r/NoFap • • 6d ago

Monthly Motivation Thread NoFap's "Onward October" or "PMO-Free October" 2026 - continue or begin your PMO-Free journey here (see instructions).

13 Upvotes

Hello all,

It's that time of the month again! One month is ending, and another is beginning. We hope you've had a good month. But if you haven't, now is a great time to refocus and rededicate yourself to recovery. This is your opportunity to create the new porn-free you!

This month's theme is "onward". Always looking forward, doing something every day to direct your steps in a positive direction, towards your version of sexual health and the person you want to be. Yes, many times we fail and it feels like we take a step backward. That will happen. What's important is that we are facing the right direction and continuing to push ourselves forward, despite the setbacks. Keep moving onward, everyone.

New to NoFap and rebooting? Here are some suggestions:

  • Learn about the website, porn addiction, excessive masturbation, sexual compulsivity, and abstaining from PMO. Read through NoFap's main website to get informed.
  • Read about the basics of rebooting here. Rebooting is the abstinence from certain sexual behaviors to recover from pornography addiction. Read about how porn addiction develops here. Some people go beyond rebooting and into the territory of retention, or sexual transmutation for periods of time, although that is not the main purpose of this subreddit (which is RECOVERY).
  • Consider reading through the free Getting Started PDF from NoFap's website.
  • Download NoFap's in-browser panic button extension that blocks NSFW subreddits too. Download here
  • Decide if rebooting is something that you really want. If you don't buy into the process 100%, you'll probably not make it through the month. If you have decided that you would like to participate, proceed to the next point.
  • Sign up for this month by replying to this submission. It is that simple. State your intention and stick to it!
  • Consider setting up a day counter badge to track your progress.
  • Ask questions and get support by posting on NoFap. Set a goal to remain accountable by making a post daily. Help others. Come here every day and participate.
  • If you need additional support, you can get an accountability partner and document your progress in a daily rebooting journal.

Would you like to participate? If so, please reply to this thread with the following information.

  • Are you not going to allow yourself to masturbate? View porn? Orgasm whatsoever? Not allowing any outlet for sexual release is called "hard mode".
  • How long do you want this challenge to last? By default it is one month, but 90 days is recommended for rebooting.
  • What are your goals?
  • Why are you doing this?

Arriving late? (past the first of the month?)

It's okay! Still state your intentions and don't postpone rebooting based on the day of the month. People can join in at any time to participate.


r/NoFap • • Mar 30 '26

Mod Note: We suggest NOT USING REDDIT'S DIRECT MESSAGES due to porn trolls trying to disrupt the community. Also, please note that some posts are temporarily removed prior to appearing on r/NoFap.

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Hello r/NoFap community members,

Please note that we highly suggest that you avoid using the Reddit direct messaging system entirely, due to porn trolls coming here to disrupt our porn addiction recovery peer support community. Some of these people pretend to be helpful at first, then will message pornography. It's in a similar vein to how a forum on epilepsy was reportedly hacked to display seizure-inducing images.

You can disable direct messages in your Reddit settings by changing "Who can send you chat requests" to "Nobody."

Secondly, please note that sometimes posts are flagged automatically for manual review prior to appearing on r/NoFap.

Due to Reddit’s anti-spam filters and NoFap’s additional filters to control spam and pornography, sometimes genuine posts are flagged as potential spam or pornography. Further, entities within the legacy porn industry have been attempting to de-platform porn addiction recovery forums such as r/NoFap, and we must remain extra vigilant to ensure that rule-breaking posts do not appear on the platform for even one second. If your post gets flagged, please just wait for a moderator to approve it.

Thanks for reading :-)


r/NoFap • • 6h ago

Has anyone else noticed this?

26 Upvotes

Every time i get a decent streak going, literally every social media app starts showing me more and more sexual content by the day. Interesting thing is if i relapse i notice the apps stop showing the sexual content. Its like the apps are engineered to keep you in this addiction (definitely are).


r/NoFap • • 2h ago

Still feel the urge

8 Upvotes

But 15 dayss streak lets gooooooo!!!!


r/NoFap • • 15h ago

Advice Masterbation leads to low energy

75 Upvotes

So for context I am doing gym (I am a newbie) so when I went to the gym for the 3rd time I actually masterbated on that day and then went to gym and while exercising in gym I felt like my inner energy was gone. For ex. It's not like I am tired but I am like exhausted not having that inner energy or drive to move my body a certain type of laziness and tiredness but I have not moved a single bit of my body

I related this thing to celibacy so it made sense so yeah for me masterbation leads to low energy. Do any of you guys feel the same thing ?


