Are the benefits of nofap/not watching porn just a myth or is

There is actual science behind it

Stop it...gradually or slowly somehow but stop and regain spirit

Try limiting go a day or two and then if you must feel free to release, discipline I guess

>>18440121
Yeah, there's actual science behind it for people who fap mutiple times per day on a daily basis, because those people have masturbation addictions that are fundamentally the same as any other addiction. But to a guy like me who already only faps a couple times a week, is there a measurable benefit?
The last time I fapped was 5 days ago, and I went 4 days before that without a problem. I don't feel any particular urges and it takes no great deal of mental effort to simply not watch porn.

>>18440073
Look. There is no biological benefit at all
You will cum in your sleep on a regular basis if you don't let yourself release the excess sperm
Your testes never stop making sperm. Gotta release it

There is no magical "Super strong super smart" moment that happens if you stop jacking off.

The only difference is in your head. Do you stop being motivated to find a gf if you jerk off? Is sexual satisfaction all you're after?
Then maybe jerking it will stunt you
But biologically, you're good

I can never tell. They say to only do it when horny but I'm always rather horny and looking to get off.

>>18440121
Post a peer-reviewed study or stfu nigga.

Are blue balls a myth to get girls to jerk you off?

>>18440073
There's relatively little actual science around it, but that's partially because it hasn't been studied much. You can find articles on the effects of masturbation on testosterone levels and so on but it doesn't amount to very much.

A lack of scientific evidence for something doesn't always mean it's all bunk, sometimes it just means more research needs to be done.

I say this as someone who is personally very skeptical of the whole NoFap movement.

>>18440519
Blue balls as in "i got aroused and couldn't cum, so now my balls ache"? No, not a myth. You feel the pain in your stomach too depending on how bad it is

>>18440073
I'm 6 weeks into a no fap all sex diet and i feel 100% better. Not watching porn has freed me up to take on more work related projects and add to my daily workout regimen. Remember this about some scientists -- they get PAID to write.

>>18441021
>Not watching porn has freed me up to take on more work related projects and add to my daily workout regimen.

This right here shows that porn itself isn't the issue, but is in fact time management.

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I don't think I've watched porn in an entire fucking year. Idk if I am going to fall back into the rabbit hole now that I stopped having sex though, I don't want to become a /d/emon.

Let's put it this way. We've gone thousands of years without porn and that resulted in successful breeding. So let's say a dude can't/doesn't want to get laid and also happens to watch porn daily. Is porn the problem? No idea, but we can guarantee that it's not needed, so try letting go of it for a few weeks, see what works for you.

>>18440073
I haven't wanked in like a day and i had a 90% erection for like the first hour i was awake. What the fuck am i supposed to do about that.

>It's another nofap ids good/pointless episode!!!
OH JOY~!

Look, I'm all for you little horndogs self improving and shit. Unless there's actual science backing up how spilling seed is unhealthy and unmanly, and I mean ACTUAL SCIENCE FROM ACTUAL SCIENTISTS! Then I'll have to say this is all folly.

All it merely does is give off a placebo effect, unless you actually fucking play sports (Which I know none of you really do). If you have a boxing match and you fucked harder than roaches during a warm summer's eve, then you'll get imbalanced. Lack of sleep, not recovering fast enough, left in a vulnerable position since an intense night, etc. Could be a lot of things, but to fuck before a match is what ruined some boxers.

Otherwise, this literally doesn't help with you getting laid. All it does is give you blueballs. Might as well get rid of those feelings right then and there before bedtime rather than suffer through entire weeks without releasing your inner demons of lust.

THAT BEING SAID...it does help to moderate. Now, if you can do all this bullshit ON TOP OF ACTUAL EXERCISE AND DIET CHANGES, then maybe there's some improvement. You can still fuck yourselves, but you can just do it before naptime. All the sexual tension is there to be released, your pistol's ready to fire with a full cartridge, and you can fire so intensely, it shocks you to sleep. Running 2 miles a day on top of that helps release more happy hormones. Eating your greens and shit help release a bit more after a while. Meat and anaerobic exercise help give outlets to sexual tension. Sure, it won't help build your heart up for the real deal, but it makes you fit enough to be considered to fuck the hot chicks in your area.

Remember, if you're going this route, you need to improve on every area as well. If you won't, just jerk it and get it over with.

Porn is shit, every one realises it without science
It is basically you looking at other man fucking a woman
If we trace this back to ancient times it pretty much means you are the beta male watching an alpha fuck his women
This is not all, there are also other disgusting factors involved, for example the facts that you do it to yourself, tissues laying around, the general awareness of the fact that you do a jerking job because you are not successful enough to find a mate only heightens the solitude
Not talking about post-coital tristesse which, if masturbated to porn, makes one just want to kill himself
It is just common sense, hell no I am not going back to watching porn ever again

>>18441101
>It is basically you looking at other man fucking a woman
>Implying I don't fap to lesbian and solo exclusively

>>18441472
That doesn't refute him at all you silly wanker. haha

Maybe the solo stuff I guess, IRL if you saw that you might masturbate secretly or ask to join. :)

>>18441539
There's nothing to really refute
>>18441101
>there are also other disgusting factors involved, for example the facts that you do it to yourself, tissues laying around,
So what? Sex is pretty "disgusting" too if you think about it, considering the mess that can be made by the time you finish
>the general awareness of the fact that you do a jerking job because you are not successful enough to find a mate only heightens the solitude
This is just simple projection. Plenty of people in relationships still watch porn, it's not like everyone just magically stops watching it as soon as they find a partner. If you think it's something only losers do then you just might be a loser yourself.
>Not talking about post-coital tristesse which, if masturbated to porn, makes one just want to kill himself
Again, simple projection. There hasn't been a single time where I jacked off and afterwards thought "gee, I sure do want to kill myself now". Not everyone is as mentally unhinged as you.

