The No-More-Porn Thread

[NDO]

Day 3 w/out porn/masturbation! 19 more of the same, sounds doable already mentally undressing girls at campus...

[TheBoss]

Just failed.

[Mark]

Our first casualty.

Four days in, I'm in an airport right now and definitely catch myself checking out some MILF's and otherwise normal looking girls more than usual. But no major difference yet.

[Brian]

Same. Going to restart again tommorow on december 1st. No masturbation for the rest of this year starting tommorow.

[crazyhorse]

You guys are really idiots. Just install a porn blocker.... Seriously why do you have to make this harder for yourself?

sidenote: if you masturbate, focus on the feelings and the sensations of the act. F.e. if you are using a lot of visuals, it can look a lot like porn. Get the point?

[crazyhorse]

I'm now at day 21.

[TheBoss]

lol...I have a website blocker on chrome but I keep disabling it.

[NDO]

pornblocker is overrated, if you're disciplined enough you won't need one Though I dunno what will happen Day 10+...

[NakedAndFamous]

4 Days in, still no really big difference to me. Its just way easier to get caught up in some fantasies

[Halo Effect]

Mark Wrote:Our first casualty.

Four days in, I'm in an airport right now and definitely catch myself checking out some MILF's and otherwise normal looking girls more than usual. But no major difference yet.

Lol.. I worked today, going door to door getting people to support some charity. I got invited into the house of a 53 year old lady of Russian origin. She looked good for her age and she had the biggest tits ever. I totally fantasized about sucking her tits while talking to her. Don't get me started on the young, curvy colleague with the cleavage. :eek:

[Leo]

http://www.askmen.com/dating/love_tip_38...-porn.html

[crazyhorse]

NDO Wrote:pornblocker is overrated, if you're disciplined enough you won't need one Though I dunno what will happen Day 10+...

lol when do you think most people relapse. Keep in mind that after the first 10 days, you still have to go 50 days without it. In such a long term situation your best bet is always a situation where you don't really need much will power. In all my personal development goals I try to use willpower only to get started, after that I mostly rely on discipline.

BIG DIFFERENCE between the two. This no porn thing has far more to do with willpower. So use a blocker cause it's in the long run, it's almost guaranteed that you'll have a weak moment + I also have other shit going on for myself and I don't want to use my willpower on this.

Halo Effect Wrote:Lol.. I worked today, going door to door getting people to support some charity. I got invited into the house of a 53 year old lady of Russian origin. She looked good for her age and she had the biggest tits ever. I totally fantasized about sucking her tits while talking to her. Don't get me started on the young, curvy colleague with the cleavage. :eek:

My first 4 days were also quite special. Didn't you woke up frequently during the night? i really had that + I also had a very ill raged temper and I was a bit edgy. Also my armpits had a very strong smell, as if I had just exercised for 3 hours and then multiply it by then.

The only thing that I'm experiencing now is that my "libido comes and goes", this can be quite annoying. lol, see reference to the tall brazilian girl.

But I know I'm doing the right thing.

[Mark]

I didn't really noticed any differences the first 4-5 days. But I'm on day 7 now and I'm starting to feel differences. Having a LOT more fantasies about women during the day and at night in bed, a few dreams as well. Girls who I used to just be like, "Yeah, she's hot," now I'm like "holy shit, she's so hot."

I'm getting quite horny despite still masturbating every other day or so.

This is usually the effect that happens every time I've done this. What will be interesting to me is what days 20, 30, 50 are like. I've never really done this for more than a couple weeks at a time (usually after 2 weeks, I've gone crazy, fucked some girls, and then told myself I can watch porn again).

[crazyhorse]

Mark Wrote:I didn't really noticed any differences the first 4-5 days. But I'm on day 7 now and I'm starting to feel differences. Having a LOT more fantasies about women during the day and at night in bed, a few dreams as well. Girls who I used to just be like, "Yeah, she's hot," now I'm like "holy shit, she's so hot."

