The Indian bhai's theread

It is normal to relapse but relapse is only detrimental if you don't get back on the streak. Hopefully you were able to asses what went wrong so that you will avoid that in the future.

 

This time 64 days. Now it is reset.

 

It is a good streak. I encourage you to get involved in the community more by sharing your experiences, reading and commenting when appropriate. It helped me to keep nofap at the top of my priorities list and also helped me manage uncomfortable feelings (stress, anxiety..etc)

 

I relapsed very bad. For the past several days, I have been spending several hours a day on PM and several Os. No matter what I do, I am having difficulty to stop it. Sometimes I feel it is so hard wired in my brain, it will be impossible to come out. It feels like an everyday battle for rest of my life!
Not sure whatelse I can try. :-(

 

@vasu
I know it is very disappointing to have such relapses but don't lose hope. What you are experiencing is the cumulative effects of past P viewing and your mind got used to it. Trying to overcome that by sheer will power is very difficult. You probably can do it early on in this habit but after years of abuse mind craves for it and overcomes any obstacles you put in its path . What you have to do is generate a counter force to it on a methodical and disciplined way little by little. What worked for me was coming to this site on a regular basis(almost every day) and spending at least 15 minutes reading and posting.
While you are putting this effort you may still encounter relapses but you have to continue coming here and get your self involved and eventually you will overcome this. Your conviction in nofap will overcome PMO. I know this works because I quit watching porn for last 11 months after 2 decades of continuous PMO. Our mind is very elastic yet it needs time and space to exhibit that quality.

 

@LakeMichigan
Thanks!
I have 3 decades of P under my belt. It is going to take a lot longer to overcome. I will continue to keep visiting the site for next several days and post something.

 

@vasu congratulations on one week milestone.

 

@LakeMichigan,
Thank you!
Heading towards end of week two. Feeling of restless and pointlessness is beginning to set into me again. I am extremely busy, but that is not helping the situation. I am think, what the fuck, 30 mins of dopamine rush is not going to harm anyone. But I know I have been in that situation before, it goes from 30 mins of waste to 30hrs of waste and by the time I realize, I will waste a part of my life doing nothing useful.

 

Everything around you has some subtle sexual references. It is hard.

 

@vasu congratulations on your two weeks milestone.
Yes, in the beginning you will notice how everything around you has all these triggers. I actually stopped watching TV, movies unless I was sure it has no triggers in it and I also browsed web without pictures and avoided going to the places where I may be exposed to triggers but over a period of time you will develop confidence in your self that you will be able to handle unexpected triggers because after all the only thing you can control is your self.

 

Exactly, nowadays they take pride in this :/

 

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Also stopped watching tv and social media is also a huge enemy. Guys minimise your social media stuff and go out to socialise

 

Thanks, for the support LakeMichgan and Arush. Yes, i watch a lot of tv/movies, my alternate addiction. It is slowly eroding my resolve. The triggers are everywhere. I tried to watch intellectual movies, but they are a rare find.