love the idea, it rewards the hisgabrus.
Also it registers the times of victory so in time of nefillahone can still salute on the good [kinda cumulative days even if not current streak]

if it works it works, just be honest with yourself!

Hi guys

Its been already 5 months since i have this clicker and bh i have now...
958 clicks

almost at 1000

Hit the like button 10 times and I'll post the 1000 picture

Each time is unfathomable reward for you, and extra shmira for the world! Times a thousand!!!

Chevra get one these counters!
I've bought one, and it gives me an extra boost to keep my eyes down. Every time I want to pick up my eyes on the street, I click it instead. In the past, I've only felt the negative part, the upsetness when I picked up my eyes. Now, I am besimcha every time I reach my destination and I see how many times I didn't pick up my eyes on the street.

Thoughtful wrote on 19 Jun 2024 16:03:

Thanks

It would be a good idea to have a counter on this website to count every time I stop myself from opening a website that is on my blacklist. Meanwhile, I am counting it on a random counter website.

I know this has come up earlier in this thread a number of times, but I am still lacking clarity on the following question: Should our goal be to constantly be “on alert” and “fighting” with the YH, or should our goal be to reach a state of “normalcy” where this YH no longer preoccupies us?

I see a few possibilities:

1. We need to constantly be on alert because there is no such thing as “normal” where the YH doesn’t bother us (יצרו של אדם מתגבר עליו בכל יום ומבקש להמיתו). This YH is with us for life and our job is overcome it and grow from the journey (which is why we have the YH to begin with). What it means for us to be “on alert” may change over time, but ultimately it means changing the way we go through life (and the street) and changing the kinds of thought patterns that we currently are accustomed to. If we break free of our current thought patterns by using a counter, then that is a wonderful thing.
2. The YH has a hold on us because we feed it. We need to stop giving it bandwidth and just ignore it and it eventually go away. It may take a while, and it may take practice and effort, but the goal is to slowly stop listening to that voice in our head and just be "normal" and gain freedom from the YH.

To quote Mishpacha’s interview with Mendy Worch about TYH’s song Chi Chi Wawa: “What’s behind it is related to a message that Rabbi Yossi Zakutinsky, Rav of K’hal Mevakshei Hashem in Lawrence, shared in one of his derashos in explaining what Chazal say about two ways of looking at the yetzer hara. He said that the challenges it throws our way can seem big, scary, and intimidating, or they can be viewed as just a tiny, annoying Chihuahua. If a Chihuahua barks at you, you don’t feel intimidated because of its small size. You’d just kick it away and keep on going, or as Chazal say, schlep it along with you to the beis medrash. So the song is about that Chihuahua that you’re not afraid of.” https://mishpacha.com/streamlined/

Reveni wrote on 05 Jul 2024 15:06:

Hey welcome!

Great post. If you want to and feel comfortable, maybe start a thread and share a little about yourself?

In answer to your question, I'd say "yes". 

You gotta do whatever works. Sometimes ignoring works, sometimes fighting works. It's almost impossible to be on edge fighting your whole life, and it's almost impossible for someone who ended up on this site to just ignore urges, be "normal" and not notice these things.
(Doesn't mean you need to be stressed and can't "laugh off" this "yetzer hara" (check out this lichtige post . (Okay it's three posts. Shoot me.))) In short, there's a time and place for both options you're presenting but for most people on the site, in this specific inyan, option 1 is probably more correct. Certainly in the beginning of the struggle.

For a person who hasn't struggled, getting fartracht about the delicious forbidden sights on the street or on the internet is a good way to start struggling.