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Quitting porn/masturbation/sex fantasizing is the most irrational thing I ever did

Discussion in 'Compulsive Sexual Behavior' started by ultrafabber, Jan 31, 2019.

  1. ultrafabber

    ultrafabber Fapstronaut

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    That's not to say it's not the best decision that practically saved my life, because it is. I honestly feel like i would've been in my own personal version of hell now, whether dead or alive I don't know, had I not quit porn/masturbation/sex fantasizing.

    But I was just thinking... after years of struggling and finally managing to turn off the switches in my head that allowed me to masturbate and perceive sex fantasy as reality (cause all erotica and our own fantasies are sex fantasies)... what I just did is irrational.

    As I said, to be able to masturbate you HAVE to perceive fantasy as REAL. I turned that switch off. I left a world of infinite harems, a world where I could have whoever I wanted, whenever I wanted, however I wanted, as many times as I wanted. I left a world where everything was supposedly about myself, where all the women were stripping for me, a world where I was KING. It was not a real world and it was killing my real self, but it was a world nonetheless, a world of infinite pleasure and power.

    So I left. I left the world where I ruled over all. I left that world for a world where i'm a mere peasant. Going from millions of women who I was "having sex" with to one where I have sex with none. A world where it currently sucks, a world in which i have next to no skills with women cause i never needed to develop them in the first place because of porn/masturbation/sex fantasies. I just picked whoever I pleased and she instantly served me.

    I work with addicts for a living and having been one myself I firmly believe that quitting an addiction, at least in the short and medium term, is actually an irrational thing to do. That's not to say it needs to be done regardless.
     
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  2. ImpureHuman

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  3. GMoney602

    GMoney602 Fapstronaut

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    I get it. It's irrational because stopping something that is such a part of your existence is painful. Your mind and body reject it as something bad and dangerous. Because you have become as dependent on it as food, water and other essentials. It feels unnatural hence, withdrawal symptoms. This post helped me to put in perspective just how hard and how long the fight, the internal struggle, the battle to get my mind and life back from this addiction will be. It has been 30 years. My brain will need a lot of repairing. But I can, I will, I must.
     
  4. Infrasapiens

    Infrasapiens Fapstronaut

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    Welcome to the real world.
     
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  5. It was all bullshit, don't you see that.
     
  6. yaaarp

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    I disagree - its one of the most rational things you will ever do. You've taken a very clear look at your life and recognised the negative effects that fantasy and PMO have on it. Its a very difficult choice, and one that a lot of people wouldn't understand.

    Succumbing to fantasy and momentary pleasure while letting your real life suffer is the irrational choice.
     
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  7. Woodland-Soul

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    I don't understand why you think its irrational. Its completely rational....
     

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