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Nofap BOOTCAMP ; NO PMO/ HELL Mode [Open]

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by MONSTER MONK, Mar 3, 2019.

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  1. RPN

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    2 days complete. Another day, another victory.
     
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  2. daily check in 46 days are over
    I'm nearer to the goal than the start.. Keep going
     
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    Day 5 Completed
     
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    Good job Officers!!
     
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  5. Kratos_GOW

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  6. CHECK IN @MASTER MONK , i am now a LIEUTENANT and have reached my highest streak today but still feel very strong.
     
  7. Keep going, we need new officers! ;)
     
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  8. Kevin Saputra

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  9. sir, yes sir Major!!
     
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    Proud of you Lieutenant!
    Your will succeed! I believe it!
    You are hereby awarded the Medal of Service 4th Class!
    Serve the Kingdom well
     
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  11. Day 4, check-in! I'm happy to back to Worker! :)
     
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  12. Day 95...one more day ended successfully
     
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  14. N0M0RENasty

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    @MASTER MONK , I would like to enlist in this challenge.
     
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  15. daily check in
    captain reached 47 days
     
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  17. EcoMunchies

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    Checking in, busy weekend. Quiet on my frontline again for the last few days. Home for a while now, no travelling, so this makes it easier for me. Onwards!
     
  18. welcome and all the goods for your journey.. Waiting to see you as a captain at least ☺
     
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  19. EcoMunchies

    EcoMunchies Fapstronaut

    Just read this on Reddit NoFap, may be of use to done of you. Thanks to mrnatoo:

    The 90 day reset, why it works and how you used it to become addicted to PMO in the first place. (why you relapse answers)

    During an urge, the limbic system of the brain actually sends chemicals to cloud out the frontal cortex of the brain where rational thinking is done. If you get an urge, it’s almost impossible to use a new learnt skill.
    Your brain’s main job is to keep you alive. Not successful, or happy, or even healthy.
    How it does this is by constantly creating equilibrium or balance in our environments.

    An example of this is when someone smokes. Initially, the body resists the chemicals that come with tobacco.

    But because most people don’t listen to their bodies when they smoke, the brain eventually says:
    All right, it looks like we are going to have to deal with all of these chemicals, so let’s create equilibrium with them”.
    The brain deals with it, and learns to survive.

    When the person decides to quit, the brain says: Whoa! Wait a Minute, We Want Our Old Chemicals…
    The body and brain will then do everything in it can to restore that balance. Creating all kinds of emotions, anxiety, craving, depression, fear, you name it, the body and brain will throw it out there to get things back to normal.
    And if the person resists the emotions long enough to get through, the brain will eventually create a new equilibrium in line with the new environment.

    It’s this period that keeps most people from success. They attempt to change, and their brain resists it. When they run into the emotions of resistance, they go back to the old behaviour, even though they know it not what they want.

    The brain studies have shown that the brain releases all kinds of chemicals while someone is viewing pornography. Several endorphins are released, including adrenaline, serotonin, and dopamine.
    This is similar to what happens when someone uses cocaine. Did you hear that? Chemically, it’s very similar to using cocaine!
    And many recovering drug addicts say it was easier to quit cocaine than to stop pornography addiction.

    Along with the endorphins, there are some chemicals released with the shame that accompanies the behaviour. These have a tranquillising and numbing effect. It’s a combination of adrenaline, the feel good endorphins, like dopamine, and finished with a tranquillising effect.

    See, change is dangerous to the brain. The brain fears the unknown. It would rather keep things the same than have to figure out how to survive in a new environment. The feeling of fear, when we try to change our behaviour, is very real, it is the same chemical experience as that of being chased by a lion.

    The only way people usually make it through the change, is if there is something very painful pushing them forward. The brain is wired to avoid pain and seek pleasure. That’s why if there is a strong enough reason to change, people will.
    Sometimes it’s ED, PIED, or a separation, loss of a job, failed exam, failed dreams that are strong enough motivators

    Brain Studies show: If you introduce a new thought, with emotion every day for about 30 days, it creates a new neural pathway in the brain. If you continue to reinforce the new thought with emotion for about 90 days, it becomes the primary neural pathway.
    The other way to get through is to continue to reinforce the new belief system long enough for it to take hold in the brain.
    This is what the brain studies have shown: Whenever you think a thought with emotion, it releases chemicals into the body. If you introduce a new thought, with emotion every day for about 30 days, it creates a new neural pathway in the brain.
    It becomes a new habitual thought pattern in the brain. This is how you get through the urges. You continue to reinforce the new emotions until they take hold.
    And the studies also show that if you continue to reinforce the new thought with emotion for about 90 days, it becomes the primary neural pathway. Or on a cellular level, it becomes who you are.

    You can create lasting change in your life, but you have to know how to work with the machine that you have. You need to learn to understand how your brain works, and how to get what you want from it. It also means that if someone views pornography, they release powerful chemicals into the body. If they continue to do this over 30 days, it creates a new neural pathway for this habit and if they continue for 90 days, this habit becomes a primary neural pathway in their brain. They literally get wired to keep repeating this habit.

    Affirmations

    Many people are aware of using the process of affirmations to create new beliefs, but what happens when we start putting new beliefs in the brain it releases different chemicals than we are used to. After a few days, the brain and body go on strike. They want their old chemicals.
    The brain will create all kinds of emotions of resistance and depression, and craving, and doubt. Very strong emotions designed to get us back to the old place that was safe for our brain.
    Most people find it easier to go back to the old belief system. This leaves them in a place of despair, you need to have automatic systems in place to help you through this period, things you can do whether you feel like it or not, because there will be times when you don’t feel like it but need to affirm your new goal.
    (excerpts from curethecraving.com)
     

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