Nofap a SCAM?

It's a fucking meme, just get more sleep you dip

this is a weird question to ask but can you not get hard without watching porn? Sounds to me like you just need to quit porn cold turkey.

Yea actually, it ruined me, now even with porn, I have to wank for 30 mins before I actually get hard. It's a pretty bad problem isn't it, feels like I'm not only having this brain fog, but also on my way to ED.

Nofap is a meme. Here's a pro tip. Write down in the morning everything you do/don't wanna do during the day. Always have the list with you and put checkmarks next to things you've done to reward your lizard brain. Spend more time focused on productive shit.

Last summer I tried nofap and after day 11 I jerked off because I had painful elections. Shit fucking exploded. About 1.5 months ago I started on noporn, and masturbation has naturally subsided a lot. I've jerked off 4 or 5 times since stopping porn, and I've been a lot happier.

I really think there is nothing wrong with masturbation. In my own case, it seems like I needed it more last year than I do now, but idk. Porn is the real problem. Cut that shit asap.

stop jerkingit when you aren't horny you fucking idiot

It's not even being horny anymore, it's being addicted to that high when you orgasm to porn that makes you rock hard.

I can confirm nofap is legit. I jerked twice a day always with porn. Got so used to using the same hand/grip/stroke that when i went to lose my virginity i couldnt even get off because i started going soft in the girl. I immediately quit porn and would go 7 days of nofap, then 2 days of pornless fap (using a lighter slower grip), then back to nofap etc etc... now i feel like im cured. When im on nofap i have a craving for women that i see, and when i fap it feels so much better than before. I mustve desensitized my dick pretty badly from fapping the exact same way for years.

Fapping doesn't cause brain fog, you're sick and should probably see a doctor.

He said he starts without a boner and struggles to achieve it, which is obviously retarded. But there's no reason to just ignore a boner

Thing is, I already saw a psychiatrist, he doesn't know what I have, said I'm perfectly fine, and sent me home with a slip telling me to do something I already do which is exercise and sleep properly.

There's research done on it, that porn causes lower cognitive functions: sys.Veeky Forums.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fm%2Fpubmed%2F23167900%2F

First of all, that study shows that porn causes immediate distraction, not chronic loss of cognitive function. Secondly, it's a psyche journal, so there's a 90% chance this experiment is non-repeatable. Have you ever considered that you could just be fucking stupid?

Why don't you come up with an evidence that proves otherwise. Instead of blatantly telling me it's fake, there's so many anecdotes to back that up as well, so much is weighed against you and you tell me that it's all fake and placebo, that's not being academic about it at all.

>I have to wank for 30 mins before I actually get hard
Fucking hell man, stop doing this today

Your brain fog and fapping are unrelated.

There's brain scans on active porn uses which suggest: "More porn use also correlated with weakened connections between the seat of our willpower, the frontal cortex."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/1874574

We have zero evidence of any kind of mechanism for the proposal, extremely limited and poorly constructed mechanistic studies, and anecdotes from people who admit to not being in the right state of mind. But anecdotes work for you? Fine, here's mine: I jerk it, to porn, 3 or 4 days a week and I'm still at the top of my game, and can get it up when I need to. Because I only fap when I feel the need, and not twice a day out of boredom

There's already brain scans on it that show a difference we're not even talking about psychology, it's in the field of psychiatry.
>3 to 4 days a week
Try doing it 2 times a day for 2 years and see what happens. Anecdote discarded.

I fucking said that twice a day was a bad idea. But not because of your brain, but because of your dick. It's a worse experience, will inhibit your ability to have sex, and is just a fucking waste of time

That MRI study you linked literally says right in the begining that they couldn't prove causality in their findings, IE, they didn't know if differences arose from differences porn consumption, or caused the differences in porn consumption.

well wut if u use porn give u a boost of test work harder. Wouldn't that technically take more willpower.

Correlation is not causation bro. Causation is something that needs to be simultaneously agreed upon over several researches. If causation was so easily found, we would've found the key to balding already. However, there is still a silver lining to it.

But I digress, I'll do it and then see what happens alright? If nothing happens, boo hoo. If yes, you owe me and apology.

Damn lad every day is way too much, at least cut it back every 3 days or some, or even 7 days if you can even tho I'd recommend going a full 90 days for a reset, your body and mind def needs it.

In actual scientific fields, you can construct mechanistic based studies to logically prove causation. Usually by demonstrating a difference, making it go away by neutralizing the proposed cause, and then bringing the difference back by reintroducing the cause.

This.

>keep getting re-addicted
>manage to get into weirder and weirder shit every time.
I want off this ride, user.

Answer these questions honestly:

When do you go to sleep and for how long?
Do you drink a lot of caffeinated soda?
Do you exercise? Any cardio?
Do you get enough sunlight?
Do you eat a lot of sugary shit like candy bars?
How much water do you drink in a day?

Brain fog is often caused by a combination of bad habits.
You can start reducing the times you fap to one every three days, but most importantly, no porn in between (hard mode: no porn at all).