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Did porn destroy my life? Because it certainly hasn't helped!

Discussion in 'New to NoFap' started by JeremySkitz, Sep 21, 2015.

  1. Sep 21, 2015 #1
    JeremySkitz

    JeremySkitz New Fapstronaut

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    Hi folks! :) I just wanted to introduce myself as tonight I woke up and made a final decision to do my best to quit porn forever! I must have started watching porn when I was around fourteen and eight years later I'm still doing the same thing. Before joining I read a lot of stories on NoFap about how porn addiction affected people's lives and many of the stories resonated with me. I'm in an uphill battle with Depression, Social Anxiety and severe writers block and from what I read in the stories I began to wonder if Porn addiction was a contributing factor to my problems. My Dad died a few months back and ever since I've had this need to improve and grow, and not just for me but for my mum too, who's growing list of concerns doesn't need me and my issues at the forefront! I feel lonely, exhausted and afraid all of the time, Porn may not have lead me to this point in life, but taking those first steps to grow is less scary than doing nothing. I look forward to being apart of this community, reading everyone's stories and finally kicking my addiction! :)
     
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  2. Sep 22, 2015 #2
    galaxim

    galaxim Fapstronaut

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    Hi @JeremySkitz and welcome! I'm very sorry for your father, but whatever problems that you have, porn only makes things worse. I think this journey can be of great help, as it will allow you to keep your mind busy and you'll begin to have more time to be there for your loved ones, such as your mother. I also used PMO during a decade to cope with pain, with it gives you nothing in the long run.

    Please visit the Starter Kit, which is an unofficial compilation of step by step guides on where to begin and what to do: http://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/galaxims-journal.20036/page-8#post-330466

    If you take this seriously, it's going to be really hard. You need a plan, a strong reason for quitting and to participate actively in the community. As soon as you can try to get yourself an accountability partner. Start documenting each action and each trigger, as to find a solution to a problem we have first to be able to know which is the problem.

    Take a look also at the documents on my signature. Some of them are my own, but most of them are key ones made by expert members of this community or the other reboot communities. Print them. Read them again. Take those documents wherever you go.

    Fight this, man. It's going to be really hard, but there's hope and light and the end.

    Galaxim.
     
    galaxim, Sep 22, 2015
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  3. Sep 22, 2015 #3
    veerya

    veerya Fapstronaut

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    Give nofap a chance and you will feel better about yourself

    More energy will come to you and you will have more time to socialize with other and cut down that loneliness

    You can do this man! It's not too late!
     
    veerya, Sep 22, 2015
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