>>41043145
>I never see people on 100, 200, or 300-day streaks talking about being stressed, repressed, or tormented from abstaining or fear of relapses.
Even in this very thread there's references like >>41042838 or posts in other threads like >>41035280 indicating that lust very much affects anons and you by not seeing it does not prove anons aren't affected, only that your perception is lacking.
What I do recommend is neither revolutionary nor rebellious, working with yourself and steering yourself in better direction rather than forcing yourself is a common, effective approach both in mundane behavioral science and spiritual practices of many traditions.
In fact, making (smart, deliberate, not guided by lust itself) exceptions in retention in accordance with your will and then moving on without stressing about it vs treating it like an unbreakable rule for its own sake mirrors pretty well teachings of one buddhist parables (and who was more about moving past material trappings than buddhists?):
>The story goes that two monks were traveling together, a senior and a junior. They came to a river with a strong current where a young woman was waiting, unable to cross alone. She asks the monks if they would help her across the river. Without a word and in spite of the sacred vow he’d taken not to touch women, the older monk picks her up, crosses, and sets her down on the other side.
>The younger monk joins them across the river and is aghast that the older monk has broken his vow but doesn’t say anything. An hour passes as they travel on. Then two hours. Then three. Finally, the now quite agitated younger monk can stand it no longer: “Why did you carry that women when we took a vow as monks not to touch women?”
>The older monk replies, “I set her down hours ago by the side of the river. Why are you still carrying her?”
You do you, anon, but I already benefit from my attitude and strongly suspect it may be more suitable for many other, struggling anons.
