Please tell me how to stop touching the penis physically?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Ona kin man, Sep 5, 2015.

  1. Ona kin man

    Ona kin man New Fapstronaut

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    Since I was a child, I can't drop the bad habit of touching my penis.
    This habit is so terrible and killing me.
    So, could you please tell me how I can stop touching my penis? I'm serious.
     
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  2. seventyniner

    seventyniner Fapstronaut

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    Oh yeah, that one was tough for me at the beginning. But now it isn't anymore!

    The thing is: Just like you picked up the habit of touching your penis, you need to pick up the habit of NOT touching your penis.
    And how do you do that? The direction goes always from the conscious to the unconscious/subconscious. Whatever you're trying to turn into a habit, at the beginning you have to do it very consciously. Involving 100% brain power. "No, don't touch it. Away, hand!" You have to concentrate on it. Fifteen seconds later: "Stop it, hand. Not now!" Twenty seconds later you realize you're already touching it. "Stop it! No touching!" And this goes on for a few days.

    Slowly, your brain realizes that this is a repetitive behavior. Again, and again, and again, and again, and again you give your hand the order to stop, right? It's annoying, but you keep doing it. But the trick is: This repetitive behavior gets written into your unconscious/subconcious control system slowly. (You don't THINK about breathing, right? Your body is taking care of it.) So your brain says: OK, I'll start taking care of that, too. And suddenly your brain will give the Stop! order to your hand, before you even formulate the thought. This reflex will get stronger and stronger, until it is formed into a habit that overwrites the old one.

    Yes, it takes discipline. But yes, it gets easier!
     
  3. numpty

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    just how you revise shit for an exam - you repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat until WHAT you are repeating Is memorized that you can recall very quickly.

    Your post makes very much sense to me. Thank you for this.
     
  4. Ona kin man

    Ona kin man New Fapstronaut

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    Thank you so much. I appriciate it.
    If you have any other advice about stop the habit of touching my penis physically, please tell me.
     
  5. Sign of the Times

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    Always wear undergarments to bed (not too tight, but never lose fitting ones). Never sleep naked. Put up a barrier between your hand and your dick.
     
  6. vapspresents

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    Thanks for this one bro, I am glad that I came across this because I myself have had this problem for many years but I wasn't conscious about it until recently and then I realize that yes this is a problem because I now see that there is no real reason of why I should be touching my dick just for the hell of it but thank you I shall retrain my brain.
     
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  8. TBRAG

    TBRAG New Fapstronaut

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    Hey how many days or times we need to do this so it becomes a habits?
    (just asking for keeping a level)