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Re: trying to stay pure 01 Sep 2024 12:10 #420483

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tzaddikvikam13 wrote on 01 Sep 2024 02:24:
I can definitely relate, although I don't think I can help too much.
Last winter zman I was so burnt that I dropped out of Yeshiva for a month.
I have ADHD and I don't know what to do with myself in Yeshiva.
I can't focus during shiur, and I can't sit still for more than two minutes. Second seder is torture. I can't learn without a chavrusah, and where I am, the oilam does night seder by themselves. I haven't been learning by night seder for more than two years, until a few months ago when my father managed to get me a chavrusah.
So I can definitely relate to feeling so burnt and lost and not knowing what to do.
I don't really have any eitzos. I just keep going, one day at a time, knowing that this is what Hashem wants from me, and Hashem isn't expecting perfection from me - he wants whatever little that I can do. And yeshuas Hashem keheref ayin.

There’s medicine for adhd like Ritalin. Did you try it 

Re: trying to stay pure 01 Sep 2024 14:01 #420490

tried them all, gone through every 'top doctor'. it helps, but only to a certain extent.

Re: trying to stay pure 01 Sep 2024 14:21 #420492

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tzaddikvikam13 wrote on 01 Sep 2024 14:01:
tried them all, gone through every 'top doctor'. it helps, but only to a certain extent.

Maybe you need to increase the dosage 

Re: trying to stay pure 01 Sep 2024 14:40 #420494

Thanks for trying to be helpful, but unless you tell me about something that just came out yesterday, you're not going to be mechadesh anything to me. I know the sugyah very well. Gone through all the options. There isn't that much that I can change to make things better. The only thing would make things better that I'm not doing now would be staying off of sugar, which is not easy.
Not looking to hijack stopsurvivingstartliving's thread, if you want to reply to me you can respond on my thread.

Re: trying to stay pure 01 Sep 2024 15:04 #420503

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tzaddikvikam13 wrote on 01 Sep 2024 14:40:
"tzaddikvikam13" post=420494 date=1725201631 catid=19


Thanks for trying to be helpful, but unless you tell me about something that just came out yesterday, you're not going to be mechadesh anything to me. I know the sugyah very well. Gone through all the options. There isn't that much that I can change to make things better. The only thing would make things better that I'm not doing now would be staying off of sugar, which is not easy.
Not looking to hijack stopsurvivingstartliving's thread, if you want to reply to me you can respond on my thread.

The link to your thread is not working for me. I know someone with adhd who was helped by a good therapist 

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Re: trying to stay pure 03 Sep 2024 22:59 #420764

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stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 31 Aug 2024 20:19:
I understand GYE forum is for kedusha related problems. But since I have no where else to do this I will do it here.
Right now I am burned out of learning and I don't know what to do going into a new zman and moving forward in life.
I grew up in a regular yeshivishe home where the basic is to learn until I get married and then learn a nice amount in kollel. That is what is expected of me. Therefore dropping everything and going to work is not that simple.I am a pretty smart guy and therefore school went well. Got good marks generally. Then came mesivta where I was motivated to learn and I did a pretty good job. Moving onto beis medrash I had some mental struggles which were very painful but bh I took care of it. But then based off the more intense learning as we get older I had a very hard time. I was always self doubting myself if I know what I am doing or not which made the learning a whole lot harder. On top of that some more mental stuff kicked in and made it very hard for me.
I went to Israel hoping for a new start and without much of a plan why things should be different, nothing changed.
So here I am in Israel burnt crisp and not knowing what to do.
So you ask why don't I feel good that in the p and m area I am doing quite well? It's because moving on in life I am pretty lost.
I personally don't see any light at the end of the tunnel moving forward. But as I learned in the past there are big and smart people on this forum that can help.
Waiting to hear from you!

Sincerely,
Someone who wants to stopsurviving and startliving!

I can speak as the only one in my family that did not stay in learning + go to Kollel.

Staying in learning is a beautiful thing, but it's not everyone's thing. A proper Jewish life comes in many flavors. I hope you find support, chizuk, and inspiration to learn shtark. If you don't, please don't see that as any sort of failure.  

I could talk about the maalos of living the life that I do (Rabbi Lopianaky has an amazing book - Ben Torah for Life), but I feel that may not be appropriate at this time. Perhaps just knowing that you can be the the most amazing you either way could take away some of the pressure and let you focus on just being the special you that you are.

FYI. I've found after a lot of searching that the most inspiring person in my life is
:pinch: Warning: Spoiler!

Edit: I also want to add that people's expectations of me sometimes helped and other times hurt a lot. Listen for the people who support your inside at least as much as your outside.

