Is nofap a meme?

OP here
actually felt the glorious benefits a mere 3 days in but not sure if placebo
I am talking about sudden high dopamine rushes while sitting; got up and did 30 push ups out of nowhere

2 weeks in and I honestly thought my libido was dead back when I fapped 3 times a day

Now I'm getting boners from just looking at cute girls on the street, feels good

It didn't take long... I went from fapping twice a day to porn to nofap, and also I stopped getting pussy (broke up with gf late last year) and I was instantly sexually frustrated.

I listen to angry music in the gym and take out all my pent up frustration. If I get frustrated at home I'll do sets of 20 pushpus and 20 tricep dips just to capitalize on pent up anger.

This. Distract yourself with physical fitness. Great way to take it out

Because of Nofap noporn i don't really want to watch bbc cuckold humiliation porn now which is nice

Isn't it great, not feeling like a deviant shameful cuckhold all the damn time? Noporn and nofap does fuckin wonders for a man's mind

If i could go back 15 years i would never had started porn . old school pervert here , started downloading of Kazaa in like 2002

Yes

NoFap? Let me dump, pic related is a case against it.

===FOR NOFAP===
Neuroscience of Internet Pornography Addiction: A Review and Update: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600144/

Neural Correlates of Sexual Cue Reactivity in Individuals with and without Compulsive Sexual Behaviours: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102419#pone-0102419-g001

Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption
(Decreased grey matter with increase in porn usage) :jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1874574

The Dual Control Model - The Role Of Sexual Inhibition & Excitation In Sexual Arousal And Behavior (2007) indiana.edu/~sexlab/files/pubs/JanssenBancroft.pdf

Adolescents and web porn: a new era of sexuality: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26251980

Brain Structure and Functional Connectivity Associated With Pornography Consumption jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1874574

Pornography's Impact on Sexual Satisfaction
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1988.tb00027.x/abstract

Neurobiological Basis of Hypersexuality (Taken together, the evidence seems to imply that alterations in the frontal lobe, amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, septum, and brain regions that process reward play a prominent role in the emergence of hypersexuality):
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007477421630068X

Compulsivity Across the Pathological Misuse of Drug and Non-Drug Rewards:
journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00154/full

Watching pornographic pictures on the Internet: role of sexual arousal ratings and psychological-psychiatric symptoms for using Internet sex sites excessively:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21117979

cont

Mood changes after watching pornography on the Internet are linked to tendencies towards Internet-pornography-viewing disorder:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853216300499
Pornographic picture processing interferes with working memory performance:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23167900

Trading Later Rewards for Current Pleasure: Pornography Consumption and Delay Discounting: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26305628
Adolescents’ Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Sexual Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2009.01343.x/abstract
Pharmacological and physiological aspects of sexual exhaustion in male rats: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12914589#
Masturbationand Pornography Use Among Coupled Heterosexual Men With Decreased Sexual Desire: How Many Roles ofMasturbation?
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25189834
Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention:
pornharmsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/Research_Hilton_Sex-Addiction-as-a-Disease_2015.pdf
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports:
mdpi.com/2076-328X/6/3/17/htm
Individual Differences in Nucleus Accumbens Activity to Food and Sexual Images Predict Weight Gain and Sexual Behavior: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377379/

reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/2cg8in/27_year_cured_after_two_year_flatline_severe_ed/
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12659241
besthealthmag.ca/best-you/relationships/why-men-fall-asleep-after-sex/
livescience.com/32445-why-do-guys-get-sleepy-after-sex.html

>inb4 porn fucks your brain
>Everyone knows that, am talking about imagination here.

Quitting porn is the entire point of nofap, user.

===AGAINST NOFAP===
>chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2013/07/no-fap-more-like-no-fucking-way.html
>chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/09/enough-already-sex-and-baddassery-are.html
>chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/09/enough-already-sex-and-baddassery-are_07.html
>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Health_effects
>europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(16)00377-8/abstract/ejaculation-frequency-and-risk-of-prostate-cancer-updated-results-with-an-additional-decade-of-follow-up
>webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20040406/frequent-ejaculation-prostate
>urology.jhu.edu/newsletter/prostate_cancer712.php
>frequenturinationinmenexplained.com/ejaculation-and-prostate-cancer/
>m.joe.endocrinology-journals.org/content/52/1/51.short
>answers.webmd.com/answers/5004889/what-nutrients-do-you-lose-when-ejaculating-or-masterbating-do-you-lose-testerone-
>healthtap.com/user_questions/1294935-how-long-does-your-body-take-to-replace-the-nutrients-lost-by-masturbation

Ayyyy. Fake naked Brittany spears photos and random girls asses were my kazaa uses. Also downloaded a 132gb snes emulator and games file on 52kb/s internet.

