Abstaining From Urges VS Fighting Urges

I noticed If I start craving junk food I'm more likely to fap, as its just a craving for dopamine either way. If I give in to the need for dopamine im double as likely to fap. As I feel great for a moment but when the spike from the food crashes there's only one thing left to do... Which makes me realise all aspects of life and dopamine have to be observed and controlled for, not just porn.

Why do cold showers work? Perhaps making yourself uncomfortable makes normal circumstance more comfortable, providing more dopamine from regular activity curbing the need for a spike from fapping.

In this way, I think abstaining isn't enough but going into the opposite direction of voluntary struggle provides positive endorphins to push away urges and is more reliable than mere abstinence, be it in the form of regular cold shock therapy or intense exercise. If giving in to an urge for a good feeling makes fapping more likely then perhaps fighting an urge to do the opposite - to stop a bad feeling such as those found during cardio will make fapping way less likely and boost mental strength.

you always think you need something to make you feel better when on a low, perhaps you just need some pain to refrain and reframe your current low as a high. Anxiety and depression are always triggers for me, observing nofap as a dopamine addiction always yields better results for me personally than just saying Im trying not to fap to porn.

So, instead of sitting there trying to battle that urge to feel better, go make yourself feel worse. Go feel up some ice cold water or get some lactic acid in your legs. Just go feel some pain and maybe life wont seem so low after your done.

Fapping feels great and everything after feels terrible.

Pain feels terrible and everything after feels great.