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Self-honesty is very important

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Petros Santos, Aug 14, 2017.

  1. Petros Santos

    Petros Santos Fapstronaut

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    I think this is a very important topic to discuss here, while rebooting, because, for my experience I failed too many times and got to the stage zero, because I wasn't honest with myself. I didn't recognize in the past that sometimes I relapsed when I went intentionally to instagram to just see a girl and rush my balls, just to grow my sex drive and because of that a day or two after relapsed without knowing why. So, I think that it's important that we know what is a relapse for us and recognize when we do excuses to ourselves. I think, that it's more important that a guy stay clean to just 3 days, but recognize his intentions than a guy who NoFap in 90 days, but in all this time saw some pics or rushed his balls just to feel some dopamine.
    To be honest, I never was more than 5 days with no PMO and in the same time completly honest with myself. I lied before and I don't want to continue to lie to myself and to others.
    See this post, that describes what is considered a relapse: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/27jxzb/lets_be_honest_about_what_a_relapse_is/

    I hope this post helps the newbie and the people like me that didn't know.
     
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  2. I had made the same mistake at the start just watching some pics from time to time but at the end this will lead you to relapse 100%
    But im thankful that i never had the need to use social media i only have snapchat but there you cant really search for hot girls and even if you could i wouldn't


    but since you have problems to even get to a week of no pmo i wanna give you a few tipps

    as first step you have to find out when your are most likely to relapse and why
    And then do things so you dont relapse

    For me it was like that
    i always fapped at night before sleeping but i always waited to like 23.00 so i knew my family members where sleeping and locked my door
    so i always tried to sleep earlier and let my door wide open and wore some pants over my underwear so i had more layers that i had to pull off
    But i still relapsed a lot since i just fapped on different times and had a way different mindset then now

    really what helped me the most is :
    going to the gym
    This really helped me the most i think letting out the energy getting more muscular and not just chilling every evening at home
    started going to sleep earlier
    so you have more energy in the morning and are motivated to do things
    started to eating more healthy
    you feel better and well your healthier wich also is a huge plus
    started to shower ice-cold everyday
    will make you harder with every day and you push yourself to do things even if it makes you uncomfortable it strengths your willpower
    Always try do to something
    not sit at home and do nothing get out meet friends meet girls literally anything so you dont have time to think to much dont get me wrong thinking can be good and is good we need to think but we also overthink and on reboot you think about fapping again and boom you relapsed...

    also i remind me always if urges are coming that i make this for a reason and this wanting to relapsing pussy ("my brain") is not me and if i relapse i will regret it hard
    i make this for more then a half a year and every relapse was not worth it not even a little bit !

    This helped ME maybe you need other things but at least try some things
    a lot people also meditate which is not my thing but maybe its yours i also was going for long runs at the start which are fun but since i focus on bodybuilding now and wanna gain some weight so i stopped doing it but know just trying to not touch your dick will not be enough to do this !

    Here is also a good video from a great youtuber helped me a lot


    he also has a dealing with urges series







    wish you good luck on your future journey
     
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  3. Petros Santos

    Petros Santos Fapstronaut

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    Thanks very much for your advice. I used to relapse while I'm alone at home or when I'm more than 1 hour in front of PC or when I start to have resentment about the fact of not having intimacy with a girl. I also like working out my muscles, I started doing calisthenics and TRX in the park near of my house. I think that this helps me a lot, but yet I have difficulties to occupy my time with other people, because I'm a very lonely person. It's not that I want to be alone, but what I did in the past took to the situation, because I isolated myself for PMO. It was a escape for not feel rejected and anxious.
    Check my journal for see my goals: https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/my-reboot-journal-never-give-up.121593/#post-985921
    I'm gonna see the videos.
     
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  4. okay like i really cant give you tipps for getting more friends because i never really was in such a situation but i just want to tell you like reading a self help book or in the future maybe some self improvement books they arent the dumbest thing but dont get to obsessed about them i know i was at the start i watched all this motivation videos this self improvement guides but i didnt improve from it or lets say not much
    if you dont change anything in your life you can read thousands of this books and nothing will change
    But dont understand me wrong its good that you read it just dont get to obsessed about this stuff because at the end of the day you have to make the change
     
  5. Indeed it is.

    I have realized 2 things lead to relapse for me. Negativity and dishonesty.

    Honesty starts with yourself I would say. Or at least someone who is dishonest with themselves (justifying PMO and resetting often) probably is just not capable of being honest with others.

    Anyways negativity obviously destroys all performance in any undertaking worth being undertaken.

    I am finding it easier to simply ignore and avoid negative users here. I would argue the majority are positive but sometimes I feel like a magnet for venom here. At least I am strong enough now to suck it down and shit it out without getting too worked up over bullshit drama.



    Everyone is at their own level but we're fighting the same hell. I cannot see why someone would register as a user if they did not want to stop PMO so it's whatever man.

     

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