BENEFITS AT 11 MONTHS (no PMO)

All will be OK.

What happens in your mind prior to a relapse?

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I have NO plan on breaking away. The old neuro-pathway in my brain, even though I have not activated in in 11 MONTHS, can be activated if I am not vigilant. I always need to be aware. An online community that is committed to change helps me be aware, awake and accountable.

Helping others - helps me with this. If I disconnect from this community then I could potentially fall asleep and fall back. And falling back is not an option!!!

GOD'S PEACE!!!

 

No issue with urination. Sometimes frequent urination can be to another issue. May want to get a medical checkup. But keep this in mind - your limbic brain may try to trick you into thinking that nofap is the cause of the medical issue and to relapse for a "medical reason". The limbic brain will find any excuse to go backwards and have you quit. People will often refer to prostate cancer risk if you don't ejaculate. That study has been exposed as garbage.

Beware of temptation / justification. The brain is tricky. You're 2 weeks from 90 - stand strong!!

(Also, I'm not a god, just a guy like anybody else who finally got tired of being under the thumb of PMO. And I thank the one and only God for getting me here. )

GOD'S PEACE!!!

 

Stay focused. Each second gets you closer to a milestone. Day by day, minute by minute. Well worth it!

GOD'S PEACE!!

 

Thanks for the encouragement!!

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Happy to help!

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I used to deal with that. Waking up from a half sleep and giving in. It did this for YEARS. Unpredictable slips in the middle of the night.

What stopped it for me was having a zero tolerance for lust memory or fantasy. When my conscious mind becomes aware of what my limbic system is throwing forward for pleasure, I activate my pre-frontal cortex by using words. "That's not an option. No, absolutely not". Verbalization lights up this powerful part of the brain.

I also used the nofap app a lot early on. Even without an emergency I would click 30 times a day to get good messages an images in my head. I use the religious option on the app, in the upper corner.

Also, zero tolerance for media wandering. If you wander online or on tv, it's like wandering in a bad neighborhood. Your gonna get mugged. If you venture online or on t.v., know where you're going, get business done. And leave quickly.

If I broke that pattern you can definitely break it.

GOD'S PEACE!!!

 

Taking what is yours is key. I believe that God's plan has been to give you that freedom as a gift, and at the same time to give you the strength to go for it.

What helped me was going into GOD MODE. I had many moments in past decades where I resolved to kick this thing by my own strength, even as I believed in God. But leaning on God by spending an hour a day in prayer has made all the difference. During that time I read, journal, converse...it goes by quickly. But I know that God's power has reordered my brain. I have a self control that can knock down these temptations like never before. I am amazed every day.

I used to go 5 days max and relapse. Longest streak was 3.5 months when I was 19, but I did not do it well. Did a couple of 30 days and a 2 month.

But I would never have thought that I would come close to a year and be comfortable. I still get tempted daily, but each temptation, (by way of analogy) is no longer a 200 foot wave. I see them for what they are - 5 foot waves - and I get out of their way and leave that section of the beach.

GOD'S PEACE!!!