Hey guys, I'm 14 years old and I've posted on this forum before about my PMO addiction, thankfully I got a handful of messages which were fruitful for my rebooting challenge, but for some reason, I recently only reached 10 days which was the furthest for me to go, before I could only go 7 days without masturbating, I think the main reason for relapsing this time was that google and Youtube were contributing to these thoughts, I don't use social media anymore at all not even Facebook, twitter or even Instagram, also I have an addiction to Youtube, and I get bored without these things, I'm now in school and I've got a lot of study and homework and schoolwork is freaking me out, and makes me want to relapse even more. WHAT THE HECK CAN I DO TO QUIT?!
bro..i understand your problems..i also had this problems..what i did is i installed a strong parental control software which allowed me only to use some useful educational websites and blocks all other contents..if you try it with sincere mind, i guarantee you a success
Hi Moatasem, it is difficult to quit even for older guys. And as a teen you're especially vulnerable and have a higher libido. I haven't read your story. But you're only 14. So you came to this site and as you see, there are many guys who struggle with severe porn addiction for years on end. LET THIS BE YOUR MOTIVATION! Don't let yourself become an addict for life. You may be already hooked on pmo. But at your age things like that can still change easily. However, don't rely on it! Do something for it! To improve your situation, you don't need to spend hours and hours on this forum. Yes, you can get some help, support, understanding and education about recovery here. But it is limited. Much more important is the real world. Talk to people! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED! IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT that you fell into the porn-trap! The contrary to addiction is connection. Connection is what you need. Real intimacy, real touch, real bodies, real sex. Don't worry if that is not already your game. Your time will come. You can (try to) abstain from masturbation. Obviously it won't hurt you if you do. But let me tell you: that is not the real issue here. The issue is porn! If you fantasize about girls that you know, if you masturbate to your fantasy - that's something that boys did for Centuries. Right? That's not the issue! Good luck!
I think that's a very helpful message and a lot of people tell me to socialize and to go out with real girls. Unfortunately, I misunderstood what real intimacy is and I got dragged into pornography mostly by curiosity, but I think going out with real girls will help create new neural pathways, so that I can socialize more. Thank you man!
Hey bro! That's a lot of pressure to put on yourself at 14 ! I mean damn, at that age masturbation is very normal and approved behavior. If you believe otherwise then I think you have been indoctrinated. Porn consumption is definitely not for teenagers though! That's what I think. So on one hand you're mixing healthy age appropriate natural sexuality with unhealthy inappropriate unnatural sexuality. But also remember not to be too hard on yourself. I think at 14 you need to be allowed to masturbate as much as you want, especially if you aren't using porn. Why are you calling yourself addicted? Is it because of some culture that made you think you have an addiction, or do you feel in yourself the actual mechanisms of addiction at work?
I think that using artifical intelligence to force you is not addressing the underlying problems, as well. However if you are brave enough to ask your parents to support you in nofap and to install and monitor the control software then you will have very good success and perhaps your parents will think you are mature and reward you in other ways.
Well, I masturbate daily non-stop 3 times a day while binge-watching pornography for hours, so I don't want this to continue for the rest of my life, but I do know that masturbation is normal in moderate amounts, excessive dopamine use is unhealthy and can have detrimental effects on your body, but moderate masturbation without any pornography is healthy. Besides I'm not really into religious beliefs or cultural beliefs that address the issue of pornography in a cultural way, I'm mostly an atheist.
I already told my mother, brother and sister about it, and my brother and sister wanted very much to help me, but my mom got angry about it and told me to stop doing it, there was some encouragement, but I'm never giving up no matter what!
I'm going to be strong and quit, and finish my homework, and I'm setting a parental control app on my phone! Thanks mate!
That was brave and you will be rewarded. Even the anger is something you can use in a motivational way. Go for it bro!