365 days w/o Jerking Off: A self control challenge

**Komisoft** · 10-13-2012 02:47 PM

Thanks guys, I'll need it. Perhaps if I break my arms! No that's stupid...

**yuppie11975** · 10-13-2012 11:31 PM

Once your arms are broken, you'll just have to stay away from toilet paper rolls.

**Spyguy** · 10-15-2012 08:33 PM

I'm afraid I failed yesterday. My dream was kind of wet, and my illogical half asleep brain decided that it made no difference anymore as the challenge was already over.

**Carrot** · 10-18-2012 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Lunatide

Thanks guys, I'll need it. Perhaps if I break my arms! No that's stupid...

We are training your mind here, you don't break your arms, you stop them!

**yuppie11975** · 10-19-2012 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Spyguy

I'm afraid I failed yesterday. My dream was kind of wet, and my illogical half asleep brain decided that it made no difference anymore as the challenge was already over.

Are you saying you failed because you had a wet dream? That doesn't count

**Carrot** · 10-20-2012 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

Are you saying you failed because you had a wet dream? That doesn't count

I think he did something in real life when he was half-asleep.

**SpaceCowboyDave** · 10-20-2012 09:32 PM

I am beginning the challenge today. My first goal will be 7 days and then I will work my way up.

**Carrot** · 10-20-2012 10:25 PM

All the best to you too!

**Spyguy** · 10-20-2012 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

Are you saying you failed because you had a wet dream? That doesn't count

Originally Posted by Carrot

I think he did something in real life when he was half-asleep.

I thought further effort would be pointless because I just had a wet dream (thanks to half-sleep logic), so then I thought 'f*ck it' (so I did

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**PigeonSenpai** · 10-21-2012 11:18 PM

Alright guys I just started the challenge today. I'm curious to see how this will affect me after a week.

**SpaceCowboyDave** · 10-21-2012 11:34 PM

Day 1 complete. The only trouble I should think would arise would be when I am home alone for hours after school this week. I might have to arrange to stay at school longer

**tommo** · 10-22-2012 12:35 AM

So, question: How has this had an effect on your dreams/lucid dreams, if at all?

**yuppie11975** · 10-22-2012 11:04 AM

Tommo - I think they're trying to induce wet dreams

**Carrot** · 10-22-2012 11:10 AM

Some people get more wet dreams, some people don't get wet dreams at all when they're doing this challenge.

**Spyguy** · 10-22-2012 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by tommo

So, question: How has this had an effect on your dreams/lucid dreams, if at all?

I didn't notice any effect on my lucid dreams at all

**SpaceCowboyDave** · 10-22-2012 10:48 PM

Of course on the second night I have a very arousing dream... Murphy's law...

**SpaceCowboyDave** · 10-23-2012 02:59 AM

Ok this sucks I give up. Waste of effort... $#@$#@

**Gorillaz** · 10-23-2012 03:41 AM

On your last week jerk like no tomorrow

**Carrot** · 10-23-2012 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

Ok this sucks I give up. Waste of effort... $#@$#@

You should try for a period of time before making a judgement.

**slyman** · 10-24-2012 05:10 AM

see it's nice when you have a nice dream from abstaining but then that gets your libido going again. like say if i go for 7 days i really don't even have any urge to do it. if i do it out of boredom or something or have a good dream then i want the urge comes back

**Spyguy** · 12-31-2012 05:55 PM

Is anyone going to go for the full challenge this year? I'm considering it

Definitely going to do January and February, I guess I'll see if I want to continue after that

**slyman** · 01-01-2013 02:00 AM

tbh i've never even considered a year lol. seems a little excessive haha.

**Jeff777** · 01-01-2013 07:10 AM

Elephant in the room says: Funniest/most entertaining thread on DV... hands down.

Fucking Edit Button is Fucked: Enjoy yourselves, enjoy your bodies.. abandon religious or societal opinions on how you are to relate to your own body. Relax and enjoy yourself. Literally.. in the physical sense... "enjoy yourself". Moderation is okay. Excess "aint".

**BossMan** · 01-03-2013 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Elephant in the room says: Funniest/most entertaining thread on DV... hands down.

Fucking Edit Button is Fucked: Enjoy yourselves, enjoy your bodies.. abandon religious or societal opinions on how you are to relate to your own body. Relax and enjoy yourself. Literally.. in the physical sense... "enjoy yourself". Moderation is okay. Excess "aint".

What constitutes excess.

**RareCola** · 01-03-2013 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Elephant in the room says: Funniest/most entertaining thread on DV... hands down.

Fucking Edit Button is Fucked: Enjoy yourselves, enjoy your bodies.. abandon religious or societal opinions on how you are to relate to your own body. Relax and enjoy yourself. Literally.. in the physical sense... "enjoy yourself". Moderation is okay. Excess "aint".

While I agree with this, I think abstaining for a while is necessary if you want the benefits. After years of jacking off it takes months of nothing to rebuild dopamine receptors. After that, everything in moderation, yes.

Personally I'm doing NoFap2013 just as a personal experiment. When I did it before I had my best dreams, lucidity and plenty of other non-dream related benefits in my life.

And as this thread is coming back alive, incase anyone hasn't seen it, here's the TED talk about this: The Great Porn Experiment: Gary Wilson at TEDxGlasgow - YouTube