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deleted reddit for 6th time

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by kumarach, Jan 17, 2022.

  1. kumarach

    kumarach Fapstronaut

    its been close to a year since i started using reddit for my nofap and semen retention and unfortunately i found porn on reddit, so the asset turned to the biggest trigger source I've ever had. also there are some apps on play-store that i had been using since quite some time, on and off to talk with women and get some female attention that i was craving...(porn conditioning I'd say). something that was meant to help me (nofap reddit community),was acting as a gateway to my porn peeking (nothing against the community, it was my lack of self-control) i would read people trying to get rid of this evil destructive habit and would sometimes try out the things that they'd written. knowing full well that it would ruin me more. i don't really have friends and my conditioning was such that i had started approaching content sellers, for friendship(i.e hoping to get off to them someday; again my lack of self control, watching mems had become a bad habit too). the reason i used to get on reddit was dopamine detox that i have been trying after a few days, i start feeling bored and left out, in order to drive that feeling away i used to create a reddit account and then use it to surf porn, no doubt my sensitivity has definitely increased (just after a few days),but this ain't recovery, recovery is when one doesn't think about porn anymore-and unfortunately i still do.

    i promise myself today that never again will i get back to reddit, at least till i cure myself of this disease, and that comprises of a complete 6 month abstinence from porn and a year long reddit fast I'd say. this is what i believe would restore my brain to a healthy condition. dating apps are a strict no this time, they've been masked as SITES TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, when in reality they're mostly just a source of disappointment and dejection.
     
  2. greatvortex

    greatvortex Fapstronaut

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    Ironic isn't it huh? Reddit is the best and worst platform at the same time.

    Reddit was the site I watched the most porn on and once I realised that I've deleted many, many of my own accounts. However this still hadn't stopped me from using the site for porn as I would just create another account with a fake email address and I'd continue the cycle.

    I do still have a Reddit account but I've blocked Reddit on my phone. Now I'm no longer addicted to scrolling through Reddit on my phone whether to watch NSFW or non-NSFW content. Hopefully it'll stay that way. Admittedly I still scroll through Reddit on my computer but I never watch porn on my PC. I'd recommend tackling the main trigger that causes you to relapse and for me, that's Reddit on my iPhone.

    Good luck!
     
  3. kumarach

    kumarach Fapstronaut

    this really hit hard
    "Do you really want to waste all of your efforts fighting to better yourself and go back to the depressed and embarrassed individual with lack of confidence and self esteem and a mind clouded with guilt and dirty thoughts? No. Don't be selfish and ruin your streak. Live with the urge, it won't hurt you."
     
  4. greatvortex

    greatvortex Fapstronaut

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    Glad you resonate with the quote that I came up with yesterday! :)
     
  5. PegasusKid

    PegasusKid Fapstronaut

    Good for you to make that decision, reddit is also a bad place for me and reading this and another reddit post on here makes me think i should probably uninstall apollo(ios reddit app) and only use reddit on my computer, and only read my saved posts that I never got around to reading. Of course I don't follow any porn like subreddits but unfortunately even with the adult subs blocked some lesser known subs aren't marked as nsfw, so they're too easy to find.
     
  6. kumarach

    kumarach Fapstronaut

    is at all possible, try getting off reddit completely, find alternative platforms online which focus on the same topic, i can guarantee you they'll be free from triggers, unlike reddit where literally everything from comments section to the posts is either vaguely pornograpic or wildly pornographic, both unhealthy for the recovery journey. other than some subs focusing on self development and growth, like nofap, SR, porn addiction sub, others have a lot of HIDDEN PORNO in them i.e they're either hinting at it or they're saying it directly.
    rarely have i see people on reddit take things as they are, majority of subs are either propoganda or stand for some very well defined ideas (that's not a problem, it provides a good medium to learn and interact),problem happens when people get extremely vocal about things and refuse to even lend an ear to the other party, which generally happens.
    regarding porno, i don't think there is any other site known by me which provides you with porn access so easily and with such varying categories ranging from whatnot to absolute weird fetishes. it has a lot of perks regarding the SR forum lot of valuable info and experience, which is tbh not really present on this platform as its aimed at something entirely different but the thing is that the negatives over there outweigh the positives causing the onset of random sexual thoughts and uncontrollable craving to go back to porn on several occasions, nofap is essential the practice of saying no to porn, and reddit proves to do exactly the opposite, not like the viewer is not at fault, but during the initial recovery days, the willpower is not that strong causing the chaser effect and dejection and wasting a lot of time online.
     
  7. PegasusKid

    PegasusKid Fapstronaut

    I guess everyones reddit is gonna be different cause it depends on your subs. Nothing in my saved posts or my feed is even remotely pornographic personally, I just look the stuff up which is on me. All of my subs are personal development related except for two which also don't allow anything nsfw.
     
  8. kumarach

    kumarach Fapstronaut

    its not just about the content my dear friend, its about the comment section too which sometimes has triggering content
     

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