Progress Thread (Feel Free To Join)

I watched Eckhart Tolle's videos about staying in the present like you recommended and am definitely interested! I'm going to do some more research about meditation and will update you guys here about my progress in it once I get to that point. I did have an urge this morning (ran up and took a cold shower and it worked in destroying the urge), and I gotta do whatever I can to make them go away, so I'll definitely consider doing meditation. Nearly every nofap success story talks about meditation in one way or another, so I'll have to give it a try! On another side note, I have been taking alot of ice cold showers lately after my daily swimming exercises (1 mile) and they have been helping tons in keeping me pmo free for the rest of the day! I heard from my cousin that cold showers soothe sore muscles, so I got the idea to also do them after my swimming laps as an added insurance for the evening and they definitely help a lot! I also have been looking up alot of stuff about the benefits of ice cold showers and I'm impressed at how much more they do for you besides destroying urges! Overall I'm doing pretty good so far and am feeling alot more energetic! I recently looked at my time tracker and saw a definite decrease in productivity when I last relapsed and huge productivity boosts during my nofap streaks, so the energy surge benefit is definitely accurate! Keep on going mah dudes! We got this!

 

Couldn't have said it better myself!

 

Last night had a wd and it was about me relapsing and completely losing my chill and giving up. Despite what I saw in the dream, I refuse to give into pmo and will continue fighting it every day to the best of my ability. I've been doing a great job lately of increasing my self-discipline and I'm not all about to let it go to waste. I also tried meditation for 10 minutes yesterday and it was pretty relaxing. Will try more today!

 

Awesome! You got this!

 

Yussssss awesome!!! Keep on going! Feels so good to be back in the double digits again, and I really want you guys there too! If you can get past the near impossible first few days, then you've just proven that you can get past anything!

 

Definitely really bummed to hear that one of us fell, but now all that matters now is that you get back up and keep on going! Take it one day at a time! Consider this a scar from battle and keep on fighting! Find out what caused you to fall, and change up your strategy next time to reflect what you learned!

 

Day 12 and I feel alot better than when I relapsed and my energy is getting alot higher at work! Going to be preparing for the harder days ahead and will do my best to overcome anything that is thrown my way!

 

Had one of the worst urges I've ever had last night, and somehow I resisted it (had to really remind myself of my motivations and goals). I have a schedule where I go to bed before the nighttime hours that are all wasted on phone use, but last night I stayed up a few hours later on my phone and really felt the strong urges come to me. Definitely will not be staying up that late again!

Update: I just checked back in this forum to see I'm actually going through a chaser effect because of a recent wet dream, and this is certainly the case! a few days ago I posted that I had one. I will definitely up my guard today and be cautious of it!

 

So far so good! Haven't had any urges since the last post! Things are definitely getting alot easier!

 

Really glad to hear that you'll be joining us! What you said really resonated with me as I also felt the same way when I started! Remember though, the first few days are gonna be your hardest besides days after a wet dream, so be strong these next few days! Prove to yourself that it's possible! I've gotten to a point that I never thought possible in my life and am encouraged to keep on going! Also be careful not to compare yourself with others and get proud about your streak or else it'll create a blind spot in your battle plan and you'll fall (me and another person on this thread can testify that this is a genuine way to fall). You got this!!! One day at a time!