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There's different types of relapse.

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by skaterdrew, May 2, 2019.

  1. skaterdrew

    skaterdrew Fapstronaut

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    In my opinion everything all comes down to brain changes. The longer and more you're away from porn/artificial sexual stimulation and the more your not activating those porn pathways in your brain the more your brain is rewiring, changing back to it's normal state.

    The problem is many things can activate these porn pathways. But you need to understand if you have had a lot of streaks away from porn/ artificial sexual stimulation then there will be a lot of brain changes.

    A problem I have discovered is I used to think all relapses were the same. This isn't the case. For instance if you deliberately searched and looked at porn and then shut it off this isn't going to cause much damage. If you masturbated once this isn't going to cause much damage. Even if you masturbated to porn once all your progress and brain changes wouldn't be undone if you already have brain changes from your previous streaks. Even a PMO binge wouldn't send someone back to square one if you have a lot of brain changes from previous streaks.

    But don't think that if you relapse once that your as well watching more porn or binging. The more porn/artificial sexual stimulation you watch, the more you PMO the more your undoing those brain changes from your previous streaks.

    It's like if you threw 10 bucks away, you think well might as well just throw 100 away now. Yes there is damage from throwing the 10 bucks away, but no where near the damage from throwing 100 bucks away. It won't take much hard work or take that long to make the 10 bucks back. But it will be harder work and take longer to make the 100 bucks back. It's the same thing from how much you choose to activate those porn pathways in your brain.

    If you relapse you should instantly jump back in to the mindset I must stop all this.

    Your not back to square one if you relapse once. One relapse can't undo all those brain changes from previous streaks.

    But always remain in the mindset you must stop all of this.
     
    Last edited: May 2, 2019
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