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The Struggle is Real

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by DiscT365, Sep 20, 2020.

  1. You might be lacking the right tools to use when your dealing with an urge, if you didn’t read or watch the links I sent you I highly recommend it.
     
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  2. DiscT365

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    I did man. The difficulty is applying the information in the moment.
     
  3. I feel what you said. When the battlefield of will arrives all defenses we have will just go away - like a storm taking away buildings.

    The best thing we can do about it is like keep some sort of content like this song, or a couple of panic button emergency images easily accessible from your smartphone that can snap you back into reality when the battlefield of will comes. (im assuming phone is what you use to watch it most frequently)
     
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  4. DiscT365

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    Literally just relapsed again. Saw an image on a site, that led me to thoughts of MO and that led me to a P site.
     
  5. Okay, in your own time man.

    In the meantime doing this is really helpful for dealing with urges:

    Let’s say you’re browsing YouTube and you suddenly see a trigger, you’ll want to search for more triggers because you triggered off a desire to watch porn.

    In this moment stop what you are doing and remove yourself from the digital reality, connect into the reality that you are actually in. Put down your phone or turn off your computer, take deep breaths to calm yourself down and re align with your senses. Once you have done this go for a walk.

    Hopefully this will help.
     
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  6. DiscT365

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    Mannnn, today was the worst.
     

  7. I agree to what SkillyB said - when you are triggered, turn off the phone/PC and do something else could technically, help. The problem is even after knowing it, we wont do it. When the moment comes, (according to universal man this moment is 'battlefield of will'), we will just make the decision to continue triggering our self instead of turning the device off and walking off. We will continue triggering, until we relapse, because then only our brain will be satisfied at a physical/chemical level. Now consider we actually did what our friend ScullyB suggested - we turned off the device and went outside and did some other stuff. All what you are doing is delaying the inevitable relapse. After some time you will feel the internal pull to your triggers/p*, and this time it will be much stronger and you will just loose to that pull. I know it. I've experienced it. I almost did it yesterday.
    The first thing we all need to understand is we will never stop getting the triggers - even after quitting p. Triggers will always be there. What we need to change is how we respond to it. When you are triggered, you need to reach deep within your memories and remember why you decided to quit it. You are experiencing se-ual feelings which are very strong in nature, simply because its our biology. To overcome that you need something far more emotional than that. You need to remember the pain you felt last time you relapsed. You also need to remember why you are trying to quit the very thing you are doing now. This is where the 'self control' part of what sclguy said comes in. At this time you are on an 'autopilot' mode, your brain's logical ability is significantly reduced. With the little of that ability left in you, what you need to do is the thing i said earlier, remember why you decided to quit P in first place. And you will need help to do that too, you yourself are NOT going to stop triggering yourself. That is where my suggestion comes into play. The song i suggested above, jee veeray by bloodywood is a song about fighting depression. check it out. The lyrics are in English and are on the video itself. If at that moment you could find the very little amount of will power to watch that video, (or something else that works for you), IT WILL HELP YOU REMEMBER the pain of relapse and the reason why you decided to quit P in the first place. In other words, just like soldiers are keeping their weapon close to them at all times so that they can respond to even surprise enemy attacks, we need to keep some content at our fingertips that we can reach out with least effort which would help us remember the pain and reason of our struggle. We need to fight from the 'inside'. ONLY then you will learn how to manage your triggers.
    Now you d be thinking, 'okay Arun, what content would be helpful to me and where would I keep it for easy access ? '. I think music is the best content for this because it can induce emotions in us. You have to find the right ones though... Songs that says 'my life is crap, im hopeless' will only make things worse. I had to deal with 4 year depression once and at those times i was addicted to three days grace songs - which made it so worse for me. So find a song like jee veeray, bookmark it in your phone's browser which you use to watch Po.n, add a desktop shortcut in your laptop/PC. Change the wallpaper to a nofap emergency quote, perhaps when you are watching P, something very simple as pressing the home button might help you to come to senses.

    Guys i understood this yesterday. It is powerful. Believe me. When you are facing triggers you need to make yourself act/put effort from deep inside of yourself instead of fighting it head on. Because doing that will only result in failure. Remember there is no enemy to punish or tame, its you - your own body. You cannot 'kill' your enemy without killing yourself. Understand what you are trying to do is change your own behavior.
     
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    Damn man, that's fr. I guess it's a human feeling. Hormones around my age. However, I won't put the blame on them. I must learn self control. I must sublime sexual love for familial and friendly love. I must divert my attention to my creative side versus my sexual side.
     
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    Thank you man. Will keep in mind.
     
  11. DiscT365

    DiscT365 Fapstronaut

    Thanks man. Willpower indeed. I have the panic button. Song is pretty cool, thanks.
     
  12. DiscT365

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    Thanks man. Yes that is the goal.
     
  13. DiscT365

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    Multiple relapses most likley. Happend on the weekend as usual. Usually get up late, relax a bit too much then the P comes out often times when I carry my device in my room by mistake.
     
  14. DiscT365

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    Great piece. Agreed. Will try
     
  15. DiscT365

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    We can overcome brother. Yes I agree, see her for the human being she is inside. This piece comes to mind:

    Looking Into Her Eyes.

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    Every single girl you will ever meet has the most beautiful eyes. There may be 6s 7s 8s and 9s, But every Womans eyes are a straight 10 when you really look into them. By looking at her eyes rather than her body you start to see every woman as equal, Yes beautiful and intimidating at first, But under that you will start to see her feelings and begin understand them, You recognize them as human feelings. You know them because you experience them in your own body rather than feeling the anxious nonsense that your porn hungry brain is trying to corrupt you with.

    You start to learn about the sub-conscious dialogue she's engaging you with, and you develop your own sub-conscious language to communicate not only your interest in her but communicate to her who you are,what your made of and what your going to make of your life. You will find your vision grows when you focus on her eyes, her smile comes into focus first, Her lips hook up at the sides and you get butterfly's in your stomach that make you feel so fucking human. Then you see the little things she does with her body to tell you shes interested, you understand these messages instinctively. Her body, Alive and breathing and as complex as any organism on this earth. Strong. Supple. As graceful as a Leopard, and as fierce. You'l notice the curve of her breast and the sway in her hips but your not starring at them like a creep and she loves that, she's telling you she loves it with her eyes.

    You can feel her energy, her life force as powerful as any living thing. She's got butterfly's to because your lips are doing the same hook thing at the sides and you swear you can feel her butterfly's fluttering around with yours, making it all the more intense. You're still looking into her eyes and you feel like an equal because she's looking back into yours. You feel as alive as any one who has ever walked the earth, All in a fleeting glance.

    Or you could look at porn.
     
  16. DiscT365

    DiscT365 Fapstronaut

    Indeed
     
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    Made it to 4 days. That's the longest streak I had in a while.
     
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    5 days. That is the longest streak I've had in a while. What changed? Started worshipping God again. Saw my past as sinful and am trying to change. Also, when an urge comes up I do not run/try to avoid it. I confront it. Listen to advice from yesterday and when an urge comes up I have a special folder right on my desktop filled with content to remind me why I want to quit. It has music, a video recording of myself begging myself to stop and Christians speaking about this affliction. Also, have the panic button installed on my browser. Has been working really well thus far as I have started being productive again.
    Now the weekend is the real challenge(but I have something in mind).
     
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  20. DiscT365

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    It's a new day and I am truly feeling the benefits of the first week of NoFap. Less brain fog and a reduction in shame. I am up at 4 am working and worshipping on a Saturday! Who would have thought it?!
     

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