First of all , I had a long story with porn and masturbate , I am 20 years old and I live alone in Ukraine , I stopped porn\masturbate many times in my life for 4 months , 3 months , 5 months , 3 months , and I always get relapsed every long period of recovery , I couldn't stop porn\masturbate for 1 year , but I seek on it . I want to speak briefly and simply without prolonging : I can easily stop this addiction for 2 months , but in the third month I always became so impulsive to eat sweets and chocolates , in this period I had a deep desire to eat large amount of sugar , chocolates , meat , dessert , it's compulsive and hard to stop it , but Every time I ate these amounts I feel calm and stable , and of course continue my journey for stopping porn\masturbate ( in this point I still didn't relapse ) in the End of the third month of NoFap , I became like a monster , I had a lot of desires to eat sweets , desserts , to listen many kind of musics , to sleep a lot , to Enter Instagram and Facebook , to have fun and speak with friends ( in this point I never had a desire for masturbate\porn ) also in the End of the third month of NoFap ( or in the beginning of the forth month ) I can not be calm or doing meditation , because it is really hard ( in the first month of NoFap I can do meditation very easily ) also I can not wake up easily , I just wanted to continue my sleeping because it is so pleasureful . After that I feel that even long sleep or eating a lot or playing a lot ,, all that is not enough to make me calm and stable , then I return to my addiction to porn\masturbate Without any resistance . That's why I'm sure that the MAIN PROBLEM is ( Cravings for lust ) or (Intense rush to pleasure ) there is nothing called '' porn addiction " , watching porn or masturbate comes as a result of Life contains many addictions , So I just watching porn and masturbate only after I became a strong addicted to sugar, sweets , sleep and Instagram , then I easily relapse to porn ,, and masturbate profusely .... after that I got calm (( that is my circle )) . when I had a large amount of energy ( long period of recovery of masturbate\porn ) I can not control myself . when I had a little amount of energy ( small period of recovery of masturbate\porn , for example 1 week or 2 week free after a lot of masturbation ) . I can control myself . >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So what should I do ? I couldn't stopthis addiction , I always feel that there is a big rock on my brain and it really hurts , a lot of headaches , and pain in the eyes , depression . Yesterday I read about " psychologists thrash patients with STICKS to help them kick their addictions " it is not a new topic , here is the link (( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-thrash-patients-sticks-help-kick-habits.html )) , but it is really interesting , I think that Hit the skin with a stick can make your brain focus on this pain instead of focusing on ( Lust \ pleasure ) , I think that this way can make the addicts get calm naturally without being addict to food or something , I never tried this before , but I think seriously about this method , what do you think about that ? is this can help me ? please give me any information that can help me I will be very thankful If anyone can help me , specially those who could stop this addiction for 1 year or more , I always did a lot of fasting in the last 2 years ( No eating when the Sun is visible ) but This thing did not help me enough to stop masturbate , it helped me to decrease the headache that I felt , also , I had a good life in Ukraine , I don't have feeling of sadness or rejection , I had a good relationship with the society , I already don't have a girlfriend , I think that no need to had a girlfriend in this time . there are some people and friends who noticed that I am not like a normal person , they already noticed that I can not control myself , or I can not focus easily on the study or while speaking with teachers or Sudden change in mood , but no one knows about my addiction , they can not help me about this problem , it is not like a close friends . I hope that I can find a good people in this site may can help me in this journey , and of course to help them if they need any help or advice about these topics , and sorry If there is any English mistakes in this text
At 20 years old, you are doing Very Well in your battle against PMO. (" I stopped porn\masturbate many times in my life for 4 months , 3 months , 5 months , 3 months.") Excessive white sugar and corn syrup.... can cause very painful Migraine Headaches; and cause depression.... and be addicting. Try to avoid sugar. You can eat fruits.... date sugar … or Erythritol [sugar alcohol] on cereal.... and other Natural Sugars you can try at a health food store..... or buy online. Also, cane sugar might work okay for you ….. and Carob [no caffeine] is a good substitute for chocolate. Keep up the good work