YeshivaGuy wrote on 24 Dec 2020 22:07:
Few days ago I went to a miny restaurant, and the waitress was a 20year old Jewish girl.
She was very nice, and was attractive.
Naturally, in my head I’m like “she wants to have sex with me. I should get her number/flirt with her...”
But then I’m like, maybe not
Like she’d put her hands in her coat pockets and push down, and she looked a bit more pretty.
So at first I’m like, omg she’s doing it for me! She’s super into me.
Then I’m like, maybe she just likes doing that...
Anyway, I definitely have this “lust mentality” which I very much want to change.
I’m a guy in Yeshiva, I thought I wouldn’t be such a behaima and think about this stuff...
Can I make a suggestion, to try help you out and maybe try change this lust mentality?
I want to preface it by saying that I really appreciate your honesty and truth in how you write.
Perhaps when describing a situation which you struggled in, maybe try spare the details. I didn't find it triggering, but I think your goal should be to try change your mentality like you said, not to suppress your feelings of lust. If you are recalling the details of the situation, a few days later, it may be bringing up more lust within you, which you are trying to suppress, it sounds like you might still be pondering, maybe fantasising about the situation to a degree.
If you were on a diet going into the same restaurant, trying to avoid a certain food, maybe you would say they had a food I'm avoiding, and I did a good/bad job in the moment, I would think this would be a good mindset to stick to the diet. If I describe the smell and the aroma, the icing on the cake, or how the meat sizzled etc. a few days later, it kind of sounds like I want to stick to the diet, yet I'm still recalling the exact thing that's likely to make me want to eat the food more.
Your a great poster, we won't lose out if you leave out a couple of details, but you may gain by not keeping it on your mind for as long.
It's also entirely possible that you are able to analyse your throughts throughout the day without it causing feelings of lust within you.
I don't think I've conveyed my point so clearly. If I didn't, I can try elaborate some other time.
Warning: Spoiler! Almost lost this whole post, still readjusting back the the forum
I included more details cuz I was pained by the situation.
I was sitting with a friend of mine who was more modern and he wasn’t fazed, and me, the more Yeshivish guy who’s chosen to live more sheltered, is having all these thoughts and going nuts...
He’s like hanging with girls, but I’m in Yeshiva staying away..
I don’t regret my decision. But it’s difficult sometimes...