For me, i pmo'd to escape from the reality of life. Now that i am abstinent, the pain that I tried to escape from hurts too much. My question is how long do i have to remain from pro until this pain/stress goes away?
No one can say for sure, since your situation is unique to you. I'd invite you to embrace the pain as it is a natural part of your recovery. What is it exactly that stresses / hurts you?
You should read the book "awaken the giant" by Anthony Robbins His entire approach is taking control of your pain and pleasure. you need to associate massive pain with unhealthy habits. There is more to it than that but his book has help me more than anything else
my past. I'm in other programs and I have tools to deal with it, but I feel pmo was the most efficient way for the pain to momentarily go away. Now that I'm not doing pmo, the pain is almost unbearable. Think I'm going to add excersizing in my everyday to do list
Don't live your whole life like that. What about the pain and stress that PMO causes you? My husband used PMO to momentarily make the pain go away for 20 years. Now we're trying to save our 11 year marriage, in which I was getting little to no emotional connection from him. It may be painful in the short term, but in the long run it's much better to face that pain and figure out how to deal with it.
