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My step towards a healthy sexual relationship with my wife.

Discussion in 'New to NoFap' started by Finding-A-Way, May 30, 2015.

  1. Finding-A-Way

    Finding-A-Way Fapstronaut

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    I am 44 years old. Although I am in my mid-forties, I married for the first time 4 years ago. Before I was married I was in many failed relationships that had never lasted longer than a few months since I was in high school. I met my wife two years before we married and I married her because I know that my wife is the best thing that ever happened to me.
    Prior to meeting my wife I had been fapping at least once a day, sometimes up to 10 times a day since I was ten or eleven years old. I never knew anything different nor did I ever think I was doing anything wrong, even when my dad told me that it was a sin and I would go to hell for it when I was a teenager.
    When internet porn was introduced I still did not have enough access to it since the computers I had were desktops and were located in common areas in my apartment and it was a bit inconvenient for me.
    Then came the introduction of broad band wi-fi enabled phones. That and my discovery of pornhub and other free websites that had plenty of access to all sorts of porn. I got this phone about that same year I met my wife. She is very open to male and female fap and had no problems with me accessing porn to fap.
    But, as time went by I started to find myself becoming less and less sexually interested in my wife and more interested in porn. I thought it may be that I was getting old, but why would I still get hard and sustain an erection during PMO? I didn't get the correlation of the two until yesterday (more on that later).My wife started to feel that I had no interest in her and she confronted me with it. I did everything to try and correct the mistake, I saw a therapist, I saw my doctor an started testosterone therapy and ED pills. The testosterone therapy worked for a short time but didn't last, the ED pills did the same thing.
    Yesterday as I was browsing the internet for porn, I came upon this site by accident. This is when I put the two together. I am so grateful to find this site. I always thought that faping was healthy and PMO was just an evolution to the same thing. Porn addiction never occurred to me because I never thought I was obsessed with porn. (Maybe that last statement isn't all true. I recently started to find transgendered person porn quite exciting, I was never into trannys before and I did wonder where this fascination stemmed from. After reading some of the posts here, I now know why.)
    So, now I know that I do have an addiction to porn. It has gotten in the way of my relationship with the woman of my dreams. I am excited to try this, I think this will be the answers to my problems with intimacy.
    I know this will not be an easy process, but I am ready to do the work. I earlier started the day with a cold shower and some encouraging self affirmations.
    I am grateful to have a community like this to keep me on the path.
     
  2. Welcome.

    A couple of suggestions:
    Set yourself a counter with some goals.
    Find someone or a couple of people to engage in private conversations with as accountability partners.
    Journal every day. Start a journal in the 40+ group and you have some good interactions with some guys your own age.
    Look at several other people journals regularly to see how they are doing and gain strength. Mine is linked below. Old Growth and CFP are good ones to check out.
    Find some alternative activities...jog, workout, do Yoga, pray, meditate....do something to occupy yourself other than porn.

    Indeed you do have an addiciton. And your addiction is the root of your ED. You don't need Viagra, you need to stop PMOing.

    So...anyway, a little advice for starters.

    Jim
     
  3. Finding-A-Way

    Finding-A-Way Fapstronaut

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    Thank you so much. I set up a counter as you suggested and I will be looking for others to talk to. I used to meditate in the past, I think I will pick that up again.
    Again thank you.
     
  4. watersand

    watersand Fapstronaut

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    My background is similar to yours in regards to this terrible habit. I am not married, but didn't see this as something detracting. Currently, I am 20 days into this experience. Honestly, it's been such a positive for those close to me. I wish the best for you. I am not one to speak much because I am a total newb as well. For me, the second week was very difficult. Days 16-18, I had to just leave the house for a while. I have more control now, but things may surface at the back of my mind. I just think about what I want for myself and others. I have scheduled more things in my life.. essentially have things to hope for.. I am not a man that hides, but wants to be proud of his actions. To be honest, this has been the best thing that I have done for myself in years. So much clarity now, I just need to continue to be true to myself and not drop the ball. Best on the journey..
     

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