Day 0. I have finally accepted that I actually have a serious addiction. Today was the last day ever to watch P. I will gradually decrease the amount of M and O, and when it's offically summer, I will not be doing even those anymore. Then I will be free from all of PMO. So the plan is to get clean step by step, not cold turkey because I know I wouldn't make it. Join now to help each other!
congrats to you joining the nofap journey! a better life awaits you. its hard to even know all the things your brain will be capable of without the fog of PMO and computer smut clogging up your capacity to actualize your true self. You'll be surprised. I recommend "Ice Cold JT" on youtube and "The Great Porn Experiment" TED talk as starting points!
Day 1 Doing great, almost no urges and the first day is already gone. My motivation is still pretty high. See you guys at tomorrow!
Thanks, I will absolutely check these channels out, and also everything else that could help me with the mission.
Day 3 Sorry for not writing yesterday, I was very sick and had a bad fever. But other than that, everyhting is going as planned. I mean I even have started to think I could actually go cold turkey and never ever even M or O anymore. So that's my new plan, so absolutely nothing for now on.
Day 4 Doing great! According to the original plan today would have been the first day I could have M and O, but as I said this is going so well that I will go cold turkey. I had some little urges in the afternoon, but they have completely faded away for now.
I'm with you on this, everything will get better and in the summer we will be free of pornography and we will live great moments without ties or worries like the impulse to watch porn. I join this challenge
Day 0 I woke up with the hope that I could start over and be away from pornography, but I had a feeling that deep down I didn't want to, I couldn't stop and I ended up masturbating twice, I feel regretful and I really want to get away from this world a lot. so disgusting and start a new life, it's the only thing I want, to be better
Damn I feel you. It's just the fact that we have those bad phases when we aren't doing so great, but sometimes we have the "good" times aka longer streaks. But remember how we get these longer streaks. It's that then we have a stronger mindset and it's not any easier, we just fight for it harder. So my advise is to think about that and try to change your mindset.
Day 6 Thank God it has almost gotten to a full week! Today I had little urges again but not so much that I would have had to fight against them so hard. But they keep you awake and aware of the upcoming hard times, when the urges are really really bad. Keep grinding soldiers!
Day 7 Now this was the first day when the urges appeared very strong. And I know they will get even stronger and stronger for the next couple of weeks or so. But I promise to fight till the very end of this month and beyond that! I will be clean before summer!!!
Day 8 Very. Bad. Urges. Today they were sostrong that sometimes they were the only thing I can think of clearly. They faded everything other and more important things away. But it's already been a whole week, so the motivation is still high and I've promised that I won't give up that easiely.
Hi! Can I still join? Asking since you are already on day 8. If yes, today would be my Day 0. I have been having this addiction for 13 years. I have been using it to cope up with my life, depression and social anxiety. Looking to refrain from PMO, since I need a hard retest. My brain always chooses the least resistance path. So how do I convince myself to do my work rather than instant gratification?
Welcome in! Everyone can join, no matter where they are on the journey. When you asked about how you can convice your brain to do otherwise than you would like to do, well, that's the hard thing here. I mean that's the core problem of nofap, or basically any addiction, it's up to you to make the hard decisions and fight against the urges. I mean I have thought about this, and the only answer I have gotten is that it's just up to you. You just got to do it yourself. There is nothing you can rely on that would help. And that's also the reason why we keep getting those relapses and never get free. But when you understand this when the urges come, you can possibly break the cycle and not relapse a single time anymore. I mean, you just gotta realize that it's your mind that tells you to do things and the same mind is the only thing in this universe that can affect what you are going to do, that's why it's hard. But just remember it when the hardest moments come. That's my advise. Keep fighting!!
Day 9 I have had bad urges again today, and I would might even have been close to relapsing if I didn't come here and told myself what all this is and why am doing this and everything. And it gave me motivation and kinda snapped me back to reality. Just moments ago I had the worst cravings of the day but now I have almost zero urges. I mean they are there, almost always just like now, but they do not have a control of me, but I have control over them.
I am sorry, i couldn't even be without it for a day. I am such a loser. I'll try again tomorrow. Restarting the counter
Hey don't beat yourself over it. You are trying and you've recognized this as an issue that you have. This is a huge step in recovery.
