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Today, I started taking my addiction seriously

Discussion in 'New to NoFap' started by LoneRanger1717, Sep 19, 2015.

  1. LoneRanger1717

    LoneRanger1717 New Fapstronaut

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    Hello, Fapstronauts! My friends call me Robo. I'm a 20 year old male, who has been a death-grip masturbater for longer than I can remember. There have been periods in my life where I have been PMO'ing daily or even a couple times a day. In the beginning, I didn't realize how it was affecting my body and my mind. Then, I learned more about the effects of porn, and I just basically disregarded all that I knew and lied to myself that what I was doing wasn't affecting my life. I've only had one serious relationship with my high school girlfriend of 3 years. Looking back, I realize that porn really hurt my relationship with the only girl I have ever loved romantically. I feel ashamed writing this, because it's embarassing how much porn has affected my life and how much I used to lie to myself about it. I spent my first year of college studying at a university in Canada. I had a rough time in the beginning, but by the end of the year I had made a lot of great friends and I was close to having some romantic interactions with a few girls I knew. I started working out, and my confidence was at an all time high. I realize now that the "confidence" I had was actually cockiness masking insecurity. My social anxiety and heavy use of pot deteriorated my health to the point where I started hearing voices, even when I wasn't high. The voices criticized all of my thoughts and actions. It got to a point where I couldn't hold a conversation with some of my closest friends. I was close to the edge. I realize now that I would never do anything to harm myself, but I thought that I would rather be dead than have these voices constantly attacking me 24/7. I withdrew from school, and I checked myself in to the hospital. After spending a difficult month in the hospital, where the paranoia and the psychosis grew worse, I was discharged and moved back home to the States. After another few months at home, I finally recovered. After a brief relapse in the beginning of summer, I've recovered again and I'm happy to be free of the voices for a few months now. After my first recovery, I transferred to a community college nearby, and I've been studying there for 3 semesters. Going to community college has been the best decision of my life. I've been more focused than ever, and I've earned the highest GPA I've ever had in my life. I'm going to transfer to a 4-year institution to finish my Bachelor's degree next fall, and I have a lot of options open to me. I feel that my life is fully on track, and the last thing that I need to deal with is my porn addiction. After watching a TED talk about the effects of porn:
    I decided that I should become a Fapstronaut. I want to reboot my mind and make it to 90 days. I'm most likely going to be in Hard Mode, because I don't have a girlfriend and I haven't even kissed a girl since high school :(. I joined NoFap, because I know that this isn't going to be easy. I'll need all the help I can get, so I'm looking for an accountability partner. Good luck, everyone. I hope we can all achieve our goals!
     
  2. Septimus

    Septimus Fapstronaut

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    Welcome Robo! I'm glad you're here!

    I think you'll find a lot of help here, especially if you look around, read, learn, and interact with others. It sure helped me.
     

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