Day 15 Check In
Current Streak β 17
4 Likes
Check in for the 15th of June 
Been tempted a bit. Managed it. Now all good.
4 Likes
Checking Jun 15th
Nothing can stop my crusade.
4 Likes
15 June
Check in
βItβs always impossible until itβs doneβ
2 Likes
Are you guys able to fully control your eyes? Are you able to avoid all visual temptation and urge, not to look up anything? Not even a slight peek?
Or when you have urges you might peek but able to stop yourself before touching yourself?
What is the bigger issue for the brain? Is it the visual stimulation or the release of dopamine when you relapse?
Iβm curios about your experience, if you want, please share it.
I start to think that it is a separate issue. The domapine rush is keeping you addicted and keeps your brain wired to pβ¬n, but the main issue is the visual stimulation of images from looking. I start ot feel that when Iβm tempted, first Iβm tempted to look and not to jerk off. And then when I look, because of looking I start to get tempted to mβ¬β¬β¬e. So basically the main enemy is the temptation of my eyes and not my brain. If I control my eyes, than my brain gets under my control without question.
What do you think?
4 Likes
Personally, the issue for me boils down to learning how to manage my natural need for connection, intimacy, social recognition, relief when stressed, etc. Iβm realising that my βdependenceβ on PMO is actually a lot more shallow than I thought, it only feels firmly rooted because i have been in a habit of doing it for years. But the longer my streak gets, the more I see that PMO is like any other habit that doesnβt necessarily have a hold on me, like being stuck in binge-watching a series (it feels addictive in the moment, but when youβve moved onto something else, the grip is gone and you forget why you were so βaddictedβ). In short, PMO isnβt the root issue. For me, the root issue is learning how to handle the βmotions of the soulβ, so to speak.
4 Likes
Wow, that was a very nice phrasal definition. By the way, you can look up something called the βstructure of feelingβ. It is a similar concept used in literature to define how a literary work makes us feel. The motions of the soul can also be defined as the ongoing conflict between the Id (desiring part of psyche), Superego (moral part of psyche) and the Ego (rational part of psyche). This tripartite structure of the psyche was given by Sigmund Freud, although the concept of tripartite structure of existence is pretty old and even exists in myths and religious texts. However Freud used it to explain the phenomenon of dreams. So anyway just told it because I thought you might be interested and because that phrase did seem pretty interesting.
3 Likes
Thanks for this question.
β β β β was actually never a problem for me. I was never addicted to it because of the unbearable shock factor. Just that I have pretty strong fantasies. My imagination runs wild thinking of scenarios and how things might turn up. Even that has its own history but anyway. But I did watch some videos, and the main struggle for me was always that my mind justified looking at those videos as being not β β β β . But of course I was using it that way so it was whether it was available on YouTube or Telegram or whatsoever. So it took me time to accept that those videos were actually β β β β for me even if they were not labelled so or age restricted. Then began the part of learning how to stop this. So I went to EasyPeasy after trying on my own for some years. Easypeasy made me realise that yes whatever I was viewing was indeed that little monster for me. So I decided to abstain. It was a little tough but my chess addiction helped me. I feel proud to say that I have got over my chess addiction as well. And also my anime addiction. Getting rid of β β β β gave me control over my life. Now I am back to imaginations which appear very troublesome sometimes but then I guess I have learnt urge surfing. And also because I got so much better that now going back doesnβt appear as an option. So yeah although initially it was my brain and dopamine addiction, it later turned towards pixels and now it is neither. Natural sexual thoughts which can be fended away.
5 Likes
Thanks @Nerbo. Indeed Iβm fascinated about that psychological model, thank you for sharing that with me. On my use of βmontions of the soulβ I thought i had used it quite loosely, so I was a bit reluctant about using it. So iβm glad it also means that: an internal confict between those three parts of the psyche.
3 Likes
JJJ day 15 check-in
I need to work on being more grateful and optimistic about my NoPMO progress, and my life in general. The old version of me just creates a bad twist to everything, which leads to self-sabotage.
3 Likes
β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β
4 Likes
Day 3 checking in guys
3 Likes
Day 16 
βO wind, if winter comes, Can spring be far behind?β
6 Likes
I donβt know bro, Iβm experiencing 4 seasons in one day here 
4 Likes
Hmm Spring came together with Winter there it seems.
Out of Likes.
3 Likes
Check in for the 16th of June.
How so that we are down to 10? 
I didnβt see any relapse in the past days from the warriors.
Itβs a bit disappointing, but at the end we are here to fight our own fight, we canβt fight in the stead of others. However it somehow always helps that others are in line next to you and fight the same fight. It would be great to have all 10 of us finish the month clean. However at this point I feel like I have the power to go further even if I will stand alone.
Donβt give up! Fight!
5 Likes
Indeed, it is this attitude that can move mountains.
4 Likes
Hey,
Can I join the challenge?
My name @freme
I donβt know where I can have my βfriend codeβ
Current streak : 5 days
Best streak 30 days but I was alone with the community it will be different 
5 Likes
4 Likes