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omameni

Member
Hello!
I'm a Japanese person.
When I read the book about porn addiction written by Gary Wilson in Japanese, I realized watching porn is too dangerous for my brain.
I decided to stop masturbating but I failed.
I am 21 now. I have continued masturbation for about 8 years.
I tried to stop it again and again but I relapsed every time.
I wanna quit masturbation and watching porn videos and comics because they always take my time and energy away.
Through many failures, I realize that it is difficult for me to stop porn alone.
However, I have no friends to fight with porn.
Therefore, I wanna start my reboot here with you!

As you know, I'm not good at English but I'm glad to receive your messages!
Thank you!
 

omameni

Member
Day:1

Today, I waked up at 5:00 naturally.
I set up my smartphone not to use at midnight to remove the risk that I watch porn and masturbate when I cannot fall asleep.
Not using digital devices, which don't emit blue light, brought me a comfortable sleep.
I'm surprised to find other causes bringing the quality of my life down through rebooting.
 

omameni

Member
Day:2

I felt much energy in my body today.
I have never experienced such a state before I start rebooting.
However, it was heavy rain today, so I can't let off my energy through running out.
I'm afraid I can fall asleep easily today.
 

omameni

Member
Day:3

I tackled my assignment to submit to my lecturer this morning.
After that, I taught students in cram school as a part-time job.
It was too busy for me to think about other things.
I seem that It is useful to have many things to do for my rebooting.
I'm tired, so I'll go to bed the moment I finish writing this.
Good night!
 

omameni

Member
Day:4

I keep getting up early in my new life.
I'm more vibrant than before, so I cannot grasp how much I have energy.
However, I'm depressed. There is no reason for feeling so.
Is it caused by my rebooting? Otherwise, are there other reasons I haven't notice yet?
 

W4tchmak3r

Member
Hello Omameni!

It's common for rebooter's to get into a slump at the beginning of their journey. People generally refer to this as a "flatline", but feeling down happens for everyone at different times.

Focus on trying to understand why you feel down. Do you find purpose in the other areas of your life? How could you be moving in a better direction? I would highly encourage pursuing fitness and prioritising your health as a part of this journey to a better you. It will help you have something to look forward to, make you feel incredible, and build self-discipline.

While this forum is mainly about quitting porn/masturbation, I think it's important to focus centrally on self-improvement. There are so many great resources out there to learn about finance, fitness, health, and hobbies that I would actively recommend you seek out.

This is a place to be among friends and we're all here to help you become the best version of yourself.

好運
 

omameni

Member
Hello Omameni!

It's common for rebooter's to get into a slump at the beginning of their journey. People generally refer to this as a "flatline", but feeling down happens for everyone at different times.

Focus on trying to understand why you feel down. Do you find purpose in the other areas of your life? How could you be moving in a better direction? I would highly encourage pursuing fitness and prioritising your health as a part of this journey to a better you. It will help you have something to look forward to, make you feel incredible, and build self-discipline.

While this forum is mainly about quitting porn/masturbation, I think it's important to focus centrally on self-improvement. There are so many great resources out there to learn about finance, fitness, health, and hobbies that I would actively recommend you seek out.

This is a place to be among friends and we're all here to help you become the best version of yourself.

好運
Thanks for your advice!
After thinking all day, I guess my depression was caused by stress, which was relieved by masturbating before starting my rebooting.
I'll try to find a new way to remove my stress by doing various things!
 

omameni

Member
Day:5

I had a craving today. However, I had to go to my campus, so I distracted it.
It was sunny for the first time in two days. I walked from the station to campus to soak in the sun.
I have more time than before these days because I come to save my time and energy.
I wanna try a new thing.
 

omameni

Member
Day:7

I've kept this new life cycle for a week.
In this week I made my time more beneficial.
For example, I read more books than before, and I spend more time practicing drawing pictures.
It is useful for me to limit the available website and time of my smartphone and iPad through this week.
My PC doesn't have the regulation because I wanna enjoy watching videos on YouTube without any limit, but I always open this site on another tab to keep in mind this site and brothers.
My next goal is to keep ten days.
Thank you, brothers!
 

omameni

Member
Day:8

I had lessons on zoom.
Although I completely recover from the side effect of the vaccine, it is hard to watch a PC monitor for six hours.
In the lesson, I was taught how to interview children, so I wanna take this lecture face to face than online.
However, more and more people were infected with COVOID-19 in my country.
I hear the news of the level of the national infection every day, but I don't have an opportunity to hear that of international these days.
 
Hey, I'm glad that you took the vaccine and you're not like the crazies in my country and in the US. My countrymen are very misinformed about it by saying it will cause genocide, gives more sickness to give the pharma more profit and more conspiracy theory bullshits. Because of it, a lot of them won't take the vaccine and it worsens the situation, the numbers of infected are getting higher and it beat the local record today. I also took the vaccine last week but I had a few side effect like chills and arm pain lasted for only 2 days. Good luck with your online learning and great job by reaching 1 week without Porn and masturbation.
 
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