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Any point in counting past 90 days?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by ssbackup, Jul 1, 2018.

  1. ssbackup

    ssbackup Fapstronaut

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    if the goal of NoFap is brain rebooting then is there any point counting past 90 days? Except for bragging rights?

    My thinking is if you can get to 90 without PMO then your lifestyle has probably been successfully altered. So I would think of 90+ days as a lifestyle change going forward and stop counting.
     
  2. aerokus

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    There are countless fapstronauts who relapse after 90 days, then binge and fall back into addiction. Some of them think exactly what you said, that they've successfully changed their brain and that they'll be totally fine PMO'ing again.

    90 days is the main milestone. But it's not the end of the journey. I wouldn't agree with anyone bragging about the number of days on their streak though, that's wrong.
     
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  3. Kexas23

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    Plus if you’ve pmo’d to Internet p for a long time 90 days will not be enough for a reboot. I lost my pied at about 110 days. My steak went 180 and I still relapsed and now am almost at square one.
     
  4. ssbackup

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    At least you have successfully completed a 180 day streak. That’s awesome. Even if you mess up and reset your still way better off this iteration # even though you lost the 180 streak.
     
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  5. 1227

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    Just hit 90 days two days ago, honestly I don't ever want to watch P ever again. Next goal 120 days.
     
  6. ssbackup

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    Just curious, so is day 80 just as tempting as day 5? Where you have to tell yourself I can’t PMO, I can’t PMO, I can’t PMO, or do you just forget about it most of the time and just live a different better life?
     
  7. Kexas23

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    It depends when your flatline ends. Everyone is different. I relapsed because I suffered a pretty traumatic experience and it was my way to cope. I should have chosen a better method but I was not prepared for what happened to me. This time I am prepared.
     
  8. 1227

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    I have found that PMO becomes its most tempting when under stressful/unfortunate circumstances - relationship issues, study/work stress etc. In my eyes a relapse can occur at anytime if you let it, regardless of what day you’re on. But in my own experience the higher the streak I have the less likely im going to relapse due to not wanting to ruin my streak.
     
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  9. aerokus

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    In addition to what the others said above, I would say that the urges are definitely much less frequent later on in your streak. However, you have to be prepared for the stronger, more subtle and subversive urges that ambush you in times of boredom, tiredness, depression, and stress. But the thought of porn and masturbation consumes my mind much much less at Day 47 than the hell that was the first week.
     

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