My previous longest streak without pmo or watching psubs was 14 days. I feel great now at day 34 with a lot of my pmo related symptoms falling by the wayside, my brains been recently trying to get me to rationalize incorporating psubs back in with reasonable mo (15 minutes and done). Any advice, i think i may be focusing on days a little too much and forgetting the bigger picture. Also for anyone whos had a long streak i'd love to hear your story about that streak and how you stayed focused. Thanks guys.
At 63 days my brain said sub-p would be ok... Day 65 i PMO'ed. Didn't take much to get a dopamine hit, then i was off to the races.. Reset for 90. I'm on day 2.
Wow so the rationalization led you to a full on porn pmo? was it worth it you think? How do you feel after resetting any feeling of setback or anything?
Thanks for that, i have since regained my focus and i agree once i got to like day 25-32 it was just effortless and i was feeling so good i started thinking i didnt need nofap, but i think its just another rationalization. With self reflection i can now see that the past week which is when these rationalizations started i had been settling into a routine of laziness, reaction and in-productivity. Im back on my path i feel.
Thanks for sharing @Novarecon. The other day something similar happened to me. I made a counter for any time i watch psubs, thats a way to keep your attention on any racionalization that can led you to watch psub and then pmo. Its like having a extra barrier. Like a prerelapse alert. And a way to know when was the last time you watched psubs because other way you forget when you dont take account. I think the reboot is like building a structure. Every day you have to do something to keep you farther from the floor. If you relapse you just went down a few floors is up to you keep going up or down. Sorry for my english.
Wasn't a full PMO. P time was short, but the images were running thru my head again and the next day was MO. Was it worth it - Yes & No. What I got out of it is I'm not as much addicted to P as I am to MO. Big reevaluation for me. Felt bad for a day. I read a post that said, 'look how far you've come. that's great. doing a lot better that you were...' So I've reset for 90-days. DAY-2 and I'm clean, and feel good about myself.
@goldstein absolutely relate to this. i actually got to a point where i completely cut out porn and now only use psubs. I have been porn free for almost 5 months and have no desire to ever go back to it. NoFap for me now is to give up psubs, and it is essentially what you said almost like an extra barrier. For me if i relapse its safer for me to relapse into psubs than it is porn because for me porn was extremely problematic. Im at a point where its not an option and i dont even desire to look at it. So its like i have a saftey net or extra barrier with psubs but again my goal is to get to a point where i dont need psubs either. Because as we know psubs or soft images can be just as addicting and damaging as porn just to a lesser degree. Thanks for sharing.
awesome man thats how to come back Ive always noticed that no matter how discipline we think we are, if we take an inch we will inevitably take the mile and slip up. For me its almost like if intentionally look at a psubs or intentionally indulge in something similar i may as well go and just pmo right then because the images will stay in your head and the urges just feed off of it until you slip up. Good luck my friend
