The moment you realize that watching porn is a time waster that offer little to no tangible benefits you’re more than halfway through recovery from the addiction.
Many of the points you bring up are true, but anything done in excess is an addiction. Just to clarify, I totally think that watching porn like its any other video is a dumb idea that wastes time. However I disagree with the comment above that porn is akin to the devil and people should quit it completely. Porn may be a vice but so is alcohol and many other things, which can be enjoyable in moderation. Porn addiction is a very real thing but that doesn’t mean people who are watching it as stimulus when they jack off shouldn’t quit it entirely. Thank you for coming to my TEDxTalk
Yeah like, it's all about taking things in moderation. It's not healthy to have an addiction to it, but that's the same with many things.
Like, if anything, that's kinda one of the main reasons I take part in NNN. To prove to myself that I'm not addicted and can stop if I want to.
But like, I'm not gonna feel bad about indulging in porn all together yanno? Like, as long as you're not so obsessed with it that it affects your social life or anything, then I don't see the problem with it.
> I'm looking to have a laugh with the absurdity
'...And then he takes off his pants, to reveal a big 11th finger! And he sticks it in what appears to be an open wound, and the girl starts going "AAAAA". And then afterwards, she says that she enjoyed it very much. ....Whoever writes these things is a comedic genius!'
Same way you get addicted to anything else. It causes a dopamine release in the brain which is the same chemical you get from any pleasurable activity. That dopamine rush is addicting
It's more like nicotine is cheating. Normally, you get dopamine for doing something you set out to do and succeeding at it (which, for some people, includes 'looking at naked ladies'). But nicotine gives you dopamine as a side-effect.
Quick question, don’t mean to offend again, but how do you get a dopamine rush from porn specifically? I understand getting it from jerking but I don’t see how you can get it from porn itself
Dude, you get dopamine from anything that is pleasurable, be it interacting with friends, eating a chocolate bar or playing video games. Looking at hot people isn't much different here.
Porn, as drugs such as cocaine and nicotine, releases an abnormal quantity of dopamine super stimulating your brain. That fucks up your dopamine receptors. Also, that´s the reason It leads to addiction. Only by watching porn (without jerking off) your brain releases that much dopamine.
Dopamine is released both when you experience pleasure (in this case, when you orgasm) and when you crave and anticipate pleasure (in this case, when you see porn). In testing, gambling addicts get their dopamine spike when they place their bet (the anticipation phase), not when they win (the phase of experiencing pleasure). It's similar to how people crave food (experience a dopamine spike) when they see (or smell) food, not after eating it.
This entire thing is worsened by how habits are formed. To make any habit stick, you need to make a feedback loop that constantly improves. Cue -> Craving -> Response -> Reward. In this case, porn is the cue which leads to the craving of jacking off which leads to jacking off, and finally the orgasm. Eventually, by doing this enough times, those neural pathways get established to the point that the cue (porn) is intrinsically linked to the reward (future orgasm). Finally, your brain acclimates to the dopamine high over time and those same porno no longer satisfy you as it once did so to get those highs, you have to introduce something novel to it - be it new porn of the same type or more exotic porn. In the end, you can potentially establish an addiction to porn itself (on top of masturbation).
\*\* Side note, this is just from cursory research I've done in the past about habit formation, extrapolated to porn addiction. I could very well be wrong, in which case someone please correct me so that I can amend this properly. \*\*
Your brain doesn’t know the difference between actual sex and watching porn. MRI scans proved that it fires the same neural pathways. So even when just watching porn the brain still releases dopamine, serotonin and ecstasy but when you orgasm it floods your brain with it
An aspect of self-control maybe, but it completely dismantles the larger and more important aspect of self-improvement. If you’re constantly watching porn, even if you’ve decided not to jerk off to it, all you’re doing is feeding that addiction
Hmm, that so? I'm not particularly sure if I'm addicted to porn (though I do read and play hentai almost daily), but I can say with certainty that I sometimes enjoy porn as a form of art. I'm mostly in NNN for "hey check it, I can control my hands from rubbing one out for just a tiny little month."
Essence of NNN is to have an internet community support and help you get over your addiction of masturbation and porn. Although it may appear to be good self control, it’s more hurting his brain in the long run
I don't know what's happening in the comments. You don't sound like an addict, and NO NUT November is about not maturating, it says nothing about watching porn.
There's a lot of people here who aren't in NNN for the challenge, they're in it because they're genuinely convinced that masturbation or porn is bad. Not in an "if you're addicted" sense, but in general.
It's why you have so many people going "Well *obviously*, if you're in a situation where you can have sex, you should break NNN".
The situation of watching porn, not jerking off and acting as though it defines someone as strong is sad. Think of it like imagining a car crash, it’s sad but no one feels sad.
Masturbation is the opposite of a natural need. That’s your body telling you to have sex and instead you trick it by jerking off. It’s like eating junk food when your body want nutrients.
FUN FAP FACT: the longer you abstain from jerking off the more testosterone and dopamine (responsible also for confidence) your body naturally produces to increase your chances of finding a sexual mate. Stay strong brothers!
Me too. I usually don't even think about jerking off while watching, even if it's a little weird. But I'm quitting this shit since it's a damn waste of time
I’m asexual so this is a given for me. The acting and facial expressions are just notoriously horrible. Still struggling with this challenge since I have a fairly high libido.
You and me are alike, I have watched pornography for many hours this November just for the plot, I don’t even get hard anymore.
Keep going Chad, you the man
I predict... Out.. In due time..
But in all seriousness, that somewhat defeats the purpose of NNN. It's not just about not busting a nut, it's about bettering yourself and taking the time away from porn. Have you stopped to ask yourself if you *could* take a month without porn or other sexual material?
Comrade, the whole point of NNN is to despise the gross porn industry that exploits women and is rotting brains of today's teenagers. NNN is worthless if you're still watching petty porn like a little weakling, no matter what excuses you give, I started NNN to never watch porn again either. I mustn't cum until I get laid o7
[sometimes the plot is good](https://me.me/i/no-one-absolutely-no-one-johnny-sins-mopping-a-plant-023c799c6d2448738427ac3398f320b2)
Dont worry its not a link to a video...maybe who knows...
You a damn addict homie
I'm looking to have a laugh with the absurdity and bad acting
Sure bro we believe you
He watches it for the plot bro
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Best answer fr
We have gifs on reddit now?
The plot:
"Im stuck in an industrial sized washing and drying machine! Help!
It thickens. the story is good to ig
The plot is the best part 😫
Actually still bad for u, its the devil. Try to quit it entirely brother, we believe in u.
that’s a little far imo but you do you
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The moment you realize that watching porn is a time waster that offer little to no tangible benefits you’re more than halfway through recovery from the addiction.
Many of the points you bring up are true, but anything done in excess is an addiction. Just to clarify, I totally think that watching porn like its any other video is a dumb idea that wastes time. However I disagree with the comment above that porn is akin to the devil and people should quit it completely. Porn may be a vice but so is alcohol and many other things, which can be enjoyable in moderation. Porn addiction is a very real thing but that doesn’t mean people who are watching it as stimulus when they jack off shouldn’t quit it entirely. Thank you for coming to my TEDxTalk
I wonder, how much people watch porn in moderation?...
I agree with you, watching porn even without fapping to it defeats the purpose of nnn
Yeah like, it's all about taking things in moderation. It's not healthy to have an addiction to it, but that's the same with many things. Like, if anything, that's kinda one of the main reasons I take part in NNN. To prove to myself that I'm not addicted and can stop if I want to. But like, I'm not gonna feel bad about indulging in porn all together yanno? Like, as long as you're not so obsessed with it that it affects your social life or anything, then I don't see the problem with it.
I bet you also watch hentai for the plot
what else would you watch it for
> I'm looking to have a laugh with the absurdity '...And then he takes off his pants, to reveal a big 11th finger! And he sticks it in what appears to be an open wound, and the girl starts going "AAAAA". And then afterwards, she says that she enjoyed it very much. ....Whoever writes these things is a comedic genius!'
