Comments on "Go Outside Sometimes. It is Good For You"

I just finished a 38-mile, 4-day backpacking trip with a few friends. I want to comment on the "Go Outside Sometimes. It is Good For You" banner that occasionally shows up in the forums.

I feel this should be cross posted in about 5 of the forums. I'm a longtime no fapper with some very long streaks who has gotten mired again in compulsive masturbation and continued p sub use as well as occasionally peeks at porn sites.

I intentionally disconnected. I told my boss and my team that I would not have any connectivity. I told my operations manager she could text in an emergency (we manage emergencies for clients so there's no way to be totally disconnected). I put my phone in airplane mode and turned it into a fancy time piece and camera. I checked texts 2 nights but on 2 other nights couldn't even get the connectivity to get those. I am not checking email until this afternoon. I just last night caught up on the news.

I do not feel the normal tugs of temptation or distress that are triggers for me to act out. I felt them not at all out on the trail. Coming back into "the connected world" they are there but only, I feel, as habit and not as real tugs with any consequence.

At the very least I'm finding them easy to note and then ignore.

There was no time on the trail to be bored. We were either walking in very difficult terrain with heavy packs or looking for water. Temps were in the 90s, humidity up there as well. So water management created an extra challenge.

There were times I was hungry, so I ate.
There were times I was angry (in any group there is one dolt and our rubbed me extra wrong) but I was able to walk the anger off.
There were no times I was lonely because on of my best friends was on the trail with us.
There were lots of times I was tired! But I got to sleep 10 hours a night so that solved itself.

At no time did I find that the HALT triggers caused any issues because there were counterbalances built into the activity. Normal life with all of our electronic connections and isolation don't give us those counter balances. And I've used PMO / fapping as the counterbalance, medication.

Lastly, it was interesting as far as morning wood went. The first night I think I slept the entire night with a hard on. They decreased in length of time and firmness as the trip went on --- due to exhaustion I think --- but every night was chock full of dreams.
I'm curious as to how that continues, if at all, not that I'm back in the real world ...

Anyway ... get outside!