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Gonna start this journey. Tips?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by TheSteeple, Oct 12, 2022.

  1. Oct 12, 2022 #1
    TheSteeple

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    So, as of writing this it hits me hard what excessive pornography use has done to me. I can’t even bring myself to finish my current assignments. Rather than feel guilt and exhaustion, I feel guilt and I want improvement. I want to shape my current life in a better way but I don’t know about all these methods that involve cold showers and push-ups. I could do many push-ups but they don’t seem to have an effect on my clarity. I often stop thinking about pornography when I don’t have my tablet with me and am writing things down or studying for a big test. Do you guys have any advice for me so I can follow this journey at my best pace? I want to be the person I want to be so I don’t have to go through my teenage-hood miserable.
     
    TheSteeple, Oct 12, 2022
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  2. Oct 12, 2022 #2
    Arnuld

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    The first step would be to figure out why you need the drug? People don’t get addicted to substances or processes for no reason. It’s typically to manage some unwanted feelings or to deal with unprocessed trauma. At your age sex drive is also a factor but if you are posting here porn is obviously having a negative impact on your life. Forget cold showers and push-ups and all the other bullshit and ask yourself why you feel the need to look at porn excessively and what do you need to deal with in your life.
     
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  3. Oct 12, 2022 #3
    sfmark12

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    When you fail don't be harsh on yourself to the point where you don't love yourself. Be patient this addiction does not end overnight. Always keep yourself busy, an idle mind is a devils workshop. When you are bored and have nothing to do, a simple escape such as I am going to go for a walk does wonders. Don't use your phone/electronic devices excessively. Urges come and go, do not fight them off. Just let them come by and redirect your attention to something else. You do not need pornography to live a good life. Just like what the guy above me said. Ask yourself why do you want to quit and/or why do you have a need to use pornography, escape loneliness? Boredom? Figure it out and everything else will fall into place.
     
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  4. Oct 16, 2022 #4
    TheSteeple

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    Hello, sorry I’m replying so late. I got addicted to pornography because of the stimuli it gave me. At a young age that stimuli was strong and would hold me off for a few days but now I’ve just become dependent. I don’t see anything to be stressed about so I don’t know why I’m always pushing myself to feel like that’s the case. I need to deal with a lot of things in my life including getting by independent, excelling at school and just to stop watching pornography, to see the damage it’s caused me and move on to a page in life in which I’ll feel fresher and like in the old days.
     
    TheSteeple, Oct 16, 2022
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  5. Oct 16, 2022 #5
    TheSteeple

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    Hello. The reason I have a dependency on pornography is pretty unknown to me. I’ve ceased using my tablet and reading books like I used to as a kid and enjoyed it. I got the first good amount of shuteye in months because of that. There’s however this weird system my brain stimuli has in which it makes me not want to continue doing that because I think I’m all set. That is however not the case and I think an internet addiction plays a part of that too.
     
    TheSteeple, Oct 16, 2022
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  6. Oct 17, 2022 #6
    B L A N K F A C A E

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    Prioritize your sleep
     
    B L A N K F A C A E, Oct 17, 2022
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  7. Oct 17, 2022 #7
    ArthurDutch

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    This is exactly how I started 3 years ago and watched p for getting that stimulation for 3 years untill I realised how and what problems it has created.
    There was an anxiety that I felt, and today I just focused on finding the real root cause of that anxiety. Do you know what that root cause maybe? Its dependence on p for feeling clear and connected to everything. When I removed that and completely gone no PMO at all for 4+ months, today I realized that I am facing trouble feeling satisfied and happy by doing even small things which are rewarding themselves. Its happening beacuse since the past years I was taking stimulation from p and now since its gone, facing trouble getting stimulated in normal things. Guys can u help me in sharing if you have faced this kind of problem?
     
    ArthurDutch, Oct 17, 2022
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