Anyone who has a very long streak, how does it feel? What are some major differences you see? What are some benefits? Also is there something that has changed after not relapsing and you say, for this reason I am never going to relapse again? (My main question is the last one, and would be awesome if you could share your answers to it)
Tonight marks 40 days, and I think the biggest note for me is that you start to see the emptiness of porn. Obviously urges will still come and it won’t always feel like that, but I’ve started to look at porn as a shell, an empty solution to the void that it causes in the first place. Now that there is more distance from porn and masturbation, I no longer see them as solutions to things in my life. I feel more complete and less in need of something that only serves to deepen the hole that it digs.
i’m also doing significantly better at the gym, boxing to be specific i’m winning more rounds and have more energy. also weird side effect?? more vivid and often dreams
i’m at almost 30 which isn’t that long but long enough to notice differences. There’s ups and downs! honestly it’s not always as great as people say it is but there are consistent changes that have permenantly stayed. Confidence is higher, sleep is definitely better and libido is starting to return. Begging to re-appreciate much smaller things it’s a long process but the signs i’ve seen so far have made me confident that by 90+ days the effects will be pretty drastic
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I’m only on day 15 and I’m starting to see that too Josh. Having some temptations now but I know that’s just that my brain hasn’t fully rewired itself yet. Porn is such a hollow thing. It promises everything but gives you only a fleeting feeling of pleasure. And the consequences to yourself and others are endless.