Does it become easy?

There is a point where the libido diminishes. The urge is not going to be as strong.
I think it's after the 8th day or so for me. First 8 days are different.
I didn't masturbate for 2 months when I was in basic training in boot camp.

 

Not really, but do not become discouraged. From my personal best streak it feels best early on around a week or two. From there you are still human, you still have a libido, yet it is up to your mind and actions that decide what happens next. As soon as you drop your guard as Abel said, you have lost. The more you make live a habit instead of PMO the easier it becomes so you can save the intimacy and human desires for the person you fall in love with. What is logically more worth while? Self pleasure and intimacy or shared intimacy and a lifetime of pleasure with a loved one? At least that is what I am starting to tell myself.

 

There is a point it becomes easier.

You begin to forget the nights you wasted sitting in front of the computer with your hand in your pants. You begin to forget the movement of your hand for M. You begin to forget that you need for PMO to express your emotions. You learn to get pleasurable chemicals in your brain from exercise and achieving hard earned goals. You form new friendships and forget the old desires of solitude for the sake of PMO.

It becomes a journey of looking into your soul to see who you really are and discovering that there is far greater potential for your life than you ever imagined. You will learn to be humble and honest with yourself, and the faster this happens the faster you change.

Be encouraged, there are better days if you are willing to brave the journey.

 

Great question AmberLeaf.

I'm still new myself and have been wondering the same thing. Just remember that time heals all wounds. Be they physical or emotional.

 

It gets better, no doubt. The first and worst step is breaking that association between stress/loneliness/boredom/depression/rage and PMO. You need to just give yourself to that tidal wave of pain - don't run, just take it. It can feel like being hit by a bus for a while, but you can take it and you'll be better for it.


Louis CK says something really insightful along these lines on a talk show interview. He's talking about reaching for our mobile phones whenever we sense any pain coming and just drowning it with distractions/the dopamine squirt we get from having friends text us back etc - but he hints that PMO is the same principle.

We need to learn to not hide from the shittiness of life and everyone else, including ourselves. Most people spend their lives running, but a life that never comes to terms manfully and head on with suffering is a life wasted imo. A perpetual adolescence that only skims the surface of true reality