I'm getting quite horny despite still masturbating every other day or so.

This is usually the effect that happens every time I've done this. What will be interesting to me is what days 20, 30, 50 are like. I've never really done this for more than a couple weeks at a time (usually after 2 weeks, I've gone crazy, fucked some girls, and then told myself I can watch porn again).

Sidenote: if you're still masturbating with 'porn related' fantasies it's exactly the same as watching porn. I really think some people need to spend more time on "your brain on porn" or on the "reuniting forum". Then you will actually get a good glimp of what you can expect and what you should be aware off.

http://yourbrainonporn.com/what-does-wit...-look-like

then do control + f "fantasies" and later "horniness". I also had a bit of these dreams so to speak. Especially late at night and then it was almost impossible for me to fall asleep. Insomnia is also a common withdrawal symptom.

At this moment my libido goes up and down, this sucks though. On the YBOP (your brain on porn) website they say that with porn you stimulate your libido and without that you're brain is now looking for other ways to get turned on. This is what I'm going through right now.

It's funny because a lot of guys start this and then they stay "I had to stop this because I lost my libido", but that's exactly what it is, a withdrawal symtomp. Some guy called "David" posted this on your post concerning "sexual anxieyt and porn use" and afterwards he started using porn again.

Basically I think that you could also say "I will only masturbate to porn twice a week", but that strikes to me like saying "instead of smoking a package everyday, I'm only going to smoke a package every two days".

Basically it's already day 21 so I'm really curious to the long term effect of this.

[Halo Effect]

Internet porn hasn't been around for that long. We're basically the first generation that has free access to unlimited pornographic videos in our homes. But we can't live without it anymore! And quitting it has profound effects on our behavior, affect and cognition. I think this is just so bizarre! I wonder how men functioned a few decades ago. People say 'men aren't men anymore'... Maybe porn is one of the causes.

[crazyhorse]

Halo Effect Wrote:Internet porn hasn't been around for that long. We're basically the first generation that has free access to unlimited pornographic videos in our homes. But we can't live without it anymore! And quitting it has profound effects on our behavior, affect and cognition. I think this is just so bizarre! I wonder how men functioned a few decades ago. People say 'men aren't men anymore'... Maybe porn is one of the causes.

haha I've also been playing with that thought for a while. How is your reboot going?

some information on the chaser effect (this one is for you Mark)

http://yourbrainonporn.com/do-you-need-a...-after-sex

how to tell that you're back to normal, meaning that your brain isn't dependent on porn anymore

http://yourbrainonporn.com/how-do-i-know...-to-normal

[Mark]

I don't jerk off to porn-related fantasies. I know better than that (it's in my book: ONLY fantasize about girls you know)... I've been familiar with that site for a while crazyhorse. It's where my "sexual motivation diet" partly came from in Chapter 11.

I'm still masturbating when I feel like it on this... this is purely a porn challenge for me. what's interesting though is that when I go through periods of looking at porn, I masturbate more often (usually once a day, sometimes twice). When I'm not looking at porn, I almost always naturally slow down to once every 2-3 days. This has happened consistently.

Again, the big experiment for me here is going to be past day 20 and 30. I've gone 2-3 weeks with abstaining (From both porn and masturbation) a number of times. I've just never stuck with it past that.

[crazyhorse]

Mark Wrote:I don't jerk off to porn-related fantasies. I know better than that (it's in my book: ONLY fantasize about girls you know)... I've been familiar with that site for a while crazyhorse. It's where my "sexual motivation diet" partly came from in Chapter 11.

I'm still masturbating when I feel like it on this... this is purely a porn challenge for me. what's interesting though is that when I go through periods of looking at porn, I masturbate more often (usually once a day, sometimes twice). When I'm not looking at porn, I almost always naturally slow down to once every 2-3 days. This has happened consistently.

