Without question. Less shame, more in control for starters. I wrote elsewhere that what I came to learn was the PMO thing was part of a big distraction on my part. My mind is shifted quite a bit from what I thought was my only sexual satisfaction. There's something else I connected with too which relates to the Social Media phenomenon - FOMO - Fear of Missing Out. Always trying to make sure you don't miss the next best erotic, kinky, horny, etc. scene in a clip somewhere. I've gained "hours" back in a day to devote to more meaningful and fruitful things in my life. That's huge for me.
Yes. It's kind of like when you're stuck in a room with bad ventilation, with bad air, and then you go outside on a nice day and breathe in the fresh mountain breeze. I feel more in control of my life, and have a better sense of overall satisfaction. Of course, the urges are always there. There is one particular porn clip that I saw once that completely blew me away, and I keep having these thoughts about it and how nice it would be to watch it again. And unfortunately, I know exactly where it is, and exactly what to look for which makes it that much harder. But that is part of the challenge. Porn certainly made a huge impact on your life, if you're here, and it will never fully go away. This is why in Alcoholics Anonymous they always consider themselves 'recovering alcoholics'. They never consider themselves cured. They will be 'recovering' until the day they die. That is because the temptation is always lurking there in the background. It will never go away. The key is not to try to defeat the urges, but to control them. Yes you can! Just keep at it!
you're great man! make it through and get it! it's my 3rd day. OMG it's so difficult today... I neally relapse again.
30/30 finally i completed this challenge, i hope you can follow my journey too. Next 60 day challenge!!!
I havent accomplished this challenge yet... started over multiple times. Longest streak was about 10 days in this challegenge. Yes.. now starting again, day one. I have come to believe that I can only do the Nofap lifestyle succesfully if i approach my life in a whole way, considering all areas of life. NO pmo is a very important aspect of it. And I'm very happy that I have gotten free from my other former addictions (smoking a lot for 10 years was a very bad addiction, and also a lot of mental "thought" addictions). But now it's the time to get more active with my life. My social (and relationship) life, career life, and hobby life are still very low. Got very few friends, haven't had a relationsship in years, and still too much in my comfort zone. So in order to do this challenge, and eventually lifestyle succesfully i need to get as real and practical as possible, and also extend my comfort zone as much as possible. Doing things, instead of just thinking about doing things . Maybe I can add in this challenge, that I will do at least one thing daily, that is a bit out of my comfort zone. Now its evening time here. No pmo, and tomorrow i will do a cold shower. Let's make this month the best month yet. KEEP ON ROCKING & RISING GUYS