Guys, what are some of the reasons you told yourself that it was okay to PMO?

"I'll stop when I get a gf" was the first excuse I used and it took months before joining nofap because of this.

 

I don't really make up excuses to pmo. I just seek out pleasure. I've done a lot of drugs in my life and none of them compare the tardhappy feeling which orgasm brings, so I do it because the pleasure level is amazing. The after effects, not so much.

 

Yep! Is very hard for a woman to deal with an addict partner from any type, and it would hurt even more if I did this to someone.

 

Really it boils down to impatience. Instant gratification is more appealing than the suffer through shit to get the prize type of gratification.

 

That I was stressed out. That I wanted to check to see if I could get it up. That I had a dream about an old girlfriend, or a girl who I'm sexually attracted to. Etc. Etc. Not worth it! Keep going bro!

 

For the most part, yes. Take food for instance. If you made food choices based on the body you want and the future you want, how much of the food you're eating right now is truly conducive to those goals? How many times do you actually think about your future fitness goals when you're in the moment of hunger? What makes you choose the unhealthy food over the healthy food? Taste? Convenience? Both are a search for instant gratification.

 

Excuse I wold give would be: my wife doesn't want to have sex... Then I'll just PMO... I have needs... Also, when wife and I get into arguments, urge to PMO is very strong...

 

It's the nature of life, really. Fleeting rewards come with instant gratification and then the suffering. Lasting rewards come with suffering and then the gratification.

 

Exactly! But nature will always go to the max! Flowers, trees, animals, etc all live to their maximum potential. We're the only living thing which doesn't and this is because we have the power of choice.