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Day 19 and nothing is different?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by brichter, Aug 19, 2018.

  1. brichter

    brichter New Fapstronaut

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    First off, this is the first time I've tried this. And going this long is by far the longest I've ever gone, since I started watching porn or masturbating in general( I'm 31 so probably close to 20 years). The last few days I have been crazy horny, I'm having really vivid sex dreams often. I almost feel like its made it harder to focus. When will things get easier? When will I notice some clear positives? I am proud for having the discipline to stick to it this long, but am starting to feel discouraged. Any insight or support would be appreciated.
    Thanks!
     
  2. thedarkbird

    thedarkbird Fapstronaut

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    You may be focusing too much on it. You quit porn but you're probably spending a lot of time thinking/worrying about it. Go do things. Go read books. Go work out. Go be with friends. Go listen to music.

    Maybe read a book about mindfulness/meditation. It would give you a lot of insight about yourself and why things are so difficult. 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle is a great one, but it requires an open mind and some persistence reading it (but then addicts are by definition persistent so you should have no trouble reading it ;-) )

    Personally I already had clear positives on the day I decided to quit porn, and I've felt them every day. Sure, I sometimes feel cravings, but then I think: fuck them! And I move on to something else.

    So. Stop focusing so much on it. Your new life has started, enjoy it! Whatever happens in the future, currently you are free of porn, great!

    Edit: On a side note: in my experience it gets a lot easier after 4 weeks or so. But this is very personal. I think it mainly depends on what you want to believe, you know, the self fulfilling prophecy.
     
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  3. LilD

    LilD Fapstronaut

    What exactly do you expect?
     
  4. JJackson

    JJackson Fapstronaut

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    You've spent yeaaaars strengthening the addicted neural pathways in your brain and destroying your dopamine receptors, you can't really expect much to happen in 19 days. Even 90 days is kinda just a bs number aside from ED related issues.

    Get your focus away from counting days, that discouragement shouldn't be there but it is because you're too focused on that number. Your only worry should simply be to get through the current day without fucking up, any other thought is irrelevant.

    https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/seven-days-now-what.183685/#post-1566190
     
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