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Post published by Tom1492

Brothers I just relapsed. I am praying and asking God for mercy. I have been really struggling lately. Does anyone have any advice on getting the images out of my memory?
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Thorgal88 more_vert
Thorgal88
Some priest said that after watching porn, you should go to church and spend twice as much time looking on the Holy Sacrament. But I haven't tested it myself. Personally I'm mostly just try to imagine Jesus or something I'm passionate about (in my case this are bees in the hive) when the pictures come to my head.
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bertranr more_vert
bertranr
Read the Lifebof the Saints.
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St Thomas Becket more_vert
St Thomas Becket
There is no getting images out of your mind. I can still remember porn I read from 40 years ago.
I would recommend filling your free time with reading, avoiding television, the Internet, and images in general.
I like the works Charles Dickens, especially A Christmas Carol or Barnaby Rudge.
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Jerky more_vert
Jerky
You are not alone Brother. I have been struggling as well. I have reset my counter but i will not be discouraged.
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dlansky more_vert
dlansky
I don't know how much advice I should be giving, since I only have four clean days myself at this point, but one thing that worked for me when I was closer to being at the top of my game was saying the "Hail Mary" repeatedly in my mind whenever thoughts or images would come up. It seemed to help -- I plan to use that strategy again now.
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Roader to Freedom more_vert
Roader to Freedom
Some demons can only be defeated with praying and fasting (in our case, not looking at porn) - we learn from the Bible. Some demons die with time, then. I advise these both ways to you and I'll pray for you. Remember, these are just images, pixels, it's nothing true. You're stronger than a few kilobytes, because you're worth more than a flock of sparrows.
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