Starting Today at 23

Hey Guys

I'm 23 years old, recently graduated from university. I can't say how long I have been PMOing for. I can remember as far as age 7 or 8 I have been masturbating for, and can remember around early puberty getting into the extremes of porn addiction when highspeed internet became common place.  It began from once or twice a month and just shot up from there. In high school it began as once or twice a week, to eventually 5 to 6 times a week if not more in university. This PMOing since i was 7 i have realized has really wired my brain up in the wrong way.


After I graduated school, and began working, a terrible routine of coming home from work and hitting my bed and laptop for porn. I didn't see it as too much of a problem initially. I always sort of saw it as "everyone" has an addiction of some sort. Atleast i wasn;t on any drugs of any sort." With so much porn available for free, I was fortunate in a way to have never blown any money on it.

The reason I have decided to stop and be clear of it was one instance of sex where despite my best efforts I could not get turned on at all. FOr the life of me I could not get it up. When ever there was porn in front of me I could get hard, then it hit me that I could not at all get it up when it for a real girl.

The other reason I want to stop is because I have looked into the research where MRI scans have been done on brains of porn addicts and the results showed that the brain responding in similar manner to drug addicts. I realize that the psychological impact of having an unlimited supply of porn could be devastating.

When I look back, I believe that porn is not only causing my ED, but it is also causing me to be complacent, lazy, and over in an undesirable mental state. Having been addicted to porn for so long, I know that it is going to be a mountainous challenge to reboot. As I write this, I;m not even sure I know how hard rebooting really is going to be.

My goals for rebooting are of course to rewire my brain to get aroused properly and have a proper erection, and also to overall improve  myself mentally (more focus, confidence, and energy) without having porn in my life.

Day 1 starts now

 
Hey thanks

I have a question

I tried the whole test to see if i had porn induced ed. I lay in my bed, no porn and no porn fantasies. I rubbed one out. According to the test if i was not able to get it up, i should have porn enduced ed. I was able to achieve a decent erection, and i did not thin of any porn fantasies. I don;t know how i oughta interpret this.
 

LS90

Active Member
I can 'rub one out' as well but I'm dependent on self stimulation and suffer of DE. Take the test with a pinch of salt. May be just in your head (you're afraid of failing, eg.) but porn is definitely not helping.  ;)
 
On the verge of relapse today but was able to follow through. Temptations have been high, but i guess this is where i am bearing the brunt of it. resisting all urges to watch porn, or even to masturbate. i knew this wasn't going to be easy, but i hope to make it through. I hope the end result is worth it
 
unfortunatley i relapsed after only 6 days. Not given up because i sort of expected this to happen. What really triggered it was insomnia as a result of the withdrawal.  I could not sleep at all, and the urge just built. I am not giving up, i am going to aim for 30 days of no PMO.
 

readytobefree

Active Member
Hey Lionspats123, we're in the same boat as we're starting our reboots at the same time. Good luck! I'll be following your journal.
 
Im struggling, i really am. In order to break this habit, i must start a new one. These relapses hurt to the point where i can say that i am binging.
 

readytobefree

Active Member
Man, I can't count how many times I've relapsed over the past 4 years. Basically I never even got past 15 days. I just started journalling and I'm going strong at 5 solid days of hard mode. In 2 days i'm going to get to my first week in a loooooooong time. I'm mentally ready to hit 2 weeks on Thanksgiving as well.

I've really been there. The binging.. that feeling like "fuck, I am NEVER going to do it.. this is SO hard".

So what I can say is, dust yourself off, reset that counter to zero and set some short term goals and EXPECT the first week to be the hardest week of your life.
 
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