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The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by RiseToGreatness, Sep 22, 2019.

Should the Thread Title be extended?

Poll closed Jun 21, 2020.
  1. No, leave like that: "The Lord of the Rings Challenge"

    18 vote(s)
    54.5%
  2. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Fellowship of Nofap"

    15 vote(s)
    45.5%
  3. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: Rising Fellowship of Eärendil"

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Journey to Mount Doom"

    5 vote(s)
    15.2%
  5. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Quest of the Ring-bearer"

    6 vote(s)
    18.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. cassius900

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  2. americanbison

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    Checking in today. I believe I'm a Uruk-Hai now.
    @crazyhorse11 great job planning on commitments - we believe in you.
     
  3. Day 52
     
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  4. Thancred

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  5. ULYSS3S

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    Checking in on day 15! Happy to be a Hobbit! Now the real journey begins and i am pretty excited!
     
  6. MyGodandMyAll27

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    Day 12. looking forward with hope and patience

    Saint Lawrence of Brindisi Pray for Us.
     
  7. Silverwolf

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  8. RiseToGreatness

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    hi bro, i don´t recognize this username. do you want to join the challenge?
     
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  9. RiseToGreatness

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    thank you for doing this log bro. wise decision, the sooner you recognize fishing, the sooner you can snap out of it. very good :). now be very careful on the next days because the bait is still in the water. watch your step.

    get used to practice that fishing awareness bro. as soon as you engage in something sexy, no matter where it comes from, you´re fishing. and fishing never stops.

    Keep going!!! :)
     
  10. jaberwaki

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    Day 18! My furry feet are crossing the Brandywine as we speak!
     
  11. RiseToGreatness

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    :D so be it brother!! :D
     
  12. RiseToGreatness

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    The stairs have ended my brother and the fallen brother Gollum lead you into a trap. Here comes Shelob, the porn queen.

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  13. Onan the Barbarian

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    Check-in, Tuesday

    Dear Fellowship, I was cut down on the other side of the Brandywine River. I failed. Used porn this past Saturday.

    I feel pretty bad about it. I failed to fall back on the techniques I'd been using during that streak to avoid relapse. The day before I'd been feeling cravings and I started to feel nostalgic for my old PMO sites and habits. Basically, going on the Easy_Peasy theory, I'm still caught in the brainwashing: I perceived porn as a delight and a pleasure, rather than as an addiction with no benefits. I fear I still, on some level, view it as fun or as a reward. I still need to break this.

    So, I'm going to take a brief break from the Fellowship to try to figure things out. I want to be serious about this. I want to finish SPAM REMOVED (spam code #001) - REPORT TO MODERATION and do some reflection and self-assessment.

    I'm very afraid of the possibility of SPAM REMOVED (spam code #001) - REPORT TO MODERATION being wrong. Like, what if porn really is the height of pleasure and I am missing out? It's like the part in Confessions where Augustine wants to convert, but he keeps imagining his lusts/vices telling him, "If you send us away, we will never be with you again, ever."

    Or perhaps I am afraid of true self-improvement through the overcoming of PMO, because that would mean having to be a better man. A higher standard. Comfort and stasis become addictive, and we come to prefer it to the better versions of ourselves that we are capable of becoming.

    I know that the "tips" I was practicing were very helpful. I have no complaints about them at all. The problem right now is me, and I need to figure that out.

    So, I will be back relatively soon. I have not given up. I just want to go back to the drawing board, so to speak, in a substantial and meaningful way. I sincerely hope I haven't depressed or discouraged any of you with this post. I truly appreciate and respect all of you, and I credit several of you for pushing me to do as well as I did with my last streak!

    Best, stay strong,

    Onan
     
  14. RiseToGreatness

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    Check in brotherhood :)

    The following brothers have upgraded and reach places in Middle Earth. Congratulations!!! :)

    @Gallade_Templar - Uruk-Hai
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    @aeburbt @ULYSS3S - Hobbit / Hobbiton (your journey has started my brothers :). Good luck and beware of the power of the PMO ring!!)
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    @Cartographer @jaberwaki - Buckleberry Ferry / Shire
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    @12ove - Bree / Eriador
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    @OttarrTheVendelCrow - Bridge of Khazad-Dûm / Moria
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    @Johnthesavage - Shelob´s Lair / Pass of Cirith Ungol
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    A wish of strenght and fortune to our brothers @DudeAlex and @Onan the Barbarian which are struggling now. Courage my brothers, we´re with you!!!

