GEToutOFmyHEAD
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Hi everyone. This is my first post on any recovery forum. I have been PMOing for around 35 years, give or take a few. I have also been in and out of recovery (12 step) for porn addiction for around 19 or 20 years. With poor results. I think that my best run of "sobriety" was around three months of white knuckling. This addiction has skillfully guided me into two divorces, a ruined military career, bankruptcy, foreclosure, car repossession, not to mention the isolation and lack of relationships. I am laying this out here so that I don't kid myself any more. I am currently in a relationship with the most wonderful woman. This relationship is in a bad way due to my PMOing. She did some research on porn addiction, and found "NoFap", "Reboot Nation", and "Your Brain On Porn". After reading an article called "Unwiring & Rewiring Your Brain: Sensitization and Hypofrontality" on YBOP, I had scientific evidence of how truly insidious this addiction is.
I am currently reading the book "What To Say When You Talk To Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter. He has written a number of books on positive self talk and how to "reprogram" your own brain to help you achieve whatever you want in life. What I have read in this book so far has made a lot of sense to me.
I am wondering if anyone here has heard of the author, the books, or even the concept of positive self talk? If so, I would love to have a conversation/ share ideas/ share self talk scripts, etc.
Cheers
I am currently reading the book "What To Say When You Talk To Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter. He has written a number of books on positive self talk and how to "reprogram" your own brain to help you achieve whatever you want in life. What I have read in this book so far has made a lot of sense to me.
I am wondering if anyone here has heard of the author, the books, or even the concept of positive self talk? If so, I would love to have a conversation/ share ideas/ share self talk scripts, etc.
Cheers