Keep busy with a chore list and you won’t pmo?

I think its a great idea. You'll still need to do the work to overcome P addiction, but it will be a lot easier this way and you'll be happier overall with a productive day.

 

Actually, I'm of contrary opinion. Known nofap for almost 10 years, and let me tell you, even with a full schedule of stuff to do, even new and exciting stuff, I found out time to relapse. So it can help, but it's far from being 'the name of the game'. If you're addicted to something, no matter how busy you are, you will find time to indulge in that addiction. So more important than having stuff to do (which is important of course) is training self-control and learning to accept and just say no to urges. Easier said than done, but we're trying...

 

I agree with @swordmaster . Staying busy (but not stressed) is good and helps but it's not enough to beat this addiction.

You should not only weaken the devil sitting on your shoulder (your limbic system) but also strengthen the angel that sits on your other shoulder (your prefrontal cortex).

 

We are human beings with sexual desires and it is natural to be horny, our bad luck is in that our addiction is actually a sex addiction. So it is perfectly okay to be horny, you will not be harmed by that as you may think because our bodies want to 'reproduct', actually you will get better, stronger, more motivated, as your body knows that 'the mission' hasn't been completed yet and will give you all the resources to complete that mission in real life (in comes attraction, more energy, better skin, and other related benefits). Hope this helps when you get an urge, just stay on track and think about the good things of saying no to the urge rather than yes. *We only relapse because we say Yes to an urge.*

 

Ultimately, staying busy is a form of running away. It does help at first, but when you're ready, you need to allow yourself to be triggered, face the fear / temptation, and not run away while still not giving in. This is the way to get stronger.

I hardly ever get any urges anymore which in some ways is worse than having them because it makes me feel dead inside. My problem is I have to purposely relapse in order to restore any sexual feeling at all. If you want to know how to more or less permanently remove urges, just follow this advice: https://www.menprovement.com/masturbation-addiction/

 

Exactly man. The cold will awaken your senses. The hard work put in the gym will release the endorphin. Eating clean will make you feel better mentally and physically. And turning off the TV every now and again to read and get natural dopamine is the way to go. Nowadays we just want everything in an instant. In a flash. We need to learn how to take it slow and work towards a the main goal with taking small steps instead of big large ones that makes us trip or fall backwards.

 

Yes, that's it. Many of us need to practice becoming comfortable being uncomfortable, whether that means taking cold showers, doing fasting, going for workouts, etc... When you're deep in the discomfort, all sorts of unresolved issues tend to come up like past hurts, negative self-talk, emotional baggage, etc... Personally, I found David Goggins' book Can't Hurt Me helped tremendously with learning to embrace discomfort and can highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1544512279/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2