(A model for) The cause of the decline of the supreme energy aka "powers"

Discussion in 'Pornography Addiction' started by ivar123, May 18, 2014.

  1. TheExibo

    TheExibo New Member

    After abstaining from ejaculation for 90 days, yes.
  2. bossman

    bossman Member

    It's unhealthy because it's actually hypomania. Basically addiction-induced hypomania.

    Ever wonder why you're finding it impossible to maintain the superpowers? Because it's impossible to do so. They are not normal.

    Normal people who don't masturbate for 7-14 days don't get "power surges," or superpowers. They just get hornier. That's it.

    We get these "power surges," because our brain chemicals are fucked up from addiction and fluctuate wildly.

    Also, masturbation is not unhealthy for the average person. But, for or a person with porn addiction, masturbating to orgasm can light up the same pathways in the brain that porn does and perpetuate the addiction and brain changes.
  3. wojtekoxx

    wojtekoxx One-armed bandit

    I seen similar effect to superpowers when I first started Paleo diet. They forgot to add disclaimer that "you will feel great only during your first two attempts".
  4. bossman

    bossman Member

    I actually agree with this theory now and think it should be way more prevalent on this board; it shows us how the mood changes we experience with NoFap are potentially not the result of addiction related brain changes but from an evolutionary adaptation that relates to ejacation frequency.

    Ivar, I have a question. Is it normal to have ED during the "lows" after superpowers. Like can't get it up at all sometimes, and no libido. Then when I have superpowers I can get it up fine and feel extremely horny.

    This is almost making me think that instead of PIED I just have unstable erections from having a hectic ejaculation frequency from binging on porn and such.
  5. bossman

    bossman Member

    Let's get some discussion going on here; any guys successfully limited their O's to once or twice a week and got stable erections again as opposed to binging O's and abstinence which makes erections cycle so to speak?

    I can't understate this, that I think this is huge and could be breaking new ground for ED sufferers on here.

    I'm thinking that just having an instance of ED in the days after instense sexual stimulation with porn and multiple O's (or during abstinence) is normal for many guys and this whole thing PIED has gotten blown out of proportion. Guys have some instances of ED and freak out because of the stigma this holds and look for an answer and find YBOP, when maybe all that's really happening is the hormonal/"DA" surge/flatline that is described here.

    IMO, the ED should get better by staying away from porn and stabalizing the O cycle, i.e. every week or two and only when you feel horny and erections should stabalize instead of cycling between ED and hyperarousal which I seem to do.

    It's very interesting to think that the "flatline," may just be an evolutionary compensation for a lot of ejaculation in a short period of time, and also abstinence.

    And obviously abstaining for long amounts of time (think past 2 weeks) is NOT good, because I do agree with the use it or lose it theory Ivar has proposed. think about it: so many guys have reported superpowers and libido dying out after a certain amount of abstinence and then waking them back up with sex or masturbation.

    If you look at this on the whole, a lot of the guys on this forum do NOT have true ED. It is almost always just temporary and seems to cycle between flatline and having erections (how strong these are seem to be related to exactly what point you're at in the cycle and also the pelvic floor - check out gameover's thread).

    Most on this board, like myself, have a problem with moderation, and have compulsively masturbated to porn and these binges quite possibly have led to this evolutionary adaptation of "flatline," followed by superpowers (or vice versa - these two cycle and either can come first for me), and it turns out that the flatline features ED but again it's temporary. But the problem is exacerbated when the obsessed individual, instead of deciding to regulate hiis masturbation and just do it normally like everybody else, decides to go on NoFap and then gets even more screwed up because this "passion cycle" or whatever you want to call it gets interrupted.

    So if we just don't force ourselves to cum like we did with porn, and only masturbate when aroused, our "cycles," should eventually allow us to have more stable erections and not have temporary ED at inconvenient times.

    However, if you really like the strong superpowers and you're willing to endure some temporary ED and serious mood/cognitive disturbances to get there, like ivar describes above, whatever floats your boat. I, however thinks it's healthier to engage the passion cycle but lightly so you still get some level of "superpowers," (just hormones really) but have more consistent erections and mood. Again, whatever floats your hard, wooden boat.

    So really, we're looking at two different things happening, IMO. Porn addiction that causes sufferer to PMO compulsively. Then separately, the body's natural response, to all the forced orgasms, as opposed to addiction related brain changes, is described by Ivar on this forum, and features "lows," which manifest as flatlines and ED.
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  6. bossman

    bossman Member

    This is absolutely gigantic; I do think we are on to something here.
  7. bossman

    bossman Member

    Marston, you're one of my favorite posters haha we always seem to have similar ideas, but yeah I'd say when I break abstinence with an O I almost always feel immediately better, and the more O's I have in that period after breaking abstinence the better I feel , like if I binge and have 3-4 Os after abstinence I'll feel like I'm on cocaine by that night, serious. And then immediate after that super high I flatline and lose my erections. I think abstinence sets you're body up so that when you finally do O it's like you use up all that energy and ten after the initial weird high feel like shit and a lot of guys blame it on the O, but I think it's the abstinence that causes this effect. It's the same mechanism that causes the superpowers followed by flatline when you abstain.