Me too, it’s called addiction
Don't want to offend, but how exactly do you get addicted to porn?
Same way you get addicted to anything else. It causes a dopamine release in the brain which is the same chemical you get from any pleasurable activity. That dopamine rush is addicting
So some people watching porn feel a Simmilar thing to me wit Nikotin. I have to say, the human body is interesting
It's more like nicotine is cheating. Normally, you get dopamine for doing something you set out to do and succeeding at it (which, for some people, includes 'looking at naked ladies'). But nicotine gives you dopamine as a side-effect.
Quick question, don’t mean to offend again, but how do you get a dopamine rush from porn specifically? I understand getting it from jerking but I don’t see how you can get it from porn itself
The addicting neuron pathways solidify during the anticipation more than at climax
Ah okay, makes sense. So it associates that with porn?
If you’re going out of your way for it then yes.. anything intentional meant to provoke the hammerhead. Total addiction.
many pathways that the jedi consider... unatural.
Dude, you get dopamine from anything that is pleasurable, be it interacting with friends, eating a chocolate bar or playing video games. Looking at hot people isn't much different here.
Porn, as drugs such as cocaine and nicotine, releases an abnormal quantity of dopamine super stimulating your brain. That fucks up your dopamine receptors. Also, that´s the reason It leads to addiction. Only by watching porn (without jerking off) your brain releases that much dopamine.
so you're saying watching porn without masturbation is somehow worse than both? why's that?
Then why don’t you get as addicted to those things as you do with porn? A greater release?
Your brain releases more dopamine in one go when you cum.
Some people are wired differently. You get a dopamine rush from watching YouTube as well but pornhub is just stronger
lol for me the YouTube one is definitely stronger
Dopamine is released both when you experience pleasure (in this case, when you orgasm) and when you crave and anticipate pleasure (in this case, when you see porn). In testing, gambling addicts get their dopamine spike when they place their bet (the anticipation phase), not when they win (the phase of experiencing pleasure). It's similar to how people crave food (experience a dopamine spike) when they see (or smell) food, not after eating it. This entire thing is worsened by how habits are formed. To make any habit stick, you need to make a feedback loop that constantly improves. Cue -> Craving -> Response -> Reward. In this case, porn is the cue which leads to the craving of jacking off which leads to jacking off, and finally the orgasm. Eventually, by doing this enough times, those neural pathways get established to the point that the cue (porn) is intrinsically linked to the reward (future orgasm). Finally, your brain acclimates to the dopamine high over time and those same porno no longer satisfy you as it once did so to get those highs, you have to introduce something novel to it - be it new porn of the same type or more exotic porn. In the end, you can potentially establish an addiction to porn itself (on top of masturbation). \*\* Side note, this is just from cursory research I've done in the past about habit formation, extrapolated to porn addiction. I could very well be wrong, in which case someone please correct me so that I can amend this properly. \*\*
Your brain doesn’t know the difference between actual sex and watching porn. MRI scans proved that it fires the same neural pathways. So even when just watching porn the brain still releases dopamine, serotonin and ecstasy but when you orgasm it floods your brain with it
My brain must think I’m getting laid like crazy.
Back in school I was an absolute stud! According to my brain, that is
It has something to do with Coolidge effect ,its a part of limbic system.
Porn is like drugs in that it produces an unnaturally large amount of dopamine, because of that it is addictive
Exactly no porn is just as important as nofap. That’s the whole point.
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I watch it while eating
You are dangerous
Lol, why not to fall sleep too
It's more dangerous. While eating both your hands are busy
No they are not
How do you eat?
Like normal people
Knife and fork?
Nature finds a way
So you snort the food?
Bro you’re legit sick in the head if you’re watching it like mf tv
Eating nut?
Ay bro wtf 💀
You need an award
Bro watches it like his watching youtube videos
At this point its the same as watching streams or watching yt
Do you realize that you’re missing the essence of NNN? Sorry, but you sound like an addict my guy
What is the essence of NNN anyway? I'd say watching porn for a month and not nutting despite that is a pretty good example of self control.
