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Re: The Truth 13 May 2022 04:41 #380688

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Thanks for sharing this. I find the same. There is a tendency to substitute one escape with another.
I'd ask myself: What am I running away from right now? Why am I uncomfortable with it? Sometimes I need to attack it head-on. For example, if it's procrastinating at work, etc.
As you point out, some forms of escapism are healthier than others. How about going for a run or lifting weights?

Someone knee-deep in therapy may very well be working through what he is running away from etc., the thing is, that doesn't minimize the pain during the process. In fact usually it exasperates it in the pain.
Hope for the best Prepare for the worst

Re: The Truth 21 Jun 2022 13:58 #382212

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"The Truth" is that I miss your presence here... (Maybe your busy suing the Truth social for taking your name?...) 

Re: The Truth 22 Jun 2022 18:51 #382271

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Sapy wrote on 21 Jun 2022 13:58:
"The Truth" is that I miss your presence here... (Maybe your busy suing the Truth social for taking your name?...) 

I'm back. I was really busy the last couple of weeks and didn't have much time.
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Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 13:38 #383813

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Today was a bad day, I watched porn and masturbated.

I wish I didn't have to deal with this struggle but I guess that's not up to me.
Check out My Thread and The Truth

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Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 18:49 #383837

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Why would anyone take away a karma for posting that I had a bad day?! 
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Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 19:16 #383842

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i put one back!
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some of the experiences I write about may make it easier to identify me.  This is ok.  I trust that if anyone discovers my identity they will keep it to themselves.  If you do realize that you  know me, I am completely comfortable and welcome you acknowledging me and my struggle in person.

Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 19:36 #383843

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I also added. See, you got a net gain!
In the place where ba’alei teshuva stand, even pure tzaddikim who never sinned cannot stand. (Rabbi Avohu, Brachos 34b)

Great free resources:
My favorite book for breaking free: The Battle of the Generation 
https://guardyoureyes.com/ebooks/item/the-battle-of-the-generation. Change your attitude and change your life!

Rabbi Shafier's incredible lectures on breaking free: The Fight. Download here: 
https://theshmuz.com/series/the-fight/

If you're only ready to try something small, check out an easier way to do self-talk here:
https://guardyoureyes.com/forum/4-On-the-Way-to-90-Days/378128-Captain—Shtarkemotionals-Secret90Day-Challenge

Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 20:21 #383851

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Now I gotta get back into things, I haven't done real porn in a while.

I went to the Kosel today and cried. I don't want any of this. I opened up a Tehillim to a random perek and it was talking about how if someone believes in Hashem, then he is not afraid of even the worst challenges. I am not sure how to understand this. I don't think it means simply that someone who believes in Hashem can overcome every challenge. I am thinking that it means that challenges come with pain (growing pains if you want) and that pain is what we are afraid of. Dovid Hamelech may be addressing the pain that comes with challenges and is telling me that the pain, whether it's from constant failure or shame and guilt is part of the challenge that Hashem wants you to grow from. It's not just the nisayon itself, the pain that comes with it also needs work to process.

Thanks for reading. 

Cant wait for therapy cuz I am feeling really lousy this week.
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Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 22:46 #383863

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Hi I'm glad to see you back, I missed you. hope you still remember me...

I'm sorry for your fall. And I like your vort, I wish I would have a kosel to cry now, I can use it. (I also fell, and it fricken sucks)

Re: The Truth 25 Jul 2022 23:06 #383865

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wilnevergiveup wrote on 25 Jul 2022 13:38:
Today was a bad day, I watched porn and masturbated.

I wish I didn't have to deal with this struggle but I guess that's not up to me.

I'm sad to hear,
I also hit the +

Have you updated your 90 day chart ?

All the best
 *  NO, It's not all or nothing, just every bit counts!
 *  I failed yesterday, and I might fail tomorrow. But just for today I'm going to give it a try.
 *  Being curios made me lust and get into trouble.

אָמַר רבי יוחנן: אֵבֶר קָטָן יֵשׁ לוֹ לָאָדָם, מַרְעִיבוֹ = שָׂבֵעַ, מַשְׂבִּיעוֹ = רָעֵב

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Re: The Truth 26 Jul 2022 03:57 #383888

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doingtshuva wrote on 25 Jul 2022 23:06:

wilnevergiveup wrote on 25 Jul 2022 13:38:
Today was a bad day, I watched porn and masturbated.

I wish I didn't have to deal with this struggle but I guess that's not up to me.

I'm sad to hear,
I also hit the +

Have you updated your 90 day chart ?

All the best

I am using the "Success tracker" which only updates the following day.
Check out My Thread and The Truth

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Re: The Truth 26 Jul 2022 07:56 #383906

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Im sad to hear. I guess we're all human! 
I thought to myself that im good, and would Not fall again. Was I wrong!!

Re: The Truth 26 Jul 2022 08:01 #383907

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Im thinking. That we need to look at each time that we hold us back (even just couple minutes) we're a WINNER!! 

Re: The Truth 26 Jul 2022 08:20 #383908

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This Topic Name " The Truth" makes me feel anxious... I go to shul & work where people think of a nice & quiet person doesn't harm a fly..but they don't know mine real Truth

Re: The Truth 26 Jul 2022 11:10 #383909

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Ready2work wrote on 26 Jul 2022 08:20:
This Topic Name " The Truth" makes me feel anxious... I go to shul & work where people think of a nice & quiet person doesn't harm a fly..but they don't know mine real Truth

My real truth is that I am a guy who goes to shul, learns and people think I am a nice guy who works his brains out to be a better Jew. What about that is not the truth?

On the contrary, the fact that I am on this site is precisely because all that is true. 
Check out My Thread and The Truth

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