Stop masturbating
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I wanted to stop masturbating for a while. I'm on day 2 and I'm having a difficult time focusing on my studies. How do I stay strong? Any experience from you?
>>16950039
Find a hobby
You probably noticed you resort to masturbating when you're bored, almost out of habit. Keep yourself driven man- use the extra time and energy to pursue things you're passionate about. With your mind focused on bettering you and the people around you, fapping won't even cross your mind.
Look past it as just abstaining but redirecting your focus and energy. Best of luck my man
>>16950039
Day three is the hardest day of not eating. After that it gets easier.
Incidentally, the best success I've had when not fapping has been when I wasn't eating either, So maybe try not eating for a few days and watch your sex drive evaporate.
>>16950055
Meant to suggest that since day three is the hardest of not eating, maybe day three is the hardest of not fapping. Maybe once you hit day 4 its downhill from there.
>>16950039
From my experience, engrossing yourself in something works a charm.
After that, the desire will fade, and it's down to you not to start doing it again.
Getting off of 4chan helps, because people constantly post lewd images as OP, which isn't helpful at all.
>>16950055
>try not eating for a few days and watch your sex drive evaporate.
This is a pretty healthy thread
>>16950048
>You probably noticed you resort to masturbating when you're bored, almost out of habit
Yeah man. I'm trying to re-focus, but since I have to sit on the computer for the majority of the day, the internet is constantly luring and seducing me with its unlimited resources of erotica.
>>16950055
>>16950058
I'm currently wondering if this is just a phase and the urge will decrease at some point, or it will only increase over time until I can't withstand it anymore.
I never imagined it to be this hard to stop jerking for a while. I always saw myself as a rather strong willed person. Haha...
>>16950039
Studying at the library where people can see you maintains pressure and you'll be more focused on studying.
Same applies to outdoor activities.
Do not stay in a dim room alone by yourself - it will be tempting.
Playing video games can distract enough to go to sleep without a fap.
>>16950086
>I'm currently wondering if this is just a phase and the urge will decrease at some point, or it will only increase over time until I can't withstand it anymore.
It increases somewhat, then dissipates rapidly.
It will decrease to the point that you won't even think "aw shiet, better unzip", unless you make it a point to browse porn boards and arouse yourself to the point that it's unbearable.
>>16950094
I know. Problem is I have to stay at home studying and sit in the basement (lel, I know...) because my mom recently slipped in the shower and had a mild spine fracture, so I have to take care of her. That's why I can't go to the library currently. It's a devilish circle. ;^)
>>16950106
And when would that be approximately? I'm determined to make it to 7 days, maybe more. It's just a question how torturing these 7 days will be when I'm already getting a foggy mind on the 2nd day. I have to admit I masturbated 2 or 3 times per day, so going down to zero is a rather big change. :^)
>>16950039
i would stop the porn, first which would trigger the wanking. After a while you realise that porn has a larger effect on your mind
>>16950124
>:^)
That doesn't mean what you think it means.
2 Weeks here, the firsts days was hard, now is easy, but i dont see benefits right now =/
>>16950039
Stop watching porn
Focus on something like working out when u get the urge. When you're tired the urge sort of dissappears
I browse /adv/ whenever I'm bored to stop myself from fapping
Went 17 days no fap
>>16951066
what does it mean?
>>16951287
Congrats bro! did you notice any difference in shape/mentality or anything since those 17 days?
>>16951346
Bump
>>16950039
Just fap.
Who gives a shit.
>>16950055
Agreed. Also depriving yourself of oxygen for about 5 mins will also DRASTICALLY lower your sex drive.
This makes me feel awful cause I was on day 5 of no fap and I felt amazing. I was getting things done then yesterday I gave in. I didn't need to do it but I felt like I just had to. Climaxed 3 times, now I feel tired, weak and unmotivated like some kind of addict going through detox rehab. After I fap I get extremely nauseous and while I was out today I just threw up in the parking lot and left a big old mess.
It feels horrible, but here's my advice OP, just find something else to do in that time. For me I tried replacing it with exercise, or reading, or programming, or listening to music, whatever your hobbies are. If you find yourself with nothing to do your hand will find itself under your trousers grabbing your dick and that impulse will grow. I really hate myself. Welp back to day 0, hopefully this time I can have stronger will power.
