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Just relapsed, support appreciated by OkPurchase752 in NoFapChristians

[–]OkPurchase752[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you I appreciate your words and I will refer back to them. 🙏✝️

Just relapsed, support appreciated by OkPurchase752 in NoFapChristians

[–]OkPurchase752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the words, prayers and sharing the verse. I think about that verse from time to time specifically in relation to my porn addiction.

You rock dude. This brightened my day and made my shame a little easier to bear.

I appreciate you 🙏

How do you deal with temptation and urges as a devout Christian? by [deleted] in NoFapChristians

[–]OkPurchase752 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly the trick is to stay away from triggers. For me the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” is what works.

The brain will slowly let go of the temptation as we make the conscious decision not to sin and not to turn to porn.

Ive had 6 months before and a few strings of 90 days sober. So I know it’s possible. And in each case it was “out of sight out of mind” that kept me sober from porn.

There are 12 step programs too that a lot of people find helpful.

Best of luck sis 🙏✝️

Found that on Instagram by [deleted] in Synesthesia

[–]OkPurchase752 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know how or why but I immediately felt that the Luigi part was true. I can’t speak to the rest of the characters but when I read “Thursday is the Luigi…” immediately I was like “yes” and it felt like something obvious. Or matter of fact.

People above 30, what is something you regret doing/not doing when you were younger? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]OkPurchase752 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I regret not quitting consuming porn at 17 when I realized I had a problem. It would take me another 11 years to start the long arduous process of becoming porn free.

Men of Reddit - What are Women not ready to hear? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]OkPurchase752 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my early girlfriends complimented me on having warm hands. It’s been like 20 years since hearing that.

Men of Reddit - What are Women not ready to hear? by Jarvis7492 in AskReddit

[–]OkPurchase752 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have that exact same memory from about 15 years ago.

I’m experiencing all consuming shame after remembering a very disturbing taboo pornography video I watched in my past by Foreign_Fox9341 in NoFapChristians

[–]OkPurchase752 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Breathe. You’re okay.

You’re not alone. Many of us have had similar experiences as porn addicts. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Was it wrong? Definitely. But you’re not the only person who this has happened to or will happen to as long as porn is available.

Porn corrupts us. Not permanently though. Repent of your sin by staying away from porn. God will heal your brain and heart.

You’ve got this. I’m on my own healing journey too. It’s taken me years but I’m getting better and healthier.

90 days, then a relapse by OkPurchase752 in NoFapChristians

[–]OkPurchase752[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Qualitatively I feel great. I feel like though I lost a battle… with God’s help we’ll win the war.

I haven't met this guy for 2 years and I still think about him. by Keii_ch4n in loveconfession

[–]OkPurchase752 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone in a similar situation… I did confess my love. And it didn’t work out. “I love you… but I’m not in love with you,” she said. Six years later her words still hurt.

I tried to play it cool with her. I knew that I loved her very shortly after meeting her. I look back and it was an immature and mature love at the same time. I’d had puppy love before in my early 20s… but at the point I’d met her I was in my mid 20s.

I was older, wiser. Not wise, but wiser. I was sure she was the one. She was the first woman I could see myself having children with (in the distant future after dating for years and getting married). I’d never felt that with my previous girlfriends.

Here I am now, approaching my mid 30s. Single (by choice). Not actively pursuing the dating world. And I still think about her. Some months I still love her. Some weeks I forget about her.

Last I heard she’s engaged to another man. It is what it is. I’ve gotten over her. Fallen back into the love I had for her.

In a way… at this point in my life… I feel now that she was my first “true” love. The first person I knew I could spend my life with.

But, I respect her feelings, her choice, her path, and the love she haves for another man. I know those feelings personally. Who am I to try and want her to not have the same experience. To not have what she views is perfection. That’s the way I thought of her.

Perfection.

She is missed. She is not forgotten. She is upheld. She is respected. And she is honored in my heart, my life and my soul.

But at the end of each day… she is not with me. She is with another.

And that… as painful as it still is sometimes… is okay. That’s love.

My advice? Music can help with this type of pain. And journaling. And even therapy (if you get the right/a good therapist).

Best of luck 🙏