To have wet dreams, otherwise known as nocturnal emissions when you’re on the NoFap challenge is a normal thing.
Not only are NoFap wet dreams normal, but experts have clearly said that nocturnal emission is a natural occurrence. And that it indicates a sign of a fully-functional, healthy, sexual system.
So when it happens, and you find yourself in a poodle of your own making, don’t panic.
A wet dream is a natural way your body uses to get rid of excess, old, and worn-out semen.
And it’s only natural to have all these types of semen build-up through the course of your abstinence from ejaculation.
With all these said, when it comes to having wet dreams during your NoFap challenge, there are still a lot of misconceptions surrounding the topic.
Some people (on the NoFap forums) will tell you that if you have a wet dream, you’ve relapsed.
As easy as it is to claim this because of the mechanisms surrounding a wet dream, this isn’t true at all.
To get a better understanding of this topic, let’s start from why wet dreams occur in the first place;
What you will learn
Why do wet dreams happen?
The biological reason
Wet dreams are normal and natural!!
Just as I said earlier, its occurrence means your body’s getting rid of old (and in some cases, excess) sperm from your body.
It’s common for a healthy male to have an erection when he gets to the REM stage (the stage where he dreams) in his sleep cycle.
The REM stage is the time your body gets rid of the excess semen if it has to.
You should note that you need not have an erotic dream before you have a wet dream.
I’ve had a friend who had a wet dream while dreaming about cooking lasagna.
I’ve had a wet dream while fixing a car’s gearbox in my dream.
Speaking of erotic dreams, this is the next factor that can cause a wet dream when you’re doing the NoFap challenge.
It can be caused by having Erotic/Porn dreams
While you can have a wet dream based on a dream that has nothing to do with sex, there can be wet dreams invoked by erotic dreams.
Porn can play a big part in this type of wet dream.
Being on the NoFap challenge means no porn. But if you edge to porn during the day, your mind can carry these porn images to your dreams.
Also, if you’re fantasizing to porn, or a real-life girl, erotically—at moments leading to your bedtime, you’re highly likely to have an erotic dream.
The subconscious mind works mysteriously. So, you should note that you don’t necessarily need to have an interaction with porn or erotic fantasies during the day before you have an erotic dream.
No matter what the case might be, you need to stop edging when you’re on a noPMO streak. You need to stop edging yourself with porn.
Edging yourself with porn takes away from the noPMO benefits you’re already experiencing.
Your high Testosterone levels
When you have wet dreams during your NoFap challenge, it might be because your testosterone levels are at their highest.
This was seen firsthand in a study where the researchers gave 39 boys testosterone steroids. The study1 showed that the rate of nocturnal emission of these boys increased significantly.
Reasons why a wet dream on the NoFap challenge doesn’t mean you’ve relapsed
Now that you know what causes wet dreams during your NoFap challenge, I want you to know that when they happen to you, it doesn’t mean you’ve relapsed.
And it doesn’t mean you’ve lost all the progress you’ve made on your NoFap challenge.
Here are three key reasons that’ll help you clear any doubt that you might have on the issue;
No Porn’s involved
Over the years, excessive porn watching has reprogrammed your reward circuit (dopamine pathways).
The main reason why you’re doing the NoFap challenge is to reboot your brain—reboot your reward circuit.
So, the only way to ruin the rebooting process is to start watching porn again.
Now, you might be thinking, “well, I had a porn-related dream when I had that wet dream.”
What you should know is that the porn in your dream was a subconscious thing. You didn’t consciously watch porn. These are two different things.
For starters, your dream state is distorted compared to your wakeful state.
What you perceive as two hours of dream might be two seconds in real-time.
Some studies have shown that the duration of our dreams is usually longer in real-time.
When scientists observed lucid dreamers in this study2, their dream time showed an elongation of up to 40% when compared to real-time.
With this logic in mind, if your erotic dream was five minutes long, in reality, you had the dream for about three minutes.
You can’t compare the brain effect of three minutes of subconsciously dreaming about porn to consciously watching porn for about two hours.
You lose some NoFap challenge benefits, but it’s for a short time
The effects of a full-blown relapse on the NoFap challenge can linger for a while (up to one week).