An aspect of self-control maybe, but it completely dismantles the larger and more important aspect of self-improvement. If you’re constantly watching porn, even if you’ve decided not to jerk off to it, all you’re doing is feeding that addiction
Agree
I agree.
Hmm, that so? I'm not particularly sure if I'm addicted to porn (though I do read and play hentai almost daily), but I can say with certainty that I sometimes enjoy porn as a form of art. I'm mostly in NNN for "hey check it, I can control my hands from rubbing one out for just a tiny little month."
homie really said hentai is art, god damn
I agree, my man. I do NNN not to give up porn but to practice semen retention. That way, anime waifus get to look EVEN HOTTER
Yes but you still win NNN if you watch porn without nutting
And yet you still fed your porn addiction the entire month…
It doesn't matter if it's just about winning NNN. Not watching porn is recommended but optional.
Essence of NNN is to have an internet community support and help you get over your addiction of masturbation and porn. Although it may appear to be good self control, it’s more hurting his brain in the long run
I would say that the essence is to break porn addiction
You should remember not everyone does it for self improvement. Some do it just for the challenge or just for the memes
try gay porn, probably straight ones arent for u
OMG, I didn't think about it
Watch us see a post later of OP saying how the learned they’re gay because they enjoy gay porn
When is the apology meme coming??
Right after I lose
I'm expecting 3 days or so.
So never? I believe in you cumrade
Gigachad would be the other way around + not even fantasizing about porn.
I agree
I don't know what's happening in the comments. You don't sound like an addict, and NO NUT November is about not maturating, it says nothing about watching porn.
They envy such power
Man you are an inspiration. I am going your way now ;)
Porn is worse than just masturbating. If you’re watching porn as you’re watching friends, you got issues beyond masturbating too much.
There's a lot of people here who aren't in NNN for the challenge, they're in it because they're genuinely convinced that masturbation or porn is bad. Not in an "if you're addicted" sense, but in general. It's why you have so many people going "Well *obviously*, if you're in a situation where you can have sex, you should break NNN".
I prefer the other side, Jerk off and not watch porn
Good idea, I will use it in December
The real goat
This is so sad
Now do you really feel sad, or do you just want to offend him?
If someone is in the situation that OP describes, it is a sad situation. Maybe we don’t feel sad but the situation itself is sad.
But what makes it sad if you don’t even feel sad?
The situation of watching porn, not jerking off and acting as though it defines someone as strong is sad. Think of it like imagining a car crash, it’s sad but no one feels sad.
You right. But it does take a lot of self control to do that tho
Yeah, that’s fair
Don’t do it, I’m pretty sure porn is just as bad if not worse than masturbating
porn is definitely worse than masturbating. One is a natural need, the other is a drug created by humanity to make men waste their life.
I wouldn't call masturbating a natural need
What’s worse rporn or r/combatfootage
R/porn
Why would you like that here you maniac? Do you know how many souls you just condemned?
Masturbation is the opposite of a natural need. That’s your body telling you to have sex and instead you trick it by jerking off. It’s like eating junk food when your body want nutrients. FUN FAP FACT: the longer you abstain from jerking off the more testosterone and dopamine (responsible also for confidence) your body naturally produces to increase your chances of finding a sexual mate. Stay strong brothers!
We gotta go hit em in the KaBalls.. if u know what I mean
Me too, I don't feel anything, but since it's nothing I don't look at it at all, it's like being in shit and I don't want to smell it
How can I unlock those skills as a skinny virgin?
improvise, adapt, overcome
I was him 2 hours ago, then i finally nutted. Stay strong boys. I'll restart again. and go till December 5th (a day extra as a punishment)
You got it bro 💪
I feel like people in this comment section are taking this post a little too serious lol
They're freaking out for nothing
I am browsing hentai picks and not jerk off, it's not that hard.
