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Relapsed. Need some guidance!!

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by ad_nex, Apr 26, 2018.

  1. ad_nex

    ad_nex Fapstronaut

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    Hello everyone. i had a relapse today after 13 days streak. My last reboot that i had was of 7 days.
    Writing this post to share some of the benefits i experienced while doing the reboot and also to get some guidance from you all regarding an issue.
    So first talking about the benefits. Similar to what others share, which is undoubtedly true.

    1. Increased level of confidence. Yesterday i had given a farewell speech on spot. I was quite confident while i gave the speech and received many compliments from others.

    2. Increase in the level of strength and motivation to do other productive things.

    3. Increase in the level of focus while doing any important work.

    4. Decrease in the level of anxiety while going out and interacting with others.

    5. Had a high level of self-esteem. Felt quite fulfilled at the end of each day.

    Trust me on this. You'll definitely experience more benefits if you hold on. So keep going everyone. It's worth it. Now if i retrospect i realise that i traded off 13 days of progress with hardly minutes of foolishness. So stupid of me.

    Now talking about the issue that i faced which led to me relapse.
    Some info about my routine that i've been following for quite some time ... i am completely off from facebook( for more than a month now), totally away from social media. I am going for my daily run and gym. I do my daily prayers and i read daily. I listen to a very nice podcast daily and have been checking-in here daily for inspiration.
    So the urges came yesterday and day before yesterday also. I was able to restrain myself from relapsing by focussing on my breath, the routine that i am relying on to deal with the urges.
    Even today in the afternoon and during early evening i had these urges and i was somehow able to divert myself into doing something else. But just few hours ago when i started having these urges again i tried to focus again on my breath. Somehow i was able to make my mind still. But after minutes or so flashes of P started coming again in my head.
    This time i went out to play some table tennis. After coming back my mind again started wandering towards watching P.
    Now having spent around half-an-hour or so outside and still i wasn't able to stop thinking about P and fapping, i thought there was no point of going outside again.

    So instead i thought of reading a book. After minutes of reading, while reading, the thoughts started coming again. But this time i was carried away by my thoughts and in an auto-pilot fashion i relapsed. Tackling the urges previously drained me of all the patience to further stop myself from relapsing.

    So my question is if the urges are bothering you time and again and after restraining for quite some time there comes a point where you are not able to stop your mind from dwelling in those flashes of P or say thinking about relapsing... then what should one do? In my case what else i could have done?
    I tried to divert myself in different ways but suppose if there's an important work to be done or there's a time limit that you have and still the thoughts are bothering you what to do then?

    Your guidance is highly appreciated. Thanks for reading and sorry for the length of my post.

    By the way the podcast that i listen to is Porn Free Radio by Matt. Highly recommended for everyone out here.
    With Love and Respect.
     
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  2. Beamer

    Beamer Distinguished Fapstronaut
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    Hey my friend,
    Sorry to see the reset, but it's ok, we're human, just go back at it asap !

    Try to read this next time : https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/53k7t9/a_list_of_all_the_bullshit_you_tell_yourself/

    What really can help you:

    * Cold showers: real cold ! They kill all urges, repeat if necessary !
    * Do a workout, but real hard: sweat, pump your heart, exercise your muscles !
    * Let your "thinking brain " work: do some math , read a book, listen to some music (and dance on it).
    * Meditate: breathing (you know it already) and calming your mind.

    You can do it buddy, just don't give up, every relapse tells us something we didn't know for doing better next time !

    Stay positive, stay motivated, and stay strong!
     
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  3. ad_nex

    ad_nex Fapstronaut

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    Thanks for replying back my friend. Will try to follow the things you've mentioned.
     
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