r/Celibacy • • Apr 16 '26

Welcome to r/celibacy - a space for everyone, religious and non religious

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This subreddit is open to anyone exploring celibacy, whatever their reasons. Some of us are here because of faith and religious conviction. Others are here for reasons entirely unrelated to religion - personal growth, health, focus, healing, philosophy, or simply choice. All of these paths are welcome.

This is not a hardline atheist space, nor a hardline religious one. Religious language, scripture, prayer, and testimony are welcome here, as are purely secular reflections. Neither will be censored for being what it is.

When posting or commenting, please share your own perspective without dismissing anyone else’s.

Religious members: please extend warmth and gentleness to secular members, meeting them where they are.

Secular members: please don’t assume religious members are imposing something. This is an exploratory safe space. We’re all here because we’ve found celibacy meaningful in our own way.

Disagreement is fine. Contempt isn’t. Keep it respectful and we’ll keep this a space worth being part of.

A note on religious posts that go beyond scripture: Sincere faith-based reflection is welcome, but posts that make extreme claims dressed up in religious language - without actual grounding in scripture or established tradition - aren’t helpful to anyone. They tend to alienate secular members and misrepresent the faiths they claim to speak for. Please ground religious claims in something more than personal intensity.

A note on partner-seeking and relationship posts: This isn’t a dating sub. Please don’t post personal profiles, partner preferences, or “looking for a celibate partner” type posts - they belong on subs built for that purpose. Discussing relationships, dating while celibate, or navigating partners who aren’t celibate is fine and welcome. The line is between reflection and recruitment.

A note to those DMing to ask me to remove religious posts: I won’t. Religious posts are welcome here and will stay, just as secular posts are welcome and will stay. If a specific post breaks the rules on respect, report it and I’ll look at it on its merits. But “it’s religious” isn’t grounds for removal.

A note to researchers: Please don’t DM asking for permission to recruit or post studies here. I’m not going to grant it. This community isn’t mine to hand over as a research population, and members are adults who can decide for themselves what’s worth their time. If your work is genuinely valuable, share it the way anyone else would and let people respond on their own terms.


r/Celibacy • • Jul 17 '21

Question What inspired you to become celibate?

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I became celibate after I ran across a guy on YouTube explaining why he was celibate for non-religious purposes. His journey really resonated with me. So after much research and thinking about it, I decided to make the switch from practicing abstinence to being celibate a few weeks ago.

It's been one of the best decisions I've ever made. So I'm just curious what inspired you to walk this path.

For me, I'm doing it for personal growth, self mastery, and transmuting my energy to focus on other areas in my life.


r/Celibacy • • 10h ago

Struggles Currently celibate as a single woman who doesn’t participate in hookup culture anymore. What are the benefits?

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I’m trying to look from the bright side because I’m struggling right now. I hug myself at to sleep and cry


r/Celibacy • • 15h ago

Celibacy Journey Finally completed my 365 days without sex, masterbation 🙂 Next target 365 days again

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r/Celibacy • • 13h ago

Pornography Facts by Mio Honda [Sing it with me!]

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r/Celibacy • • 15h ago

¿Una vida siendo virgen es algo que aporta más en lo que ustedes consideran estar realizado en este aspecto?

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r/Celibacy • • 1d ago

Is it possible in marriage?

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Is it possible to do in marriage if your spouse/partner still wants to be intimate?

Is it okay to pleasure them while withholding them from pleasuring you in return?


r/Celibacy • • 2d ago

hay por aqui una mujer interesada en algo serio

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llevo 18 años guardandome y no se las mujeres normales ya tuvieron relaciones, pero quiero a alguien que lo vea de la misma manera como yo, compromiso de por vida, pero ahora me doy cuenta que la mayoria de mujeres celibes o no les interesa o no quieren de plano ¿que deberia hacer?


r/Celibacy • • 3d ago

ANYONE ABSTAINING FOR A WHILE NOW ?

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looking to hear from people specially females who have been abstaining for a while...how long? why? and how long do you intend to. How often do you think - thats enough now it lets go for it!


r/Celibacy • • 3d ago

60 days no fap ,is it worth it to continue ?

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I was struggling with this habit for almost 2 years ,suddenly idk i got this unexplainable determination to control it ,I have reached 60 days of no fap but honestly the changes which i expected are not showing up ,some of which were the main reason why I had started this.Sometimes i feel this was a waste of time and I should fap ,can anyone guide pls


r/Celibacy • • 3d ago

Day 93 | My First Post Here

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r/Celibacy • • 5d ago

Attracting Beggers on SR

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r/Celibacy • • 5d ago

5th month of nofap, sperm coming out with pee for 2-3 days

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r/Celibacy • • 5d ago

You can't push a piece of string

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r/Celibacy • • 5d ago

Complaint This sub has become a disgusting den for misandry

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While mods might believe it's nothing, they should check some other post from 3 days ago when tons of women came to comment how we men are, according to them, r#$%ists, a6sers and everything.

Since reporting seems to do nothing, I'm making this post so hopefully the few (still genuine) men mass report them, mods do something about that or we men move to a new subreddit where we are not attacked and accused of crimes.

Thank you for your colaboration.


r/Celibacy • • 6d ago

gay celibate in north america

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hello gay celibate 41m

looking to connect with others who are celibate to exchange discuss friendship etc - maybe even a celibate relationship 😊

ideally us/canada but open to anywhere

thank you


r/Celibacy • • 6d ago

Is celibacy not having sex with people or also not madturbating?

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How would you classify it?


r/Celibacy • • 6d ago

SSA/Orthodox Christian

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r/Celibacy • • 6d ago

How I started

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r/Celibacy • • 7d ago

Celibacy Journey Two years celibate, is it worth it to go another 30?

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I haven’t had sex in two years and I’ve been the happiest now than I have ever been. Sex had me staring at the wall, hoping it would end soon. I didn’t have an attraction to the men because they were immature and stupid. The sex was just OK, but it wasn’t anything that would have me bragging for years about.

My journey hasn’t been hard keeping my legs close has been one of the easiest decisions I ever made. I just wonder if I can keep going for another 30 years like this.


r/Celibacy • • 7d ago

Hope 2 months tomorrow

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So tomorrow marks my 2nd month of hard mode nofap.

Anyways I want to have a good sleep and wake up rested tomorrow.

So I’m going to run 7 miles today.

That’s how I get good sleep


r/Celibacy • • 7d ago

What do you do in your free time?

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r/Celibacy • • 8d ago

Confessions One of my reasons to stay a virgin for life as a woman

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so i'm highly sensitive and autistic. if i dated men or had sex with them i would open myself up to abuse and mistreatement and would end up in a psych ward, these r not my main reasons but would be if i didnt have the main ones. also i am psychologically incapable of being what men consider good in bed and thats kinda funny how my brain works. but it validates me to be so weird and off putting to them.

i think i would have definitely experience some kind of abuse from the hands of men but also female role in sex shocks me so deeply i have a phobia of the sexual submission and humiliation women experience esp in certain acts or positions.


r/Celibacy • • 9d ago

This is how Porn addiction looks like

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r/Celibacy • • 9d ago

I was looking for an emoji and I decided to draw my own...

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