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Greenfern
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Hey Teal_Fly, 

 

Thanks for opening up about what you're going through.

 

It's good to hear that you seem fairly motivated to control and stop your porn addiction, and that you've put effort into doing some research and trying some of the recommended methods. 

 

Although I'm no expert on this, I do have suggestions based on the experience of a guy friend. While exercise itself may not be enough to stop the addiction, I've generally heard that compared to not exercising, it helps, so I think it's a good idea to still keep up regular exercise. In the meantime, I think maybe you can try sharing with close friends about what you're going through and possibly starting a no-porn challenge with friends. It's possible that being in competition with a friend with the same goals may more effectively help you resist the temptation. It can also be useful to set a reward for yourself. Say you start with a goal or no-porn AND no-masterbation for two weeks and succeed-reward yourself well. Then, set a higher goal and reward yourself well if you meet that. Hopefully, this can help train you to associate no-porn/no-masterbation with reward. (In the meantime, I've heard that while you are holding off from no-porn/no-masterbation it actually gives you more energy to do other things)

 

Hope this helps!

-Greenfern

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