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Solution to Masturbation?

I know this has been a serious problem to many young men out there, me included. Lately I think I have come up with a solution to it.(I don't know if it works, I'm still experimenting). I thought that the best way to try and stop is to completely put it in your head that you want to stop...no pun intended.
Since everything originates from the brain, even that craving to masturbate, you should now try to have a craving to stop. Believe that you can stop. Record your progress and be proud of yourself. I believe that if you can control your psychology then you could also control your cravings.
In addition to all that, don't be idle. Find anything productive that you can do...clean, work, exercise, go out. Just do anything that would help take masturbation out of your mind. In fact, completely remove masturbation from your mind and think of other things that you can do.
I also think it would be best to have a girlfriend and to stick away from porn. This is so beneficial because it would reduce the effect of your penis getting smaller. Keep a girlfriend who would help you relieve yourself when you have that craving. But try to ignore the smaller cravings. I know there at times when you just get too horny to think of anything else. Try doing something else at that moment like exercise, it always works.
And remember, you can't just wake up one morning and say, "I won't masturbate any more. " I don't think that's possible. Even alcoholics and drug addicts can't just stop. It is a long slow process that bears good fruit in the end. Start by reducing the frequency of your masturbating. If u did it twice a day, start doing it once every two days then once every week then once a month. But, as I said earlier it would really help having a woman in your life not only to help relieve yourself but also for moral support.
I know it's hard trying to stop, I have tried many times but this time I am sure.I started masturbating when I was eleven years old and now I'm eighteen, I guess my hormones developed earlier. So in total I've been masturbating for seven good years. A while ago I couldn't stay a whole day without masturbating, at this point it actually got painful rather than pleasurable and now three months down the line I haven't masturbated even once. Of course the journey has not been easy for me. At times I would wake up in the middle of the night feeling so horny with a fully erect **** that just wouldn't relax. But it takes determination my friends. That determination is what takes you far.
It also helps to share your experiences like many people do here on this website. It really boosts your morale. Anyway, try doing this and see how far you can really get. There are other ways but I'm sharing what I know and I hope it will help others with the same people.
Last but not least, pray. Pray to God to help you. It doesn't matter what religion you are just pray. And remember you can't do this by yourself, you need the moral support from God and from your loved one. Tell me if this method works on you too. I wish you all the best.
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Oh and don't forget, the wet dreams may not go away completely since it's something normal among men. Let's just say they happen less frequently and are not as unpleasant as they are now. In fact you could just wake up one morning and realize that some place in the middle of the night you actually did masturbate, but that won't spoil your morning because your sleep was never interrupted by it.
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I completely understand your situation. During my early stages of trying to stop I also experienced frequent and unpleasant wet dreams most nights. They usually woke me up in the middle of the night and from then I just couldn't sleep again, thus making my mornings pretty long and drowsy. Sometimes after the wet dream you may also feel like going at another masturbation to try and make the pain go away but that only works for a while and the pain comes right back.
I never really fully understood why this was happening but my advice would be to try and reduce viewing the content that actually turns you on. You may be able to stop yourself from masturbating after you view the porn, but you can't prevent the wet dreams from occurring.
The porn accumulates in your head and eventually fantasies come up in your dreams of you maybe having sex with the women you viewed.
But don't worry too much about the frequent and unpleasant wet dreams because they usually stop after a while and from there everything is easy. Let's just say the wet dreams are just a trial period. Once your past this period it will be easier for you to really focus on not masturbating rather than worrying about wet dreams.
I wish you all the best.
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The only problem I find is that when masturbation is given up wet dreams occur which are very unpleasant, I am also looking to give up masturbation due for the need for my penis skin to heal completely due to problems of scratching, any advice for me would be appreciated
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Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it.
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