Welcome to NoFap! We have disabled new forum accounts from being registered for the time being. In the meantime, you can join our weekly accountability groups.
It's more than that. I long realized that I don't watch videos or engage with the internet for hours because it makes me happy. I watch because it's a distraction from my pain. Like too much tv, exercise, food or shopping, it's an addiction ..and it's an addiction because it's instant "gratification", and a way to forget my pain for awhile.
It also supplies me with a virtual "family"...and when you're lonely and don't have any friends, it becomes all too easy to sit on your phone or computer for hours on end.
When I'm done, I don't feel happy, satisfied or fulfilled. I know I've wasted my time, and I hate myself for it. So while you've addressed some of these things and are right to some degree, I wanted to say that for me personally, "happiness" isn't why I'm addicted to the internet. I just want to forget who I am.
Comments on Profile Post by hollinger