Hatzlacha!
Today is yesterday's tomorrow.
The yetzarim a person has the most trouble dealing with are his most powerful God-given tools for developing his potential and achieving shleimus.
In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.
It doesn't matter how big the number is, only that today it is going up by one.

A little about what I'm doing here: guardyoureyes.com/forum/19-Introduce-Yourself/412971-I-Want-to-Help-Others
Last Edit: 03 Sep 2024 23:29 by BenHashemBH.

Re: trying to stay pure 09 Sep 2024 19:38 #421115

Beautiful song with so much pain dripping out of it!

I think we should make a version for us suffering with porn and masturbation etc. to promote GYE!

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Re: trying to stay pure 23 Sep 2024 21:23 #422184

I am currently listening to the amudim event from a few hours ago. It features R' YY Jacobson and Dr. Shloime Zimmerman on discussing intimacy with children. I can relate to every single word. It is bringing up so much pain. So much of my past few years being told by people who never heard my story. I almost want to not listen to it its so true.

I recommend you guys listen to it.

Re: trying to stay pure 24 Sep 2024 05:05 #422204

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Can you put a link to it?
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Re: trying to stay pure 24 Sep 2024 12:26 #422208

stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 23 Sep 2024 21:23:
I am currently listening to the amudim event from a few hours ago. It features R' YY Jacobson and Dr. Shloime Zimmerman on discussing intimacy with children. I can relate to every single word. It is bringing up so much pain. So much of my past few years being told by people who never heard my story. I almost want to not listen to it its so true.

I recommend you guys listen to it.

Here's the link: unitetoheal.com/discussing-intimacy-with-our-teens

Re: trying to stay pure 24 Sep 2024 14:09 #422214

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stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 24 Sep 2024 12:26:

stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 23 Sep 2024 21:23:
I am currently listening to the amudim event from a few hours ago. It features R' YY Jacobson and Dr. Shloime Zimmerman on discussing intimacy with children. I can relate to every single word. It is bringing up so much pain. So much of my past few years being told by people who never heard my story. I almost want to not listen to it its so true.

I recommend you guys listen to it.


Here's the link: unitetoheal.com/discussing-intimacy-with-our-teens

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Re: trying to stay pure 24 Sep 2024 15:19 #422222

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redfaced wrote on 24 Sep 2024 14:09:

stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 24 Sep 2024 12:26:

stopsurvivingstartliving wrote on 23 Sep 2024 21:23:
I am currently listening to the amudim event from a few hours ago. It features R' YY Jacobson and Dr. Shloime Zimmerman on discussing intimacy with children. I can relate to every single word. It is bringing up so much pain. So much of my past few years being told by people who never heard my story. I almost want to not listen to it its so true.

I recommend you guys listen to it.



Here's the link: unitetoheal.com/discussing-intimacy-with-our-teens

Aaaannnndd- blocked by filter!

Lol.

I can follow the link, but the video isn't available
Today is yesterday's tomorrow.
The yetzarim a person has the most trouble dealing with are his most powerful God-given tools for developing his potential and achieving shleimus.
In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.
It doesn't matter how big the number is, only that today it is going up by one.

A little about what I'm doing here: guardyoureyes.com/forum/19-Introduce-Yourself/412971-I-Want-to-Help-Others

Re: trying to stay pure 24 Sep 2024 18:31 #422243

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Thank you for sharing SSSL,

I couldn't get it to work yet, but BezH I'll figure it out and look forward to listening.

While I was poking around on the Amudim page, I happened upon a different interview with Rabbi YY. A few minutes at the end, starting from ~43:20 is particularly k'dai if you have a moment.

unitetoheal.com/growing-up-to-be-a-leader-in-am-yisrael
Today is yesterday's tomorrow.
The yetzarim a person has the most trouble dealing with are his most powerful God-given tools for developing his potential and achieving shleimus.
In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.
It doesn't matter how big the number is, only that today it is going up by one.

A little about what I'm doing here: guardyoureyes.com/forum/19-Introduce-Yourself/412971-I-Want-to-Help-Others

Re: trying to stay pure 24 Sep 2024 22:34 #422265

BenHashemBH wrote on 24 Sep 2024 18:31:
Thank you for sharing SSSL,

I couldn't get it to work yet, but BezH I'll figure it out and look forward to listening.

The link isn't working for me either. I watched the show by skipping back during the live event. I think that is the right link it just may take time for them to upload the video to that page.

While I was poking around on the Amudim page, I happened upon a different interview with Rabbi YY. A few minutes at the end, starting from ~43:20 is particularly k'dai if you have a moment.

unitetoheal.com/growing-up-to-be-a-leader-in-am-yisrael

Thanks for that, I hope to get to it.
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