Is my bipolar contributing to my hypersexuality possibly?

Hello fellow Fapstronaut,

I see you have a bit of a struggle over here, but you're on the right way!
Failing is completely fine and it's part of the progress to make you stronger.
I got a major tip for you. Don't restrict or punish yourself for your sexual thoughts,
just let the thoughts flow through your head and watch the thoughts pass by. Just watch...
Imagine as if you're sitting on a rock on the side of a freeway and the thoughts are the cars passing by, just let them pass and learn to accept.
It's completely healthy to have sexual thoughts, the wrong part is if you don't accept them, you won't learn from them!
Take controll over your healthy mind again and don't let the urges be the best of you.

Dont give in my brother, stay focussed.

 

Well yes, but have you ever reached 30-days before? You probably didn't, so how can't you call this progress??
You did a very good job to first of all look for help on this website and to top that, you even managed to reach 30-days.
I just recently joined and I'm only 1.5 day(s) in now. My record is only a week. Don't take it too hard on yourself man and
keep working for a Fapless future.

You're doing amazing!

 

The Bipolar probably doesn't help, but what is also very important is that porn and wanking don't help with Bipolar disorder.

I may be misinterpreting what you said? But if you didn't fap then you didn't relapse! You can have separate counters for fapping, watching porn, and for fantasizing about porn.

Also, getting turned on isn't a relapse and is nothing to be guilty about. Uncontrolled sexual thoughts that pop in your head are nothing to be guilty about. If you're avoiding sexual fantasies it's only sexual fantasizing if you deliberately think and fantasize about it. Thoughts that pop in your head are not something you can control, as long as you don't entertain them you haven't fantasized about sex or porn.

 

You ask, Is my bipolar contributing to my hypersexuality possibly? Who has diagnosed you with hyper sexuality and when?

 

Getting turned on by a text you didn't think was going to be erotic is not a relapse.

If you are intentionally texting to get off then I would call that porn or a porn substitute. Which is something to be avoided.

I don't know what you mean by "checking your erections"?

 

You have to cut out all sexual thoughts and arousal, not keep them to a minimum.

"Checking out erections" is part of the addiction. It's completely pointless and OCD-like. You just do it to get the feeling of arousal. And generally, everything you intentionally to to get aroused or stay aroused is a relapse.

 

No, it's not. Sexual thoughts are pointless and are just a distraction. You should get aroused when there is an actual chance of having sex. "Observing sexual thoughts" is like saying "just observe porn"

 

It's very difficult in the beginning but the first step is to acknowledge that they are not normal or healthy. So if you feel you get them or feel aroused, you make a plan and do something else, even leave the house. Easiest thing is a cold shower or pushups or situps to exhaustion.