Again, the big experiment for me here is going to be past day 20 and 30. I've gone 2-3 weeks with abstaining (From both porn and masturbation) a number of times. I've just never stuck with it past that.

A funny thing is that masturbation without porn is actually boring. Although I'm starting to become better at getting myself off without fantasies. This is a huge sign actually that you're back to normal, just being able to have an orgasm through your own touching. (see the list)

I also masturbate a whole lot less actually. I just don't feel a need to. Perhaps male sexuality is also a tad more complicated then we originally thought. I mean if you read some of those "reboot" stories, those are actually quite amazing. It's like these guys learned "game" while rebooting and for others it takes years of going out (and they still suck).

I really can't wait to see what the future will bring. On the forum i've spoken to some men who almost never masturbate. They say they just don't miss it. I can actually follow their point of view. I mean once you have access to real women this seems kindauseless as well.

day 21: The previous days my voice has been really loud and far more deep. Think George Clooney, very nice side effect . I've always had a deep voice but this one is definetly different.

on the it's in my book argument: lol in one of the first threads on porn on this board you clearly said "yeah I still watch it a lot" and in your book you say to not watch it. Let alone masturbate once a week, here you say I masturbate once every 2-3 days.

No hard feelings but just don't use that as an argument to prove that you're legit.

[Mike]

I've gone 4 days so far and getting a little edgy, but staying strong. Every time I quit masturbating for over a week I notice I'm real motivated to go out and meet women and push things a lot further. Also, my workouts seem to get more intense. Napoleon Hill talks about sex transmutation in "Think and Grow Rich." He talks about finding outlets for your sexual energy rather than just physical ones like masturbation and people who do this tend to be very successful in other areas of life.

[TheBoss]

Day 2 since the reset. I keep getting boners.

Mark, what do you think about rewarding yourself with porn and jacking off if you do a certain amount of approaches lol. Like approach 10 women, if you don't get laid then fap.

[Brian]

TheBoss Wrote:Day 2 since the reset. I keep getting boners.

Mark, what do you think about rewarding yourself with porn and jacking off if you do a certain amount of approaches lol. Like approach 10 women, if you don't get laid then fap.

Dude, stop being a pussy. There's only 29 more days to go till new year. The only reward you get for your dick will be in some girl's pussy. No masturbation.

PS: 2 days so far, only 29 more to go!

[Mark]

crazyhorse Wrote:on the it's in my book argument: lol in one of the first threads on porn on this board you clearly said "yeah I still watch it a lot" and in your book you say to not watch it. Let alone masturbate once a week, here you say I masturbate once every 2-3 days.

No hard feelings but just don't use that as an argument to prove that you're legit.

OK, now you're just being annoying. I said I was AWARE of the site and the material there and that it's what inspired me to suggest stopping porn in my book and also what inspired me to watch it less in my own life. I never claimed I cut porn out of my life completely, and I never claimed I only masturbated once a week. If you read my book, you'll see what I suggest is to remove porn and limit masturbation temporarily to help motivate yourself if/when you need to. This is what I've done in the past, which has meant giving up porn and masturbation for 2-3 weeks at a time. I've never removed either permanently or recommended guys remove either permanently. Get my statements straight.

TheBoss Wrote:Day 2 since the reset. I keep getting boners.

Mark, what do you think about rewarding yourself with porn and jacking off if you do a certain amount of approaches lol. Like approach 10 women, if you don't get laid then fap.

Dude, seriously? Man up and just do it. Of all of the things in the world that require a lot of will power, this should not be one of them.

[TheBoss]

Lol...I was joking when I said that.

Day 2 complete without watching porn and playing with myself.

[NDO]

Day 6. Still alive.

[NakedAndFamous]

Day 6 aswell.
sideeffects so far: This week i've done all the shit i've been dragging out over weeks. So i think there's definitely a truth to that. But i also spend a lot more time daydreaming about girls on the streets. And i also had like 10 minutes in my car were i was horny as hell and i couldn't concentrate on anything.