The Ultimate Urge Killer Mindset

If that "500+ days" is true, hats off to you man. You are my idol now.

 

Committing a slow suicide...I have never thought of it in that way. Wow.

 

When your withdrawals get hard enough you stop caring about future, so these questions won't cut it imo.

 

Good point, so instead of caring about the future there's caring about what happens right now. We can get a high from O but it's still not good, at a certain point I think people can realize edging itself is negative - it's by definition unsatisfying because if you were satisfied in the PMO process you'd O already.

If this is taken all the way it really applies to a lot of other things. Just surfing for an interesting (non-porn) video on Youtube? It's still the same dopamine driven seeking, and you're seeking because currently you're not satisfied with your experience right?

I think the answer has to be more direct. Instead of thinking transactionally like once I get X I will be satisfied in life, instead work on the state of being content regardless of what you have. Even if it doesn't happen that often there have been times when it's very ordinary, nothing super special is happening but we're relaxed and content. If people become an expert at knowing how to be in that kind of mental state it will be a big game changer. Even knowing how to get there half way, so you're more content than you tend to get now can be enough to keep you from relapsing atleast.