On Day 31. For someone who was already looking at a long recovery I’m pretty pissed at myself. Put myself in a bad situation last night which led to the relapse. Can’t say with any certainty I had entered a flatline and I was really not having many urges or seeing much progress. Going to get back after it and try again. To anyone who is here and doesn’t have PIED, do yourself a favor and get this shit out of your life. Don’t be a loser like me.
That's the spirit. Hopefully you will have learned something from this experience, so you can see the urges coming before they hit you hard. Best of luck.
I really can’t relapse again not even once. This has to be done right. I was feeling pretty confident despite not having seen any results yet. Starting back on day 1 is pretty discouraging but it is what it is.
Look at your success. Dude, you rock! You can do this. Stay strong. Forgive yourself. You deserve it. You are creating a new way of life. You went a whole month. Don’t fall in a rut. You will have setbacks. Attract what you want and don’t dwell on what you don’t want. Clean all the bad memories out of your brain and all that will be left is inspiration. .
you never really loose until you quit. It’s never about the setback, it’s always about the get back. Let’s gooo!!!! You got this!
Don't feel discouraged, every time you start again you learn more paths to not take in your life. For me it's dont even open up articles with sexy celebrities because you know that that will end in pornography. Every time you get a stronger ideology of WHY you're doing NoFap. It's because post nut depression is what you are going to feel when you give in to toxic nudity online of people you will never physically get to know. Just say to yourself that these pictures are just pixels and its pointless to be aroused by them. Instead try doing something you love in that moment and make love to that
Appreciate the kind words but I really can’t allow this to happen again. I need to recover ASAP and it isn’t going to happen if I fail again. I was doing well and I’m confident that I’ll get back on track, but a single relapse just isn’t acceptable for me at the moment. As someone else told me last month, it’s either go completely porn free or embrace life with a limp dick. I was already getting a ton of anxiety about whether or not I have PIED or a physical problem. And now I’m back to the starting point if it is PIED. Again, I appreciate the kind words. Best of luck to you all as well.
Your not a loser. You came on here and admitted the truth.. That takes guts.. I used to be ashamed if i relapsed i couldn't even tell anyone i was so ashamed. Now that a loser. I always say relapses are the road to recovery.. This addiction isnt to be taken lightly.. It taps into one of our most primitive instincts.. To call someone battling that weak is ignorant.
I definitely didn’t mean to disrespect anyone else. Only referencing how I feel about myself at the moment. My ED problem is pretty severe and I’ve had it for a long time. I’ve posted my story in a few places so I don’t want to keep repeating it and flooding the forum, but I really have no more margin for error.
The problem is that each milestone comes with its challenges. It is different breaking 1 day then 3 days then 7 then 14 then 28 etc. each milestone has different challenges and needs different strategies. If you fail at any milestone write down why you failed and the strategies you will use next time to go beyond that milestone
Dude, You didn't fail anything. You just slipped up. Thinking of streaks and putting so much emphasis on day counts is just toxic for your brain and mental state. Try not to count the days (way easier said than done I know, I struggle with that myself) Think of it this way, if you go to the gym every single day for 31 days, but miss day 32, you don't lose your progress. You just go again the next day. Stay strong brother. You're crushing it, and you've got this!
Trying hard but never been able to make up to 30 days. You have a solid start. But seem like you are too much focused on counting the days to know you have won. You win by eliminating all connections of brain with porn as nofap is a natural way of life. That will happen after you have removed all triggers from your life (cut social media, stop staring at women, fill in your day with activities so that you are never alone) Stay away even from the word porn so much that your brain eventually forgets this word, just like you have forgotten the names of many of your childhood friends. Join some classes where you are forced to stay outside of home. If you are constantly in touch with triggers, thinking about porn all day then you wil again relapse even after 90 days.
Hi, if you'd like I can send over a book called how to quit porn by Celibate Yogi. It perfectly explains the reasons why we relapse and why we think during long streaks that we should PMO, I saw it on the Internet somewhere where it says loneliness can lead a person to higher porn consumption and It was true to me as well, while it was really hard for me to quit, it was because there was still a thought pattern in my mind that let me PMO, when I was away from porn and was literally doing well recovering, there was always some stupid irrational thought trying to get me to relapse, this book opened my eyes and taught me there is no need for distractions willpower or anything for me to quit PMO, this book explains the reasons each thought thats trying to rationalise reasons to PMO is false, and opens your eyes about the lies of this poison. I have read this book in June 25 2022 and have only had 6 relapses ever since. Back in the 1960s doctors used to tell people who had stomach problems to just smoke, smoking wasn't thought to be harmful back then but later people noticed that it caused lung cancers, and more problems. Today, people find Porn and masturbation normal, relaxing because there are testosterone supplement companies, therapists, making money off of people's porn addiction.
Fuck “Day 31”. You had one slip up in an entire month. Had you been keeping on and staying at that rate for an entire year that’s only 12 resets which is a record to boast. This isn’t all or nothing. If you make a couple mistakes along the way the benefits will still be there. Don’t let this drag you down