    Let´s welcome our new member:

    @Mark_Renton

    Checking out my brave Fellowship :). Have a great day!!! :)

    Continuing with easy_peasy.


    "Chapter 6 Brainwashing Aspects

    The porn trap’s big monster is bred through the culmination of many aspects, including societal forces, media portrayals, peers and the user’s own internal narrative. Failure to deconstruct these fallacies whilst using the willpower method eventually leads to feelings of deprivation, leading the user back into the trap. Deconstruction of the imagined value of porn is crucial for success and allows you to see where you’re being robbed!

    Of importance to note is the link between brainwashing and fear. It’s fear of feeling future withdrawal pangs that create the pangs. Fear is the pang itself. Think about when you’ve had withdrawal symptoms such as sweaty palms, shortness of breath, sleeping problems and an inability to think straight. Now think of similar situations when you’ve had those feelings: job interviews, nerves around an attractive person, public speaking, etc. These are the same anxious feelings the fear causes. Simply put, how can a physical drug still hook people months after stopping? It must be mentally, correct?

    6.1 Stress

    Not only great tragedies in life, but also minor stresses drive users into the forbidden ‘unsafe’ area previously excluded. Stresses include socialising, phone calls, anxieties of the housewife with young children, and many others. Let’s take phone calls as an example, particularly for a businessperson. Most calls aren’t from satisfied customers or your boss congratulating you, there’s some sort of aggravation. Coming home to mundane family life of kids screaming and their partner’s emotional demands causes the user – if they aren’t already doing so – to fantasise the relief of porn promised that night. They unconsciously suffer withdrawal pangs, destressors weakened and unprepared for additional aggravation. Partially relieving the pangs at the same time as normal stress, the total is reduced and the user gets a temporary boost. The boost isn’t an illusion, the user does genuinely feel better than before, but they’re more tense than they would be as a non-user.

    The following example isn’t designed to shock you, Easy_Peasy promises no such treatment, but is to emphasise that porn destroys your nerves rather than relaxing them.

    Try to imagine getting to the stage where you’re unable to be aroused, even with a very sexy and attractive partner. For a moment, pause and try to visualise life where a very lovely and charming person has to compete and fail with the virtual porn stars occupying your ’harem’ to get your attention. Imagine the frame of mind of a person who, when issued with that warning, continues using and dies without ever having real sex with this charming and willing partner. It’s easy to dismiss these people as weirdos, but stories like these aren’t fakes, this is what the awful novelty of the porn drug does to your brain. The more you go through life, the more courage is sapped and the more you’re deluded into believing porn is doing the opposite.

    Have you ever been overtaken by panic when out of the blue the WiFi stops working or is too slow? Non-users don’t suffer from it, as internet porn causes that feeling. As you go through life, it systematically destroys your nerve and courage, leaving DeltaFosB to form powerful neural water slides in its wake, progressively destroying your ability to say no. By the stage where virility has been killed, the user believes porn is their new partner and is unable to face life without it.

    Internet porn isn’t relieving your nerves, it’s slowly destroying them. One of the great gains of breaking the addiction is the return of your natural confidence and self assurance.

    There’s no need to self-rate based on your ability to satisfy a partner, this isn’t freedom. But this freedom cannot be obtained by continuing to grease the dopamine water slide in ways that undercut your happiness and libido by repeating the same destructive behaviour."
     
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  15. Mark_Renton

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    This. Stopping PMO means addressing things in life that may need looking at. Things that are difficult. I noticed that when I think about specific situations in my life that need addressing, I get body sensations associated with PMO, an adrenaline rush.
     
  16. BeezMeUp

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    Yes its my first time that I post here,I would like to join!
     
  17. NaSa786

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  18. Mr. Sinister

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    I haven't gotten a chance to talk with a lot of people here but know this reset isn't necessarily a day zero for your mind, even if it is for your counter. Your brain is still losing sensitivity for that neuropathway even if you might have given it some more footing again. Keep chiseling at that marble until you have an Auguste Rodin thinker on your plateau!

    One thing that helped me on my longest streak of 3 months was how I address my OCD currently. I just don't give a flying fuck whenever I can about how porn enters my mind or tries to lie to me. This doesn't always work, but a simple 'bruh' response of pure neutrality is sometimes the best way to go. Don't give your brain any extra stimulus!
     
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