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Advice for alternative goals: Yoga and a change in perspective

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by lecram, Nov 15, 2015.

  1. lecram

    lecram New Fapstronaut

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    First of all, I've been fapping all my life since I was able to. In the early years it became a major part of my everyday life. It was normal and I was happy with my porn-life.
    When I was about 18 years old I tried to reduce the amout of fapping a day to a limit of 3, wich was not always possible.
    Nowadays (I'm in my late 20s) I see my life as a big recovery process. I tried different methods (e.g. bets with friends, posting my stories, ...), but in the end (mostly after 2 months) I started watching porn again.

    I made the experience, that the more I set myself under pressure, the less chances I get for my recovery. So I asked myself, how I could release the pressure from myself. The solution was (I know it's not very inventive) to set yourself new goals in life.
    These goals were not goals that used to be part of my life before, they were more like completely new stuff I haven't done before. One of these things was yoga and I must admit that it helped me to stay focussed on my process. Not only that you learn to focus on your inner self, it's also a very motivating form of sports because you'll have make fast physical progress in the beginning. On the other hand the psychological effects are there as well. I finally started to overcome my intellectual mind and listen to what my inner self wants.

    It might sound esoteric to you, but in this sport I found my way of recovering with a minimum amount of relapses. Additionally I don't start blaming myself for the relapse. Instead I can now focus again directly and still feel the benefits of this journey. Hopefully one day I can say that I made it.

    Concluding a little helper for the relapsers or the ones that struggle:

     
    Last edited: Nov 15, 2015

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