>>16951632
Don't be so hard on you. You made it to 5 days. That is great. Next time try to go longer than 5 days and continue to prolong your efforts. Good luck!
I tried not masturbating for a month but couldn't make it past day 4, it's a rough ride, but you can do it just be a better man pussy.
>>16951585
The person washing the bed sheets.
I recently fucked up my 40 day streak. I personally didn't get any benefits whatsoever. No increased concentration, no energy boost. I was still the same depressed piece of shit I always was. Guess my problems have a different cause.
I'm still going to attempt another streak. I'm on day 3 right now.
>>16952990
>I personally didn't get any benefits whatsoever. No increased concentration, no energy boost.
I'm definitely feeling a huge energy boost. I can mobilise a lot more dexterity during the day and get less tired.But in return my concentration went to absolute shit. I can't focus on anything that requires me to sit still and read. I think about sexual acts more often.
Women who I didn't consider before, seem a lot more attractive to me now and I'm more sensitive to their scent. I was with a female friend of many years in the university library last week. I never felt anything for her and she's already engaged for over 5 years. When we browsed the book shelves, I just had to tell her: "Mmmh... you smell so nice today." in a really creepy tone while grinning at her. I can't believe I said that. She just looked at me like I'm a different person.
It's crazy how much no fap affects your shit in normal situations.
In my experience it's difficult to stop for the first few days, then the urges dissipate. After around 2 weeks the urges will start coming back strongly and at some point they may overwhelm you. There seems to be a farther point out there that I've only been in once, where your testosterone drops off completely and you don't feel sexual at all, even feel repulsed by sexual things.
There are benefits from not fapping for periods of time, but only for so long.
>>16953455
I have similar experiences from my no fap periods. I can get turned on by all kinds of lame stuff like the perfume example for instance. It really feels weird when you think about how much masturbating actually affects your everyday life and sex drive.
I started fapping when I was about 12 and have never stopped permanently. I've tried quite a few times because moralfag. One time in middle school I was determined to stop and went a whole 3 weeks out of sheer willpower, but during that time I got unbelievably horny and started doing weird shit like taking pictures of girl's asses during school and stuff.
The longest I ever stopped was for 3 months when I was 17. This is REALLY weird but oh well I'm just a faceless anon so here goes.
Remember the big 'brony' movement like 4 years ago? Yeah so I was one of those guys. My friends forced me to watch the first episode right at the beginning of summer and I became immediately addicted and started watching it obsessively and soon after began frequenting ponychan (the brony 4chan spinoff) and the mlp subreddit. I didn't get any form of euphoric reaction or anything like that, but I don't know somehow the internal perception of irony in enjoying it must've given me the dopamine release I needed or something and my sexual drive was pretty much gone.
I've recently started getting into anime and it often has a similar effect though not nearly as strong and lasting.
I don't really know what conclusion to draw from this, but I'd say if you don't have something you do regularly that works as a universal stress reliever then you should look for one.
>>16954435
You started watching My Little Pony and your sex drive diminished.
Forty fucking keks.
It's for the best.
>>16954453
I wasn't the only one either. There was a thread on /mlp/ once and a solid majority of guys there had experienced almost the same thing.
>>16950039
Don't watch porn
Don't think about sex
Even if you just watch like a little porn webm,you'll have to masturbate after or you'll get blue balls just keep it in mind
>>16954469
Yeah, I mean..
Like I said. That's fucking hilarious. There should definitely be a study made on this phenomenon. I'd hypothesise it has to do with the body reabsorbing the vestigial sexual organs. If things don't get used they tend to atrophy. This situation might imply some predictive behaviour there too, seeing a downturn in activity coming ahead of time!
>>16951632
You don't feel shitty from some effect of mastubation itself, you feel like shit because you know you gave in and you're feeling guilty and you've got it in your head that masturbation is bad for you. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. If you think you're going to feel like shit after doing something, then you will. If you just give yourself permission to enjoy it and realize that the medical consensus is that masturbation is totally healthy and non-damaging.
>>16950039
Get a girlfriend and fuck her instead of jacking it.
I deleted all my porn and vowed to jerk off less but honestly it wasn't a problem.
My problem was I wasn't exercising so I had no energy.
Now I run and I'll occasionally get horny and rub one out anywhere from a couple of times a week to once every couple and it doesn't have the vitality draining torpor attached to it anymore.
