New Here, Anxious but excited to begin my journey!

[depclinger]

Hello All,

Thanks for being here and for reading!

I'm new to the forums and to the NoFap life.

After reading up a bit about the scientific effects of PMO on the brain, and identifying many commonalities within my own experiences, I've decided to give this a go!

I've been viewing images/videos of explicit content, and indulging in PMO since pre-puberty, And all the way through until this moment in time!

I hadn't realized how far down this addiction path I've traveled but now after educating myself it's clear to me that I am about as wrapped up in it as anyone could possibly be.

The things I've been doing in private have been shaping the way I act in public for a long, long time!

BUT NOW..

Armed with my new sense of awareness and the support of the community and God, I am ready to take back my life! Reassume control of my urges and acts, and live dignified and with a sense of self worth and direction.

I want nothing more in life than peace, faith, happiness, control, contentment, and friendship!

So, I've created an account, I've set my counter to Day 0, And am commencing take-off into the brave new world!

I am nervous, anxious, apprehensive, and even downright scared.

But, I am also excited, intrigued, enlightened, powerful, and fortuitous in my new efforts.

And that's my introduction! Thank you for reading and I hope to post more about my journey, my background, and goals, and my progress in the near future.

Take care all!

-Dep

 

[Skillzthebadguy]

Welcome bro
We can do it
Day 12 counting

 

[Deleted Account]

Hello All,

Thanks for being here and for reading!

I'm new to the forums and to the NoFap life.

After reading up a bit about the scientific effects of PMO on the brain, and identifying many commonalities within my own experiences, I've decided to give this a go!

I've been viewing images/videos of explicit content, and indulging in PMO since pre-puberty, And all the way through until this moment in time!

I hadn't realized how far down this addiction path I've traveled but now after educating myself it's clear to me that I am about as wrapped up in it as anyone could possibly be.

The things I've been doing in private have been shaping the way I act in public for a long, long time!

BUT NOW..

Armed with my new sense of awareness and the support of the community and God, I am ready to take back my life! Reassume control of my urges and acts, and live dignified and with a sense of self worth and direction.

I want nothing more in life than peace, faith, happiness, control, contentment, and friendship!

So, I've created an account, I've set my counter to Day 0, And am commencing take-off into the brave new world!

I am nervous, anxious, apprehensive, and even downright scared.

But, I am also excited, intrigued, enlightened, powerful, and fortuitous in my new efforts.

And that's my introduction! Thank you for reading and I hope to post more about my journey, my background, and goals, and my progress in the near future.

Take care all!

-Dep

Hi. Welcome to forum!

Make sure you crate a personal journal thread in Reboot Logs section and blog there on a regular basis. As well as just generally be active participant in various forum discussions. I recommend this to everybody new here because it's the major thing that helped me when I was first starting. Just lurking on forums, reading and learning is great. But it usually is so much more powerful to engage. It helps to keep us motivated and accountable when we are active part of community. And keeps this in front of our minds so we don't forget about importance of it and slip away in our old habits. Sharing is also therapeutic. This is a major reason why AA meetings work so good. But that was developed before internet era. These days we can get most of the same benefits online through communities like this. So don't underestimate the power of active participation.

I would also like to suggest you to look into mindfulness meditation. It has helped me personally tremendously to learn how to deal with urges. It takes a while to get good at it and notice results, so you need to be consistent with it, but once you do it's very powerful. It has been used by sages for thousands of years to deal with various issues of the mind. And in recent decades the science is also catching up to what ancient sages have know for centuries. Meditation these days are widely used as very effective tool by psychologists for treating addiction and by neurologists for supporting recovery of the brain. It is a great exercise for the brain the same way as jogging is great exercise for the body. Check out this Ted talk, it gives a good idea of what's it about when it comes to philosophy. As far as practical side of it there is this awesome smartphone app called Headspace for guided meditations to get you started.

Wish you lot's of strength and success in your reboot journey!