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Does using your imagination count?

Day 1
by TheworldBos
91 upvotes

I was never completely clean until 2 days ago, but I’ve been working down for like the past year. But I got through a really bad breakup recently which made me relapse and I was doing it like 4-6 times a day which is terrible. But I decided to use this to help me go fully. The main reason I wanted to quit was because I could not get hard in sexual situations But I was doing research and it says that using your imagination actually helps with reprogramming your brain and not rushing dopamine into ur head like watching porn. So I did it today with my imagination and tbh it felt more natural than with porn. But I want to know if that makes me los my streak or not. It’s only 2 days so I don’t mind restarting right now if that goes against it. And I’ll just learn from it and not do anything, unless it’s with another person. But yeah i would like to hear y’all’s opinions on this

Comments (3)
Michael •116d ago

I’ve tried this and it always brought me back to porn. I got a wonderful imagination unfortunately when it comes to subjects of lust, it’s been contaminated by porn. Trust God. Take strength with the Holy Spirit. Take strength with this community. Stay sober.

Jared•116d ago

I bounced back and forth doing this, but it will always lead you back to porn. You’re still doing the same activity to the same images but you’re replaying them in your mind instead of on the screen. Eventually you’ll grow tired of it or want fresh content and go back to porn. The only way to break free is to change that behavior and the heart behind it.

Felix•116d ago

I think you’ve done something good, working down, relying on something that isn’t porn. But it’s definitely an intermediate step; you want to bounce from that to abstinence. Otherwise, you’ll get really good at masturbating to your imagination, and be right back where you started. Your brain has done some healing fs, and it’ll do even better if you start the abstinence streak again

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