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The Great Porn Experiment (TEDxGlasgow)

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Suairyu

Banned
Apparently celery/zinc helps too.
As does cutting down on sodas, fast-foods and shit with additives.

Eat clean for a week, pineapple, eggs and some zinc and you'll be making sweet, sweet milkshake by the gallon.

Combine with the 90 day plan to have so much swag you'll have a hoard of hunnies after you.
 
God. This diet and all this exercise I'm starting to do is murdering my libido.

All I can think about is sleep and junk food like pizza, burgers, and all that delicious mexican food at that hole in the wall mexican restaurant that's near where I live...

urgh...
 
God. This diet and all this exercise I'm starting to do is murdering my libido.

All I can think about is sleep and junk food like pizza, burgers, and all that delicious mexican food at that hole in the wall mexican restaurant that's near where I live...

urgh...

Stay strong brother!

Your brain wants that high calorie dopamine hit.

You know better. Ignore it. It is not in possession of all the facts.
 
Day 5

I'm up late at night, definitely past my bedtime. The GF denied me and now she is sleeping next to me......I should be rubbing it out but I'm trying to resist, this shit ain't easy.


Day 5, I just hope that I can make it to Day 6.
 

Sajjaja

Member
I broke....there goes 2 weeks.... how do you resist thinking about certain women? It just keeps hammering away..... Time to start again....
 

lsslave

Jew Gamer
So just to chime in, considering that studies have shown having an orgasm will help prevent prostate cancer... why is GAF trying risking their health over something like this?

The working out, not eating junk food, etc. is one thing but seriously guys there are health benefits to masturbation you shouldn't forget.

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I broke....there goes 2 weeks.... how do you resist thinking about certain women? It just keeps hammering away..... Time to start again....

Are you beating it when you're bored? Or when is the strongest for you?

If you're that worried about it keep yourself genuinely busy. The only times I really do anymore are when I have enough free time to be aroused but am not near a lady and if I have worked out that day (hitting the gym leaves me ready to blow a load like no ones business, although my after workout high potassium / carb / protein meal might help a lot there).

I usually find myself too busy to beat off though, I don't think I have in about a week and my boys are ready to explode on me, so yeah, just keep yourself busy.
 

Mr. Fix

Member
why is GAF trying risking their health over something like this?

Some people are addicted to porn. You know something's wrong if you're either searching for some weird shit or beating off for 50 minutes. We're not quitting brah, some just need a detox period. Others want to test their willpower.
 
I broke....there goes 2 weeks.... how do you resist thinking about certain women? It just keeps hammering away..... Time to start again....

I only have trouble late at night because I'm less likely to actually doing stuff besides being on the computer.

If you stay busy, you shouldn't have time to think about women, though.

There's no need to torture yourself with things you can't have, and there's no need to test yourself to see if you can handle something without acting on it. Just stop thinking about it completely.
 

Ra1den

Member
Alright guys, I'm in. No porn, fantasizing, masturbation, etc...for 90 days. Sex with girls still allowed. I think these are the standard rules?

Longest I've gone in the past was around a month before I had a wet dream, it was while I was travelling overseas. Had a wet dream and broke shortly after.

Wet dreams are inevitable, but hey, that's out of my control. I have to be especially careful after those...you'd think it would relieve the urge, but for some reason it has the opposite effect on me.
 

BlueTsunami

there is joy in sucking dick
So just to chime in, considering that studies have shown having an orgasm will help prevent prostate cancer... why is GAF trying risking their health over something like this?

90 days is a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of your life and the life gone by. I dont' think abstaining from this will give you cancer in your balls.
 

Jackben

bitch I'm taking calls.
Can someone explain the reasoning for actual sex being ok while abstaining from porn and masturbation for 90 days? I want to do this for real. I gave it a trial run but ended up cracking after a week and having sex with my girl but then I read some are saying that's ok?

Just confused as to what I should aim for here. I want to start working out and such as well, I just can't help but feel like the dude's with girlfriends have a release that single bros don't and I'm not sure if that's cheating or not.

Reasoning for doing this is to test my will and also maybe get some feeling back into sex as I have some of the sensation issues mentioned in the OP (I've never orgasmed from a BJ or handjob but I can from masturbation to porn and with regular intercourse) and I just want to see how it affects me overall.
 
Brain tired after exam, have the house to myself, Skype call to the girlfriend in a few hours.. it's hard to resist it right now.

Posting in the thread does seem to level me a bit.
 

Ra1den

Member
Can someone explain the reasoning for actual sex being ok while abstaining from porn and masturbation for 90 days? I want to do this for real. I gave it a trial run but ended up cracking after a week and having sex with my girl but then I read some are saying that's ok?

Just confused as to what I should aim for here. I want to start working out and such as well, I just can't help but feel like the dude's with girlfriends have a release that single bros don't and I'm not sure if that's cheating or not.

Reasoning for doing this is to test my will and also maybe get some feeling back into sex as I have some of the sensation issues mentioned in the OP (I've never orgasmed from a BJ or handjob but I can from masturbation to porn and with regular intercourse) and I just want to see how it affects me overall.

Well sex with another person isn't the problem here, it is the porn that is causing these problems. I've not read this whole thread though, some people are even abstaining from real sex?
 