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

Broke my neck fapping

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I unironically sprained my neck while gooning for two hours last night and had to go to the emergency room bruh. I passed out immediately after I finished and kept waking up in agony throughout the night trying to breathe regularly, so I told my mom my symptoms in the morning when she got home from work with a made up story about lifting weights. She said she wanted to get sleep before taking me to the er but didn’t wake up until 9 hours later. I called my grandma and she said she wouldn’t take me either because she’s a conspiracist that thinks instead of working with anatomy they only prescribe pharmaceuticals, so I didn’t have that option either. I don’t have a car or license so I thought about walking but my nearest emergency room was a 3 hour walk away, and my mom would get mad at me for going alone. I called the er to see what they thought about my symptoms (still with a made up story) and the receptionists were so fucking rude and unprofessional I started crying after. I was genuinely one tap away from calling 911 when I got a text from Best Buy that my pc ram was being delivered which distracted me for a moment, then shortly after my mom finally woke up and took me. It was only a sprain but my voice is messed up from the surrounding area of voice box being dislodged, I can’t swallow any food, hurts to breathe, and I found out I have a misaligned spinal cord on top of that. My life is a fucking joke.


r/NoFap • • 2h ago

Slip-Up Prevention - Urgent! Real talk, how many of you guys actually been on a decent streak only to get done in by social media algorithms

6 Upvotes

I can’t count the number of times I’m not even looking for anything. Then out of nowhere I’m on YouTube and Cece rose blue chew commercial comes on or somehow some Sophie rain related ish pops in (no my algo is clean, it tries to test me from time to time but other than that I don’t search these bops or interact or click on their stuff)

Anyway, one of those girls or someone like them hits your screen and then the urges quickly get out of hand.

Can anyone relate?


r/NoFap • • 7h ago

Motivation Remember, dont do it man

14 Upvotes

I know you want to boot up the hub and just release your load while watching a woman with a nice body. So do I, sometimes, but I always tell myself it’s not worth it.

Just don’t man.

Stay strong.


r/NoFap • • 3h ago

utterly embarrassed and ashamed

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hi guys, i’ve always heard of nofap for a long while but never had a strong enough reason to get me off of it. that was until i had tried having sex with my girlfriend for the first time and i couldn’t get it up or maintain an erection at all, i couldn’t even feel anything when she was trying to get it up. we just laid together naked for a couple hours cuddling and it was the most embarrassing thing ive ever been through in my life.

i went away on vacation since then and im really worried i have maybe hormone issues? i dont have any desire for sex or sexual urges and im getting no erections. it’s been 1.5 weeks since i started abstaining. i used to have a fwb at the start of the year that i could consistently get it up with and go a couple rounds but i just can’t seem to do it with my girlfriend, in fact it’s always an issue in my relationships.

since abstaining i’ve gotten morning wood a couple times for the first time in years but if i even see something like nudes my gf sends or softcore “goonbait” on ig i don’t get aroused and don’t have an urge to masturbate and have sex. i’m really worried if i maybe have a sudden testosterone drop since im only 21 and this is so weird. please send advice

edit: for more context ive basically been watching porn since the 3rd grade because i’ve been exposed to it early


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

Days 71, 72, and 73

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I was on a trip with my family, but these days were good, no temptations during this time,

day 3 no peeking


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

Slip-Up Prevention - Urgent! 1 day in struggling with it still

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first time I’ve gone 24 hours in a while now that it’s night time urges feel worse. already causing problems down there but think i should be able to get past it. just have always struggled with it at night feel alone and my mind thinks of stuff. feel dirty already and haven’t even done anything but it’s bad down there

does anyone have advice or help even a chat would be nice to take my mind off it probably won’t be on here too long


r/NoFap • • 3h ago

Advice Always hungry

6 Upvotes

Hi, fellow none fappers, are you always hungry?

Just wondering cuz lately I been eating like a pig and can’t stop eating. Stomach flat as always.


r/NoFap • • 27m ago

Journal Check-In Hey survived the night!

