Starting Fresh

ambidextrous · May 27, 2018

Hi Guys,

First of all thanks a lot for putting this platform in place. I just finished reading the "Getting Started" guide and realized how much effort has been placed in writing it. I have been trying to reboot since a long time, but never been successful yet.

In the beginning, I read about NoFap and thought of giving it a try, but i couldn't last more than a week and the Chaser effect was devastating. After the relapse, I fapped three times in a day and it affected my sleep and thus my whole next day at work. That morning, I first time realized how much deep I was in the grip of pornography. I wanted to quit porn and decided that morning to stop it from that day. But, that night I did it again, even though I was super tired. Somebody has said it true that you cannot win arguments with your mind, it always finds a better argument.

I can feel this habit of fapping, pinning me to ground. I cancel my plans, I miss my hobbies and I waste full days cause I am just in this cycle of PMO. So, I have decided to have a fresh start from today. So, I created this account, read full guide, created a counter. I will try for 90 days Hard Boot PMO.

Thanks a lot for your support.
May you all achieve your goals.

Ambidextrous

94d33m · May 28, 2018

Well done ambidextrous, you are on the right path. If your mind always finds a good argument, try tricking it with a little deception, trust me you can easily fool your brain, the power is within you. If some people can do it for a year, im sure you can do it too, good luck

Schizo dentist · May 28, 2018

We're all on the same boat , wish you the best of luck buddy ❤

Deleted Account · May 29, 2018

ambidextrous said: ↑

Hi Guys,

First of all thanks a lot for putting this platform in place. I just finished reading the "Getting Started" guide and realized how much effort has been placed in writing it. I have been trying to reboot since a long time, but never been successful yet.

In the beginning, I read about NoFap and thought of giving it a try, but i couldn't last more than a week and the Chaser effect was devastating. After the relapse, I fapped three times in a day and it affected my sleep and thus my whole next day at work. That morning, I first time realized how much deep I was in the grip of pornography. I wanted to quit porn and decided that morning to stop it from that day. But, that night I did it again, even though I was super tired. Somebody has said it true that you cannot win arguments with your mind, it always finds a better argument.

I can feel this habit of fapping, pinning me to ground. I cancel my plans, I miss my hobbies and I waste full days cause I am just in this cycle of PMO. So, I have decided to have a fresh start from today. So, I created this account, read full guide, created a counter. I will try for 90 days Hard Boot PMO.

Thanks a lot for your support.
May you all achieve your goals.

Ambidextrous
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Hi. Welcome to forum!

Make sure you crate a personal journal thread in Reboot Logs section and blog there on a regular basis. As well as just generally be active participant in various forum discussions. I recommend this to everybody new here because it's the major thing that helped me when I was first starting. Just lurking on forums, reading and learning is great. But it usually is so much more powerful to engage. It helps to keep us motivated and accountable when we are active part of community. And keeps this in front of our minds so we don't forget about importance of it and slip away in our old habits. Sharing is also therapeutic. This is a major reason why AA meetings work so good. But that was developed before internet era. These days we can get most of the same benefits online through communities like this. So don't underestimate the power of active participation.

I would also like to suggest you to look into mindfulness meditation. It has helped me personally tremendously to learn how to deal with urges. It takes a while to get good at it and notice results, so you need to be consistent with it, but once you do it's very powerful. It has been used by sages for thousands of years to deal with various issues of the mind. And in recent decades the science is also catching up to what ancient sages have know for centuries. Meditation these days are widely used as very effective tool by psychologists for treating addiction and by neurologists for supporting recovery of the brain. It is a great exercise for the brain the same way as jogging is great exercise for the body. Check out this Ted talk, it gives a good idea of what's it about when it comes to philosophy. As far as practical side of it there is this awesome smartphone app called Headspace for guided meditations to get you started.

Wish you lot's of strength and success in your reboot journey!

ambidextrous · May 30, 2018

The Serpent of Fire said: ↑

Hi. Welcome to forum!

Make sure you crate a personal journal thread in Reboot Logs section and blog there on a regular basis. As well as just generally be active participant in various forum discussions. I recommend this to everybody new here because it's the major thing that helped me when I was first starting. Just lurking on forums, reading and learning is great. But it usually is so much more powerful to engage. It helps to keep us motivated and accountable when we are active part of community. And keeps this in front of our minds so we don't forget about importance of it and slip away in our old habits. Sharing is also therapeutic. This is a major reason why AA meetings work so good. But that was developed before internet era. These days we can get most of the same benefits online through communities like this. So don't underestimate the power of active participation.

I would also like to suggest you to look into mindfulness meditation. It has helped me personally tremendously to learn how to deal with urges. It takes a while to get good at it and notice results, so you need to be consistent with it, but once you do it's very powerful. It has been used by sages for thousands of years to deal with various issues of the mind. And in recent decades the science is also catching up to what ancient sages have know for centuries. Meditation these days are widely used as very effective tool by psychologists for treating addiction and by neurologists for supporting recovery of the brain. It is a great exercise for the brain the same way as jogging is great exercise for the body. Check out , it gives a good idea of what's it about when it comes to philosophy. As far as practical side of it there is this awesome smartphone app called Headspace for guided meditations to get you started.

Wish you lot's of strength and success in your reboot journey!
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Thank you so much for your advice. I am creating personal logs in my journal. I will try to be as active as I can. That is very true that more engagement jeeps us busy, otherwise it is very easy to forget why we signed up for this.

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