Good times. I miss being a kid

===MY EXPERIENCE===
Here's what I wrote after 3 months NoFap.

"Well to start, here's my opinions on some commonly listed benefits:
Cures ED - I don't have ED, so I can't comment. I can however testify to not getting any embarassing errections in public while on NoFap, although to be honest I doubt I got that while fapping regularly either.
Increases libido - True for roughly the first 2 weeks, past that absolutely not (even when stimulated). In my experience long term NoFap kills your libido. After 3 weeks you'll no longer give a shit other than when you're in bed and your mind starts to drift.
Clearer mind/increased self-control - I guess so? As already mentioned, your libido plummets some time after the second week and I suppose that once your libido is dead you've got one less distraction to worry about.
Increases sensitivity - YES, after a week or two off you can easily cum in under 2 minutes. So easily in fact that it's hard not to, which makes for some really shit wanks.
Increased testosterone - Impossible for me to measure properly without any medical equipment but with everything Veeky Forums has told me about test in mind (e.g. increasing testosterone increases libido), I'm going to say no to this one.
More cum - Yes, but the amount of cum you have seems to reach its maximum after as little as about 1 week. That's hardly NoFap.
More confidence/motivation/better social skills/attitude - Nope, the only thing I can think of on this end is not being worried about the fact that you might smell of cum or have some on your face or something. I suspect that you'll only get these benefits if you're the type that's doing NoFap to encourage you to go out and get laid.
Any other medical claims - See the previous posts.

cont

So what's my opinion on whether or not you should do NoFap?
1) If you're a MGTOW or in any other position where you think that avoiding women and their charms is wise, NoFap might be for you - it's harder to be influenced by that sort of stuff when your libido is at rock bottom.
2) Even more than in the past, I'm increasingly suspecting that NoFap doesn't so much have benefits as that fapping has determents. Some people fap once and it drains their energy so much that it ends their day, some others don't feel the hit until the next day, and there's even people who get so horny when they're not on NoFap that their mind gets so infested by sexy thoughts that they're incapable of doing anything until those thoughts are dealt with. The moral of the story is probably the already obvious recommendation of "don't fap to orgasm when you're busy" (but then again, if you're busy - why do you have the time to fap?) although to truly test that I'd have to practice regular masturbation and monitor the effects.

Overall?
I'd say that it's best to just treat fapping as any other hobby, learn what it does to you and interact with it based on that. As for NoFap, I'd say that you should only do it if you've got some reason to fear your own libido, otherwise your approach to NoFap should be more along the lines of "fuck - I've not fapped in a week" rather than "I'm not going to fap for 30 days"."

Hopefully that helps the anons here. Much of this was lifted directly from NoFap threads on many different boards.

>wet dreams
Even after 3 months NoFap I haven't got any.

If it works for you then carry on, no porn is a must though.

>Increases libido - True for roughly the first 2 weeks, past that absolutely not

This flatline only happens if you're an incel. When there's fucking to be done, your body will rise to the occasion.

See for yourself, man. It works for some, it's garbage for others. It is worth a try, though.

Am I allowed to edge on NoFap?

It's discouraged. The consensus is that it pretty much guarantees failure.

nofap is a meme but noporn isn't

I get them after 4 days

Nofap boots your confidence, helps with depression. It also increases your testosterone and improves your motivation. You will become INSTANTLY more attractive to the opposite sex. 100% guarantee!!!

>implying he can't suck himself off

I've tried it and failed, first it was like after a week or so, then 18 days. Might be placebo, might be a meme, but my motivation levels were sky high.

