What can I do to better manage my overwhelming sexual desires by my own without a counsellor/psychologist? How can I stop masturbating and stop watching pornography?

I would recommend weaning yourself off of it. Just like anything that may be classified as addiction, quitting completely and all-at-once is rarely a long-lasting, healthy solution. I would give myself parameters; define a suitable period of time in which it would be plausible for you to stop. After defining this timeframe, sit down and decide how many times per day or per week you will allow yourself to engage in this behavior. This will make the habit more manageable and less consuming/overwhelming as a whole, and from there, you will be able to decide whether less activity is still necessary. My final tip is to remain patient with yourself; this is something that many individuals struggle with, and it isn't an easy habit to curb, so give yourself time and patience, even if you mess up, recognize the progress that you have made.

Firstly, please don't be ashamed, many people struggle with similar and the exact same things. A good approach would to be trying to focus that energy and those desires into something else. Maybe pick up a new hobby. You may be surprised to find how enjoyable and much more satisfying a new hobby can be. It can be anything from coding, cleaning, making music, painting, writing, acting, tending a garden, anything! When things become tough, you can even express your frustrations into your new hobby! It would be a more productive and satisfying way to spend your energy. Also, please don't feel embarassed to reach out to a professional if you are really considering it. I promise they have heard and dealt with problems like these before, they will not judge you, they are there to help you.

Powerful sexual desire can be managed successfully without therapist/medical intervention. Like any addiction, there are self-help programs and materials available for use that can guide and support you in exploring and reducing the strength of forces that drive the desire. Identification of the underlying causes of the desires is central to finding ways to counteract them and enable us to learn how to control them better. We are all individual in the strength of our desires so a personally structured plan of action is required. We know ourselves better than anyone else, including the nature and strength of our needs and desires, so it makes sense to look at self help materials if we want to understand our own needs and desires more accurately, and therefore how to manage them successfully.

The best strategy is distraction. Find something else that you enjoy, for example a hobby. Next is helping some people in their work and hanging out with them. Or cheering up someone who had a bad day. The appreciation feels great and shows us that how amazing we can be, if we want to.

You can sublimate. Redirecting sexual energy into something helps a lot. Try art, or some other kind of activity

It honestly depends on how long this has been going on. The shorter the time, the easier. You might need someone else to help you, which may not be the preferred route, but is definitely worth it.

Sometimes accepting the fact that we may need help its a good way to start, as individuals we are all diferent and respond diferent to all treatments, you can see this in medical treatments, not everyone gets the same dose of a medicine, which goes alike for therapy and treatment, not everyone has the exact same treatment. It must be adjusted to the patients need, so giving you advice or a random technique may not be so effective for you, feel free to assist to any of our therapists or members of 7 Cups team :) we are glad to help

This is a very tough one, and not as rare as you may think. It is an addiction and so you need to realize that whilst you can do your best to fight it, talking about it is the most powerful weapon. On your own it is a secret addition, with support it loses it power as a secret, and you can start to take control again.

Masturbation or watching pornography can help with decreasing overwhelming sexual desires. Forbidding yourself from doing those things due to shame and guilt can sometimes make the problem worse. But if you're looking to stop due to addictive or moral reasons, there are several things that you can One suggestion is to slowly decrease the time spent doing those things. Some people find quitting it all at once to be most helpful, but other people may find it beneficial to slowly decrease the time spent doing those things until dopamine (the feel good brain chemical) is adjusted. Example being if you were to watch porn every day each week, try to only watch it for 6 days the next week, then 5 days the next week, etc. You could also try to pick up new hobbies and interests to distract yourself so you don't go back to things like pornography. Things like jogging or dancing can give you a similar dopamine high and are quite healthy hobbies too! You could join support groups for other people struggling with kicking sexual habits or addictions and learn from them, in addition to having people with similar problems to cheer you on and help you get back to where you are in your progress if you stumble. I believe there are also website programs that block porn websites if you find it difficult to stop yourself from going to them. I've also heard that foods like pasta, chocolate, bread, and yogurt are known to lower the sex drive. If all else fails, there's nothing wrong with seeking professional help and there are medications and therapy that can help with this.

You can just try to abstain from it or try to find a partner, going to the gym would help as well.

Slowly limit the stimuli you allow arround you, and take it one day at a time. Make the decisions to contol yourself at this moment, then do the same for the next, and the next.

