It’s been 2 weeks that I’ve started my nofap journey again after 10 unsuccessful attempts. It’s been going great but today I’m feeling some sensation on my penis shaft, it’s a very good feeling and the sensation is good and making my urges come back. I don’t know what is it about, so today I was with my friend and he was using a dating app and we both were looking at some profiles and after that I’ve been experiencing some sensation in my penis(at the point where the base of penis connects to the testicles) and it’s a very very good feeling and it is forcing me to masturbate again, but I won’t masturbate today. I don’t know what is it about because I’ve been experiencing flatlines since 2-3 days now and everything is happening so fast, I think it’s because of how I’m controlling my mind. But it’s working great for me. So should it happen or not? Or has it happened to anyone who is in this journey, I’m feeling very horny right now but I know how to control this. So is it a sign of progress or is it a delusion?
>> it is forcing me to masturbate again>> your tingling pp is not forcing your to masturbate again. Your untreated addiction is. as a recovering PMO addict, scrolling through dating profiles is an amazingly stupid thing to do. of course, abstaining from PMO will give you more functioning in your pp back. Using PMO again and acting out will further your PIED. It's not complicated... Stay sober. Stay on the wagon. Journal, get an AP go to meetings with SAA or similar groups Otherwise you will be doomed to destroy your pp. Think about the better life you could have, to experience love, joy, connection, peace...work for that!
Haha yes I definitely got this, but I didn’t know it would affect so much. But it’s fine now, I can control my urges and I am still figuring out things which trigger my condition and which don’t. Sorry What’s an AP? No, I’m not PMOing again, I was just talking about my urges. Before like 3-4 days, even if I see some nude pic also, it didn’t bother me at all, but it changed today and like I was looking at a total normal pic and my pp would go up on its own, not fully but like 40%. So that’s what I was asking, like is it a positive sign or is it a normal thing?
This is what every addict says. We all think we can control it...until we cant. This is addiction denial 101. AP = Accountability Partner - someone to talk to and update on your recovery. can also be a sponsor or someone like that.
I guess you’re right here for this point. It has not been much time that I’ve started this journey and I shouldn’t feel overconfident about this. Thanks for this, I totally get your point. I think it’s not only about masturbating to porn but also changing my other habits like procrastination, being lazy, unpunctual, and viewing women like a sexual object only. At some point of time, I need to correct myself and get rid of these habits and mindset. And about the AP, I don’t have any AP as of now, this community is an AP for me now. There isn’t a single person with whom I want to share my problem. I feel ashamed if I tell my problem to anyone, so I decide to keep it to myself only and anyways I can post on this forum anonymously, so I feel confident that many people like me are on this journey and are fighting the same cause as me.
Hahaha this reaction is justified, totally justified. But now I’m not using any of these things at all and have also deactivated my instagram account. So let’s see where it takes me..
