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Just deleted 2TB of porn - shaking, confused, immediate regret.

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Ash22, Sep 22, 2017.

  1. Ash22

    Ash22 Fapstronaut

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    Just wiped my 2TB drive filled with my favorite hard porn videos amassed over the last 6 years.

    I feel like I've lost something really valuable to me. I feel stinging regret. I feel stupid. Hard to breathe. What have I done? I'm trying to remember it all now. Was this fucking necessary? It meant so much to me. All I want to do now is pig out on filth. I can feel it roiling in my gut.

    Ugh, I hate this addiction.
     
  2. sparkywantsnoPMO

    sparkywantsnoPMO NoFap Moderator & Yeoman

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    I remember how hard it was when I deleted mine. It took a lot of personal conviction for you to do that, so well done.
     
  3. DeProfundis

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    Well done! Now find something more worthwhile to create and love!
     
  4. APC1995

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    No problem........install porn terminator to such thing again on your PC. Friend this is not your kind. Go ahead with new way of porn free life.
     
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  5. sparkywantsnoPMO

    sparkywantsnoPMO NoFap Moderator & Yeoman

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  6. JakeWoods

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    "Immediate regret"
    ... this is the best thing you've ever done.
     
  7. APC1995

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    Basically Porn Terminator is a software that automatically scan all your PC and delete explicit and sexual contents. This software was easily available on Torrent.
     
  8. Border_

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    I never really had a stash of P myself, but I can relate to how sometimes we feel urges or regret that just isn't rational. So strange how addiction can create emotions like regret for staying away from something that's bad for us.

    I have had a pattern for like a year now of getting as far as 60 days at best and then relapsing. I recently found myself feeling some fear, like if I make it past 60 days I will be committed again to long-term abstain, and maybe that fear is contributing to these relapses.

    It's kind of absurd to be scared of letting go of something I don't want in my life in any capacity to begin with. Like one part of yourself is fighting against your higher self of logic and reason. Sometimes I'm confused how to navigate that as well.
     
  9. Septimus

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    Hey man, you absolutely did the right thing.

    And what you feel is entirely normal. You had a deep, lasting relationship with that porn. It was a part of you. Of course it hurts to end that relationship!

    But feelings aren't the most important thing. Sometimes doing the right thing feels bad at the beginning. Think of the alcoholic who pours the booze out, or the wife who is being badly abused, who finally breaks it off with her abuser. The feelings you describe are what happen.

    It isn't about what you feel, but what you know to be right.
     
  10. Reborn16

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    I can remember deleting my stash too. I could only do it after a relapse... and yes instant regret, like I had broken up with a girlfriend or something. How crazy is that?

    Don't worry man, you may feel regret on and off, but the effort and time it would take to reacquire all that porn VS doing a 2 week, 30 days or more nofap streak... That decision should be easier very soon :)
     
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  11. happybirthday

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    I did delete my trash too just yesterday. Do at previous times that I did it, I just keep downloading it, and I regret some times that I can no longer find the picture of the girl I like. But yeah, I went last week not even visiting sites, though my fingers are used to typing it so, I'm trying to change little by little.
     
  12. noonoon

    noonoon Fapstronaut

    You're feeling it's meat-hooks in your heart. Hurts to pull those bitches out.
     
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  13. Congratulations!!! You've made the next big step after your commitment on quiting porn!! The next thing I did was to delete all the accounts I've set up in all porn-related sites!

    You just have to look forward to your reboot! We all have to do that!!
     
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  14. Dude this is monumental. Regret for what? That'd be like regret for removing a cancerous tumor from your body.
     
  15. Ash22

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    Thanks for your messages everyone, they help <3. I did not relapse, and waking up this morning I knew I had done the right thing. In fact today I found an old spindle of 50 or so DVDs with more porn on them. Destroyed them all by hand.

    If anyone is thinking "oh it's ok I'll keep my porn stash for casual viewing after I reboot" just forget it, you're lying to yourself. Rid yourself of this shit or it will never leave you.
     
  16. 2TBs! That's HUGE, man. Good for you! When I deleted my porn hard drive (250 GB) I was feeling the same, but after some days you won't even remember most of the videos. And also, you didn't lose anything precious!
     
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  17. Lance Egone

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    Same feeling when I joined here. Immediate panic: "What have I done? What am I doing?" Did a history clear of all my browsers for insurance. Deleted numbers of escorts. Fortunately since committing to this life of no PM, I've been extremely busy. I notice I'm sleepy a lot, so it's early to bed, and I've always been an early riser to workout before going to work.

    Take some deep breaths, plan your day out. All will be well.
     
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  18. poloGz

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    I am trying to quit porn and even though I didnt use for some days now, I fear deleting my stash, like it's some sort of lifeline to my sexuality, now that I'm single. It is really strange and I can't manage to erase those videos... :(
     
  19. recoome

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    Even i regretted deleting my porn stash. the regret will go away. welcome to the real world away from the pixels.
     
  20. dragonaire

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    Ok, to make you feel how much it means what u did im gonna rewrite it all as if you were an alcoholic leaving drinking:

    >>>>>>>

    Just throwed away all my stash of emergency liquor that i had gathered over the last year.

    I feel like I've lost something really valuable to me. I feel stinging regret. I feel stupid. Hard to breathe. What have I done? I'm trying to remember it all now. Was this fucking necessary? It meant so much to me. My way of dealing with life, gone!... All I want to do now is drink till blackout. I can feel it roiling in my gut.

    Ugh, I hate this addiction.
     
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