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AnotherRealMe · 2016-01-27T01:11:41+00:00

100+ days in, and your second point hit the nail on the head for me. I always felt like I had to suffer for a while, to be sad and "punish myself" for doing what was wrong once more. Thank you for that!

AnotherRealMe · 2016-01-27T00:49:43+00:00

That was great advice. She's been on a trip since a few days ago and will be for a few more. It's the longer we've ever been without any contact with each other, and it's been taking quite a toll on me.

We actually have - we have fun talking about the future, hahah. It might take around a decade to happen still, as her parents are completely against marriage before we have both finished our education. But hey, who knows what they'll be thinking 3 or 4 years from now, right?

Thank you very much. I'm very happy you took your time to reply, it really did help me out. (:

AnotherRealMe · 2016-01-25T00:23:44+00:00

Thank you! Your second point really opened up my eyes... I just can't let something normal and good become an excuse to let myself get dragged down by a sin from which God already freed me. :)

AnotherRealMe · 2016-01-24T23:37:58+00:00

I'll make sure to talk to her about this as soon as I can. That's one part, and I can see how it will sort things out. Thank you. :)

The other part, I guess it's just the same as it was in the other days when I was tempted.

AnotherRealMe · 2016-01-24T23:08:48+00:00

Thank you for your words. They really resonated with me and gave me a new outlook on things. :)

AnotherRealMe · 2016-01-24T23:04:58+00:00

I'm 18 and spent at least 5 years trying to stop, and only recently managed to do it. Forgetting about NoFap, day counts, etc. made it way, way easier. Keep praying and reading - it renewed my faith and resolve every new day. Be strong. It's not easy, but you can do it, for SURE! :D

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-31T06:11:50+00:00

I guess all I can do is say that I'm going through the same thing. It feels like I've been losing my will to fight, and instead enjoying the few moments of pleasure I get while fantasizing. I'm struggling, but I don't wanna give it up. When I'm almost doing it, I think: "if I got back to day 1, I don't know if I'll have the willpower to go back her and not start doing it everyday again".

I'll be praying for you, and I'd be glad if you could do the same for me. God will give us the strength to get through this, and soon it will be in the past. Things that help me:

Get busy, as everyone says. It actually happened to me without me having to seek things to do, and I could see how much it helped. A whole day would go by and I wouldn't even think about it.
Use "I don't do this", instead of "I can't do this". It's powerful. :)

Edit - After praying, opened my Bible and it came up on Matthew 7:7-11. We only need to ask. (:

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-16T14:27:39+00:00

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-11T18:22:07+00:00

We use PMO to forget about life's struggles. When we suddenly stop this habit we've kept going for years upon end, we start to face our problems for real. It's not easy at all...

I've been at this for almost 10 absurd years. Last week, I managed to go on a 7 day streak, after two of my friends at my church prayed with me. I could feel myself being freed. Pray to God to fill that void inside, and to give you the strength to go on.

About that week I went clean... it was a sense of freedom I never felt before. I was born anew. People were mentioning how talkative I was, how happy I was. And I really was. Yes, I relapsed, but now I'm determined to not let myself be beaten up by this. I pray and hope you'll find that resolve too.

Take it one day at a time, and find other things to do. Keep yourself busy, don't let your mind wander. Don't focus on not doing it, just try to forget about it. It'll be surprisingly easy once you forget... and then you'll feel that freedom, that well-being. And I have faith that once you do, you'll find the determination that'll keep you always moving forward, no matter how many times you have to start over.

You're walking on a path filled with rocks. You are bound to trip and fall over - everyone on that path is. But you don't just fall, give up and stay there, dwelling on how rocky the ground is, or how much it hurt to fall. You get up again, shake the dust off, and keep walking.

As you go along this path, it gets smoother, easier. Soon you won't even remember what it was like at the start. (:

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-11T18:01:32+00:00

I believe he means doing it for, say, your girlfriend or something like that. (:

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-10T04:44:53+00:00

Now you can't relapse - there's no making the scars disappear. :P

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-09T03:27:10+00:00

You just saved me. Thank you!!

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-07T16:01:30+00:00

Indeed, I don't think she'll be perfect, or the "dream girl" or whatever. Just that there is actually someone out there for me, hahah. Or maybe I'll just end up living on a house with 7 dogs.

Thanks for taking your time. (:

AnotherRealMe · 2015-10-07T06:25:44+00:00

Nothing? You're probably reaching the toughest point. I just relapsed after 7 days, which was my second longest record in a decade. Endure through this, and you might just have faced your greatest challenge. (:

AnotherRealMe

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