There’s some great responses up here! Some of my points are going to re-iterate it.
No.1 -
I’d say, what can be really valuable, is dive inside yourself and understand what makes you attached to the addiction, what it gives you which makes you come back to it.
Having struggled with the same things, what truly truly helped me is, realising personally, it did 3 things for me.
- gave me a sense of safety and relief when my environment was too stressful
- gave me a dopamine hit, when I couldn’t be excited about because instead of excitement it overwhelmed me
- Kept me away from boredom (unfortunately this was a negative since by virtue of addiction, it biologically became the most rewarding thing)
So knowing these 3, I knew how to monitor myself and know which situations made me reach for it.
So, keeping that in mind, I’d highly recommend -
- Overcome Any Addiction (absolutely essential)
- Resilience Max+ ( absolutely essential)
- Brain Game/Spirethon Max+ (will help get those neurotransmitters balanced/hypersensitized)
The first two to me, are all you need. They address the internal and biological aspects. GIVEN, you’ve done the work to understand when it comes up.
Again, this is highly based on my experience, so it can be very individual. But if any of this resonates with you, maybe it could be a good perspective to treat this situation.
No. 2 -
I’d say either focus on cutting out porn, or cutting out masturbation. Don’t do both, because you’re fighting two battles at once, and one of them will actively make the other one worse.
SR will store up your sexual energy, and unless you have a disciplined practise of transmutation, you’re just getting hornier while fighting porn and then you relapse and grow the shame regret etc.
Masturbation is fine. Sex is fine. Ejaculation is fine. All in moderation. But even, if you’re chronically masturbating, and porn is the biggest issue, cut that out first, but continue everything else.
Then maybe if you need cut out masturbation and practise retention. Spiritual practises, which SR would kinda fall into, to me should be done with great respect and diligence. Not just cause Reddit said so.
It’s a practise with great potency and if you don’t have the practise set up, you’re shooting yourself in the foot by doing it aimlessly.
Manly Man is just going to make everything harder.
The testosterone loss from masturbation isn’t something that’s going to make you impotent. It’ll all reset, + if you’re worried about that you have the Test, DHT, and LHS FSH fields.
Best of luck man! I’m sure you can get through this, just don’t give up, keep at it! Rooting for you