Day 8

I can't believe I have made it this far. There are times when it it easy and times where it is very difficult. I wonder if I will ever get to the point where I don't look at women as sex objects or have healthy sexual thoughts. I guess I should be proud I lasted this long but it is painful at times.

I wonder if I will ever get to the point where I don't look at women as sex objects or have healthy sexual thoughts.

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you can stop wondering, that time will come.... but ONLY if you adapt nofap lifestyle  ???

18-24 months is usual timeline. compare that to 8 days. now compare 8 days to most people here and you are in top 60% already so you are good and on the way.

Hold on to that good feeling and imagine what itll feel like after 18 days! Yes you should definately be proud of yourself!

Sadly today I am thinking about porn I liked to watch. Fighting the urge big time. I guess I will take a nap. Keeping busy has helped a lot. I took the dog to the park 3 times this week.

Killermusic 8 days is great! Congrats. I am at 11 days. I too am battling with looking at woman as sex objects. It?s not easy especially in summer when women are running around barely dressed. I am working on directing  my head and thoughts in another direction when I go out.  I am successful less then 20% of the time. That sucks because latter, like right NOW,  images of those women  will pop up in my head and trigger me. Uggg... I am trying to post to help and encourage but being honest  might not help so much.

8 days is good - soon it will be 16 day hopefully?

I dont know if this will be of any use but i read that if you just do nothing next time you are feeling horny or think about porn or erotic images then after 20-30 mins the desire actually goes away. Its quite wierd going through it the first time but it seems to work.

But its damn frustrating though!

Don't fight the urges.  Let yourself feel them.  Inspect them.  Feel curiosity about them.  Watch them, but don't act on them.  You will notice them arising and falling away on their own.  Every time you do this, you are disconnecting the urge from its reward.  Trying to suppress the urge is much harder, and if it does erupt into consciousness fully you are then more likely to follow your habitual reward pathway.