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The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by RiseToGreatness, Sep 22, 2019.

Should the Thread Title be extended?

Poll closed Jun 21, 2020.
  1. No, leave like that: "The Lord of the Rings Challenge"

    18 vote(s)
    54.5%
  2. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Fellowship of Nofap"

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    45.5%
  3. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: Rising Fellowship of Eärendil"

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  4. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Journey to Mount Doom"

    5 vote(s)
    15.2%
  5. Yes. "The Lord of the Rings Challenge: The Quest of the Ring-bearer"

    6 vote(s)
    18.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. rotten_tomato

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    Brain fog still continues. I think it is a part of healing.
     
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  2. ManAtWork

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    Day 0, relapsed this morning...
    Didn't check-in yesterday, was quite busy, dodged all the urges and did mostly well.
    Anyway, I relapsed this morning, only M, no P, still a relapse. So back to Day Zero.
    I have to get back on my road!
     
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  3. Best_Avenger33

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    Day 12 Check in!

    3 days left!
     
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  4. RiseToGreatness

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    there´s more triggers to it brother. find all of them and take action to neutralize them. now! defend your keep, cover all areas. don´t leave nothing uncovered. you´re gonna need them when your brain tries to trick you. and believe me, he´s going to push hard.
     
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  5. RiseToGreatness

    RiseToGreatness Fapstronaut

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    no man, i think your willpower is on the spot. but we can´t rely on willpower, you know that. when situations get hard, willpower vanishes out of thin air. your problem was slaking your defense system.

    "I'd been exposed to multiple triggers throughout the course of the day", problem nº 1.
    "my self-care was slipping", problem nº 2.

    and them comes the tipping point:

    "I'd been embarrassed really badly"
    and you use pmo to cope with it. see bro? if you didn´t go through problem nº 1 and 2, when the hard times appear you´re gonna cope with it in different ways. but with problem 1 and 2 in your brain, you were already likely to use pmo, no matter what.

    learn bro. never let your defences down, never, when you neglect, you´re gonna relapse.
     
  6. RiseToGreatness

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    Congratulations my brother!!! You´ve reached Osgilliath, you´re a KING now :) Impressive!!!!

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    Now it´s time to head to Minas Morgul through the Morgul Road. The Road is 35 days away. Let´s go!!!!
     
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  7. To my credit, the triggers weren't things I could have really avoided. We had a talk at school and it happened to be about sex (I had no idea beforehand and no opt-out was provided), during which quite a few pornographic images were shown (which was a really dumb thing to show to a bunch of barely legal kids in my opinion but what can you do).

    But you're right about me using to PMO to cope. I need to use other healthier coping mechanisms. If I'd been in a better state of mind I would have probably done something else. Writing here on the forums helps, but evidently isn't foolproof. Maybe I don't need coping mechanisms atall, but I need to deal with my problems head on.

    Regardless, I need something I can do to quickly and easily get myself out of an urge even when part of me wants to give in. Cold showers are one thing that's guaranteed to work but also requires a fair bit of willpower. I think the best thing I can do is just to get out of my room and do SOMETHING. My room is where most of my deadly urges occur. If I'm not in my room then there's probably someone close around me, but I think the thing that keeps me from doing that is shame. Part of me thinks that if I go downstairs people will "see through my disguise" and realise something is wrong. But that's nonsense. When I get an urge the best thing I can do is go be with other people. Even if I'm not totally on point socially that's fine, because it will make the urge go away and that's the important thing.

    I don't even necessarily have to talk to anyone. Being outside of my super high risk zone is likely enough to help calm me down. I'll try this next time an urge hits and report back.
     
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  8. RiseToGreatness

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    :D thanks bro, you too ;)
     
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  9. RiseToGreatness

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    yep, keep going!!!
     
  10. RiseToGreatness

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    put nofap on priority bro. never skip a day, stay accountable with us and with an AP if you got one, daily. if you don´t have one, i can be your AP, no problem. never put nofap in second place, arrange time no matter what to come to the forum, stay accountable!! it´s very important.
     
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  11. RiseToGreatness

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    yeah, exactly!!! see? there´s the system!! you know it, you just got to use it consistely. discover the triggers and deal with them before they constitute a real danger. follow your system daily, in good days and bad days.

    about the feelings, usually when urges hit many times it´s not really about sexual desire, many time is about boredom or because life sucks in the moment. so we really need different ways to cope with hard feelings like shame and hurt. i strongly suggest meditation, this one is especially designed to cope with hard feelings. try it every time you feel a strong negative feeling. i hope it helps.



    about the school, that´s really fucked up, man, really fucked up. what a fucking crazy world we´re living in right now :(. but you know better, let´s go my brother :emoji_muscle:
     
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  12. RiseToGreatness

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    42 days my brothers

    challenging day yesterday. my wife left the house for a couple of hours and i got sloppy on my defense system and let her go away without taking measures to protect myself from the laptop or mobile.

    as soon as she left, i immediatly start feeling hesitant to peak a bit. actually i was reading sports news on the laptop and the interest in the news (and in any other thing) fell almost immediatly as the hesitation invaded my mind. it was like my brain wanted me to get bored so that he can present the "ultimate solution".

    i was on this hesitation for 10/15 minutes. as soon as i realize how this was going to end, i pick my mobile and write this simple sentence in the memos: "it´s a destructive behaviour and it´s out of control". that quote right there hit a nerve on me and i snap out of the slumber and start doing other things. soon my blood pumped again and i feel energetic and the hesitation died. pfewwwwwwwwww

    still the fault was mine, i knew i shouldn´t let my defenses down. but i let my confidence dominate and it almost ended in a disaster. from now on, if i know i´ll be home alone for a considerable time, i´ll time the gadgets off, even if i´m on day 300, no questions asked.

    make no mistakes bro. i have won this battle but i have relapsed many times in the past in this same situation. this comes to prove that knowledge is one thing, but aply it, is another. never let your defenses down brothers. we are addicts.
     
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  13. andregor

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    Check in: DAY 16
     
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  14. Super good point about the meditation. Taking a minute to slow down and focus on my breathing has always made urges disappear into thin air for me. Now I just need to remember in the heat of the moment.

    Check in Day 3.
     
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  15. Camelon

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    To minas morgul....
     
  16. Checking in. Making it to Day 10 would be great.
     
  17. you got this
     

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