Atrus

Gold Member
Can someone explain the reasoning for actual sex being ok while abstaining from porn and masturbation for 90 days? I want to do this for real. I gave it a trial run but ended up cracking after a week and having sex with my girl but then I read some are saying that's ok?

Just confused as to what I should aim for here. I want to start working out and such as well, I just can't help but feel like the dude's with girlfriends have a release that single bros don't and I'm not sure if that's cheating or not.

Reasoning for doing this is to test my will and also maybe get some feeling back into sex as I have some of the sensation issues mentioned in the OP (I've never orgasmed from a BJ or handjob but I can from masturbation to porn and with regular intercourse) and I just want to see how it affects me overall.

I'm pretty sure the general idea here is to avoid sexual self-gratification so sex with people is okay. Much like anything, the internet, games, or anything else, this seems to be a fairly good test idea just to see whether we are in control of our habits or vice versa.
 

lsslave

Jew Gamer
Some people are addicted to porn. You know something's wrong if you're either searching for some weird shit or beating off for 50 minutes. We're not quitting brah, some just need a detox period. Others want to test their willpower.

Oh I get you! I thought this was a whole "Never jack it again! It's evil!" movement (I only followed it in passing at the beginning).

I can understand needing to detox for an addiction though. I try to keep my porn viewing to a "sensible" level although at one point it was getting a bit messed.

Either way, I have a better understanding of whats going on now
 
Day 7 is almost over. Worked out all afternoon and I'm super tired. Feels good, too. Gonna turn my 360 on for a bit and then off to bed it is!
 
so, anyone know the best way to get rid of a boner? serious question.
I recite quotes from dead philosophers in my head. haha...

“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life." – Socrates

“I think therefore I am” – René Descartes

"One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings." – Diogenes

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." – Epicurus

If these don't kill your erection I don't know what will.
 
I recite quotes from dead philosophers in my head. haha...

“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life." – Socrates

“I think therefore I am” – René Descartes

"One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings." – Diogenes

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." – Epicurus

If these don't kill your erection I don't know what will.

"IDLE HANDS MAKE TROUBLE!"

I just played some super meat boy dark world levels and my boner went away pretty quickly. Raging to a game just exhausts me of all energy.
 
This might sound weird but it felt really good to make this fifth tally mark. Haha...

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drknite

Can't wait to eat some Kobe tubesteak
I'm at 17 days and I don't think I'll have any trouble making it to 90 days. I did 30 days back in January and just ended it for no reason really, even though I was making progress.

But at the moment I'm "flatlining", which is a little concerning
 

Red UFO

Member
Hey dudes, I've done this in the past, and trust me when I say it's worth it. I got super lazy in the bedroom and when an orgasm wasn't in the immediate horizon I just thought "fuck it, i'll fake it and jerk off." I wasn't searching freaky shit on the internet, it was just the sheer volume I was consuming that started to consume began to concern me, I knew I had to stop.

So I did. Exercise, work, taking a hobby such as cooking (or whatever, that's what helped me) help a bunch. Keep at it dudes, best of luck.


SEX IS AWESOME
 

Ra1den

Member
I totally agree with this, I think exposure to thousands of pretty women, on the internet and TV have the same type of desensitizing effect on getting excited about real life women you meet on the street, bars, school, public places etc.

If you do not believe me, try it for yourself, ban yourself from " hot celebrity" pages on the internet, any sort of images of hot women on the internet steer clear of, especially all those magazine covers at your local grocery store (don't get lost at Emma Stone's/Katy Perry's cleavage on the Cosmo cover while waiting in line at Wal-Mart) if you really have to watch your favorite TV shows like Mad Men and Game of Thrones etc. Do not focus on the women's body and face too much, if there's a sex scene, look away, I know it sounds stupid but try to just for a month to only look at women in real life.

It's basically like discovering a fifth sense, you'll notice things about them, otherwise you wouldn't. Trust me on this, and come back to this thread to thank me when you surprise the shit out of yourself when you successfully charm and woo the cute girl behind the Starbucks counter with minimum effort.

Sorry it's worth to mention that this goes for both sexes, not just women.

Sorry to quote an old post, but I thought this was brilliant. Definitely going to try this.

Though I'm not sure how I'm going to avoid seeing cute chicks while watching anime.
 

Claude

Catalina's bitch
Day 5 here, and I think it's starting to get easier. Probably doesn't help that I got some blow from the gf the day before, but whatever.


This might sound weird but it felt really good to make this fifth tally mark. Haha...

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That actually looks like a good idea. I might keep tally of the days as well.
 

Jonm1010

Banned
Almost broke it tonight waiting to leave to go on this bachelor party trip.

Normally on a Saturday I would be either out or picking up a shift at the bar but since I'm waiting to leave my house of course ended up on some porn sites and it was close......I controlled myself and went to the gym at 1030 at night lol.

Somewhere around 9 days down. This trip should help the next 4 days go by easy.
 

Maron

Member
Decided to try this out for the hell of it this month. Been going since the 2nd and feelin' fine right now! Wondering when the large urges are gonna set in cause I thought it would be difficult than this so early on.
 

GloveSlap

Member
Are you guys tossing out your porn stash as well? I threw away a bunch of it but I couldn't bring myself to toss the best stuff. Maybe ill just pack away whats left so it isn't easy to get to.
 
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