>>18440614
Can confirm. Although for me it was more like a ballache, kinda like those headaches you get where it isn't pounding, but if you move at all it hurts.

Bumperoo

>>18440519
Definitely not a joke. I've had em before. A girl gets you all worked up. Then whatever the reason, you don't finish. You better find a way to cum. Your balls feel like they just got kicked hard.

Noporn/nofap completely killed my dick

>be child
>only other kid on the block my age happened to live across the street
>his mom was a stripper
>get introduced to softcore porn at 9 through her friend's "business" cards
>fapping/cumming to pics of anyone in a bikini at age 10
>introduced to the magic of safesearch off google at 14 when we got Internet
>eventually move from pics of boobs to pics of hot lesbians to softcore videos then hardcore videos
>often accidentally came in my gym shorts watching porn at home after school from 14-17 before I learned how to edge
>fap at least once a day almost every day from 10-26
>acquire first gf at 25
>no sex since she lives with her neet brother
>we play game of blueballing each other in my car when we're about to part for the night
>be now
>realize I have a problem when I'm watching porn after spending an evening with her
>limit porn only to when we don't see each other and limit faps to nights when I do (every 2-3 days for both)
>her grandpa dies and she'll be gone for a week with her immediate family
>decide to stop porn and fapping entirely while she's gone
>day 3 hard as diamonds all day
>day 4 get hard at slightest thought
>day 5-7 not even morning wood
>see her day 9
>about to leave
>make out, she mounts, grab her tits, slap her ass, notice something's not right
>404 erection not found
>reposition so my phone digs into her leg like it's my tip
>she falls for it, grinds a bit, and walks away
>get home
>load up porn
>no response
>everything that used to make me hard doesn't anymore
>not even gf can get it up

It's been 5 weeks without a boner excluding 2 instances of morning wood. No medicine, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, or sex. Can't afford a doctor visit without health insurance I already can't afford. I'd say fuck the nofap/noporn meme but I need one of you guys to do it for me

>>18440073
Personally I feel like masturbation is better than going and having sex with a bunch of people and risking getting one of them pregnant (or getting pregnant if you're female i guess) as long as you do it privately it can be considered a legitimate stress release. However I don't enjoy the feeling after watching porn, it kinda bums me out afterwards like I did something wrong so I quit watching porn instead. Idk if this is for you but that's pretty much how I see it.

>>18440073
It's a good thing to do if you're in a relationship. My BF would fuck me multiple times a day because he had no internet access for months. Now we have not had sex for many weeks because he just releases himself with porn every day. Porn is effortless and you don't have to focus on making someone else feel good, just yourself. It trains you to be selfish in terms of intimacy. I think daily porn use is bad in a relationship because of my experience and I know that this is becoming a problem in many relationships world wide. There will probably be actual scientific studies on this very issue in a few years but all you have is ancedotes like mine to learn from for now.

>>18443104
Shit dude, that is why I am stopping viewing porn. Shit like your story and hundreds like it during my research on what porn does to the brain.

Ever since 10 or 11 was viewing tits on the web. Am now almost 30.
>Despite me making cute chicks grin in HS would rather "come" home and view porn.
>First week in college got two girls who were sending me messages to ravish their overies.... despite this I was busy on the PC downloading five minute softcore titty flash wmvs.

About five or six years ago I dramatically reduced porn time on the PC, hell I was spending at least 8hrs per day wasting time and cut it down to three or two.

Lost virginity at 24, could really loose it earlier but glad I lost it when I did

>about a year and a half ago limit my daily intake to 45 minutes and cut out major porn sites. Now it is only webcam bitches (I never ever will pay a bitch to flash her tits esp. for the computer screen)

>Now 30 mins of webcam "porn" every few nights. I keep telling myself it is a waste of time.... and I know a lot about wasting your time on the computer.


Only benefit of my extreme porn watching was that it taught me how to please a woman by calling her a bitch. Jk but it did open me up to how to finger and lick. Yaaaa my story.

>Most of the stuff I see on the internet is just anecdotal, and as far as actual scientist opinions on the matter I've seen it go both ways.

so why the fuck are you asking us? the best youll get here is more anecdotes . 4chan is not a scientific community

I just jacked off after a 5 day nofap streak and I feel better than ever
You perma-nofap cucks can go fuck yourselves (literally)
>>18443287
I just thought maybe someone would be able to cite some statistics or some study i haven't seen yet, because my research just consists of a couple of google searches