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Exercise defuses urges?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by SpacePunk, Oct 4, 2021.

  1. SpacePunk

    SpacePunk Fapstronaut

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    Hello

    I hope that this isn't a weird question and I haven't really delved deep into it but I wanted to get some answers.

    This week was the longest streak I've had in a short while and I worked out everyday. But I stopped today and relapsed. After a workout for the whole day I didn't feel any urges till I stopped for this one day.

    Is their any connection?

    Thanks.

     
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  2. Like @WildEntheology mentioned above, I usually find that being productive and growing as a person helps with nofap progress. Instead of destroying the old you focus on building the new. By working on yourself as a whole, you make it easier for your porn addiction to leave your way of life. If that makes sense.
     
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  3. Rev2.0

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    There are actually two sides of the coin with that. Hard physical exercise as a way of sublimating urges and redirecting sexual energy is great and I would argue, just as important to successfully rebooting as the things you stop doing. That said, many men including myself experience pretty big spikes of libido after a good workout. I know for me if I've just crushed leg day or hit a new personal best deadlifting, I come out of there pretty much wanting to bang the first hot young thing I see. I don't follow through but the want-to is there, it's strong and it can persist well into the next day. So by all means go ahead and exercise but don't be surprised if you have a similar reaction.
     
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  4. I don't know if exercise defuses urges, it may just be that you are doing something else with your time and focusing your efforts elsewhere.

    i'd be curious if when you relapsed if that was the same time of the day that you had been working out.
     
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  5. Infidel.48

    Infidel.48 Distinguished Fapstronaut

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    yea it does, but too much exercise makes me horny as well. there is a limit to that too, apart from that exercise is great for your body,mind and soul. Keep exercising
     
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  6. SpacePunk

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    OTE="I_Am_Strong_54, post: 3153394, member: 448927"]I don't know if exercise defuses urges, it may just be that you are doing something else with your time and focusing your efforts elsewhere.

    i'd be curious if when you relapsed if that was the same time of the day that you had been working out.[/QUOTE]

    It was on the next day. I took a break and then I relapsed.
     

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