The Importance Of Developing A Mental Health Plan

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In this article we speak about the importance of having a solid mental health plan in place and how this can assist you with your recovery.

Summary:

• Having a solid mental health plan puts you ahead of most people.
• A mental health plan is designed to provide you with hard certainty.

Does Being In A Relationship Help With Overcoming Porn Addiction?

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In this article I discuss whether being in a relationship can help with your porn addiction recovery.

Summary:

• Being in a relationship can help you better overcome your addiction.
• Being in a relationship is by no means necessary for recovery.
• Porn addiction recovery has absolutely nothing to do with sex.

Why We Struggle

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By identifying how we struggle, we can better understand the dynamics with which we think about the problems in our life.

Summary:

• Struggle is a reflection of how you respond to expectation.
• By learning to dissolve expectation we can learn to live without struggle in life.

The Difference Between NoFap And NeverFap Deluxe

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In this article I discuss the fundamental difference between NoFap and NeverFap Deluxe as porn recovery ideologies.

Summary:

• NeverFap Deluxe provides an opinionated method for recovery, while NoFap is not.
• NeverFap Deluxe aims to rectify all of the shortcomings of NoFap.

Is Porn Fundamentally Wrong?

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In this article I explore some this idea of pornography and whether it is wrong from a moral perspective.

Summary:

• I don't believe there is anything fundamentally wrong with porn.
• Understanding that porn is wrong is not a healthy attitude towards recovery, nor does it help us recover.

There Are No Super Powers When You Quit Porn

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In this article I explore this idea of "super powers" and the benefits people perceive they might receive once they overcome their porn addiction.

Summary:

• Overcoming porn addiction allows you to live your life with greater purpose.
• Overcoming porn addiction doesn't instantly grant you anything, only a renewed opportunity to develop as an individual.

The Fallacy Of Motivation

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In this article I write about the pitfalls of using motivation as a driving force for change in the context of porn addiciton recovery.

Summary:

• Motivation is not persistent, it comes and goes.
• Only by sticking to fundamental principles can you hope to guarantee success in your recovery.

Why Positive Affirmations Don't Work

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In this article I write about positive affirmations and why they don't work as an effective coping strategy.

Summary:

• Positive affirmations don't help you remain calm.
• Positive affirmations are in fact a form of distraction which almost always leads to relapse.

The Utter Pointlessness Of Maintaining A PMO Streak

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In this article I write about why maintaining PMO Streaks is an ineffective habit which can set our recovery back.

Summary:

• Maintaining PMO Streaks does nothing to help us develop meaningful control over our minds.
• The alternative is to simply refrain from doing it.

Improvements I've Noticed From My 300+ Day Porn Addiction Recovery Journey

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I thought I'd write a summary of some of the changes I've experiencing throughout my 300+ day porn addiction recovery journey.

Summary:

• The difference is honestly night and day.
• I have more energy, I have pure focus and I have literally become a machine of productivity.

Is Masturbation Healthy?

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In this article I discuss the dynamics of porn addiction and whether masturbation alone can be considered healthy, both for addicts and non-addicts alike.

Summary:

• It is possible to have a healthy relationship with masturbation, assuming you are not a porn addict.
• Most porn addicts will never have a healthy relationship with masturbation.
• There is nothing inherently healthy about the act of masturbation itself.

The Most Important Thing Porn Addicts Don't Do

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This article describes how porn addicts delay their recovery by not properly engaging with the process.

Summary:

• The most important thing porn addicts don't do is consciously engage with their mind.
• Instead, they remain within their own comfort zone, often without realising it.

Why You May Be Struggling With Your Meditation

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In this article we discuss some of the way people may struggle with practicing meditation in general.

Summary:

• The purpose of meditation is to help you maintain balance.
• It can help to think of meditation as a form of observation, no different to seeing or smelling.

What Is Sex Like Post Recovery?

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What is sex like once you've fully recovered from porn addiction? Well, it's great. No questions asked.

Summary:

• Put simply, it's great.
• However, chances are that your issues with sex extend well-beyond your porn addiction.

The Fallacy Of Willpower

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In this article I discuss how willpower is used to create a false sense of hope, as well as how it's simply an ineffective way of thinking about recovery.

Summary:

• Willpower merely cultivates a false sense of hope.
• The alternative to willpower is to engage in conscious change.

What Does It Mean To Relapse?

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In this article I explore the definition of relapse, and how this whole idea of relapse is entirely counter-productive to our recovery.

