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[Ketchup Boy]

Hi guys, I'm in day 4 and I haven't been like horny and I'm not really getting any urges, but I freaking can't think. My head doesn't hurt or anything, but I like can't think in my mind and it's pretty frustrating. It's like hard to even say a sentence in my head. Is this a withdrawal symptom? Anyone experience this?

Reason I started quitting was after watching the youtube videos of yourbrainonporn. Been addicted since I was little although I didn't realize it and thought it was okay, but I felt pretty empty from doing it and I don't want any part of fapping/porn, anymore.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

You know shit is whack when you can't think in your mind.

 

[Axalon]

You are a brave man. I don't think there are withdrawal symptoms per se, but damn if it isn't habit forming. I'm not a biochemist, but I guess if you fapped a lot, your dopamine receptors may be a bit shot. May take a few weeks, I guess.

 

[Alucrid]

The more you wait the more you'll have to catch up boy.

 

[CrazyDogg77]

You know shit is whack when you can't think in your mind.

I was like dang,where else do you think?

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Get your dick tattoo'd.

 

[Zee-Row]

I had to stop fapping for a while because my shaft and penis head felt sore as hell. I thought i had broken something.

 

[Maleficence]

Look for the porn induced sexual dysfunction thread.

 

[Grakl]

Fapping is good for you. Just check the wiki page on it, cites some good studies on the matter. I don't know what videos you are referencing and I don't care, sounds like bullshit propaganda.

 

[natethegreat409]

Masturbation is good for your health. I'm a nurse and we encourage people to masturbate if they are not having sex. It's good for your prostate, and you need to take care of your prostate, even at a young age.

 

[830920]

Addicted to fapping? I don't see what the problem is unless you're constantly rubbing one out.

 

[Pollux]

I had to stop fapping for a while because my shaft and penis head felt sore as hell. I thought i had broken something.

damn dude, how often were you fapping...that just sounds painful

 

[Count Dookkake]

I thought i had broken something.

Probably a personal record.

 

[radioheadrule83]

sounds like yourbrainonporn fed you with anti-porn propaganda, maybe you were giving your brain what it needed?

I dunno -- I just feel like a much saner person after I fap. That moment of guidance about releasing the baby batter in Something About Mary seems very true to me.

 

[SystemShock2]

I am going to avoid this youtube video at all costs.

 

[Grinchy]

Why would no fapping be a goal? That would be like having the goal of not sneezing.

 

[Ketchup Boy]

I was like damn,where else do you think?

It's weird as hel!. I have to like type things out or say things out loud. I can only like reply to people and answer questions. It's hard as hel! right now to even ask you for example a question...like what did you do today? Thinking up that question was hard, right now.

 

[FairyD]

- Keep your mind off things and keep yourself occupied.
- take cold showers
- be active at all times even when your tired, don't let yourself procrastinate.
- think of it as a vow of chasity to devote yourself to whatever your profession is. Think of yoursel as like Isaac Newton.

 

[chubigans]

Reminds me of

 

[StriKeVillain]

Probably a personal record.

*claps*

 

[Shorty]

 

[radioheadrule83]

Is it these videos op?
http://yourbrainonporn.com/your-brain-on-porn-series

I'm going to watch em. If it puts me off porn, I may end up hating you. Just a heads up

 

[strafer]

Google 'Lindsay Lohan teeth' and you'll never want to touch your penis again.

 

[Atramental]

I've gone a month without fapping once.

Coincidentally, the voices in my head started to get louder within a month's time.

 

[Zee-Row]

damn dude, how often were you fapping...that just sounds painful

3 or 4 times a day on average almost every day last year. During that time I had a girlfriend and I would still fap if I wasn't having sex with her. Thank God I don't do drugs because i get addicted to stuff easily.

 

[Satch]

It's weird as hel!. I have to like type things out or say things out loud. I can only like reply to people and answer questions. It's hard as hel! right now to even ask you for example a question...like what did you do today? Thinking up that question was hard, right now.

alzheimers

 

[Grinchy]

3 or 4 times a day on average almost every day last year. During that time I had a girlfriend and I would still fap if I wasn't having sex with her. Thank God I don't do drugs because i get addicted to stuff easily.

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Wow, that's a lot of times per day! I'm surprised I'm asking this, but were you lubing it up or are you a dry jerker? I'm a dry guy, so once per day is about all I could probably take.

 

[wenis]

control yourself man. be the master of your domain and all that.

and yea, since you used masturbation most likely out of boredom, stress or whatever. All that stuff you put out of your mind because of it is kind of like invading your head again. Deal with that shit.

 

[saunderez]

Last time I tried it I got so pent up I could barely function. Uni work became almost impossible to focus on. I don't recommend giving it up altogether. We're designed to need to procreate, even if we're "missing the target" so to speak.

 

[Ketchup Boy]

Why would no fapping be a goal? That would be like having the goal of not sneezing.

Because I want to get horny by just seeing women on the street. I didn't even try having sex with my ex-girlfriend for like a year when we were together. Not even sex. The only way I want to have an orgasm is getting it from sex and I feel like it'll motivate me to pursue chicks if I can't get off any other way.

I've read at least from other forums that members who stopped fapping felt more confident and had better game in getting chicks and can look people in the eye. I want to see for myself.

 

[Power Glove]

I am going to avoid this youtube video at all costs.

I bet if it was behind a login gate you would watch it on impulse.

 

[Grakl]

Because I want to get horny by just seeing women on the street. I didn't even try having sex with my ex-girlfriend for like a year when we were together. Not even sex. The only way I want to have an orgasm is getting it from sex and I feel like it'll motivate me if I can't get it any other way.

