6 month relapse - got dumped, binged...

My friend, until you understand why you became an addict in the first place, you will keep relapsing. Be it 6months, a year, two years from now. This is something very important that addicts need to understand, but I don't see any posts on the subject.

All the posts I read talk about the superficial aspects of porn addiction, when really we should spend time figuring out what is going on deep inside, and work on those deep rooted issues (usually stuff that happened in our childhood, a broken relationship with a parent, sibling, depressed mother, emotionally absent father, bullying, etc etc..)

"To be shame based is to be in intolerable pain. Physical pain is horrible, but there are moments of relief. There is hope of being cured. The inner rupture of shame and the "mourning" for your authentic self is chronic. It never goes away. There's no hope for a cure because you are defective. This is the way you are. You have no relationship with yourself or with anyone else. You are totally alone. You are in solitary confinement and chronic grief You need relief from this intolerable pain. You need something outside of you to take away your terrible feelings about yourself. You need something or someone to take away your inhuman loneliness. You need a mood-altering experience. There are myriad ways to mood-alter. Any way of mood-altering pain is potentially addictive. If it takes away your gnawing discomfort, it will be your highest priority and your most important relationship. Whichever way you choose to mood-alter will be the relationship that takes precedence over all else in your life. Just as with excruciating physical pain, you will do anything to stop it."

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