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Constantly putting my hand in my pants?

Discussion in 'Compulsive Sexual Behavior' started by MartyRobbins, Apr 14, 2022.

  1. MartyRobbins

    MartyRobbins New Fapstronaut

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    Hey all, I just came to ask a question (if anyone ever finds this).

    I've been on and off with porn for a few months now, most recently I've gone about five days without it.

    I've only taken heavy notice of something that has been happening for quite a while with me though, and that is I'll unconsciously put my hand in my pants and hold my genitals. This only really happens when I'm relaxing, not doing much. Is this tied to anything specific? Is it natural?

    I wanted to ask here obviously due to the obvious misinformation about masturbation and sexual stuff on the front pages of Google and other such search engines. If anyone can help me with this, it'd be greatly appreciated.
     
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  2. Peiskos

    Peiskos Fapstronaut

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    Imo it can maybe be perceived as a soft form of edging to have your hands on your genitals like that, ideally you want to refrain from touching yourself to let yourself heal both physically and mentally and not have your mind drift towards thoughts of porn. When I was dealing with PIED (porn induced erectile dysfunction) and healing myself from that I would have urges to try and "test" myself to see if it still worked, which a lot of times led to relapses, in my experience touching yourself in any situation that isn't peeing, bathing or actually having sex is just a bad idea and won't lead to good places if you have a porn problem.

    If you can try wearing pants which make it harder to put your hands in, like jeans instead of sweat pants for example or if its sweatpants make sure to tie the waist good so that you can't just slip your hand in without purposely undoing the draw string.
     
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  3. MartyRobbins

    MartyRobbins New Fapstronaut

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    Thanks. I'll definitely be trying out the tighter drawstrings considering athletic shorts are my loungewear.
     
  4. Leon12

    Leon12 Fapstronaut

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    It's a bad habit formed out of years of porn fantasy and masturbation. It's almost as if your hand are on autopilot, but you know what at least you got aware of it and came in here for advice.

    Touching yourself is a big subconscious clue that you're craving physical contact, but in most cases, especially those of people who have dealt with porn it's the urge to consume porn and ejaculate on it. It happens in your bed because you're brain registered your bed as the place where it gets the usual dopamine shot. So each time you're in bed, you feel compelled to touch yourself, which is the wrong thing to do.

    Unless you're having sex or peeing, don't touch your penis. Your penis is your manhood and you should preserve it, the more you touch it with your hand, the more you alter its natural capabilities which will only create you loads of trouble in bed with a real person, no matter how strong and hard you think you are right now.

    It's common in many cases that a lot of people lost their NOFAP record because they got sloppy one day and decided to edge just to test if they still could do it. Don't test yourself.
     

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