Is it normal i feel like shit. i relapsed and jerked off to porn after only 1 week

I was trying to quit Porn for good because it ruined a lot of relationships in my life. Most days I scheduled it around viewing porn. Sometimes I would jerk off 3 times or more a day daily. I went a week porn free and I was emailing people and I stumbled across an old contact that used to be on my Fetlife page. Just seeing that email. I went on a pornsite and capped. I feel awful. Now I have to start all over again. I was feeling really good about myself because I was beginning to have some self-restraint. Any other guys struggle with this. I will try to quit again. Hopefully this doesn't happen again. I'm not sure though because it felt so good to do it. I'm aiming for at least a month next time.

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  • rayb12

    Lmao I guess its natural to be disappointed. However I would thank yourself for the week of nofap forgive yourself for the relapse and take it one day at a time.

    This incident changes nothing about the reasons you have quit or your ability to do so.

    It is not how many times we fall but how many we get up. OK not the best analogy here but you get my point.

    I would consider downloading a meditation ap and practice this.

    It is important to have other strategies that can be utilized so you are not feeling defenseless when inevitably triggered, especially at the start

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  • StevenL

    I'm on day 22 of no jerking off to porn. I did go on a porn website for a few moments but did not jerk off.... Does that mean i have to start over then?

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  • TerriAngel

    Trying to bottle desire is what lead to pedophile priests.
    Find a legal way, and keep your balls happy.
    not blue.

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  • Am1365q

    Yes this is normal to feel that way. Sounds like you're talking about a no fap reboot..a total sexual reboot to restore your mind and body to factory sexual settings so to speak.

    Masterbating too much and watching porn too much can have negative effects, in fact it can cause erectile dysfunction in men because you keep desensitizing your brain to real life naked women and getting to used to pixels on your computer screen. So that when the time comes to perform with a real life naked woman your dick doesn't work, it happened to me. I used to be an addict and I've beat the addiction and now have a great sex life with a real woman. I don't sit down with my underwear at my knees jerking off to naked women on my computer screen anymore.

    Just delete all your porn, and limit the masterbation to once a week or if you have the will power once a month or even all together like I have, if you insist on still masterbating this is key..when you do masterbate use only your thoughts and not any porn or photos on your phone. It's fantasy and not real. Follow this regement for 6-12 months and you will be cured. Also don't touch your dick expect for when peeing and bathing, if you do it will just lead to masterbating and relapsing.

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  • Maid_in_Pink

    You could always try a chastity device. You don't need someone to lock you up and throw away the key for it to work either. You can just wear it and put the key in a place that requires a bit of effort to get to and sometimes just the work of messing with it will deter you.

    I have one for one of the kinkier reasons and I can tell you they aren't uncomfortable once you get used to them and they do work very well. It completely prevented erections and depending on the kind you get they can be very hard to mess with yourself or like...sneak yourself free.

    It's not going to like stop you from looking at porn though, you'd have to do that on your own but maybe being locked up and knowing you couldn't do anything about it might make you at least not want to look at porn.

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  • StevenL

    Ok thanks. I will look into some meditation techniques and find other ways to relax. Very helpful.

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