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MexicanBlowfish
Wanting to change my life

I started my addiction when I was only 12 years old. I'm now 20, and to this day I can say this is still the biggest challenge I face. I notice that I've made tremendous progress, even when it often doesn't feel like it. In the past, there was a time when I would PMO twice a day, every day. It quickly filled my life with shame, to the point that even though I was as young as I was, I realized I had a problem.

The frequency with which I relapse is now down considerably, but I doubt I've gone a single month without PMO for the past year or so, when before I'd made it so far as 150 days without pornography. I've reflected upon this addiction many times, written about it in journals, meditated on it, and made various lifestyle changes because of it. These have been good for me, but still, I have not been able to leave it for good. It honestly brings me a lot of shame sometimes. I'm no longer sure what it is that I'm missing, and I feel that the reasons that I first had for starting NoFap in the first place are no longer there. Maybe what I'm lacking is a sense of purpose.

Excuse me for the rant, but maybe someone here will read this and know a useful piece of guidance for me.

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MexicanBlowfish
Wanting to change my life
I started my addiction when I was only 12 years old. I'm now 20, and to this day I can say this is still the biggest challenge I face. I notice that I've made tremendous progress, even when it often doesn't feel like it. In the past, there was a time when I would PMO twice a day, every day. It quickly filled my life with shame, to the point that even though I was as young as I was, I realized I had a problem. The frequency with which I relapse is now down considerably, but I doubt I've gone a single month without PMO for the past year or so, when before I'd made it so far as 150 days without pornography. I've reflected upon this addiction many times, written about it in journals, meditated on it, and made various lifestyle changes because of it. These have been good for me, but still, I have not been able to leave it for good. It honestly brings me a lot of shame sometimes. I'm no longer sure what it is that I'm missing, and I feel that the reasons that I first had for starting NoFap in the first place are no longer there. Maybe what I'm lacking is a sense of purpose. Excuse me for the rant, but maybe someone here will read this and know a useful piece of guidance for me.
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modernwisdom
Enlisted For No PMO War XLVII

Find something u really wanna do and focus on it for 200%. Wake up with it in your head, go to sleep with in your head fill all your spare time with it.
I suggest learning and then executing an online bussiness. But focus on one bussiness for a month and when you don't like only then change. Else all effort will be lost.

Hope this helps.
And now I'm writing this for you it's probably what I should do aswell.

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modernwisdom
Enlisted For No PMO War XLVII
Find something u really wanna do and focus on it for 200%. Wake up with it in your head, go to sleep with in your head fill all your spare time with it. I suggest learning and then executing an online bussiness. But focus on one bussiness for a month and when you don't like only then change. Else all effort will be lost. Hope this helps. And now I'm writing this for you it's probably what I should do aswell.
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skivuk
Enlisted For No PMO War XLVII

Purpose is the driving force of life, otherwise we are simply a passenger.
Also search for purpose could be considered goal of life, and once found to live it.
You are on a great track. i Wish realized sooner my addiction has taken over, but it is what it is. I can only go forward from here.
Continue fighting.

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skivuk
Enlisted For No PMO War XLVII
Purpose is the driving force of life, otherwise we are simply a passenger. Also search for purpose could be considered goal of life, and once found to live it. You are on a great track. i Wish realized sooner my addiction has taken over, but it is what it is. I can only go forward from here. Continue fighting.
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Chrisklb
Enlisted For No PMO War XLVII

@MexicanBlowfish

Since You mentioned it Yourself (the lack of purpose), then it's highly possible that it's this - the road black that blocks You away from moving forward.

I would recommend for You to think really deeply about Your personal values in life

Once that's done, then take Your time to figure out which goals You could set Yourself to accomplish (goals that are connected/related to Your personal values in life).

Once that's done as well, there's only two steps left to do really:

Step 1 - create detailed plan on how each goal You'll be working towards (setting time to accomplish a given part of the goal, and whatnot - see SMART method ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria )

Step 2 - final step is to take action - constant working towards achieving Your goals 👍💪

If You focus on achieving Your goals, then You won't have much room for triggers to sneak in, so the chances of relapsing are very small then.

Last but not least - enjoy Your life, with all it has to offer to You 😌

I wish You all the best 🙏😌

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Chrisklb
Enlisted For No PMO War XLVII
@MexicanBlowfish Since You mentioned it Yourself (the lack of purpose), then it's highly possible that it's this - the road black that blocks You away from moving forward. I would recommend for You to think really deeply about Your personal values in life Once that's done, then take Your time to figure out which goals You could set Yourself to accomplish (goals that are connected/related to Your personal values in life). Once that's done as well, there's only two steps left to do really: Step 1 - create detailed plan on how each goal You'll be working towards (setting time to accomplish a given part of the goal, and whatnot - see SMART method ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria ) Step 2 - final step is to take action - constant working towards achieving Your goals 👍💪 If You focus on achieving Your goals, then You won't have much room for triggers to sneak in, so the chances of relapsing are very small then. Last but not least - enjoy Your life, with all it has to offer to You 😌 I wish You all the best 🙏😌
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MexicanBlowfish

Thank you everyone. It seems that I have many things left to work through before I can truly resolve this. I have not tried everything just yet 🙏

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Thank you everyone. It seems that I have many things left to work through before I can truly resolve this. I have not tried everything just yet 🙏
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