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Is light mode cheating??

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by chancer17, May 29, 2017.

  1. chancer17

    chancer17 Fapstronaut

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    Hey guys. So I am on day 15 PMO light mode. So I can masturbate but not to any sort of porn or using any previous porn memories as stimulus. I have noticed changes already in my confidence and I am much more at ease in social situations then I was previously. I am also easily able to get a hard on without thinking about porn and dont have the same interest whatsoever in it. However am I cheating by doing light mode? Like I said I have better symptoms but part of me wonder if I will ever rid myself of the demons unless i go hard mode?? Any advice would be more than welcome!!
     
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  2. OneWithTheUnderdogs

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    Hey man

    I can relate to your situation. I'm not a hardcore addict. I can easily masturbate without porn and get it up for a girl at the click of a finger. However, I feel the benefits of no PMO are much more prominent when I don't cum for extended periods of time. You will feel like a beast of a man able to overcome anything; all with zero anxiety or awkwardness.

    Masturbating is fun, but being a testosterone fueled, life loving man who draws women to him with his aura and pheromones is 10x more fun ;)

    Give it a try for 2 weeks.
    What have you got to lose?

    You'll either feel no different, then proceed to have the best orgasm of your life when you masturbate, or you'll feel so good and alive that you'll want to continue with this no PMO for as long as possible!
     
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  3. chancer17

    chancer17 Fapstronaut

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    Hey man. Thanks for your reply!! I am not a hardcore addict either and am similar to yourself. But I do feel like I can feel more than what I'm feeling so far from what I have read about the amazing effects of no PMO for extended periods!!

    I will go hard mode for the next two weeks and see how I feel afterwards.

    Thank you
     
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  4. Atlanticus

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    Hey "Irishman!"

    First, the cure depends on the ailment of course; it's not universal. And if you'll allow another platitude: if you challenge yourself lightly, you can only see evidence of light progress; to find out if more progress is needed, you'll have to step up the "treatment." For instance, if too-much M is the bigger of your challenges compared to P (and it sounds like it might be), then "light mode" cannot really get to the heart of the matter.

    In my case, S is the biggest addiction, supported by PM but rarely do I M alone. So in my case "normal mode" (no-PM) is a nice way to clean up my life....a bit... but it does not get to the heart of my biggest challenges. For that, "no-SPMO" is needed... (hard more plus no S, no p-subs, and no inappropriate fantasies.) For me, it's the only true and deeply therapeutic formula.

    So, if M is a bigger draw for you than P, light mode will be good but not good enough to slay any remaining inner dragons. If, like with me, S (and SO) is the biggest thing you may abuse, then nothing but hard mode will do. (When I say "abuse" I mean "not use healthily.")

    Finally, 15-day challenges are nice... at first... but IMO they can be achieved on will-power alone without really revealing deeper dependencies and issues. I recommend that whatever you do.... you go for 30 or 45 days to get a more realistic feel of what you're dealing with.

    Good luck, guy!
     
    Last edited: May 30, 2017
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  5. chancer17

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    Makes complete sense!! Thanks man appreciate it! Gonna start hard mode tomorrow and see how it takes me!
     
  6. nginx2

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    Hi chancer,

    In my opinion the light mode should only be used, if you absolutely cannot resist the urge, to get away from P first and continue further, when you're clean of P. Of course you might experience the effects of rebooting due to abstaining from P, but you would be constantly drained at low energy. So as the previous writers already stated, preserve your energy instead of draining it. Drain your energy on real women instead on yourself alone!:)
     
  7. I Free I

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    I agree .
     
  8. Kennen

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    As long as you've noticed that you are benifitting from no-P, it's fine.

    On my case, M is my addiction.. I am not addicted to P, however I've noticed that there were times that I used P as a substitute for M ...so I prefer hard mode.
     

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