Porn because of corona.

It’s really hard in these situations, but you have to stay motivated to not look and convince yourself that the Coronavirus is not an excuse to look. I recommend trying to keep busy and trying to get active. Are you just watching porn or doing PMO?

 

I knew this isolation thing was going to create risks for people. Damn it. @Theharderstylez What's your situation? Who do you live with? Are you able to get out of the house at all, even just for a solo walk?

 

I definitely understand what you are going through. My strategy to help me avoid the temptation has been to surround myself with friends and stay out of the house as much a possible. I started bouldering about 8 months ago and really lean on my time at the bouldering gym to keep me porn free. All the gyms in LA are shut because of the shelter in place order in California, so I feel like I'm working twice as hard to stay clean.

It's work, but you have to remember how far you've come and it's important to put things into perspective. Based on your counter, the next month or two of isolation is only a fraction of what you've already been able to accomplish. Sure, you may have had a setback, but it's only a minor one if you don't let it consume you.

 

Isolation can be a great time to reflect upon your life. Try to look at this period as an opportunity to reconnect with yourself. I'm against general advise given by the media to fill your time with news and entertainment. These things will left you empty in the end. Start observing your thoughts/(re)actions, exercise, mediate/pray, read, write, cook, garden, craft, visit forest, river, mountains…, but most of all relearn how to enjoy your own company. I know it sounds silly, but it's not. Think about it when will be the next time you'll get so much free time to observe and spoil yourself without being judged by society as being unproductive or lazy? Some of the greatest minds wrote that learning to like your own company is a must for living content and balanced life:

"You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." - Wayne Dyer
"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company." - Jean Paul Sartre
"What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be friend to myself." - Seneca
"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." - Dalai Lama
"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind." - Albert Einstein

 

You can keep yourself busy at home and find one of your passions and go for there or start a new one. For me I used my free time at home to learn a foreign language. There is so much resources (including free) to learn a new language. Play computer games or do some gardening Do some house repairs or paint your house.

 

I am in the same situation but my case is much worse because I am trying to survive for much longer. I am still in dangerou flat without warm water and heat for 3 months and with gas and exhaust fumes leakage. I am watching porn up to +-2 hours a day.

 

do something useful during the holidays because this corona bro

 

I'm learning a musical instrument. I go out and walk or cycle every day. I've got a stack of library books. I practise qigong, meditation, stretching and traditional karate. I feel some negative emotions sometimes but it doesn't really bother me much. Just anxious about whether my wife will make it over here.

 

Isolation is gonna break many streaks, today I made it to 90 days! But yesterday I almost relapsed due to peeking, the pressure of being stuck inside and lots of triggers..friends sending videos on WhatsApp.

Hang in there, find something else to occupy your mind! Chins up. Xxx

 

Install a porn blocker. Problem solved!

 

I'm with my parents so opportunities are very limited which is hard, but also helps. The only times I could/would discreetly be able to get away with it would be the shower, or bedtime. Mid day with my door closed would be suspiciously obvious and painfully shameful, I already have PIED, so that thought of possibly getting caught would be 10 times harder.

 

For me because i already have a habit that i do in home like exercising, playing guitar, and reading book it's kinda easier. My advice is to switch the urge or temptation of porn with new activity or doing what you already like that can be done in home.