wealthofwisdom
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Preamble/Background:
Reading about "no fap" I started to realize that the issues, causes, detriments (and maybe cures?) parallel one of my own issues. It's not fapping (I'm a female, not that that means I couldn't have a fap addiction), but I think it's a similar type of "addiction": another dopamine addiction, in my case an information bingeing addiction.
This is something I've been struggling with lately (ever since coronavirus especially, with less human interaction, and more time in front of my screen), and I actually find it hard to quit. I've quit several things in the past: cigarettes, coffee (for a period), but the hard thing about quitting information seeking (much like no fap I would assume) is that sometimes there are legitimate reasons to engage in the activity. For example I often legitimately have to look something up, etc, but then I find myself hours later having just gone on an information binge. Or I hear something in a podcast and it is a real struggle not to go look it up (even thought it's just a random fact). It's a real time waster, and energy drainer.
I feel like chemical urges behind both fapping and information bingeing (and maybe even other types of bingeing?) stem from a dopamine addiction. They also have similar challenges to stop, like: What do you do instead? How do you control the urges on a neurotransmitter/chemical level? How do you retrain yourself behaviorally?
My question:
So the reason why I'm asking the no-fappers is that I feel like it's a community that has done a lot of research and self-testing in the area of controlling strong impulses and dopamine addiction (which is what I see both behaviors to ultimately be).
So what I'm asking here is: What are the main tips that no-fappers have found to be useful to no fap in terms of:
1) Chemical balance (ie - any supplements, or foods, or things that you ingest that help with minimizing impulses and urges)?
2) Behavior modification? Any tips or tricks there?
TLDR: I guess the broader question is: What are Peaty tips for overcoming a dopamine addiction-fueled behavior that you want to modify? And I asked specifically here in this thread because it seems to be the group of people who have thought and tested the most about this. Thanks in advance.
Reading about "no fap" I started to realize that the issues, causes, detriments (and maybe cures?) parallel one of my own issues. It's not fapping (I'm a female, not that that means I couldn't have a fap addiction), but I think it's a similar type of "addiction": another dopamine addiction, in my case an information bingeing addiction.
This is something I've been struggling with lately (ever since coronavirus especially, with less human interaction, and more time in front of my screen), and I actually find it hard to quit. I've quit several things in the past: cigarettes, coffee (for a period), but the hard thing about quitting information seeking (much like no fap I would assume) is that sometimes there are legitimate reasons to engage in the activity. For example I often legitimately have to look something up, etc, but then I find myself hours later having just gone on an information binge. Or I hear something in a podcast and it is a real struggle not to go look it up (even thought it's just a random fact). It's a real time waster, and energy drainer.
I feel like chemical urges behind both fapping and information bingeing (and maybe even other types of bingeing?) stem from a dopamine addiction. They also have similar challenges to stop, like: What do you do instead? How do you control the urges on a neurotransmitter/chemical level? How do you retrain yourself behaviorally?
My question:
So the reason why I'm asking the no-fappers is that I feel like it's a community that has done a lot of research and self-testing in the area of controlling strong impulses and dopamine addiction (which is what I see both behaviors to ultimately be).
So what I'm asking here is: What are the main tips that no-fappers have found to be useful to no fap in terms of:
1) Chemical balance (ie - any supplements, or foods, or things that you ingest that help with minimizing impulses and urges)?
2) Behavior modification? Any tips or tricks there?
TLDR: I guess the broader question is: What are Peaty tips for overcoming a dopamine addiction-fueled behavior that you want to modify? And I asked specifically here in this thread because it seems to be the group of people who have thought and tested the most about this. Thanks in advance.