Summary:

• Relapse is a pointless concept which does nothing to empower you with positive action.
• I define relapse as anything which doesn't help you develop control over your mind.

My Personal Meditation Routine

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In this article I discuss my personal meditation routine and how I personally use it to help me maintain balance in life.

Summary:

• At a minimum I meditate 10 minutes each day before bed.
• I also use other opportunities throughout the day to meditate and practice awareness.

When Are You Fully Recovered From Your Porn Addiction?

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You are fully recovered from your porn addiction when you're 100% confident you can deal with any situation without relapsing.

Summary:

• You are fully recovered when you're 100% confident you can deal with any possible situation without relapsing.
• For most people (including myself) 100% confidence is impossible, although we can learn to deal with 90% of difficult situations easily.
• You become able to deal with every possible situation once you develop the skills to remain calm and aware of yourself no matter what.

NeverFap Deluxe Appendix

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An appendix of related NeverFap Deluxe terms, phrases and lingo.

Summary:

• An Appendix of NeverFap Deluxe related terms.

The Trick Is To Realise That Nothing Is Important

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By understanding that nothing is important, we can dissolve our ego and learn to come to state of calm.

Summary:

• Nothing is important, since everything relates to your ego.
• Any opportunity to dissolve your ego is productive.

The Importance Of Letting Go

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This article describes the importance of letting go and how it relates to our ability to respond effectively.

Summary:

• Learning to let go is one of the most important things we can do as human beings.
• Essentially, you lose nothing by letting go. Instead, it's an opporunity to experience something different.

Is It Okay To Orgasm If You Have A Porn Addiction?

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In this article I talk about whether it's okay to orgasm during your porn addiction recovery journey.

Summary:

• In general, you should not orgasm during your porn addiction recovery.
• Orgasm in any form makes overcoming porn addiction significantly more difficult.

What Is NeverFap Deluxe?

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NeverFap Deluxe is a comprehensive porn addiction recovery process. It is a system which is designed to teach you self-control in the easiest way possible.

Summary:

• NeverFap Deluxe is designed to teach you self-control.
• Self-control is counter-intuitive, because you are not already in control of yourself.
• Observation is the most important skill you can learn in regards to overcoming porn addiction.

What To Do When You're Intensely Craving Porn

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The response when you're intensely craving porn is to relax and remain calm, no different to whether you're craving porn or not.

Summary:

• Your response in every situation is to remain calm.
• Only through awareness can we identify behaviours which cause us to lose balance.

What It Feels Like Not To Be Addicted To Porn

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I explain what it feels like to no longer be addicted to porn.

Summary:

• My porn addiction feels like a distant memory.
• Your mind becomes clear and for the first time you actually begin to feel genuinely happy.

The Easiest Way To Not Take Our Emotions Personally

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By refraining from reacting emotionally, we can learn not to take our emotions personally.

Summary:

• Essentially it comes down to refraining from reacting to our emotions.
• When we react to our emotions we give power to them, as well as lose our individual power to react effective.

There Is Nothing Inherently Wrong With You

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Once you understand that a lot of your dysfunction is a result of your addiction, you can come to appreciate your recovery with a more open mind.

Summary:

• There is nothing inherently wrong with you.
• All those undesirable traits are as a result of your porn addiction, and will disappear once you subsequently overcome it.

The Biggest Judgement Porn Addicts Make

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There is one hidden judgement that porn addicts make the most, which leads to sabotage of our porn recovery journey.

Summary:

• The biggest judgement we make is when we self-criticise for doing something we feel we shouldn't have.
• There is no right or wrong. There is merely the control you have over your mind.

Why You Should Never Depend On Your Emotions

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Depending on our emotions to motivate us, opens us to being vulnerable when our .

Summary:

• Using our emotions to motivate us is a brittle approach towards developing self-control.
• The alternative is to develop self-control over our mind, so we can dictate what we feel, as well as not take our feelings personally.

The Ultimate Aim Of NeverFap Deluxe Practices

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NeverFap Deluxe Practices are designed teach you self-control through verifiable practices.

Summary:

• NeverFap Deluxe Practices are designed to help you develop healthy coping mechanisms through awareness and perspective.
• These practices should be used as a tool of self-discovery for your feelings and emotions.

The Easiest Way To Identify A Judgement

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Paying attention to the emotional reactions throughout the day is the easiest way to identify the judgements we have throughout .

Summary:

• The easiest way to identify a judgement is by paying attention to our emotional reactions.
• In addition, it's important that we don't react once we do identify an emotional reaction.

