no fap advice

>>18635732
shameless self bump

No wonder you can't stop masturbating. It's pleasurable. It's great. It lets you release tension.

It sounds you are using porn as a scapegoat for your life problems.

Take a porn addiction assessment. If the result is positive, use any substance codependency toolkit to reduce your porn consumption.

>>18635797
Will do, thanks for the insight.

I just want to know what's wrong with me, and something tells me eliminating porn might help me zero in on my faults

>>18635797
Just took an addiction assessment and according to the score I got, I'm addicted.

What do

>>18635732
Porn is extremely damaging, it's detrimental to your confidence, and creates abnormal and deplorable attitudes regarding sex, women and relationships ; it's going to take a while for all the toxic effects of porn to drain from your mind, but once it's gone, it's like having super-powers.

>>18635838
>super-powers
again with this shit

>>18635843
Right?

How can an addict like myself get clean? Is it really as simple as cutting myself off for good?

>>18635838
This. You want to have sex with every woman you meet its amazing.

>>18635862
It can't be that simple

Don't go full nofap just fap without porn

>>18635986
As in hardcore internet porn?

Or any stimulus that I could find on a screen, magazine, doujin, etc.

What if I decide to beat off to Greek statuettes of Aphrodite and the Muses?

Is only Internet porn with actors and actresses the problem?

>>18636028
All those things you mentioned flood your brain with dopamine like internet porn, but maybe not as much. Using only imagination is best and also more rewarding. I would say to fap less in addition to doing it without porn.

>>18635853
1. Seek counseling. If you're too poor to pay for it, seek some pastoral counseling. Whatever faith group you're in, there are leaders locally who may counsel you for free.

2. Get into a group with other men to keep each other on the no fap path. Kind of like group counseling. I did this for a while and it did help me.

3. Seek resources online. Reddit has a NoFap group, and there are other forums, too.

4. Reach out to male friends. Serious ones only. Confide in them your pain. Do so only if you really trust them. You don't want friends becoming "no friends" and/or spreading your private issues around.

5. Break old habits, and start new habits. Every resource will advise you to do this. Understand your trigger points. Hunger? Loneliness? Tiredness? Anger? Etc etc. Find your triggers so that you can break habits. THEN, at the same time, start new healthy habits. Your young and should have LOTS of energy, so go work out. Find a $20 month gym. Lift, lift, lift. 3-5 times per week. Do the 5x5 workout. Run. Bike. Hike. Whatever. Point is. Get moving!

6. Corrollary: Find new ways to engage your mind. Read. Play games, like board games. Or online games. Or, yes, even video games. Wargames? Very intricate. Strategic wargames. Takes hours to play. Great! Read books, classics. Watch classic/indie movies. Listen to music. Go to concerts. Get those NEW HABITS GOING.

7. Pray.

8. Make connections/renew connections with friends and family. DO NOT wall yourself off.

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