This is not the case with a wet dream during a NoFap challenge.
When you have a wet dream, it’s normal for your energy levels and testosterone levels to decrease.
But after two to three days, they get replenished.
One other thing to keep in mind is that you don’t lose all your NoFap “superpowers” when you have a wet dream on the NoFap challenge.
Aside from the reduction in energy levels and testosterone, you get to keep all the other crazy benefits of the NoFap challenge you’ve been enjoying.
The benefits of NoFap wet dreams
Yes! You read that right.
Having a wet dream during the NoFap challenge has its benefits, and here they are;
It’s a sign of a healthy sexual system
I’m a believer in the concept of looking on the bright side of anything that happens.
So, here is one for you to practice;
Anytime you have a wet dream, know that it’s a sign that your body’s sexual systems are doing what they’re supposed to be doing.
Everything’s fine. You’re getting brand new and healthier sperm at the end of the day.
A wet dream is an indicator that your NoFap challenge is working
I never did experience having a wet dream when I hit puberty. Because before puberty, I was already a chronic PMO addict.
The first time I ever had a wet dream was when I got to around the one-month mark of the NoFap challenge. And by this time, I was already a twenty-four-year-old guy.
If you’re like me, chances are that you didn’t have wet dreams at all when you were PMOing in the past.
Wet dreams on NoFap mean that you’re doing the challenge the right way and that your brain and body’s sexual systems are re-calibrating, and going back to normal. You can take it as one of the NoFap withdrawal symptoms.
You can learn all the common withdrawal symptoms of NoFap by watching the video below:
It helps you release built-up sexual tension
As you add days to your NoFap challenge, your sexual energy builds up. And it’s a good thing. You can transmute that sexual energy into other areas of your life.
If you’re single, or you aren’t having sexual intercourse on NoFap, this energy ramps up more.
As beneficial as built-up sexual energy can be for you, it’s a two-edged sword.
It’s one of those things that can push you to a NoFap relapse.
It can become so intense that you feel like if you don’t ejaculate, you might implode.
This is a short-windowed juncture where a wet dream can be beneficial for you.
If you have a wet dream, the ejaculation releases the sexual tension.
And this can buy you a few more days of not having to deal with the sexual tension that builds up on your NoFap challenge.
Popular myths about NoFap wet dreams
It will stop when I get to a certain age
Nope!
Wet dreams don’t just happen to boys that just hit puberty.
As long as you’re still a virile man that keeps having testosterone secreted, you can’t rule out wet dreams.
With this knowledge, you shouldn’t be worried if you have wet dreams at an age that you think you should have outgrown them.
Only men have wet dreams
Here’s another myth that a lot of people subscribe to when it comes to wet dreams.
Women also have wet dreams. The difference is that men’s wet dreams are more definitely identifiable by the way we ejaculate.
Women’s wet dreams are hard to pinpoint because their orgasms and ejaculation are harder to identify. Some women have never orgasmed or ejaculated in their life.
But this doesn’t mean that women don’t also have wet dreams.
Conclusion: Moving forward
Don’t get pushed into the chaser effect realm
The chaser effect is when you have an orgasm, and you start chasing more of it.
So, the days after your wet dream, you should be careful not to go and binge on porn and masturbation.
After your wet dreams, you EXPLICITLY want to stay off porn at all cost.
Trying to edge or watch porn after your wet dream will SURELY push you into the chaser effect realm.
And if you have easy access to porn at this time, you’re highly likely to enter the chaser effect.
……………
Now that you know that wet dreams are;
- a natural occurrence,
- a healthy thing that happens to you, and
- it’s a sign that your NoFap challenge is working;
you should be able to be relaxed in the knowledge that you’re making progress on your NoFap challenge.
Your sleeping position
As much as wet dreams can’t be controlled, this study3 suggests that sleeping on your stomach can increase wet dreams.
So, moving forward, you can try other sleeping positions and see how it works out.
If you found this post helpful, please share it with others. Remember that sharing is caring.
Twitter feed is not available at the moment.
Break Your Porn and Masturbation Addiction
You won't believe how many people this course has helped break their addiction to porn!
