Guys I need help, relapses are killing me

Hi welcome to nofap mate

Browse through nofap read some success stories, get yourself motivated, and start your own journal if you would like get some things off your chest.

Best of luck on your journey, anything we can assist you with let us know.

 

Its normal to feel confused, would recommend you start the 90 day reboot process, that should help you, whenever you feel urges coming get up and do something it can be anything, workout, running, cold showers etc

 

Yes that would help

https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?forums/accountability-partners.7/

 

Guys I need help too. 25 days into NoFap. Today I relapsed twice. But with stories on quora. Not videos. And I did not have to touch myself. Has all my effort gone down the drain.
I did not M out of desperation in a way. More so to combat HOCD. Please help. I am willing to go all the way to a 90 day reboot.

 

A 7-day challenge worked for me, as it was a good sub-goal to my main longer-term goal, so whether or not you do a 90-day reboot, maybe you will think about doing a 7-day challenge to start. In my case, it helped me not to get overwhelmed (as I had been without admitting it to myself) and to keep going.

 

Think of it more like a stumble than a deep fall. Take this opportunity to learn out of your past mistakes. Stay committed and things will work out. Slowly but surely

What exactly causes you to relapse?

I have found a technique on the subreddit that could help you out. I think it's very useful.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/g2xfx8/i_want_to_share_a_technique_that_has_helped_me_a/

 

Welcome to the community

 

Hey, welcome to the NoFap community
: )

It's nice to see you here fighting the good fight alongside us!
First let me go ahead and drop some helpful links for you:
Getting Started Guide / Forum Rules / How to Use the NoFap forums/ Glossary/ NoFap Panic button/
Set up your day counter /
Rebooting Resources/
Accountability groups (new!)/
About NoFap/ Support NoFap

Here is just some advice:
First and foremost please take a careful look at each section in the forum, there may be something(s) you will find to be of big help to you.

Secondly I advise you to be active on your profile(as there a few active people in the profile section). Please start by choosing an avatar and then begin posting frequent status posts to show you're active and needing support/encouragement.
The forum has got a neat little feature that shows freshly posted statuses for all users to see.
People will find your profile and give you support.

There’s a portion of people who love communicating in the profile section..(it should be and is )mostly spportive talk but it doesn't hurt to deviate from supportive conversations. It would be great to have you join in and become part of the team!
We support others in the threads, profile posts, and journals/reboot logs.
Once you receive some support, please be sure and be grateful to the member for the help/support you received and consider giving some in return to anyone you wish.

Thirdly, you should highly consider creating a public journal/reboot log (in the appropriate sectionfor you) to write about your days in depth for us members to follow along on your journey and offer support to you on.

Please start your journal in the correct section and with that, also try your best to post in the correct sections as it is mandatory and would be helpful to the mods who organize the forum. : )

Last but not least: Good luck on your journey here, make sure to really give it a try with all your heart!

 

I clicked this link and the advice seems great to me. I have been using mindfulness and meditation to recover from my addiction & compulsion for a bit over a year, and it has worked very well. I discovered when I clicked this link, a new type of therapy which seems great. It's called acceptance and commitment therapy. I googled it, and reading the brief description, like I say, it looks like a helpful form of therapy. I may look into it.

 

@Workins, this compulsion pisses me off too. Hang in there! You and I can both be free forever.