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Honestly I was just unable to sleep at all, I did had thoughts but I tried to fight them as much as possible.


r/NoFap • • 50m ago

Journal Check-In Day 66 of no cumming streak

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Hunters not even strong
last that tried to break my streak deleted cuz he was weak and couldn’t make me break even after I told him my weaknesses


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

Relapse Report Relapsed after almost a month. Again.

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I’ve tried quitting before, and for some reason I always relapse around after a month. And I just relapsed again, and it really sucks. Even when I get tempted, I do manage to control myself for a few days, but I always relapse in the end.

I generally avoid stuff that might set me off too. I don’t masturbate, I don’t read smut, or skip smut scenes if there are any, and don’t watch anything that could trigger this. Sometimes I just suddenly get the random urge, and I relapse. I even avoid counting down the days after figuring out that doing so makes me relapse faster.

Any tips from fellow girls out there, or just tips from anyone that is in or has been in the same boat?


r/NoFap • • 6h ago

42 days and getting the urge

8 Upvotes

Been going strong but I also feel drained by obsessing about women and not being able to have any release. I want to also say that I feel some energy and vitality boost that I didn't have before because this is one of my longer streaks


r/NoFap • • 11h ago

Advice What helped me stay away from porn and masturbation?

16 Upvotes

One of the biggest things that helped me was deleting social media and avoiding sexualized content.

I also started lowering my gaze, staying away from relationships that aren’t halal, and building new habits into my life — especially reading, keeping myself busy with work, and focusing on self-improvement.

Another important thing was spending more time around other people instead of isolating myself.

For me, it wasn’t just about fighting urges. It was about changing my lifestyle and giving myself better things to focus on.

I’m 24 days in now, and I’m still going. 💪


r/NoFap • • 3h ago

Motivate Me Please help I’ve been doing good recently but found a new trigger and have been spiraling please help me

3 Upvotes

Please I need help


r/NoFap • • 54m ago

Struggling

• Upvotes

Having urges and feeling full


r/NoFap • • 6h ago

Journal Check-In Day 15

6 Upvotes

Let’s go!


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

Seeking Accountability Day 0 , once again

• Upvotes

So I had a long weekend where I completely let go of inhibition and went back to giving into my urges.

I know what I need to do , I have deleted everything.

I will be better , will update tomorrow when I reach day 1


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

I’m back in the addiction

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Well this year I didn’t make long streaks but I’m proud enough to say I did it less. There were weeks I only did in once or twice. Now I’m
Back to 2-3x a day. Yes I have no discipline. Yes I let myself go. But I need it to be over already 😞


r/NoFap • • 1h ago

Question suggestions plz!

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I am in a flatline again after 60 days of nofap. After 30 days of nofap I had $ex and had been having it every week. But now again I feel the flatline. Why is this happening?

Adding to that I am NOT watching any porn or edging or fapping for all these 60 days.


r/NoFap • • 23h ago

Im so fucking embarrassed

107 Upvotes

I recently started talking to this new girl and after a few dates, we finally decided to do the deed.

I had to go out of state for a week and during that ti.e we were texting heavy about what I would do to her when I came back.

I spent the entire week jerking it almost every night. Some days multiple times.

Well the day came and we met up at her place. Im not gonna lie the first round was actually intense. Im talking her sweating on me with eye rolling.

But even 2 hours later I couldn't get it back up for round 2.

I was talking shit all week and now Im sitting here with a gummy worm that I cant do anything with.

We spent the night awkwardly watch pop the ballon and when I left, I could tell she was disappointed.

To make it worse that stupid blue chew commercial kept coming on.

I know its the porn addiction. Its been a week and I still haven't heard from her.

I haven't watched porn snce that day and now i haven't really gotten hard in the morning like I used to. Is this normal?


r/NoFap • • 19h ago

Question Can I fully restore my brain?

47 Upvotes

Ive been masturbating 2-3times/week sometimes more somtimes less since I was 13-14 and I'm now 33...Ive been off for 2 weeks now and Ive notice the little guy is completetly dead until I watch some heavy stuff that really turns me on, then he gets hard, but since Ive been depraving myself dopaminergic from porn I cant really remember last time i was rock solid unless I was having a bad hung over period which always gets me harder down there, because of blood vessel stuff I guess...
Anyway, can I ever be restored since I started before my brain was fully grown?
Thanks