Your Porn Addiction Is Not Who You Are

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You porn addiction and your feelings about porn are completely separate from who you actually are.

Summary:

• There is no such thing as a "healthy" tolerance of porn.
• Mechanically speaking, porn addiction has no inherent meaning. It is merely a self-reinforcing process.

The NeverFap State Of Mind

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NeverFap Deluxe Practices are designed to promote calmness and teach you remain in control of your emotions at all times.

Summary:

• Calmness is a default state of mind, which helps you address porn addiction easily.
• You can develop calmness though meditation and awareness practice.

Creating Your First NeverFap Schedule

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NeverFap Deluxe provides you with a schedule of exercises so that you can learn to develop awareness and self-control over your emotions.

Summary:

• Start out by practicing observation for ten minutes each day.
• In future, add an additional exercise and rotate that exercise on a weekly basis, whilst continuing daily observation practice.

You Always Have Time For Your Mental Health

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Your mental health should always be a priority, no matter what. Compromising on that priority results in mental illness and contributes towards porn addiction.

Summary:

• Your mental health should always a priority, no matter what.
• Prioritising time over your mental health is a mental disorder.
• Commit to what you can do today, rather than worry about what you haven't yet done.

The Five Principles Of NeverFap As They Relate To My Life

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The Five Principles of NeverFap are a series of guidelines which can help you better handle your porn addiction.

Summary:

• The Five Fundamental Principles of NeverFap have been devised from my own personal approach towards addressing porn addiction.

Everything Is A Choice

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Understanding how to exercise this choice is an important part of overcoming porn addiction.

Summary:

• Your ability to respond is the only choice you have in life.
• You have the same ability respond as anyone else in life from an emotional point of view.
• How you choose to respond is ultimately what differentiates you with anyone else in life.

The Importance Of Meditation For Overcoming Porn Addiction

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Meditation is one of the most important things you can do to address your porn addiction. It teaches you control over your feelings, emotions and behaviours.

Summary:

• Meditation is the single most important thing you can do for your porn recovery.
• Meditation teaches you to regain control over your thoughts and emotions.
• Observation is the most fundamental skill in terms of effective meditation.

Paying The NeverFap Maintenance Tax

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When we treat the maintainance of our mental health as an unnecessary burden, we compromise our ability to exert control over our thoughts and emotions.

Summary:

• Maintenance of our mental and physical health is a hard requirement.
• Compromising on this maintenance significantly affects our ability to function.
• Respecting balance allows us to have everything we want without compromise.

What Makes NeverFap So Different

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NeverFap is a comprehensive porn addiction recovery platform that is designed to make overcoming your porn addiction as simple as possible.

Summary:

• NeverFap Deluxe describes exactly what you need to do in order to overcome porn addiction.
• The NeverFap method of overcoming porn addiction is built around verifiable practices that teach you healthy coping mechanisms.
• Practice. Practice. Practice.

Why am I A Porn Addict?

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Understand why we are addicted to porn has very little in common with figuring out how to overcome porn addiction.

Summary:

• Asking why we are has little to do with actually changing who we are.
• Over asking why is a process called rumination, and it is a form of self-harm
• Actions are responsible for helping us change. Rationalisations on the other hand do not help in any way.

The One Rule Of NeverFap

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Practicing meditation and awareness exercises on a daily basis is the only thing that matters for your porn recovery.

Summary:

• Metrics, goals, lists and ideals are meaningless.
• Hard processes and practices are what count towards helping us move forward.
• Practicing those processes and practices on a daily basis is key.

The Five Fundamental Principles Of NeverFap

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The Five Fundamental Principles of NeverFap are a series of principles which help you easily and efficiently address your porn addiction.

Summary:

• Fundamental principles are hard truths, irrespective of how you think about them.
• These principles have little to do with porn, because porn recovery has nothing to do with porn.
• There are Five Fundamental Principles of NeverFap.

My Personal Porn Recovery Journey

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This article explains my journey with porn addiction, along with some of the realisations I had along the way.

Summary:

• I last watched porn in October 20th 2018.
• The first reason why I've managed to succeed is because I came out about my disorder to my partner.
• The second reason why I've managed to succeed is because I began practicing meditation.

Introduction To The NeverFap Deluxe Guide

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The NeverFap Deluxe Guide is designed to help you overcome porn addiction through awareness, self-control and improved mental health.

Summary:

• It is totally possible to overcome porn addiction by following a series of verifiable steps.
• Practice is the key to achieving success.
• You're likely struggling with porn addiction because of an internal misunderstanding of some fundamental truth.