30 thoughts on “NoFap Wet Dreams: 12 things you need to know when you have wet dreams on the NoFap challenge”
Thanks from India. I am glad
You’re welcome Vimal
AFTER 13 DAYS OF NO FAP. IN 14TH DAY MORNING I GOT WET DREAMS ALL THINGS CAME OUT WHAT I STORED. I FEEL SO TIRED AND WEAK. BUT NO IDEA OF WATCHING PORN.
That’s good!
Wish you all the best on your NoFap journey
Thank you for keeping me calm
You’re welcome!!
Hey Frank! I was on my 2nd day of nofap and had an erotic dream which caused me to wet dream. Does this mean that I am still on the streak or did it break
Hello Gigaboi,
As I said in the post, it doesn’t mean you’ve relapsed. Your streak continues!
I wish you the best on your journey.
Today is my 65th day of NoFap but already had 4-5 wet dreams during this course but m not going to relapse again as I did months ago thanks to your blog
I’m happy the blog has helped you Prathamesh.
Have a great day!!
Thank you so much Frank. I was panicking. You are right this was my first wet dream and although I’m bummed at what I thought was a relapse, I’m pretty glad i had my first wet dream. Feel normal for once.
Thank you frank,
today i have a 2nd wet dream and I’m on my 56th day on mu no fap, yeah like you said sometimes i feel like i will go crazy, if i don’t relapse but today i was mad at myself because i just have a wet dream and after waking up the first i thought that i hate myself i thought i failed again but seriously after reading this blog, i feel relaxed and motivated.
I can’t Thank you enough.
I’m glad you found the post helpful!
I started my own NoFap-Challenge about 5 weeks ago.
After about 2 weeks i had a wet dream (it was “very” wet lol).
The other one happened last night.
Do you know if the frequency increases the longer you are in NoFap? Or does it remain the same (every 2 or 3 weeks) ?
I’m curious how long I will last, although I’m not sure how long I should actually do this…
I think how long it lasts depends on how sexually active you are. If you’re active and ejaculate once in a while through sexual intercourse, the wet dreams should reduce.
I am on 193rd day of No fap and yesterday in dream, i saw I was having sex with someone and the dream was indeed very surreal … As soon as I ejaculated in dream my eyes opened … and guilt started hovering above. It was my first wet dream after 193 days … as it was not done by me so I am now it is fine … and not my fault.
I got a wet dream right on the 6th day of no fap🙄
I had a wet dream on my 30th day of nofap journey, I guess that my nofap is woking. Wish me luck. For future so I can make if for a year.
I wish you the best of luck Jaspreet
I’m also on nofap journey but after 1 week I start getting wet dreams but after 4-5 wet dreams my wet dreams got stopped.now it’s 2 week I didn’t get them. I don’t know why? Do you know?
Hello Akash,
Wet dreams is your body getting rid of excess and worn-out sperm.
So, if it’s not occurring, it means that your body doesn’t need to get it out.
So, don’t stress on it not happening. Hope that helped.
Thanks a lot. I was a bit scared of getting back on porn after 112 days of nofap. Now your post has given me enough power to continue with what I do… Thanks a ton.
You’re welcome Sooraj.
I wish you the best of luck on your NoFap journey.
Today is my ,30 I just have a wet dream
Keep going mate. It doesn’t mean you’ve relapsed
thank you for this, i was feeling so awesome for the past few days before my wet dream, as soon i i emmitted my energy this morning, im not feeling so awesome, i hope that in 2-3 days ill be back to normal and i wont have to wait for another 2 weeks of retaining to feel that awesome again lol
Thanks Man Have Goodluck
Goodluck to you too!!
Bro today is my 32nd day.I got my first wet dream on 8th day.next on 27th,31st days.Today I have got 3 wet dreams Does it count as relapse because I have no idea about it.but I don’t have any erotic scenes in my dream when I wake I saw my semen has released. But before I sleep 3 times I had sexual/fantasies a little bit
So I had an erotic dream and that lead me to look up some porn cause I wondered what would come up in the hub if I type in that certain word
Obviously I got hard but I didn’t masturbate. And then I looked down on my pants cause I wondered if the erotic dream made me leak and sure thing, there was a stain in my shorts.
But now i’m not sure if that happened because of the porn or the erotic dream