Do it for lent every year
>last year
>take fish oil before bed every day
>every 3 or so days i'd get a wet dream, or a dream of being married to a celebrity that i like

YES IT WORKS

DONT LISTEN TO ANTI NOFAP SHILLS. THEY ARE SALTY BETAS THAT ARE BUTTHURT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WILL NEVER HAVE THE WILLPOWER TO STOP FAPPING, THEY ARE ALSO PROBABLY GLOBALIST SHILLS WHO WANT TO SEE WESTERN WHITE MALES DOWN AND CASTRATED. STOP FAPPING FREE YOURSELF FROM THE PORN JEW. RELEASE YOUR SEXUAL AND CREATIVE ENERGY, HARNESS YOUR POTENTIAL. PORN AND FAPPING IS THE ENEMY, FUCKING STOP IT STOP IT RIGHT NOW

BRAIN SLAVE NO MORE!!!

It won't fix your life. Stop searching for gimmicky short solutions to turn your life around.
Yes, limiting porn and fapping for around a week worked for me. Placebo or not, I feel noticeably more confident and sociable.

I didn't put half this effort into my term papers

Thanks, though, user, nice to see actual, non-meme answers in one place

>I didn't put half this effort into my term papers
>not caring more about your dick than your degree

3rd day of a 7 week abstinence kick cause i hurt my dick having rough sex...just a warning to you guys out there, take care of your junk and don't over do it.

3 days in and i'm feeling pretty good...noporn is working out pretty good thanks to k9 web protection program...

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Nofap kills your libido, take it from someone who bought into the meme way too hard when I was a Catholic boy. Just fap when you want to, don't worry about it too much. There is basically no benefit to nofap but there are benefits to busting a nuterino sometimes. Also, actively trying to do nofap and always thinking about it, worrying about urges and stuff, made me more obsessed with porn than I ever had been. Now I don't use porn that much, maybe look at high test or other pic threads, but for the most part I just imagine fucking a qt I know and then blow a king sized load, followed by a few days of barely thinking about sex. Nofap autists are driving themselves crazy over such small bullshit.

I'm on day 4 of nofap. I spent 2 hours on day 3 looking at /gif/ and chaturbate, kind of proud I didn't wank though.

well done m8. thank you for sharing.

I've injured 1 dick, 1 vagina, and 1 butt hole during sex

I was pounding vadge like a certified madman pulled out to far and didn't realize it came out until I full forced 100% strength smashed boner into her body at 100 percent hip thrust velocity.

I tell you what I thought I broke my dick. She got all worried goin @are you ok, are you ok" luckily my d and her v were fine but she had a bruise on her groin from it.

Anyone on Nofap March here?

How's it going for those 4 days so far.

I feel like an anomaly, because I don't really feel the need to masturbate all that much, but I kind of remind myself to every once in a while. If I just straight up go without it, I stop caring about girls and sex for the most part, whereas I feel I'm a little more testosterone-fueled if I just masturbate every once in a while.

You're gay

I think it's more mild depression and loneliness. I sort of feel myself shutting down unless I counteract it somehow.

From what i see it heavily varies from person to person

Ages ago in my early teens I used to jack off once a day without fail, when I heard about no-fap and tried it my anxiety in social situations was non-existent, and I was naturally able to project my voice louder.

As ive gotten older I dont really notice as much of a change in how I act on no-fap or if ive recently jacked off other than waking up with a fuck load of brain fog the next morning.

Give it a go yourself and see if you feel anything

its going ok. i usually do three or four days of not nutting anyways. my no fap record was 10 days and i gotta say it was the best feeling ever. gonna try to make it to whole month this time and maybe finally talk to a grill.

yeah, i had a long sex session and i ended up with penile thrombosis and know i have to go without sex or masturbation for what could be 7 weeks to 4 months depending on how things go

its loneliness senpai, if you went outside somewhere you have to interact with women you'll get your sex drive back

t. reclusive loner goes through cycles of this everytime I finish a uni semester

>Nofap March
Most people call that lent.

Shit, that makes sense.

>Is nofap a meme
Yes
>or does it come with epic motivation and therefore gains?
No
>chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2013/07/no-fap-more-like-no-fucking-way.html
>chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/09/enough-already-sex-and-baddassery-are.html
>chaosandpain.blogspot.com/2010/09/enough-already-sex-and-baddassery-are_07.html
>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation#Health_effects
>europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(16)00377-8/abstract/ejaculation-frequency-and-risk-of-prostate-cancer-updated-results-with-an-additional-decade-of-follow-up
>webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20040406/frequent-ejaculation-prostate
>urology.jhu.edu/newsletter/prostate_cancer712.php
>frequenturinationinmenexplained.com/ejaculation-and-prostate-cancer/
>m.joe.endocrinology-journals.org/content/52/1/51.short
>answers.webmd.com/answers/5004889/what-nutrients-do-you-lose-when-ejaculating-or-masterbating-do-you-lose-testerone-
>healthtap.com/user_questions/1294935-how-long-does-your-body-take-to-replace-the-nutrients-lost-by-masturbation

