A TREMENDOUS amount of change can take place when you stop watching porn. And this – is an understatement.
Imagine you are sitting at your computer, just completing your 5th round of masturbating to porn and you started pretty early. Like – around the age of 14. That’s when most PMO habits begin to take place.
One day you realize that it has become an emotional outlet for you. Anytime you feel stressed out, worried or something, even bored, you’d hop in bed (or maybe in the bathroom, depending on how desperate times may be) and jerk off to some really engaging videos.
Once you pass that stage, you don’t require a feeling or a trigger anymore, it becomes a habit that is fully ingrained into your core. You will begin jerking off 3-4 times a day, maybe even more than that, with realistic determination.
Your dick might become a bit too sore to the touch really, it will be pretty bad but your brain would still push you for another bust, just to feel anything so as to distract you from the present moment.
If you continue on the same path, you will soon find yourself being 19 and terribly depressed. You never you were actually suffering from a serious problem until you somehow got your first girlfriend.
Now imagine this:
You are somewhere alone with her, having been a virgin up until that point and she decides to give you your first blowjob.
Hell yeah! Score:
You get settled, pull your pants down, and she gets down to do the deed you have always imagined and seen in porn.
All hell broke loose when you question her why she hasn’t started yet, and she hits you with: “So, how does it feel?”
You couldn’t feel anything.
You run to your room and pull out the internet, trying to understand what is happening to you.
- Porn-induced Erectile Dysfunction
- Death grip
- Lack of energy and motivation
- Shyness and anxiety
As you keep reading, you realize just how close you were to sabotaging yourself. This becomes your breaking point, and ultimately you try to set things right.

Your Redemption Arc: When you stop Watching Porn
You spend the next several years experimenting with NoFap, Semen Retention, trying to see how long you could fend for yourself when you stop watching porn and controlling your urges for porn: studying the effects of everything on you: Ranging from physical symptoms like your sensitivity to more psychological ones like your mood, confidence, etc.
The Timeline
You will notice your energy levels shooting up
As multiple sources have claimed, and based on popular research: Quitting porn and ending the cycle of PMO results is a significantly higher level of energy within individuals who stop watching porn and keep consistent with this practice. You will start enjoying the outdoors more and the thought of meeting other people will excite you, not scare you out of your mind.
The Penile Sensitivity will Kick In
As you experienced with your girlfriend, you might have thought that your sex life is doomed forever, but having traversed on the path of no fap, you suddenly discover that you finally felt sensations down there when having sex. You started staying hard throughout, without going limp and genuinely having a good time.
You become more confident and assert boundaries.
This is more psychological, but when you stop watching porn and engage in PMO as a result consistently: making you feel guilty for wasting your time, can have more psychological damage than meets the eye.
It becomes easier to hold Eye Contact.
This relates to the point of confidence. As you put more time and effort into doing things that make you better each day, instead of spending your time trying to find the perfect video or jerking off 3-4 times a day – Your value in your own eyes increases and so you are able to confidently face those who look back into yours.
Motivation makes a comeback.
There must be several commitments, adventure plans, projects you have been eyeing, or people you have been waiting to meet. When you stop watching porn and start indulging in real interaction with people, you become more motivated to better yourself from the competition and talk to the opposite sex. It just comes naturally to you.
Bigger Baggage.

Now, this is something you will HAVE to test out. If you notice closely, you will realize that our balls will begin to get fuller and more blood will start to flow to your penis. This is a direct benefit of semen retention that happens as a result of when you stop watching porn. As a result of this, you will actually start feeling more confident about your size. Don’t compare yourself to porn, it is fake and is detrimental to your self-image.
You will notice increased facial hair and a boost to your manly features.
Although more research needs to be done in this regard and can be equally attributed to supporting healthy habits along with the fact that you are willing to stop watching porn, most people have testified to having healthier and increased facial hair.
You will start taking REAL INTEREST in women, not just their bodies.
One thing that also affects others around you when you stop watching porn? You will begin to realize they are humans with personalities, and not just bait to lure your sex appeal. You will still want to mingle with beautiful women, but you will try and see what is on the inside. When you stop watching porn, you refuse to objectify women and see what value they really offer to your life.
You begin to wonder: Do they go along with your interests? Do their morals align with yours? Are they dope to hang out with?
You will begin to form a stronger bond with men.
Remember, guys are competitive, they talk and try to compare their “masculinity” against yours, see if you are confident, and not a creep. To see if you can take a friendly punch and not fall to the ground. It is difficult to visualize this without ever knowing what it feels like to stand your own ground, which can be especially difficult when you stop watching porn and have a hard time figuring out your place in society.
When you stop watching porn and engaging, you learn to confront your emotions.
This comes as no surprise but letting go of a deep-seated addiction for example: when you stop watching porn, may make you feel uneasy for quite some time and you will be left to deal with your emotions all alone. For most, porn becomes a coping mechanism for dealing with their emotions: Anxiety, insecurity, and boredom.