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Binging has decreased, relapsing has increased?

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by skaterdrew, Jan 16, 2020.

  1. skaterdrew

    skaterdrew Fapstronaut

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    When I say relapsing has increased I mean I am relapsing more days in a week. When I say binging has decreased I mean my frequency of PMO has decreased. So I am actually spending less time PMOing, even though I am PMOing more days if that makes sense?

    Like if you had to add up the time I have spent PMOing from a binge vs PMOing more days but no binging then the PMOing from a binge is going to be far more time PMOing even though I am PMOing less days.

    I used to be a huge PMO binger. So I used to edge, and have PMO sessions that lasted hours, and a lot of the time I would do this all day or most of the day.

    My behaviour isn't really like that anymore, even though I can still relapse and binge.

    But recently what I have noticed is I'm not so much binging when I relapse. I'm usually relapsing once for around 20-30 minutes max and then that's me done. Some of the time my relapses are only lasting 5 or 10 minutes these days. This is completely different compared to the way I used to edge and binge. But what I have noticed is from doing this my streaks aren't as long. So over the last two weeks my streaks are only lasting like 3-4 days and then I am relapsing again.

    But the strange thing is when I used to binge when I relapsed my streaks would actually be longer. So I would have longer streaks of no PMO at all but then would heavily binge, and then I would have longer streaks of no PMO again. But because recently I'm not really binging when I relapse for some reason I am not getting as long streaks of no PMO?

    I think it actually somewhat feels like my hungers not being satisfied? So when I have binged for an entire day it's like that has satisfied my hunger for PMO, and this enables me to go longer without it. But when I don't binge on PMO and am done with it after 10,20,30 minutes, it almost seems like this hasn't satisfied my hunger for PMO, and after a few days I am hungry for it again?
     
    Last edited: Jan 16, 2020
  2. Joe1023

    Joe1023 Fapstronaut

    I mean, the bottom line here is that its an addiction. We want it and if we're not actively working in sobriety and recovery, we fall victim to the lustful desires that come with this addiction, plain and simple. I would suggest to maybe not put much emphasis on sobriety streaks that started with a short session or a long binging time of acting out, but put more emphasis and effort into the actual streak of sobriety. Have you looked into joining an SA group, by chance? I am a member of my local group and it has worked wonders helping me stay sexually sober! You can find one here: https://www.sa.org/f2f/

    Best of luck, my friend!
     

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