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Discussion in 'Compulsive Sexual Behavior' started by Deleted Account, Jul 16, 2020.

  1. verbeek75

    verbeek75 Fapstronaut

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    It depends on your mental state I guess, if you are in a relationship you don't even need to masturbate. I only did to release some sexual tension without or nearly no fantasy or simply just to get rid of a morning wood. Without porn and no addiction at least in my case I was barely interested in masturbating anymore.
    I had a female friend who helped me out when I needed some sexual release. Problems can arrise if you are depressed or insecure then it can slide to an addiction again.
    First get over both addictions there is a chance that you won't be interested anymore also, so asking this question becomes no longer important. But best is really to just stop or keep it to a minimum without fantasy and no porn. Think about it when you get there abstaining for 6 months is really difficult but your mind should be complety different by then.

    Just a feel I guess a lot reminded me about myself.

    Masturbating addiction can be more difficult to beat, it also can be seriously dangerous for your penis to do long edging sessions over a long time, therapy might be needed but if you got to 70 days with nofap before you should try again.
     
  2. Prince6543

    Prince6543 Fapstronaut

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    Exactly. But In some other thread people regarded me with MASTURBATION ADDICT when I said it's okay to masturbate just to release that secual tension.
    I have reached the point of No Interest though.
    One more thing, everyone is not lucky enough tobhave sex so I guees sometimes it's good to masturbate to realide that there is a thing that exists called sexual pleasure lol
     
  3. verbeek75

    verbeek75 Fapstronaut

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    It will be different for everyone. Reaching the point of no interest is a big win.

    The friend that helps me out we only meet occasionally as she lives very far away and due to corona we haven't met in many months. Also she has her own very unusual sexual fetish but I'm fine with it. Unfortunately she doesn't want to have a relationship just long distance friends with benefits.
     
  4. Agreed, I feel like once you're addicted to some form of stimuli where there's no real way to healthily engage with it ever again. I do think there's a distinction to be made between addiction and just a bad habit though, where addiction means it's essentially taking over and is the main focus of your life whereas the habit may just negatively affect you in some way. I've heard of cases where people have gone off of alcohol for 10-20 years and once one drop of liquor hit their tongue, they spiraled back into binging territory again. The neural pathways may fade, but I don't think they ever fully disappear, which is why we have to be careful and vigilant.
     
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  5. Thanks for your honest thread. Wow.
     
  6. Thank you guys for all your replies and massive support and i'm very glad with the discussion here, I am very sorry I was not quite able to reply on you, I have been depressed for sometime and then I decided to seclude for sometime and spend sometime with my relatives, I have got back on my medication as well. I feel as if though porn addiction and masturbation have shaped a big part of my depression and setbacks in my life, I had some deep rotted psychological dilemma deep inside me, causing me depression and anxiety and exacerbating my addiction into a very dark place. Therefore, I have to deal with my problems more broadly and try to find out more about what is causing me to feel that way. I have been abstaining completely from porn for a week during I was in my relative's house and where I was enjoying my time with my cousins and getting more in touch with them. The atmosphere was very discouraging for relapses and I was surrounded by people most of the time. I could not study that well but I tried to. I fapped to porn when i returned home but I felt I was not enjoying it that much, I wanted to ejaculate and was not motivated to edge. Although, on the next day, I kind of took some time in the process. However, I am very happy that my depression kind of got alleviated by the different lifestyle and medication. I am planning to focus more on my studies and get ready for the examination. I will try to achieve another long abstinence period and achieve some success on the upcoming days. and i fell I will not let this thing suck out my time and energy, I will try to control myself as much as I can, and I hope you do too. I have been addicted for many years, why get surprised when we fall back. I ask god forgiveness and guidance to completely desert this thing and carry on with my life and find more meaning in my life, I pray the same for you my friends. May god give us all the strength to move forward and be able to withstand the suffering and hardships of life without having to depend on such act to deal with them.
     
  7. please forgive me for my grammatical errors
     

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