How did you realized that you are an addict ?

One week ago...i PMO in my job's toilet. Driving home i waw watching and driving at the same time. I got angry when the signal was lost! SAD! Then at home with my wife i cought my self waiting her to fall asleep so i could do the same. I could try for sex but....i tried......PMO?????? WTF? So, i'm here now

 

Hey, never have those suicidal thoughts again. PM it is addictive in a way that our brains are programmed to have similar reactions to a same stimulus. In that regard , if you have a certain trigger your urge will most likely appear. So don't have negative thoughts about you relapsing again.Instead, if you start over, reset with more information. Learn to know your triggers, try to corner them for as long as you can, and someday your brain won't be programmed to have urges of PM so often and it'll be easier and easier.

 

I had gone my entire time PMOing believing that if I wanted to stop, it would be easy. I realized I was addicted when I tried to quit as a challenge but couldn't.

 

I'm glad you're here trying to quit.

 

I'm open minded and paranoid, watched this video and decided to stop.

 

I found out, when I was having sex. I was thinking about P so I could O. That's when I new I got a serious problem. Plus I was coming home from work which is about 20 mins from my house just to have PMO, and then back to work. I lasted 4 days last week, relapsed yesterday. I think I'm gonna give my smart phone and laptop away and just have a standard phone for a bit.

 

I never felt great about porn subs and masturbation, but it was only when I linked both together that I decided I wanted to stop both. Then, I didn't succeed. And after years of trying, I still didn't succeed. During the past year, though, I've finally been taking big steps towards freedom. The most difficult process was and is probably stopping to be ashamed because of my addiction. But the more the shame goes away, the more the addiction goes away, it seems.

 

i felt like stopping after 8 years of masturbation would recover me for good. i´m suffering from major depressions since then, i could never figure out what it was what dragged me down that much. now i know. and i could cry from both: wasting 8 years of my teenager/young adult life and finally KNOWING THE REASON I TRY TO FIGURE OUT FOR YEARS that made me fall into thedepression.

 

I salute you! More people like you needed.