I've read at least from other forums that members who stopped fapping felt more confident and had better game in getting chicks and can look people in the eye. I want to see for myself.

You gain more testosterone when not fapping, which is why you are more confident or whatever. It's good for you, seriously. If you must, just keep it to once a week or something.

 

[Stet]

Because I want to get horny by just seeing women on the street. I didn't even try having sex with my ex-girlfriend for like a year when we were together. Not even sex. The only way I want to have an orgasm is getting it from sex and I feel like it'll motivate me if I can't get it any other way.

I've read at least from other forums that members who stopped fapping felt more confident and had better game in getting chicks and can look people in the eye. I want to see for myself.

What the hell kind of porn are you watching, boy?

 

[Wiseblade]

3 or 4 times a day on average almost every day last year. During that time I had a girlfriend and I would still fap if I wasn't having sex with her. Thank God I don't do drugs because i get addicted to stuff easily.

HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE

 

[Pollux]

3 or 4 times a day on average almost every day last year. During that time I had a girlfriend and I would still fap if I wasn't having sex with her. Thank God I don't do drugs because i get addicted to stuff easily.

alrighty then

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

3 or 4 times a day on average almost every day last year. During that time I had a girlfriend and I would still fap if I wasn't having sex with her. Thank God I don't do drugs because i get addicted to stuff easily.

Holy shit.

 

[Ketchup Boy]

Is it these videos op?
http://yourbrainonporn.com/your-brain-on-porn-series

I'm going to watch em. If it puts me off porn, I may end up hating you. Just a heads up

Yup, it was very convincing for me and had all this scientific stuff and how porn addiction is like other drugs and how it can cause chemical imbalances in your dopamine levels. It had no Christianity/religion vibe whatsoever and I'm pretty atheist. I don't like being told stuff without it being backed up which they did.

alzheimers

lol don't scare I was actually thinking that sh!t. But I was also think is how smokers felt like when they were quitting.

 

[Zee-Row]

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Wow, that's a lot of times per day! I'm surprised I'm asking this, but were you lubing it up or are you a dry jerker? I'm a dry guy, so once per day is about all I could probably take.

I'm a dry jerker , i probably wouldn't have rug burn on my shaft if i put lotion in my hand once and a while. But I'm lazy , when I have the urge to fap i do it immediately.

 

[RustyNails]

OP:

 

[Stet]

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Wow, that's a lot of times per day! I'm surprised I'm asking this, but were you lubing it up or are you a dry jerker? I'm a dry guy, so once per day is about all I could probably take.

Jerking off dry sounds like the kind of thing my grandpa had to do during the depression.

 

[iKeepPlaying]

Fapping is good for you. Just check the wiki page on it, cites some good studies on the matter. I don't know what videos you are referencing and I don't care, sounds like bullshit propaganda.

How many times a week is considered healthy?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Jerking off dry sounds like the kind of thing my grandpa had to do during the depression.

Hard times.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I'm a dry jerker , i probably wouldn't have rug burn on my shaft if i put lotion in my hand once and a while. But I'm lazy , when I have the urge to fap i do it immediately.

Jerking off dry sounds like the kind of thing my grandpa had to do during the depression.

This thread is fucking killing me.

 

[rdrr gnr]

How many times a week is considered healthy?

If I remember my years of listening to Loveline and Dr. Drew, a specific # isn't the correct answer. 'Healthy' is defined by how masturbating changes, or in this case, does not change other aspects of your life. I'm sure there are studies that give #s, but I guess this is a general response too, 'Am I doing it too much?'

 

[Spire]

OP you are dying. Go to the hospital immediately.

 

[Zee-Row]

Holy shit.

Sometimes those 3 or 4 times would be back to back to back. There were times like my nuts felt like they wanted to commit suicide. 5 hour energy drinks also give you unbelievable stamina.

 

[Domino Theory]

http://yourbrainonporn.com/what-does-withdrawal-from-porn-look-like

 

[neutralgamer02]

How many times a week is considered healthy?

An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away.

 

[Satch]

lol don't scare I was actually thinking that sh!t. But I was also think is how smokers felt like when they were quitting.

have you thought about seeing a therapist?

...or is this one of those things men dont want to talk about with a therapist

 

[Grakl]

How many times a week is considered healthy?

A longitudinal study conducted in 70-80s found that 3 to 5 masturbations or whatever per week was normal, but the group told to masturbate 5 to 7 times a week instead resulted in a lower mortality rate through prostate cancer, and generally lived longer.

http://www.bmj.com/content/315/7123/1641.full

Mortality risk was 50% lower in the group with high orgasmic frequency than in the group with low orgasmic frequency, with evidence of a dose-response relation across the groups. Age adjusted odds ratio for all cause mortality was 2.0 for the group with low frequency of orgasm (95% confidence interval 1.1 to 3.5, test for trend P=0.02). With adjustment for risk factors this became 1.9 (1.0 to 3.4, test for trend P=0.04). Death from coronary heart disease and from other causes showed similar associations with frequency of orgasm, although the gradient was most marked for deaths from coronary heart disease. Analysed in terms of actual frequency of orgasm, the odds ratio for total mortality associated with an increase in 100 orgasms per year was 0.64 (0.44 to 0.95).

It's correlation, not causation, but it's pretty convincing compared to whatever this old guy is spouting off.

An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away.

This is actually pretty damn true. I'm watching the videos from the OP and they are bullshit. He doesn't cite any studies with humans, and just bases crap off of nothing. Animals masturbate just like human beings. Human beings have been doing it forever, even during hunter-gatherer societies.