Hello. So, I wanted to ask any advice on how to stop using YouTube so much. Because usually every time I relapsed from porn, I would open YouTube and rewatch any videos for nearly an hour to make me feel a little better. The problem is that even when I don't relapse of because of porn, I do use YouTube a lot. The worst part is, I watch videos that I already watched. TV series, movie clips, etc. This really affects my productivity too. Can't spend more than an hour and a half without opening YouTube. I want to use YouTube a source to learn and get occasional entertainment. But the way I use it is making extremely dumb. So, can anybody give me any advice? This becoming like the less harmful version of my porn addiction.
You could use a program/extension that only allows you to be on youtube x amount of time, say 30 minutes a day and then blocks it.
Thanks. I actually had an extension, but I didn't like to use it because I feared that at some point I might need YouTube for a homework or something like that. BUT, since that really hasn't happened my little caution is doing more harm than good, I'll definitely follow your advice. Thanks again.
I use the chrome extension called timestats that tells how much time someone spends using the chrome browser. I actually did a report on this for college a few years ago and was shocked but not surprised to find that I watch about 16 hours of YouTube per week and about 4 hours of Facebook per week. That does not even include porn because I would use a private browser. I would recommend a timer or something. I will admit as well that I spend way too much time in front of my computer. It sounds like YouTube is a poor substitute for porn in your case. It really isn't going to rewire you like you think it will. I did the same thing last year binging on video games and truthfully all it did was delay my relapses for a few days.
Well seems I'm not the only one with YouTube Addition here Don't worry dude. As someone who manages to reduce his time in YouTube from 8 hours to 1 hour, I can tell you I to improve your NoFap challenge and watching less Network TV (AKA YouTube). If you use YouTube in your PC then hears a simple solution for your problem ! - Open Notepad on Admin - go to -- > C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc Folder - Search for all type files - Open file named Hosts - Simply type this below the written text: 127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com - Save - Now you reach YouTube BTW , you can also block any other website you wish to. Like all famous Porn sites. It helped me a-lot reaching this far in the Nofap challenge. Good luck , and don't give up.