Sledge said:
Been struggling quite a lot over the last couple of days with temptations to view websites again.
Need to buckle down, put on my big boy pants and simply say NO!
Thanks again for the continued support! Not long till my 30 days now, fingers crossed!
Hi Sledge,
I've been struggling too, and if I sit and think about why I'm struggling I would have to say my number one enemy is simply boredom.
Boredom leads to thoughts, thoughts leads to casual internet surfing and before you know it your are trying to resist PMO.
My thoughts are this PMO served many masters, one of which was a simple sexual urge, a second was to create and enjoy some excitement in my life, a third was just passing time and lastly my favourite stressrelief.
So with these named it's up-to us to recognise the triggers each creates and put in place appropriate preventative measures so that we can try to "not go there" in the first place.
We're not perfect, we know THAT. However we can stop beating ourselves up about our past and try to learn from these mistakes. Stop focusing on not PMO'ing, focus on living and the rest will come.
You should remember we medicated our depression, our sorrow, our bad times and even some of our good times with dopamine. We are addicts and now it's time to feel that sorrow, work through the bad times and enjoy the good times.
PMO'ing was fantastic, I loved it, it made me feel good but afterwards it made me feel like shit, and I want to stop feeling the side affects that medicating myself with PMO gave me. So don't struggle because you feel rotten, work through it, and think about what you could change to improve your quality of life.
Hope this helps.
Good luck,
SR
