NoFap, What It Is And Why You Should Sort Of Do It (Benefits)

NoFap, as included in my article on optimizing your health, is something that has become rather popular in recent years (last decade or two), and it’s for good reason.

It has a large and active Reddit community built up around it as well with over 1,2 million members sharing their progress and taking part in the discussions.

Again, it’s not this popular for no reason, the results that a lot of people see from it are very real.

But first things first, and that is:

What Is NoFap?
NoFap Benefits
Trying NoFap, How And Whom It's For
How Often To Jerk It
My Personal Anecdotes
NoFap Side Effects
NoFap For Women
NoFap Crutches And Helpful Tools
NoFap Summary
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What Is NoFap?

NoFap is basically a movement recommending you to quit porn and to not cum too often, as in months, weeks or even just days without it (which then is a clear improvement from daily or every other day).

The goal with it is to get out from addiction as well as to reap many of the benefits (sometimes referred to as superpowers) that come with sexual abstinence.

I can attest personally that many of those benefits are real, since I’ve been aware of this movement nearly from when it started, although I haven’t been practicing it ever since and rather more sporadically and with a more personalized version.

Those benefits include:

NoFap Benefits

Increased testosterone, confidence, happiness, motivation, dopamine receptors, self-acceptance, spirituality, energy levels, improved attitude and appreciation toward other sexes, muscle growth, sleep, focus and concentration, physical performance and stamina, sperm motility, lesser erectile dysfunction, attraction from the other sex.

Lower stress and anxiety, less procrastination, worse sleep for some (better for others).

As you can see, they’re many.

And thus, so are your reasons to try it out for yourself:

Trying NoFap, How And Whom It’s For

To try NoFap, simply stop fapping for a while.

And definitely stop watching porn, since both of these, and especially the latter, can really overstimulate your reward system and the dopamine receptors in your brain.

And then see how you feel for yourself.

It’s said that a brain reset for most people can take around 3 months of sexual abstinence and no porn, but I suspect it could be much quicker if you also cut down on other too overstimulating stuff and addictions (processed diet, video games, TikTok and so on) and do some fasting and exercise.

But any amount of time that is longer than your normal can be considered a win, and you can work yourself up the pole (pun intended).

So if you’re doing it (masturbating) multiple times a day or even just 2-3 times a week, work on increasing that number of days abstinent.

Then there’s hard mode and soft mode NoFap, where hard means no sex with another person either, which is allowed during soft mode.

So, who is nofap for? It’s for anyone that might suspect they’re addicted to porn, or who’s single and want to improve on that.

Because again, the effects on you from NoFap are pretty big, and so are potentially those on increased attraction from the ladies (some see this, but not everyone).

How Often To Jerk It

Personally I’m not a fan of just going as long as you can, always, but that can be helpful if you again are dealing with a serious addiction.

But, this is the way to find out how it affects you, not having done it for at least a couple of weeks.

Overall however, once that’s out of the way, I personally suggest people do NoFap, but not very long, meaning you can jerk it 1-2 times a week or once every other week when single (and not at all if you have an active sex life and aren’t trying hard mode out).

There’s a famous study that shows that we (men) are sort of on a weekly hormonal timer, where day 6 and 7 of abstinence your testosterone is significantly increased, making a somewhat strong case for doing it once a week.

My Personal Anecdotes

For me personally, as mentioned, I notice rather big improvements in some of the above benefits when I do avoid porn and don’t spank the plank too often, and thus try to stick to not doing it too often, i.e. 1-2 days a week max and without porn.

Right now I haven’t done it in months though.

And yes, the increased attraction from the other sex was real for me when nofapping years ago, present after 2-3 weeks, but isn’t for everyone.

I’m very health-conscious myself, and view NoFap as one of many good tools for health and self improvement.

Try these ones out as well.

I’ve noticed personally that NoFap, after day 5 or so, can make you almost crave healthy foods and exercise, which makes it a great crutch (others have noticed this too) to start taking control of your health and life.

I do believe, too, that I’ve noticed avoiding porn and fapping less to have a positive effect socially as well, much like quitting video games has.

And it seems to give me slightly better posture, workout performance, mental clarity and less anxiety.

No doubt it has helped me a lot, even though I still think quitting porn and reducing it to said 1-2 times a week or every 2 can be sufficient.

NoFap Side Effects

Side Effects of NoFap can include horniness, agitation and aggressiveness, premature ejaculation, restlessness, and more.

NoFap For Women

If you’re female, you might wonder, “what’s in it for me?”.

Because truth is it’s a highly male-dominant movement, but that’s mainly and likely to do with how mens* ejaculation differs from womens’.

We men get tired after and want to relax, while the female ejaculation doesn’t quite seem to take the same toll on people.

Porn is still likely really bad though, so do avoid that, and for the abstinence, try it out for yourself.

I believe these two can have quite the few benefits women too, just not perhaps quite as remarkable ones as for men.

NoFap Crutches And Helpful Tools

I hope by now that I’ve convinced you of trying, or sticking with, nofap yourself, because it’s pretty neat.

And as helpful tools on that journey to fight the urges of masturbation and watching porn, I suggest you work out sufficiently, get accustomed with cold showers and perhaps try some meditation.