26 y/o Addicted to Porn

Hi @FlyingPizza
Welcome to the forum. Admitting the problem is really a big and brave step to quit PMO. Masturbation can bring many harmful effects to life such as brain fog, tiredness, bad relationship etc.
I recommend you to create your journal on reboot section and come daily for writing down what you experience on the day. It helps you to understand your strength and weakness by thinking deeply before you write it down. Once you understand your weakness and strength, you will figure out your approaches to improve yourself. In addition, you will have connections with people here and you can ask for help if you have any question.
Moreover, you could read success stories to see what others' experience on this issue. Their problems and improvements on NoFap journey is very valuable knowledge for you. Here is one.

I hope you will get rid of PMO soon and have a bright life.

All the best,
NamoBuddha

 

Hi. Welcome to forum!

Make sure you crate a personal journal thread in Reboot Logs section and blog there on a regular basis. As well as just generally be active participant in various forum discussions. I recommend this to everybody new here because it's the major thing that helped me when I was first starting. Just lurking on forums, reading and learning is great. But it usually is so much more powerful to engage. It helps to keep us motivated and accountable when we are active part of community. And keeps this in front of our minds so we don't forget about importance of it and slip away in our old habits. Sharing is also therapeutic. This is a major reason why AA meetings work so good. But that was developed before internet era. These days we can get most of the same benefits online through communities like this. So don't underestimate the power of active participation.

I would also like to suggest you to look into mindfulness meditation. It has helped me personally tremendously to learn how to deal with urges. It takes a while to get good at it and notice results, so you need to be consistent with it, but once you do it's very powerful. It has been used by sages for thousands of years to deal with various issues of the mind. And in recent decades the science is also catching up to what ancient sages have know for centuries. Meditation these days are widely used as very effective tool by psychologists for treating addiction and by neurologists for supporting recovery of the brain. It is a great exercise for the brain the same way as jogging is great exercise for the body. Check out this Ted talk, it gives a good idea of what's it about when it comes to philosophy. As far as practical side of it there is this awesome smartphone app called Headspace for guided meditations to get you started.

Wish you lot's of strength and success in your reboot journey!