    It's real confusing but like you said Marston, I'm going to MO when I feel like I really should, I.e. only when fully aroused, not in flatline and no more than a few times a week and hopefully the flatlines and superpowers stuff will chill out, I think the more moderately you masturbate the less this stuff effects you (I think it happens to everyone, they just don't notice) and also I think it affects you way more if you force out faps like not fully erect with porn.

    But yeah like you said I think the porn addiction is a serious issue that I do suffer from but I don't think it's what's causing the serious mood/erection changes when I abstain and orgasm, I think it's just an evolutionary mechanism like I mentioned. So I'm just going to fap like everyone else and my hormones and shit will normalize.
  8. bossman

    bossman Member

    Need more opinions, what do you guys think?
  9. bossman

    bossman Member

    Lol it's funny that this thread is here basically changing the entire outlook of porn addiction and "brain changes," with logic that by far makes more sense to me than the dopamine receptors theory, yet no one gives a shit or talks about it, they just keep saying "withdrawal," and to just abstain forever.
  10. bossman

    bossman Member

    I agree that porn addiction is obviously very real and yes I think the dopamine receptors have merit when it comes to the addiction; I just think when it comes to the superpowers and flatlines it's a different mechanism and like you're saying guys need to change their perspective especially like you said if they've been abstaining for a year with no progress.

    And that one should expect that after you fap for the first time in a year that you're going to flatline afterward, and it's normal, as opposed to thinking the O caused the flatline and you must avoid it forever.
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  11. Arzenixc

    Arzenixc New Member

    Yes, this is true. If you won´t change anything else, just kicking PMO, then what the hell are you expecting? QUITTING PMO won´t make you "superhuman" nor great because it is not the main reason for your bad life. You should feel much better after completing 90 day period and then you can continue self development path to become "superhuman", but that road is not such straightforward and takes a lot more time.
  12. TheExibo

    TheExibo New Member

    I'm glad this thread is alive again.

    NoFap was a trend a few years back which many people joined. After a few years, now that most of those people have had the experience to abstain for long periods of time (i.e., months), they're starting to realize that long-term NoFap causes damage, potentially permanent. There are more and more threads like this one appearing throughout /r/NoFap, YBOP, etc. and it's all the same: why do the benefits fade after several months, and why do they not come back at all? Many are experiencing severe impairments in their sex lives, such as problems with libido.

    I.e., the two biggest problems with NoFap I see online are:

    1. The ability to experience powers or "high" feeling and super-confidence that many have in the first few weeks of a streak (not just their very first NoFap streak, but could be their 10th streak or something) disappears if they go for several months of complete abstinence. In other words, one might feel the euphoria or powers after the first ~7 days, but relapses on day 14 and they go away. Then he feels them again after 7 or 8 days (varies depending on person), but relapses on day 21. He repeats this process over and over again. However, if and once he goes for more than ~2 months, he no longer has the ability to feel this super-confidence, happiness, motivation, etc. Even if he relapses again and waits 7 or 8 days.

    Therefore, it's illogical when many NoFap members explain this loss by saying that the body gets 'used' to these powers and down-regulates them. If so, then why are members able to experience them for many months with the said process (for me it was more than 8 months) until they decide to go on complete abstinence for a couple months? Why don't they go away while this process is being repeatedly used?

    2. Not only is the ability to experience these powers lost after a streak of ejaculation abstinence for more than a couple months, leaving him to feel exactly like he felt before he found NoFap (back when he used to PMO every day), but there are now issues in addition to this loss. For instance, many report experiencing 'flatlines' indefinitely. They report no libido, no desire to socialize or work, weight loss, etc., and many at this point quit NoFap and go back to regular MOing, which reportedly kick-starts their libido and partially restores their desires. Very few carry on with it, and many report that after years of complete abstinence, their libido is only a little better or its still gone, but their mood and motivation partially come back.

    Here are some links for the first problem, which is not as often discussed as the second problem:










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  13. Rengaw

    Rengaw Will log on every other week from 13/10/2016

    TheExibo, I've read some of the links you shared and I find them interesting. I think the entire super-power phenomenon is complete horse dump. To my senses, the superpowers are derived from a physiological and hormonal situation that are above normal. Using this natural source of energy the right way will

    By all respect - you're just collecting random guys that misinterpret their so-called 'superpowers' but also the entire reason for NoFap. NoFap is meant to get rid of porn or fapping habits and bind to develop oneself, and to connect to women. So it's not the NoFap itself that causes the issues, it's mindless abstention from having sex. We are sexual animals and are meant to bind to each other. Not meant to bind our hands to our penises.

    So my question to you is: when did you chat with a girl? how was it? did you become pro-active in persuading her?
    That's what NoFap is for.

    Take care of yourself

  14. TheExibo

    TheExibo New Member


    This is a document from the original poster of this thread. The conclusion has an interesting suggestion as to how to get back the benefits and powers of NoFap that happen in the initial few streaks.
  15. TheExibo

    TheExibo New Member

    Bumping this for good reasons

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