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giga_geo

giga_geo

San Francisco, CA
November 2002

NOV 25, 2002 06:44 PM

a guide to self control: overcoming masterbation.

1. Pray daily, ask for the gifts of the Spirit, that which will strengthen you against temptation. Pray fervently and out loud when the temptations are the strongest.

2. Follow a program of vigorous daily exercise. These exercises reduce emotional tensions and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution of this problem. Double your physical activity when you feel stress increasing.

3. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, yell stop to those thoughts as loudly as you can in your mind and then recite a pre-chosen scripture or sing an inspirational hymn. It is important to turn your thoughts away from the selfish need to indulge.

4. Set goals of abstinence, begin with a day, then a week, month, year, and finally commit to never doing it again. Until you commit yourself to never again you will always be open to temptation.

5. Change in behavior and attitude is most easily achieved through a changed self-image. Spend time every day imagining yourself strong and in control, easily overcoming tempting situations.

6. Begin to work daily on a self-improvement program. Relate this plan to improving your church service, to improving your relationships with your family, God and others. Strive to enhance your strengths and talents.

7. Be outgoing and friendly. Force yourself to be with others and learn to enjoy working and talking with them. Use principles of developing friendships found in books such as How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

8. Be aware of situations that depress you or that cause you to feel lonely, bored, frustrated, or discouraged. These emotional states can trigger the desire to masturbate as a way of escape. Plan in advance to counter these low periods through various activities, such as reading a book, visiting a friend, doing something athletic, etc.

9. Make a pocket calendar for a month on a small card. Carry it with you, but show it to no one. If you have a lapse of self-control color that day black. Your goal will be to have no black days. The calendar becomes a strong visual reminder of self-control and should be looked at when you are tempted to add another black day. Keep your calendar up until you have at least three clear months.

10. A careful study will indicate you have had the problem at certain times and under certain conditions. Try and recall, in detail, what your particular times and conditions were. Now that you understand how it happens, plan to break the pattern through counter-activities.

11. In the field of psychotherapy there is a very effective technique called aversion therapy. When we associate or think of something very distasteful with something which has been pleasurable, but undesirable, the distasteful thought and feeling will begin to cancel out that which was pleasurable. If you associate something very distasteful with your loss of self-control it will help you stop the act. For example, if you are tempted to masturbate think of having to bathe in a tub of worms, and eat several of them as you do the act.

12. During your toilet and shower activities leave the bathroom door or shower curtain partly open, to discourage being along in total privacy. Take cool brief showers.

13. Arise immediately in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter what time of day it is. Get up and do something. Start each day with an enthusiastic activity.

14. Keep your bladder empty. Refrain from drinking large amounts of fluids before retiring.

15. Reduce the amount of spices and condiments in your food. Eat as lightly as possible at night.

16. Wear pajamas that are difficult to open, yet loose and not binding.

17. Avoid people, situations, pictures or reading materials that might create sexual excitement.

18. It is sometimes helpful to have a physical object to use in overcoming this problem. A Book of Mormon, firmly held in hand, even in bed at night has proven helpful in extreme cases.

19. In very severe cases it may be necessary to tie a hand to the bed frame with a tie in order that the habit of masturbating in a semi-sleep condition can be broken. This can also be accomplished by wearing several layers of clothing which would be difficult to remove while half-asleep.

20. Set up a reward system for your successes. It does not have to be a big reward. A quarter in a receptacle each time you overcome or reach a goal. Spend it on something which delights you and will be a continuing reminder of your progress.

21. Do not let yourself return to any past habit or attitude patterns which were part of your problem. Satan never gives up. Be calmly and confidently on guard. Keep a positive mental attitude. You can win this fight! The joy and strength you will feel when you do will give your whole life a radiant and spiritual glow of satisfaction and fulfillment.


overcoming

i am scared.

your thoughts? comments? concerns?

Rosalyn

Rosalyn

SUICIDEGIRL

Ontario, Canada

NOV 25, 2002 06:50 PM

Haha!

..actually, that's not funny, since I bet tons of people buy into it... only the church could come up with such trash. *sigh*

Division_X

Division_X

San Francisco, CA
OLD SKOOL

NOV 25, 2002 06:54 PM

nope can't do it... sorry.

-X

crazydasaint

crazydasaint

Washington, DC
OLD SKOOL

NOV 25, 2002 06:56 PM

I love that it recommends a cool shower...

I was just thinking about this today, because I was reading about the kid who was kicked out of the
Boy Scouts for refusing to say he believed in God... then the hot water ran out in the middle of my shower.

The bit about a cold shower cooling down libido has no basis in fact. The guy who started the Boy Scouts just made it up-- pulled it out of his ass! If you get horny, take a cold shower! The myth has infiltrated our culture to such an extent that nobody stops to think:

A cold shower wakes me up, gets my heart beating, stimulates me, gets my blood flowing (to all areas of my body)...

In fact, I've heard that in some European countries, men take a cold bath to prepare for a hot date!

