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I don't understand all this.

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by kaoshavoc, Jul 14, 2015.

  1. kaoshavoc

    kaoshavoc Fapstronaut

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    Ok, so, I am pretty sure I have a porn addiction that could be causing some problems. I have gone 3 days without porn now, and no sex or masturbation. I am unsure if going without sex honestly is necessary. To me both are different. I don't view them the same. While I have become a porn addict I have never fooled myself into believing any of it was real in any way shape or form, and it is not what I expect out of life, that being said, all that instant gratification does dull the likes of real sex sometimes. That being said, I have always had a high sex drive, and I have quit masturbating before for about 6 months, but that was back before porn, even then I could masturbate several times a day no problem. I have always had an amazing sex drive.

    So, my question is this, if the point of this is to help get my dopamine levels back to normal so I can live a better life and have a better sex life, do I really need to actually abstain from sex in the meantime? maybe only have it once a week or something while I am in recovery, but it seems unnecessary to go without completely. Especially when even now I am already feeling more sexually attracted to my wife again.

    If there is anyone who has done a reboot while still maintaining a sexual relationship with their wife, I would love to hear what you thought of it and if you think it effected the quality or time it took to reset. I could see it surely effecting time, but not necessarily quality. The brain is amazing at rebooting itself to a new status quo
     
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  2. Jodokus

    Jodokus Fapstronaut

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    sounds like a plan ;)
    Nope, I'm still at the beginning. But I have a girlfriend and I will enjoy the occasional sex while abstaining from M and porn.
    It's your decision. But here you can find out :)

    And good luck with quitting PMO!
    Stay strong brother!
     
    Last edited: Jul 15, 2015
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  3. I'll continue to say the same thing that I have to others as well.

    Sex is not the problem, PMO is. Sex with someone you love is pure, PMO isn't, so the issue is to deal with PMO.

    Now, if you're someone who has been severely addicted to PMO, then try going a week or two without sex with your wife, which will somewhat allow you to cleanse. This method is much better than just deciding to have sex every now and then, which logically makes no sense. Either do a week or two weeks reboot from sex or don't do one at all.

    The main key is to just allow yourself to deal with the urges and cravings as they come. Let the intensity of the desire to go and PMO pass through your body without acting upon it. You have to allow yourself to truly feel every single emotion that passes through your body, all day, everyday. Find out the causal reasons and emotions as to why you still decide to PMO even while married. Get to the root emotion.

    It's more than just an urge. There are psychological and emotional reasons as to why we turn to PMO for relief, and the key is to be honest with yourself, do some soul searching and find out why and then work through those painful emotions and then just allow those feelings to pass through your body.
     
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  4. kaoshavoc

    kaoshavoc Fapstronaut

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    ok. Yes, I often go weeks or something a month or two without sex with my wife. She is asexual, so we don't have a very active sex life. That is kind of what led me to porn as a release of my sexual energy, and for a long time it was just normal I would say, if normal is a thing, but after a while, it became THE thing, you know, I did it often, multiple times a day. I would become irritated if guests would arrive and I couldn't PMO. And, like I said, while I have used porn like most guys my whole life, it was more a passing thing, like, I would use it sometimes for something different, but I always prefered M without O for most of my life. Thanks, now I feel better about it if I have sex with my wife. I am going on day 3 or 4 now with no porn.
     
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  5. kaoshavoc

    kaoshavoc Fapstronaut

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    when I said M without O, I meant M without P. M without O would just be, frustrating LOL.
     
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  6. mv8652

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    You want to build the relationship with your wife and end the one with the porn. Therefore, quit fapping to porn and get all the sex you can from your wife. Once you've successfully desensitized yourself to porn through extended avoidance and fully eliminated the addiction to view it; if your wife's libido falls far short of yours, you might want to make up the difference with masturbation so long as it's porn-free. NoFap is not inherently against masturbation, and it certainly isn't against marital sex. It is against the addiction to masturbating to porn.
     
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  7. Jodokus

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    still like this :)

    I'm trying not to persuade my gf to sex when I'm in need. First bc to prevent frustration when she does't want to. Second bc I don't want this easy escape.
    I think the relationship is helping me emotionally plus I have a O here and then without give in to my addiction. On the other hand the intimate contact (without sex following) often gets me aroused which makes the challenge kinda harder (best word to describe it :D)

    Besides even sex with a loving partner can be selfish (do you agree, AlltheRage?)
    But think this through this becomes way too complicated 4 me :D
    - I rather turn back to what AlltheRage said instead of all the buts and whens. either way I'm still an addict and how said the wise japanese dog to me: You're thinking too much in sex
     
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  8. Sex can definitely be selfish, yeah. I actually dumped my previous ex for feeling like when we were making love that all she wanted was a sex fix, and actually had no desire to engage me on an emotional level.

    She just wanted sex her way. It felt like I was just banging an object. She was also quite a cold person emotionally. She had to go.

    If you ever feel like you're engaging in sex (in a relationship) for selfish reasons, just allow yourself to work through the emotions as to why you're selfishly indulging. If you ever feel that it's for selfish reasons, stop having sex with her until you let yourself find the emotional reasons behind why this is happening.
     

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