Concerning the PMO Slider, and other questions.

P is the main issue. If you look at P without M or O that's really just a form of edging, and it does a lot of harm. Besides, you could end up having an O without any M because of it (it's happened to me). Or you could get bad blue balls (but these will go away pretty soon, it's not an excuse to MO).

Each viewing of P creates more craving for the next one, very much like the addiction to smoking cigarettes.

I know from experience that a 30-day streak with no P at all is much better than a 60-day streak with occasional "peeking" i.e. edging.

 

From my past streaks I've just set it to custom and occasionally peaked, hopefully this time I can go 30 days without peaking at all like you mentioned. Edging always seem to make my guilty meter spike too.

 

I've had thoughts about betting friends about abstaining but I always end up shying away from an actual bet. I'd almost want to bet $100 or something extreme like shaving my head lol. I used to go by the same tactic of peaking but I'm changing it up this time.

 

It might satisfy you in the short-term but it keeps you stuck in the habit, and it causes dopamine imbalances and all that bad stuff.