بسم الله It’s been somewhere around 3-5 years give or take that I’ve been suffering from this problem. Why such a loose timespan? Well, my problems gradually started - it was never an all in all out situation. I didn’t even commit the habit at first and started with pretty mild stuff. During that time I would have viewed actual porn (drawn, recorded or otherwise) with shock and a lot of disgust. The shock effect has greatly worn off since but I still view porn with disgust. Anyhow, I gradually moved into worse stuff and eventually started PMO’ing - and with shorter and shorter intervals. All in all pretty typical scenario. The thing is, ever since I started PMO I knew it wasn’t right and I’ve been trying to stop it with varying levels of success. Unfortunately my longest streaks still falls far below 90 days - still I’ve at least managed to increase my knowledge about the topic which I can use to benefit myself and others. This time I’ll try to be more determined to break off from my bad habits (that’s what they always say haha) - and with the help of this community I might be able to succeed. إن شاء الله I could go into more details but I think this’ll suffice. Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you too! It's great you decided to embark on such a life changing journey, for the better, of course! Hope to see you more around!
Nice to meet you too, Saalih. Welcome to the NoFap community. We are all like you - we use porn and masturbation (PM) to get through the day and would like to change that. You will find many friends here who will offer encouragement and help (if you want it). So, head on over to the Rebooting forum and choose a challenge to join - the 7-Day Challenge, or the 14-Day Challenge, or any other, depending on what you think might be achievable in your present condition. I started with the 7-Day Challenge, and am now doing the 14-Day Challenge. So far so good. You may also want to start a journal to record your recovery. That you can do in the age appropriate forum under Reboot Logs. This enables others to see how you are doing and gives the opportunity for people to offer encouragement or advice. Read logs from other people and generally make yourself part of the community by joining in and contributing as much as you are able. This alone I attribute to my streak of 18 days. I hope you feel at home here. Ask if you need to know anything else. Post your question here as a reply or go to my profile and post there.
Nice to meet you too GeeWhizz Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure to keep them in mind. I think I'll also follow the same route as you i.e first the 7-Day Challenge and then the 14-Day Challenge and so on gradually incerasing the amount of days. As they say "don't bite off more than you can chew". Small steps. Hopefully we can all find success!
