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Substitutes for the addiction

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Pureheart, Jun 11, 2015.

  1. Pureheart

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    Which porn Substitutes do you know? I mean in a negative sense like cheating. For example listening to sex but with no visual or just looking at women on bikinis online.

    Do you happen to have done such things?

    What counts as "pseudo-porn"?
     
  2. Dailydoer

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    Yes anything that releases dopamine whether it might be a video, picture, audio, or even reading erotica. They're all included and you are adviced to stay away from them. Also reduce social media usage. Every now and then, something usually pops up.
     
  3. Surfing the web (non-pornographic content) is dangerous for me. My mind is trained to know that if I wander the web long enough I'll eventually open a tab for something porn-related, and it's downhill from there. I even try to limit my time on NoFap too. These forums are extremely helpful—vital even—but minimizing my internet time is best for me.

    I think fantasizing and relying on memories of porn for pleasure is another common substitute.
     
  4. BlueNotes

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    To me, fantasizing and rethinking about past sexual experiences was a major set back for me. Once I stopped doing both, I've made tremendous progress. It's almost unbelievable.
    You know yourself better than anyone, and when the other you starts making decisions to help 'feed' himself with anything titilating, you need to draw the line there.
     
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  5. icandoit22

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    no dude, u should not do that. if you give your brain P even it just a small/ little, your brain will craving more.. trust me last month on my 30 day i have failed because of this..
    i've checked out a woman with bikinis and end up M :(

    just dont . C'mon you can do it
     
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  6. Pureheart

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    @icandoit22 yeah bro that´s why I asked this question - so that I know where I have to pay attention ;)
     
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  8. TrueSelfControl

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    Online dating. Works exactly the same way.. you sit there and look through a practically infinite stream of pictures of girls you could potentially talk to. Could be even worse, as a time sink, because there's no moment when you can definitely say "Okay, I've had enough for now."
     
  9. VanillaMochi

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    Think of it like this. You are walking towards the peak of a mountain. Lets just call this mountain your life. And you cannot stop or go backwards.

    Down bellow there is a beautiful river.

    As you walk along there are many small pebbles, medium sized rocks, and large boulders along the way. As you walk, you start kicking rocks off the edge. Maybe once by accident, maybe once because you were in an argument, or maybe just for fun because you were bored.

    One day something significant happens, and you push a large rock off the edge of the cliff to relieve some stress. It falls, crashing in to the river making a huge SPLASH and getting you all wet... it feels really good but again nothing really happens.

    By kicking those small rocks every now and again it lead you to decide to push the big rock off the cliff.

    You continue to push big rocks off the cliff but are beginning to notice the splash is becoming less and less. The rocks are now stacking on top of each other.

    The mountain you walk on is your life. That river is your soul.

    Keep it light.
     
    Last edited: Jun 14, 2015
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  10. Pureheart

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  11. Surrender

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    Boom. Solid metaphor. Bless you brother.
     
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  12. Abdurrahman

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    Fan-service scenes in anime .
     
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  13. Pureheart

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    @Abdurrahman I watch some from time to time. Nothing sexual expiclit but yeah there is annoying fanservice from time to time and I don´t really feel arousal when it happens
     
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  14. Waldo101

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    I've heard of fanservice but never tried it.
     
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  15. Abdurrahman

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    I was addicted on anime and fan-service was a trigger to browse P websites and M .

    Fan-service is a hot scene in some anime series and that good that you didn't try it .
     
  16. Abdurrahman

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    Now I have a backache and the best treatment is analgesics and stretching exercises . I found the yoga stretching is the most useful and they stimulate me when I watch the yoga girl coach . I think the coaches are almost women . I am trying now to memorize the exercises and do them without any assistance .
     
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  17. Viewing pics of girls in tight yoga pants,instagram pics,pics of women dressed in revealing clothing on fb and prolonged sex scenes.That is enough for me to get a huge dopamine rush.I knew that I wasnt doing a full reboot.This caused me to relapse eventually after going 1 day better than my old streaks because I still had those images in my brain.No porn subs for me.
     
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