Did you even fight it?

I have started nofap in January/February 2018 and just recently I realised a big flaw in my approach.

I got to a point where I could easily abstain from PMO for one week. After that my urges would normally come back and it would lead me to edging and ultimately to a relapse.
Everytime when it became harder to keep the streak, I ended up losing the battle by not even trying to fight the urges.
It is an addiction overall and I think that many of us believe that it’s an easy thing to overcome it. But we need to fight and really put our minds into this.
Next time you feel close to relapsing, breath in breath out and channel all your energy towards your salvation. Fight it!

 

I used two methods which actually helped me. 1) I clicked on the „panic button“ here on this forum. The posts and pictures helped me to stop. 2) When I was very close to relapsing, I jumped up and ran into a different room. The Adrenalin and running killed the urge.

Nevertheless, my goal is having a strong enough willpower to just stop at any moment all by myself. And damn, I need to practise but more importantly I need to start doing it!