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andrew2410

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Hi. I have quite a story for you all. (It's a bit f'd up)

I'm a 15 yo male currently in secondary school from Ukraine (Eastern Europe). My fap addiction started at the age of (here comes)
SEVEN TO EIGHT
I've been addicted since. Obviously, that's not ok AT ALL. So the choice to quit the addiction was late, but obvious. I had some social anxiety (not critical), but it seems to be gone already (amazing)

My current "session" is rather short (about a week), but it's been fairly difficult nontheless. I'm a metalhead, so I had a lot of great music for running and workout, thus I took up a marathon training programme from darebee to help me redirect the energy. It's been lifechanging.

Btw, whenever I feel a burning desire to relapse or have willpower and discipline problems, I simply hit myself (quite strong) as a form of cold shower, and it's actually helpful. I wonder if that's OK. I also wonder if you see young people here often. I hope so.

Felt good to finally share. Anyway, thanks for the attention. Hope I didn't get too off topic.
 
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andrew2410 said:
Hi. I have quite a story for you all. (It's a bit f'd up)

I'm a 15 yo male currently in secondary school from Ukraine (Eastern Europe). My fap addiction started at the age of (here comes)
SEVEN TO EIGHT
I've been addicted since. Obviously, that's not ok AT ALL. So the choice to quit the addiction was late, but obvious. I had some social anxiety (not critical), but it seems to be gone already (amazing)

My current "session" is rather short (about a week), but it's been fairly difficult nontheless. I'm a metalhead, so I had a lot of great music for running and workout, thus I took up a marathon training programme from darebee to help me redirect the energy. It's been lifechanging.

Btw, whenever I feel a burning desire to relapse or have willpower and discipline problems, I simply hit myself (quite strong) as a form of cold shower, and it's actually helpful. I wonder if that's OK. I also wonder if you see young people here often. I hope so.

Felt good to finally share. Anyway, thanks for the attention. Hope I didn't get too off topic.
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Hi. Welcome to forum!

Make sure you create a personal journal thread in Reboot Logs section and blog there on a regular basis. As well as just generally be active participant in various forum discussions. I recommend this to everybody new here because it's the major thing that helped me when I was first starting. Just lurking on forums, reading and learning is great. But it usually is so much more powerful to engage. It helps to keep us motivated and accountable when we are active part of community. And keeps this in front of our minds so we don't forget about importance of it and slip away in our old habits. Sharing is also therapeutic. This is a major reason why AA meetings work so good. But that was developed before internet era. These days we can get most of the same benefits online through communities like this. So don't underestimate the power of active participation.

I would also like to suggest you to look into mindfulness meditation. It has helped me personally tremendously to learn how to deal with urges and triggers. It takes a while to get good at it and notice results, so you need to be consistent with it, but once you do it's very powerful. It has been used by sages for thousands of years to deal with various issues of the mind. And in recent decades the science is also catching up to what ancient sages have know for centuries. Meditation these days are widely used as very effective tool by psychologists for treating addiction and by neurologists for supporting recovery of the brain. It is a great exercise for the brain the same way as jogging is great exercise for the body. Check out this Ted talk, it gives a good idea of what's it about when it comes to philosophy. As far as practical side of it there is this awesome smartphone app called Headspace for guided meditations to get you started.

Wish you lot's of strength and success in your reboot journey!
 
andrew2410 said:
Hi. I have quite a story for you all. (It's a bit f'd up)

I'm a 15 yo male currently in secondary school from Ukraine (Eastern Europe). My fap addiction started at the age of (here comes)
SEVEN TO EIGHT
I've been addicted since. Obviously, that's not ok AT ALL. So the choice to quit the addiction was late, but obvious. I had some social anxiety (not critical), but it seems to be gone already (amazing)

My current "session" is rather short (about a week), but it's been fairly difficult nontheless. I'm a metalhead, so I had a lot of great music for running and workout, thus I took up a marathon training programme from darebee to help me redirect the energy. It's been lifechanging.

Btw, whenever I feel a burning desire to relapse or have willpower and discipline problems, I simply hit myself (quite strong) as a form of cold shower, and it's actually helpful. I wonder if that's OK. I also wonder if you see young people here often. I hope so.

Felt good to finally share. Anyway, thanks for the attention. Hope I didn't get too off topic.
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Welcome! I'm glad you're here. Keep coming back!
 
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