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Hi, I am thinking to take up a course from the TTC(The Great Courses). Have any of you guys tried them? I am interested in TaiChi and the Strategy course.

Hi, I wanted to get rid of my porn addiction. I have been trying from the past 6 years, but failing every time. After several attempts, once I was 26 days without watching porn and then relapsed. Those 26 days was really hard time for me. And I just wanted to tell about in brief what caused this addiction problem. Below is a post I started.... And I have seen here and there that, according to psychology, a bad habit can be cured by replacing the bad habit with a new one for 21 days. But that too didn't work for me. And I am also suffering from a delusion that if I watch porn, a bad news/things will happen to me. I know that's not true. But I don't know how to break it. I have tried to do the both extremes: One way is I continuously watched porn and ejaculated 3-4 times in a single day. Other way is I stopped watching porn and ejaculation for a month( those 26 days I mentioned above). Both ways did not work for me. Also there are many instances when I was free of porn for 5-7 days but the relapses were very strong. I used to feel like I ejaculated the 5-7 days of sperm fluid just in a single ejaculation. The thing is, I wanted to get rid of it. How can I direct the energy to other things?

@Elton Thank you very much for your answer. And one more question, do those thoughts of porn or masturbation go away after some time? let's consider that I am not addicted, then do those feelings go away when I reach a certain age(now I'm 23)?

Is it true that 13( my birthday on April 13) is a very unlucky day? I somewhat know that it is a belief but things in my life are going terribly wrong. I experience many coincidences. Sometimes I feel like somebody is listening to my thoughts and so outside circumstances are firing in the wrong way. I'm seeing lots of failures and for many of which I felt that I am unlucky. I'm losing everything I love.

In his strategic thinking video, Leo spoke about some course which is 30Hrs long...what course is that?

@LastThursday Thank you!

Why is it those people who do something only when the situation demands are more successful? My own brother(studies civil engineering) have no much computer skills got a job as software engineer in Singapore. He doesn't have basic Linux skills. And ever since he came home I have said to learn other programming languages as he will need them once he starts his job. He keeps on watching Movies all day. And few of my undergrad friends also have no basic computer or coding skills. But they got CS jobs. It is not that I didn't get a job but I had health issues and was not able to appear for any interview. Like I said they learn only when situation demands, not because they are interested to learn. I've been having this doubt and I need to clarify this. Maybe I am wrong in some way. So I just want other perspectives.

Hello, while doing research like searching through many perspectives on a topic or while considering career options where do you take notes? Do you write it on paper or do you use apps like Evernote--which help you update what you wrote?

Yeah, that's a good course.

Well I just enrolled in the course yesterday. I'll post my opinion after I complete.

@modmyth What do mean by immersion-type experience? You mean just start talking in English?

Is there any, some kind of hypnosis session, to bring death? I've written the trauma I had in detail here: I am not depressed. I'm just not interested in living. I just want to merge into the infinite consciousness.

And I just want to tell...And I am not angry at any person. Maybe, I don't know, I love every one of them and maybe it's the reason I'm still suffering?

I have watched "Freewill vs Determinism" video. I've been thinking for a long time and I couldn't get this point: How to know I'm in the flow? I mean how will I know, for example, that I should take action against something or not? How can one know that he/she is in flow with nature? Thanks and stay safe!

Hi, I am preparing for IELTS. I can read and write well but I can't speak properly in English. I feel like, while talking in English, my brain's processing speed is too slow. I am aware that the best way to improve my speaking skill is through speaking to more people. However, I am interested in knowing which thing brings good results? I mean what is the "root" thing to learning a language? So that I will concentrate on that one thing if I lack it.

Thanks guys!

Hi. I get, once in a while, lots of ideas and a great momentum to do things and make plans to achieve something. Also, while listening to music I feel like that. Forget about success, I am concerned that I get some good momentum. But that kind of motivation is reducing to nothing over a few days. And I get little de-motivated. I am also diagnosed with depressional ocd and schizophrenia. I don't know whether that having those disorders is the reason for less motivation. So, how can I have that motivation for a longer time? Should I be under constant music environment? Or should I stop, like listening to music, once and for all to remove the thought that I am not motivated enough? Any tips so that I can proceed and improve my motivation?

@Nahm Alright Nahm. And you know any good books related to planning?

How much is self-studying important? My parents and relatives keep on telling me to join some courses or do some small job. They say If I don't do my brain would turn into a devil's workshop. On the other side, I download courses from the internet and I study by myself. Does those advices come from a lack of discipline? I mean do people study only when they go to school/college or join some courses?

Hi, I have a doubt...I've been told and have read that "What I am" depends on the five friends I have... And my was relevant(I think) to the above saying: Does the Aura something has to do what thoughts I have or how successful I can become in my career? I mean, for example, if one of my friends watches movies most of the time and when I go and hang out with him or if I keep in touch with him often will I also get more inclined to movies?

@Neorez Alright Neorez. Do you know any great source where I can know more about the law of attraction? Any good books?

@Serotoninluv #2 OMG. Great thinking!

@crab12 Thanks.

Hi, I have a terrible memory. I don't know if I have memory issues or am I just in wrong thinking. I have Schizophrenia(no hallucinations) and I still use medicines(Clozapine and Clonazepam). Is that the cause? Or what can I do to have a good memory? Any nutrition tips? Or should I start playing memory games (available in the android play store)?

Hi, guys I wanted to ask a basic question...which music is more beneficial to the mind? Plain music with no voice but only instruments playing? Or music with people singing? I have schizophrenia(no hallucinations) and a severe addiction to porn. So I thought that listening to music with voice triggers some bad things in me. What is your opinion about this?