I started watching porn at the age of 12-13. I’m now 22 and I finally stopped for good. Why? Because I never went for longer than 1-2 months of no porn everytime I tried to quit. So here’s something you gotta understand if it’s your first or nth time trying to quit: it may not be your last.
My first few attempts were cold turkey. These don’t usually last for longer than 7 days. You’ll get cravings. And you will fail. Buts that’s fine. If you fail you gotta keep trying to quit. Its part of the process.
My following attempts were nofap attempts, but I kept looking up porn every day, usually before bed. Eventually I caved in and fapped to porn.
It was about a year from today when I began excluding porn from my life. I failed a few times, but the gaps between each failure grew bigger. Now I don’t remember the last time I fapped to porn. I still fap but only 1-2 times a week if not less. Fapping isn’t on my schedule anymore. If I feel it, I’ll fap. But not (ever again) to porn.
Ok so, that was the journey. My libido is back, I get morning wood almost every day and I don’t crave fapping or porn anymore. Here are some tips (they worked for me):
- Focus on your career/studies
- Go to the gym or play a sport
- Find a hobby or do what you already do, but better
- Talk to your friends/family more often
- Talk to girls/guys (whatever you are into)
- Be more social
Also recognizing why you wanna quit is a big deal. I wanted to quit because I had a limp dick all day except when I watched porn. Not good. Porn is poison to the mind. It stopped me from loving my crushes. Because you look at sex and you think it’s a taboo thing to do. But it’s not. And the intimate relationships I wanted to have with some people never happened because of this. I fucked myself up real bad and I’m trying to fix myself. Because every time I like someone and they like me back, I just fucking can’t do it because in my head sex is like watching porn. And I beat around the bush for so long the girl just loses interest because she thinks I’m not into her that way. And they get fucking pissed too because it feels like I’m playing them / being a tease.
Tl;dr: you will lose some battles, but you are trying to win the war (so don’t give up). Consistency is key.
LINK – Been porn free for 8 months. Let me share you my story and give you some tips.
by sg_39
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