Many of those studies have been dealt with before

same here. I'm trying it for the first time. including no porn. Godspeed on both of us user

Noted, I'll download that picture for future dumps.

reset my brain on nofap. no troll 100% serious. i came back to 'reality' so to speak. i can't explain it, it's just something you realize. i was a chronic fapper though.

there's numerous benefits that i've experienced through this. i used to have social anxiety, but conversations just flow together now. things just seem more natural and my head seems a lot clearer. also whenever i fap i go from full of energy to dead tired 30 seconds after i nut.

this might all sound crazy, but that's my experience with it.

I fapped 3 times yesterday and still wanna fugg. Nofap just makes me wanna fugg more. It's nice but I don't see it as magical.

I had an awesome dream where I destroyed a bunch of enemies by slicing them up with whips and some of them had their clothes ripped off their bodies.

At this point my dream became lucid and I went up to a body and fucked it. As I came I woke up and felt like I was cunning for real but there wasn't any cum when I checked.

Everything in excess is bad.
try to cut it down to 3 days a week, but no fap is no meme

U wot m8.

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iktf bro

*Didn't mean to post this and didn't see
here. Disregard my copied post.

I'm right with you, nofap changed my brain chemistry. Fapping really is a chronic thing, you get so dependent on the dopamine and all that shit, and cutting that out is like quitting any other drug, it just clears the mind out. I feel like I got sober, again, once I went nofap.

And yes, to all you doubters I still experience sexual attraction and arousal, but I'm not a slave to it any more. When I see a sexy piece of ass I don't have to go fap any more.

This means you're on the right track, keep at it and good job.

>thinking he's going to make it.

the only reason to do nofap is if you're truly addicted to masturbating and it negatively impacts your life

other than that it's a meme

>Is nofap a meme or does it come with epic motivation and therefore gains?
You don't really realize how much better it makes you feel until you relapse and your mood and motivation crashes

>keeping those nuts full doesn't seem very healthy
You will cum in your sleep probably within 2 weeks of starting. Also, you could always try actually getting a grill to make cummies with.

>loadlet detected
What the fuck is a loadlet?

>You don't really realize how much better it makes you feel until you relapse and your mood and motivation crashes
This could well be true. It's already been said that nofap might not be good, but that fapping might be bad ().

I'm doing NoFap lent, abstaining Mon-Sat and fapping on Sunday. Growing up that was always the thing for Lent in my church and family, that you're allowed to break whatever it is you're abstaining from on Sundays. Plus I've tried and failed complete abstention so many times I want to try this method. Hopefully it works.

>do nofap
>feel a little hornier
>gets worse to the point where I'm irritable and awkward around women
>suddenly no libido at all
>say fuck it and fap

Losing your libido is scary.

i fap 4-8 times on a day. I wonder if it is too much? sometimes my erection is weak but after 2 days it is alright. What do you guys think about this?

How the fuck do you have time for anything else?

Too much bro.

forgot to put i fap 4-8 times on a day EVERYDAY

that's far, far too often and you seriously need to cut that shit out now

my life is wake up, go to college and then go home

>You will cum in your sleep probably within 2 weeks of starting
3 months in, no wet dreams yet. Is that a bad sign?

Hey, sorry I'm late the party. I just finished the nofap challenge for 3 weeks. I would say, that excluding fapping out of my usual three day per fap rate has made me do a lot more in my campus and home, and has gotten me to draw alot more. I also felt more focused in my sports. I don't think that storing sperm would bring any super testosterone, and your experience may differ. Since I had no plans to fap for 3 week, It briefly gave me more time in my schedule. And user No.40573882 is right about wet dream leakage. It's essentially old sperm that your body is/should be getting rid of. In fact, it would help you out by masturbating to prevent a chance of prostate cancer from forming. As long as your "me time" doesn't conflict with your relationship, occupation or religion, you can masturbate as much as you want!

It teaches discipline and self control. Those aren't bad traits to have

I disagree that it teaches them. I'm not even sure how such things can be learned.