How Porn Has Impacted My Life

Hey @Sal Richards you know what I did to overcome all of that stuff? I stopped giving a fuck because those thoughts and urges are not really me so I just let the thoughts come and go. Thats how you get rid of it. Also start your reboot. No more pmo. Everything will go away and you will reboot back to your normal taste that goes with your orientation.

 

@Sal Richards your welcome bro.

 

Really relate to this. One of the big gestways in which porn affects my life is through these 'disruptive thoughts' that you mentioned, which get in the way of everyday functioning. Your story of being an intellgent, put-together person in all regards except for porn, yet equally because of porn you have never excelled, is something that I have felt my whole life. The only thing holding me back from success and happiness in all my wordly persuits is porn.
All I can say from experience, although it is still a work in progress, is that no matter how despondent the situation might feel, and how symptoms and consequences are irreversible, the body has an amazing natural healing mechanism..Negative feelings and hopelessness are caused by the state of being in the addiction, once.you manage to distance yourself from it for long enough, you realise that the despair and confusion was as much a consequence of the addiction as PE or anything else. In other words, it goes with time, and your mind resets itself to view the world through the correct prism. And you realise how awesome the world.is, and how many gifts you've been given.
Good luck

 

You'll overcome this addiction. I think that you can use getting and maintaining a healthy relationship with a gf a motivation for NoFap.

 

I've been addicted since I was young too. Most of my childhood was over sexualized and I was made to feel guilty about the ways it manifested (i.e. porn) so I hid my "habit". Keeping it such a secret was more exhausting than I care to admit. I never drank, got high, or partied either. I slept with girls and ended relationships quickly. All I can say is I always thought about quitting and tried a couple of times but again, just like you, only lasted 30 days. I eventually came to accept it and it was more present sometimes and less others but I can tell you positively that almost every time I fapped to porn I felt shitty, defeated, and broken. Eventually I decided (recently after finding NoFap) that quitting Porn was the right choice. It has been eery, to say the least, how many things were tied to this addiction. Anyways, my whole point in this is to say I relate and believe in you to beat this thing.

 

I am the same boat, no relationship, no girl friend, no sex, skinny and low self-esteem.
That why I'm here man, i don't give up, i fight