The Necessity of Confession

[BoomBoomMancini]

Sacra, if you really have an ingrained habit that you are sincerely but imperfectly struggling with, you probably don’t need to be at confession 5 times a week unless that’s what your confessor instructed. You’re pretty much the textbook example of someone whose culpability is lessened. The trick then is not getting complacent and going, “oh well, it’s mitigated, I’ll just indulge.”

 

[marsShark]

Wow, this is still going. Serious thanks for the advice/prayers. Living alone in Oregon is kinda tough, but the encouragement here has led to a level of confidence I haven’t felt in a while.

If any mods see this, know that I would prefer this thread to be deleted now.

With that being said, I strongly encourage you to examine the motives behind your masturbation problem. Are you doing everything you can to avoid masturbating? Are you taking colder, shorter showers? Are you not looking at porn and doing all you can to avoid it? Are you acting chastely with your significant other (if you have one?)

Since this could possibly lead to some practical advice from someone, I’ll respond. No, porn is not a problem for me. No, the shower is not a source of temptation for me.

The biggest problem for me, I think, is my insomnia. I often lie awake for hours, causing unavoidably idle hands.

No significant other either. I decided that I need to solve my own problems before considering it.