Quitting visual porn. Is written erotica as bad as porn?

[Jay]

I've read some of these nofap threads on reddit. Guys who are going months on end without wanking(and apparently not having sex as well). I don't get it.

Yes, Reddit. That was my first encounter to NoFap. A discussion about not masturbating for a month was featured in the main reddit. 

Then I went googling to understand the NoFap campaign. It's a community/campaign to help you overcome porn addiction, porn overuse and compulsive sexual behaviour. Additionally, I also watched this fitness guy who recommends everyone to stop watching porn as it can affect your testosterone, mind, body etc. I got caught by his words. I think he meant well but yeah. 

This was the video that caught me. He made another two videos talking about stop watching porn. 

I think a lot of people mistranslated the NoFap campaign? Including myself because I thought there's a risk to masturbate/watch porn. But as you guys have reminded me - all in moderation and everything should be fine. It only becomes risky if you do/watch it excessively. NoFap meant to support the extreme ones.

About not having sex at all as part of NoFap. Okay, I don't get that part as well. I thought they are just retraining themselves from watching porn and masturbating.

Thanks for putting senses into my brain, guys. I celebrated myself last night.