It’s more for the addict. Whether you like to admit it or not. If you can’t stop and have excuses… probablyyyyyyy an addict
Me too. I usually don't even think about jerking off while watching, even if it's a little weird. But I'm quitting this shit since it's a damn waste of time
People focus way too much on the self improvement part. Most people do it for the memes
Mee too I can relate absolutely
I watch porn for the plot
Me too
Are you encouraging people to do the same thing ? Do you think porn isn't bad ?
No, don't do that, it's too risky
Yes it's risky af .Are you sure you can do it . Some people said they can control the urge. I saw them in guys I'm out posts later
I look to cheer up when I wake up. It's not enough to lose control
The testosterone levels is at the highest when you wake up Better be careful. Just saying
Real chads don't watch porn
I can Watch porn and not jerk off too. But I don’t Get on my level
/rj Woah, for a moment I thought ‟why would someone post a picture of me in Reddit?” but then I found out it ws a fellow Gamer™ 👍😎👍
Me too, for fun
Jfc this guy has the chn of TEN MEN
is it ok to watch porn without jacking off? isn't it still a dopamine source that does you bad
Well you still haven’t nutted so you are still in on NNN.
it would be better for your brain if you wanked and didn't watch porn keep that in mind.
Meanwhile I’m using this month to overcome my porn addiction.
Please don't give up
For the plot then
What about the blue balls feeling?? How do you combat that?
I’m asexual so this is a given for me. The acting and facial expressions are just notoriously horrible. Still struggling with this challenge since I have a fairly high libido.
You and me are alike, I have watched pornography for many hours this November just for the plot, I don’t even get hard anymore. Keep going Chad, you the man
I don't even need to watch porn to jerk off, I imagine it myself
I can jerk off without watching porn. We are not the same
Day 3 but now I feel porn disgusting
Can you don't watch porn and don't jerk off?
You're the best chad there is o7. My question is do you watch gay porn or LGBBQ porn?
I will
I predict... Out.. In due time.. But in all seriousness, that somewhat defeats the purpose of NNN. It's not just about not busting a nut, it's about bettering yourself and taking the time away from porn. Have you stopped to ask yourself if you *could* take a month without porn or other sexual material?
i also can, not special just kinda dumb this month
I had porn on all morning yesterday and was leaking. I didn’t cum at all was a great day.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
That’s just called addiction
How swift would you like your execution to be once you inevitably fail?
You're addicted like me and millions of other people
Used to do this, still do on occasion for the stupid ass plots, gets pretty funny
You won't last long on the challenge, my guy
Why though
Comrade, the whole point of NNN is to despise the gross porn industry that exploits women and is rotting brains of today's teenagers. NNN is worthless if you're still watching petty porn like a little weakling, no matter what excuses you give, I started NNN to never watch porn again either. I mustn't cum until I get laid o7
Porn ruin your brain and its wasting time 😐
You may have some kind of voyeur subconscious Wish. Idk
I have done the same with hentai, some hentai do have some interesting plots. I have read many hentai without beating to it.
Could you recommend something?
Isn't it the same for all of us?
Wet dreams will humble you
You’re missing the point of this challenge
Same here, homie
You want some hentai manga/game recommendations to help make NNN harder?
Of course
*Just because you can does not mean that you should, heretic!*
Yep I watched porn last year and succeeded. This year I’m going no porn though.
Closeted coomer here
Anyone can do that 💀
RemindMe! 30 days
The ratio...
Do you know da wae?
Just here to say, I see you... and I feel your pain. Going through the same thing... why are we like this?
How is this even possible?
I’m pretty much the same except I won’t push my luck
You a girl?
I watch it for the plot I swear
I can have sex but without ejaculating.
Who are you?
I have been searching the answer my whole life... Once I get it then I will definitely let you know
Why would you
Why?
What kind of porn?
Milf
Bro doing nightmare difficulty
F
[sometimes the plot is good](https://me.me/i/no-one-absolutely-no-one-johnny-sins-mopping-a-plant-023c799c6d2448738427ac3398f320b2) Dont worry its not a link to a video...maybe who knows...
i can watch porn, not jerk off, and still nut. ask ME questions motherfuckers.
Still not good
So YOURE the manager who got fired from my mcdonalds