Dating Apps?

Yep. Watch out! The way from porn addiction to sexting addiction is very short.

 

Absolutely true. Be careful. I wouldn't use them. If you're lucky enough and still study at school/college, go ask one that you like and already know for a coffee. Or go out and meet girls in bars, though it involves drinking, it is an easy way. But really, don't use dating apps, that's actually one of the steps to stop PMO imo

 

True true!

But if you don’t get used to merely looking at pictures of girls without feeling the urge to M, how will you at all go up to one and hangout?

You need to remove the mindset of M on seeing a hot figure! P has corrupted our minds

 

Do you know how to do that? Have any tips?

 

It is as dangerous as Instagram, do not do it. Your mind sees the pictures and will release dopamine again because your brain sees 'potential mates'. It is the same danger as porn.

I recently deleted the instagram app from my phone and it made everything so much easier for me.

 

I haven’t learned much but:

Lets not try gaining control in such early stages of our recovery. It will cause relapses. As @MikeSilva correctly points out, its better to avoid this stuff now.
After a few months or a year maybe, when our mindset about M has changed, we will gradually learn to enjoy the beauties of a woman in ways other than M.
Do you remember those innocent days when you didn’t yet know how to M, but got boners looking at a woman.. that sorta stuff maybe.

 

I know I ended up using these apps and turned them into a form of pornography.

 

Many temptations exist unfortunately, and it can lead to falling back in progress. Stay strong!

 

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I had a terrible habit of chatting with women and eventually letting the chat become extremely sexual in nature. I’m not innocent at all. I knew what I was doing. I was always very polite and nice to everyone. I never steered discussions in that direction but if the lady even remotely suggested something I’d try to get things going. I’d delete the app, have a bad day at work, and get the app again. Plenty of Fish has started filtering certain words. If you say the F word, your message won’t go through. That’s actually helped me stay away from the sites. I always hated myself.