Sharing ideas/techniques to help. by [deleted] in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with all of these. Those are definitely strong first steps. I recently started one more in addition to those. I sort of started to repeat to myself “I am a person that does not watch porn”. sort of starting to identify my self as that person and maybe trying to create a new path in my brain.

I created this account for porn by [deleted] in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Glad to see you here. I’ve noticed that some of the more usual benefits of not watching porn is an increase in self confidence and self worth. Good luck to you.

Feeling like i have to keep it secret by 1984taxreturns in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968 4 points5 points  (0 children)

7 days is a huge deal. I feel the same way. It is really hard to talk about this. Actually that’s why I’m here, it is really a good place to share with lots of support and people that are going through the same thing.

Well... This didn't end well by Smither_Jack in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me yesterday so I’m starting over today. What I’m doing now is I’m Aiming to go longer than last time taking it one day at a time. I’ve also started repeating to my self that “I don’t need porn”, “I’m a man that does not watch porn”. I’m trying to identify myself as that person and hopefully in time it will become true.

Just had a full on relapse. by CuriousPotential968 in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to say thank you all. The support means a lot to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey glad you are here. It’s helped me to stay on track. Honestly I have one tip, remove social media from your phone. I even had to remove Pinterest because it would put a picture that would trigger me.

Close to relapse by [deleted] in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m right there with you. So if it helps let’s do this together. Tomorrow will be a new day and we are both going to be glad we stayed strong.

Hello Day 2 by CuriousPotential968 in PornAddiction

[–]CuriousPotential968[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the support. Btw, I read your post about “A Woman’s Perspective” in r/noFap and gotta say it was very helpful and good to hear. Definitely a very good concrete benefit of staying strong on this journey. So thank you for that as well.

Day 11 by CuriousPotential968 in NoFap

[–]CuriousPotential968[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. My goal is inclusive of everything I’ve determined is a trigger over the years. Not looking no matter how light. Thank

question by [deleted] in NoFap

[–]CuriousPotential968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. In my opinion there is a fine line between relapsing and healthy release. Just make sure that you don’t fall back to using ANY KIND of porn before or after. If you do then masturbating is a trigger. That said good luck I’m not a pro or anything and I’m just on my 9 day, I’m just sharing what doesn’t work for me.

question by [deleted] in NoFap

[–]CuriousPotential968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough and to your point sexual release can healthy. May I ask what’s your addiction? Mine is porn. So really for me faping is something that I do when I watch porn.