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@StarStruck Thanks. Do you have a set routine? How long do you meditate for?

It’s a good point. I feel numb to everything though. I don’t enjoy any activities or any of the things I used to be interested in, so everything has the same level of flatness mostly. My attention in my free time is usually “blank”. I need to use the logical part of my brain to research and stuff to find a solution, then that’s where my attention goes. But then I get urges. Cold showers worked great before I got anhedonia, like I felt alive. After I got anhedonia they don’t do anything at all. I always feel dead inside no matter what I do. I’ll figure out a solution at some point hopefully.

@Optimized Life Perhaps that person is successful in spite of him fapping. Imagine he didn’t fap, he might be more successful. Or maybe not. Who knows, everyone is different. Leo for example says he doesn’t really notice a change and only feels more horny if he abstains. You don’t need to delete anything, comments and discussion are completely welcome on this thread

Urges have been strong. Man, I really wish I never got exposed to this stuff. It would’ve been so much more simple if I had just never done it before. I pretty much got addicted from the first time I ever did it, 3 years ago. I still remember the exact thing I did it to, it was like a negative milestone lol. “First ever time wanking” ? It’s crazy to think that I genuinely did not know wanking existed until my classmates were talking about it and asked me how much I wanked, and were surprised when I said I’ve never done it before. I had no idea that people actually fucked their dick with their hands. Imagine it just stayed that way. The people you are around have such a strong influence on you. I miss never having been a fapper, I miss it so much.

Day 3: I need to make more progress. What can I do differently tomorrow? When I wake up I will go straight to doing the first thing that’s on my to do list. I need to take more action, I’m not taking enough action. What did I even do today? Jeez, I can’t even remember. I’m so numb I can’t remember anything because there’s no emotions to connect memories to, and emotions are important for memory formation. I need to solve this shit ASAP.

@StarStruck Thank you. Any tips on sticking to a meditation practice?

@UnbornTao Yeahhhhh. Join in on this challenge.

@StarStruck What should I do if I’m getting urges when I’m in bed and it’s time to sleep? Should I still do jumping jacks even though it would affect my ability to fall asleep?

Day 2: Okay now the urges are coming on a lot harder... My entire body is exhausted from how many things I did today, plus I should be going to bed now, but no excuses. 20 jumping jacks right now. After jumping jacks Did 80 jumping jacks instead. Urge is back... FUCK. Another 20 jumping jacks then. After jumping jacks It feels like it calmed down by only like 20%... this is not good enough. My mind is visualising/remembering a p*rn scene I saw a while ago... this is not good. Man this is so weird, I could easily go 2-3 days without fapping before but I’m actually finding it hard right now. MAN PLEASE DON’T RELAPSE.

Day 1: Had some urges today but they were not too strong. However, I ended up wasting some time on YouTube, consuming "productive" content but it doesn't really stay in my memory because of information overload. It's better for me to just stick to the audiobook I am currently listening to, and stick to reading the book on my Kindle. I need to focus more on my to do list, and the tasks that will move the needle the most. I need a way to keep it front and center in some way, so it's always on my mind. Soon I will be getting to the point where I will be able to follow the program, and hopefully get some results with my health. I need to stay determined that I will find a solution and make an amazing life. Looking at success stories for gut issues gives me some hope, for anhedonia however, it is rare to find actual success stories. But maybe solving my gut issues will solve my anhedonia, the only way for me to truly find out is to continue experimenting.

Yes. This is a big one, thanks. I must always keep in mind that there are always things that need to be done. The moment I find myself thinking “I’ve got nothing else to do”, that means I need to bring my focus back to my goal and vision, and my to-do list. Will do! Thanks.

@StarStruck Thank you! Trigger: Urge to masturbate New Habit (in reaction to the trigger): 20 Jumping Jacks. (Can go to the gym afterwards). Rewards: Reduced anhedonia, or even totally cured anhedonia. Reduced brain fog. Reduced fatigue. More energy, more drive. More freedom. More hunger and drive to create an extraordinary life, to master your life, and to resolve your health problems.

@something_else 2 weeks without doing it at all. Every other day isn’t that difficult for me, so I wouldn’t really call it an ‘aim’ with how relatively easy it is to achieve, but it still interferes with my life. If you don’t mind me asking - Are you a guy or a girl? I know this question might seem a bit odd. I just think masturbation affects guys differently from girls. There was another person on this forum who was telling me things quite similar to what you are saying and they were a girl. Masturbation didn’t seem to affect her negatively. Okay thanks. I will try jumping jacks combined with push ups. Or burpees.

@NoSelfSelf Lol… if it was that simple then I would’ve conquered this years ago. @KH2 Dude what… @something_else I don’t think it’s healthy, and even if it was, it is indeed interfering with my life, severely. I’ve tried that technique you’ve described and it didn’t work for me. The most I could get up to was like 2 weeks.

@StarStruck I can’t do push-ups. What’s the next best alternative? @Aaron p I’ve tried blocking. It just doesn’t work. If my addiction doesn’t have access to it then it just resorts to images, reddit, or imagination. @Giulio Bevilacqua What do you mean? @Carl-Richard I have zero libido and I have zero interest in girls or relationships. I don’t think I masturbate because I’m horny, I have a psychological addiction.

The year is almost over and I’m still pretty much in the same situation from when I made this post. I’ve made basically no progress… This is just crazy. I need to stop once and for all… but how many times have I said that? ☹️

@Raze Which one would you say helps the most with masturbation addiction?

@StarStruck Technically it does though, just in an unhealthy way, right? This is a great idea, but is there any good alternative to push ups? I can’t do that many. Maybe jumping jacks? I don’t know.

@hyruga How are you doing now?

@StarStruck What if it’s not your libido that makes you addicted to masturbating but rather the psychological craving for dopamine? I have zero libido, I haven’t experienced libido in years, yet I still masturbate.

@Federico del pueblo Have you tried it before? I think I might need to get a course like that.

@NoSelfSelf I’m not blaming anyone else for my problems or mistakes. But I still feel like I’m becoming a victim in some way. I can intuit it but I just don’t know how to put it into language. Any thoughts?

@Podie45 How are you doing now?

@Michael569 @Leo Gura Ever since I got anhedonia my ability to feel inspiration has been cut off. I used to have a list of goals I looked at that always inspired me pre-anhedonia but now they don’t spark anything in me at all. Once I cure anhedonia I hope this comes back, maybe the elimination diet can help with the anhedonia. I might just have to brute force it. But my willpower keeps running out by the end of the day. I just need to cure this stuff ASAP so I can resume my life. What type of potential incredible results could people see?

@tessus Okay. Maybe 90% responsibility? But I want to be 100% responsible. That 10% that’s left over makes me a victim. @lxlichael I don’t understand.