Age 22 – I thought it would not affect my self-esteem, but falling back to the addiction caused me to feel much more insecure, weaker eye-contact, unwilling to go to battle, easily giving up

As I’m typing this I’m on day 15. My record was over 150 days before, I’d have thought it would not affect my self-esteem, but falling back to the addiction caused me to feel much more insecure, weaker eye-contact, unwilling to go to battle, easily giving up.

When you go on long streaks, you become more of a legend, that’s how I viewed myself, I felt no man could conquer me, and I had the capacity to take over the world by my presence.

I have a theory that confidence in general, the profound one, comes from going against your impulses, when we don’t let our self-indulge in short-term pleasure, you are not heading for greatness.

LINK – Functioning a lot better socially when on nofap

by Troels. L