Porn make things worst but I believe masturbation by itself IS an issue. Or rather ejaculating. In the past I clearly remember I stopped porn for many, many months. But I was still masturbating. I never ever experienced the same effects that I have now, free of porn AND masturbation.
Conclusion? It's not only about porn, but also spilling the beans. I don't want to go into rule 4 things but the amount of mental clarify I have now is totally insane. And just breathing emits so much heat. For someone working a lot with the mind it's a huge difference. I tested it. Ejaculating resets back the mental clarify to level 0, usually just on the second day. And ejaculating two days in a row is the worst thing to do really. We go from 0 to - 50.
And scientifically speaking, I highly suspect that the reason I enjoy life more now is because my dopamine level is back to normal. Masturbation does mess up dopamine level. Not only porn.
But anyway, all these studies and researches don't mean anything when it comes to personal experience. The day I'd rethink the credibility of nofap would be when I will stop getting benefits from it, or when the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits.
Conclusion? It's not only about porn, but also spilling the beans. I don't want to go into rule 4 things but the amount of mental clarify I have now is totally insane. And just breathing emits so much heat. For someone working a lot with the mind it's a huge difference. I tested it. Ejaculating resets back the mental clarify to level 0, usually just on the second day. And ejaculating two days in a row is the worst thing to do really. We go from 0 to - 50.
And scientifically speaking, I highly suspect that the reason I enjoy life more now is because my dopamine level is back to normal. Masturbation does mess up dopamine level. Not only porn.
But anyway, all these studies and researches don't mean anything when it comes to personal experience. The day I'd rethink the credibility of nofap would be when I will stop getting benefits from it, or when the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits.