnography. Maybe the groups he referenced were like this one, but that doesn't imply he's advocating that since all groups referenced are forsaking p*rnography and the title of his speech isn't the No-Fap Experiment. Maybe Hand Trolo's posts are influencing the tone of the thread, but I don't see much shame elsewhere. It might not be heroin addiction, but there are psychological addictions like gambling or binge eating. Those addictions, while not adversely harmful to your health can still affect the overall quality of a person's life. So just because you can handle eating a whole cake every now and then doesn't mean others who are purposely dieting can "eat cake in moderation". I agree that guilt in relapsing is unnecessary since trying again isn't as hard as not eating twice as much, but what you're saying on the surface isn't helping at all.
Day 2. Technically. Lets see how long I can take this. Fapped about 7 -8 times this week. Feels sh@#$@$t
