Your opinion on the NoFap® Movement

[MIWSTIUS]

Again, it's a complex subject...

And in came the online no fap movement promoters, overcomplicating matters by leeching off the clueless 'patients',  subliminally pushing a dozen underlying agenda's.

[Like Ra]

subliminally pushing a dozen underlying agenda's.

Oh, it's happening always and everywhere 😂 We definitely need to start the propaganda thread.... It's impossible to be 100% immune to propaganda, but everybody must know how to determine signs of it.

[MIWSTIUS]

subliminally pushing a dozen underlying agenda's.

Oh, it's happening always and everywhere 😂 We definitely need to start the propaganda thread.... It's impossible to be 100% immune to propaganda, but everybody must know how to determine signs of it.

True, but like you said earlier, the ones seeking out genuine help are basically in a mentally malleable position.
Whereas they could just go see a trustworthy certified therapist. Yeah, costs money, but so does a no fap membership.

[Like Ra]

Related: https://www.the-sun.com/health/11083916/...r-dr-jeff/

[MIWSTIUS]

Related: https://www.the-sun.com/health/11083916/...r-dr-jeff/

Yeah, I saw that original research in google search results too.

But as with anything these days, for every "scientific" claim, there's a counter version.
Still a toss up.
Although, my gut feeling would have me inclined to believe the original claim indeed.

[marioshroomed]

I'm fully onboard with nofap. Also for religious reasons. And because I noticed I was addicted to porn. Taking all that away has made life a little bit easier. But it's still difficult because of urges.

[MIWSTIUS]

You know.... I'm going to go indepth here, regarding at least an aspect of the subject.

What triggers this, is my friend asked me today how often my wife and I still have sex - because he basically wanted to gauge and compare that to the situation of himself and his GF.
Now it happens to be that he suffers from a medical condition. As such, he barely has the energy. His GF also deals with menopause issues. 

My wife also deals with physical issues due to work-related stress. As a result we barely have sex, but the sexual tension and the actual love are intact, no worries.

So my friend wondered how I deal with this. So here's what I told him:
Thankfully there's this Lycra fetish in my life - and the way it manifests in multiple ways of outlet without harming ourr marriage.
I did however note, there's possibly a narcistic aspect to this, but I'm OK with that and as far as I'm concerned narcissism 
is usually portrayed as an exclusively bad/evil thing - and I disagree on that.

Anyway, the fetish outlets include:
- Getting a kick out of wearing shiny Lycra leggings in public as part of my streetwear fits. Yeah, I'm still amused at the occasional stares.
- Getting a lkick out of catching the occasional mirror or window pane reflection of my shiny toned legs makes me go "hmmm oh dear, I look so sexy". 
- Getting a kick out of feeling the slippery fabric as my legs occasionally slide throughout the  day.
- Feeling physically fit because the leggings motivate to fastwalk excercise 3/4 times per week. 
- And here comes the angle to the subject of the no fap movement; I do get a whole lot of masturbation out of this Lycra fetish, BUT it's 95% edging. The rest consists of the genuine climaxes when my wife teases me in bed, such as playing with my nipples. 

As you can see, there is no way any anti-masturbation movement or religion are going to deter me from any of the above - because it provides fullfilment in the imperfect situation that is life.