I am finding it extremely hard to not think sexual thoughts for more than five minutes.... Seriously! Just a bit of history; struggled with depression/anxiety since my teens. Occasionally watched porn but quit ten years ago. Used to fap up to 4 times a night and even during the day, but gradually did less as I got older. I have been clean from fapping for roughly two months now. No matter what I do I am tempted to fantasize. I cannot concentrate on my hobbies, work etc because my mind is constantly bringing up sexual images and I struggle to ignore them. These thoughts range from scenes from porn I used to watch, sex scenes from films, and I have a compulsion where I imagine myself having sex; what I would do, positions etc. Any advice would be appreciated. I am exhausted.
Thinking about sex when youve used porn for so long is normal. Id recommend doing some.meditation and learning to accept yourself who you are and who you want to become. The stage youre in is a place weve all been before. Once you have a clear idea of where you want to go you HAVE TO soldify the WHY. If youre why isnt strong enough youll fail. Thats been the key for me. Why do you want to quit porn if your reasons are strong enough you can get there. Once you figure that out strengthen that on a regular basis especially in between cravings. This process is nonlinear and you will fail multiple times. Fall 99 times get up 100, learn and grow
I've failed a few times. I was doing well until two years ago when I started to suffer from depression/anxiety again. I find that when I am tired, anxious, sad i get the strong urges to daydream about sex. Why do I want to quit? Because my life is being wasted, I feel depressed, anxious, tired, and I view women as sex objects (which I know is wrong). I just want to go back to life before I discovered porn, life was simpler then.
