Hi guys just wanted to introduce myself, I'm 23 years old male struggling with my porn addiction. The struggle is real. I think i already did 3 rebooting, during any of each i just absteined from masturbating on pornography for 100 days minimum, just using the sexual fantasies in my mind, that was enough to start feeling better with myself. But every now and then i fall again in my vice. Last time it happened was the 14th of december 2016, i quitted porn succesfully until today, 30 March 2017. I woke up at 10 am and until now, 6 pm, i masturbated 5 times on porn videos. I'm feeling like shit. I broke again the promise i did to myself. My room is a mess, i didn't had breakfast and i had lunch at 5 pm. I'm so ashamed with myself. That's why i'm here, maybe to complete my recovery in a proper way i need to speak about my struggle with someone, because it's too embarassing to talk about it with parents and friends. I really want to say thank you to whoever created this forum, i red that it helped a lot of people, so i hope to be one of them soon.
hey man!!!!!!!!! your doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it happens, I am sure your not getting back into the habit. give your self a break.
It will get better, I feel like I am in your shoes, I really, quit p 5 years ago, but I am still addicted to looking at 1 p-sub thing. I know your frustrations are real. as mine are. why does it take so long to get over the addiction.
Welcome to the forum. I recently read a study that said there are a group of people who are porn addicts but don't PMO every day. They are called 'At-risk' porn users and they use porn only when things in their life start to becomes stressful. It's a coping mechanism that people turn to only when they need it the most. They can go months between relapses. Does this sound like you? If it does then you now know to be vigilant when things in your life get rough and to turn to healthy ways to cope with life's problems. I wish you success on your journey.
Welcome to NoFap where you are amongst friends who are here to encourage you and sometimes challenge you but not judge you. What are your current strategies for combating the enemy called PMO?
Yes it really sounds like me. I used to PMO every day since the early stages of my puberty, and when i found out that something was changing in my body and the risks to wich i was exposing myself, i quitted straight away, i don't remember exactly when but i was 19 yo. So after that i'm sure i'm one of the 'at risk' persons as you said, i fall again in PMO when i'm in a stage of my life where i'm depressed or lonely. I believe that those are the causes of all the addictions, not only PMO. I wanna share with you a video wich was very inspiring about this topic : As you correctly said i need to find healty ways to cope with my problems. Thank you i really appreciated your support
I remember that when i quitted the first times i was just encouraged by the willing of avoiding erectile disfunction in such an early stage of my life, that was enough. After a while i started PMO again and i quitted again by focusing on myself, on my body and by the willing of being good looking to girls. It really helped me a lot going swimming, once every two days i did that for more than one year, and at that point i really tought i defeated my addiction. But then yesterday , as i said, i PMO again, and that's why i'm here. I think that just talk with someone in my shoes will help me to defeat my addiction forever. Thank you for your reply, and if you have any more strategies to fight my enemy don't esitate to reply please.
OK, quo, it is important to have a reason when quitting, a good reason, a reason that is important to you. This habit is a habit we probably would not quit unless it had some bad repercussions in our lives. Cigarette smokers would not quit if it did not affect them adversely. They lose lung capacity and eventually get cancer. There are all kinds of bad results from using porn all the time. From PIED (porn induced erectile dysfunction) to social interaction problems. "When I quit, I quit. I did not count the days, I woke up every morning and said to myself I am never going back". I think that is the mindset you must have.