Sorry to hear that you're struggling with intense sexual desires. My friend went through the same thing, so I think I know what you're going through. In my opinion, it would really help to distract yourself with your hobbies, go to green spaces (e.g. parks, lakes) or talk to people more. Also, avoiding sexual materials in cultural products and stop sleeping nude are simple ways to decrease your urges. Good luck!

Be productive and occupy yourself. You can go through other interests you have or maybe look for new interests. Like exercising or learning a new language.

This is really hard, its something I have had to wrestel with myself for many years. First off try and be kind with yourself, you have to wan't to stop not becasue you hate yourelf for it but becasue its your choice. Then try limiting your access to it. block your favorite website and turn on safe serch. Be kind with youreslf and try to distract yourself with physical activity like running or in my case roller skating.

Try to understand where those urges come from. And when they do come, ask yourself what you're feeling, and what you're hoping to achieve through sex. Are you doing it simply to orgasm, or is there something else?

It's well known that exercise is best at this. It won't supress all the feelings but will keep you distracted. Keep busy. The worst enemy is leisure and boredom. It will be hard!! As any addiction is ok to fail. Take babysteps. If you do it, let's say, twice a day, stick with only once a day for a week. And then 6 days a week. And then 5. Talk to someone. And try establishing relationships. One thing that makes pornography is that it distort your view on relationships and people. So you have to get to real people, friends, family. Get to know each other.

Sometimes sexual energy can be aggressive energy. It is best to channel that energy safely. Exercise when the urges become overwhelming and breathing exercises to calm oneself after releasing aggression.

Advice that I read a while back said to channel that kind of energy into other activities. If you get the urge to masturbate, go workout instead. I'm not sure if this is the answer you are looking for, but it's an alternative at least.

Try and focus on other things that you enjoy and limit the amount of time you spend masturbating and watching pornography. If you start off with a higher number of times a day, and decrease every week maybe? It might help if you find yourself a sexual partner.

When you initially start a certain activity, and if you start to enjoy it, it can become a habit, it may be a good or bad habit which is very relative from person to person. to be able to overcome such 'habits', try to distract yourself with other activities you enjoy like sports or playing a musical instrument. At times when you feel the urge to masturbate, go out for walk or call up a friends to get over those thoughts. These are only a few initial steps, you will eventually start to think about other things overtime, and you need to be strong during this period to get over this habit permanently.

Find a passion, an activity, anything that keeps you motivated to do so? if you love music, or are passionate about movies, or like books- take your passion, and make it your new everyday passion exploration, instead of...hmm-just that one!

Many people, including folks I know, have found the supportive communities of 12-step groups really helpful. Here's a list of options for compulsive sexual behavior: http://www.billherring.com/comparing-different-12-step-meetings-for-sex-addiction. Most of them have online/phone meetings if there's not an in-person meeting in your area. On your own, you might also benefit from identifying external cues (places, people, substances) and internal cues (emotions, physical sensations) that act as triggers. You can then make plans to avoid those triggers and come up with alternative activities/coping strategies to use when you are triggered (because not all triggers can or should be avoided!). Hope this helps.

Set a goal;start with thirty days. Go thirty days without pornography, and if you can do that, thirty more days without either. If you mess up, start over with the thirty days, without either (after the first without porn). If this method does not work, see someone. That's the best I can tell you.

My general motto for life is "one step at a time". I believe that most tasks can be accomplished by breaking them down into little chunks. The first step I would recommend is abstaining from pornography while masturbating for a few days. If you fail, it's ok, keep on trying. Eventually you will be able to masturbate without pornography. From there, you can slowly ease up on masturbating altogether.

Sexual desires are basically energy that can be channeled in other areas. Video games, sports, intellectual board games can help you dull your urges a bit. In a nutshell, you have to keep yourself occupied with other things that bring you satisfaction.

Wanting to stop is great! The first thing you can do is to make sure the you deeply are ready to do this. Prepare yourself by reaching out to a friend or someone you trust to help you. Once you are ready, remove all the porn and find 3 coping skills that work for you to do when you feel the urge to give in. There is no magic answer for this other than your own mind and will power. You will notice as time goes on, it becomes easier.. Don't give up!

You might try setting a limit. So start by doing once a day then once every two days then twice a week then once a week. Be sure to hold yourself accountable.

You can learn to avoid situations that make you have sexual urges. You can talk to others about your concerns, even seeking professional help if you feel your sexual urges are negatively impacting your life.

There are plenty of websites out there which can help you overcome your addiction to pornography. On the other hand, you can always do some activities to keep your mind busy such that you don't feel like masturbating. However, do remember to seek help if you do! All the best.

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