MirkwoodMaiden

MirkwoodMaiden

Richmond, VA
October 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:05 PM

and what crack has been smoking you?

imreallybored

imreallybored

I'm lost
November 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:05 PM

masterbation is just too fun...why would i wanna stop? im doing it right now!?! eeek

Bionicfemme

Bionicfemme

San Francisco, CA
July 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:08 PM

When I went to a Christian school they said masterbation was ok...as long as you didn't think about having sex with another person while doing it! When they told us this, I would roll my eyes and crack up in the back row with my friends, then make yanking motions with my hand yelling, "I'm not thinking about Angelina Jolie! I'm NOT thinking about Angelina Jolie!!!!!!!"

Oso

Oso

Saint Paul, MN
July 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:15 PM

this is one of my favorite sites.
hilarious.

Americans For Purity

M1stab

M1stab

Pensacola, FL
September 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:26 PM

13 Arise immediatly in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter what time of day it is. Get up and do something. Begin each day with an enthusiastic activity.



oh, weeee willlll biggrin wink

giga_geo

giga_geo

San Francisco, CA
November 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:28 PM

13. Arise immediately in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter what time of day it is. Get up and do something. Start each day with an enthusiastic activity....

like masterbation... no better way to start my day. well... other than the real thing...

18. It is sometimes helpful to have a physical object to use in overcoming this problem. A Book of Mormon, firmly held in hand, even in bed at night has proven helpful in extreme cases....

or your dildo, turn it on... but don't use it.. whatever

20. Set up a reward system for your successes. It does not have to be a big reward. A quarter in a receptacle each time you overcome or reach a goal. Spend it on something which delights you and will be a continuing reminder of your progress....

my reward would be an orgasm.
*she says in ralph wiggum's voice*

FuneralDoom

FuneralDoom

Helena, AL
August 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:35 PM

reading that just gave me a boner

osoesoteric

osoesoteric

Killeen, TX
August 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:38 PM

VastChoirs said:
reading that just gave me a boner



hahaha.. thats so funny.. i just feel out of my chair

grahf

grahf

New York, NY
September 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:46 PM

I know how to stop masturbating. Every time you start feeling horny, have sex with one or more other people. Problem solved. biggrin

M1stab

M1stab

Pensacola, FL
September 2002

NOV 25, 2002 07:58 PM

so then *fornication* prevents *masturbation*?

This just gets better and better.

MirkwoodMaiden

MirkwoodMaiden

Richmond, VA
October 2002

NOV 25, 2002 08:03 PM

remarek4 said:
I know how to stop masturbating. Every time you start feeling horny, have sex with one or more other people. Problem solved. biggrin



amen brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!! biggrin

Stendec

Stendec

French Polynesia
August 2002

NOV 25, 2002 08:43 PM

That is fucking insane. Especially coming from a group whose founder enjoyed polygamy. Hypocrites. And don't they also own the state of Utah?

stickynutz19

stickynutz19

Oklahoma City, OK
September 2002

NOV 25, 2002 08:47 PM

You know i think that mass murderes dont masturbate enough, thats thier problem. I dot it 10 times a day and i'm the mellowest guy you'll meet, smoking out doesnt hurt either.

thedevilman

thedevilman

United Kingdom
August 2002

NOV 25, 2002 09:10 PM

I just overcame masturbation...

someone find me a tissue...

Lefty

lefty

I'm lost
OLD SKOOL

NOV 25, 2002 09:12 PM

i didnt even bother reading all that.... if overcomming masturbation is that hard, count me out... id rather yank it than deliberate with like 40 different instructions on how not to yank it...

ill be in better health for it too...

astrosaurus

astrosaurus

Lake Elsinore, CA
OLD SKOOL

NOV 25, 2002 10:27 PM

Masturbation: the one thing you never let go of.

Prudence

prudence

I'm lost
October 2002

NOV 25, 2002 10:33 PM

i DON'T masterbate.



i mastUrbate!biggrin

Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn

SUICIDEGIRL

Indiana, USA

NOV 25, 2002 10:38 PM

My friend sent a page with that on it to me years ago... I laughed my ass of then, and I'm laughing my ass off now.

You gotta love the one about holding the Book of Mormon in your sleep. *lol*

Caligula1

Caligula1

San Diego, CA
OLD SKOOL

NOV 25, 2002 10:41 PM

I heard that you'll go blind if you don't masterbate every once in a while.

Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn

SUICIDEGIRL

Indiana, USA

NOV 25, 2002 10:45 PM

There are more on that page.

1. Never touch the intimate parts of your body except during normal toilet processes.

4. When you bathe, do not admire yourself in a mirror. Never stay in the bath more than five or six minutes -- just long enough to bathe and dry and dress AND THEN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM into a room where you will have some member of your family present.

7. Never read pornographic material. Never read about your problem. Keep it out of mind.

Uhh-ohh guys.

Honestly though, you gotta feel bad for the poor kids that get fed this crap... I was raised Catholic, and when I started to entertain myself in this manner, somewhere around the age of 11 or 12, I always felt really guility and awful for it later. No one should ever have to feel bad for natural behavior. Stupid religion.

ChaosMonkey

chaosmonkey

New Albany, IN
OLD SKOOL

NOV 25, 2002 11:08 PM

I say if we weren't supposed to do it, our arms wouldn't be long enough to reach our goodies.

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