It’s an amazing day today.
Why?
Seriously?
Because you are still committed to this Hero’s Journey
The way to go!
The journey to go!
Making me proud 🙂
One major reason you need to go on the porn-free journey is that
Today you have way more challenges than your grandfather or father had
Let’s look at some of them today
First, testosterone is on the decline in American men
And likely men in other countries as well
Why is it important?
Testosterone is a key hormone that defines your manliness 🙂
Your drive
Your confidence
Your happiness
Your libido
Declining testosterone means manliness is threatened
We are less men today than we were 50 years ago
We are less passionate
We are increasingly self-conscious
We have trouble finding a girlfriend
Do you see already how porn could be a problem?
We have this decline in testosterone
And then we lose whatever we have left through what I call a cycle of EDs
The first ED is Endless Distractions
We are bombarded by distractions all day long
Work — we are expected to be online 24/7
Newsfeed
Social media
Video games
And of course the king of them — PORN
Distractions mean stress
Tons of stress
Just the other day, I was working on a small business that I own
And I had a plan laid out for that work for the entire day
But since early morning, I had to deal with one crisis after another
Our server went down
One employee had an emergency and couldn’t show up for work
I was endlessly distracted
And my mind was on alert all the time
At the end of the day, I felt exhausted and stressed out
And I didn’t accomplish even 20% of my plan
What a bummer
Which made me even more stressed
As the stress hormone cortisol went up…
My testosterone went down
Why?
Your body uses pregnenolone as the precursor to either cortisol or testosterone
The more stressed you are, the more of pregnenolone you convert into cortisol
Less of that good stuff left for making testosterone
The second ED is Environmental Disaster
Compared to those more masculine men 50 years ago, we have:
Soil depletion
Water pollution
Pesticides
Toxins
He grew up in a completely different environment from what we have today
And looking at him, I feel he has more energy and vitality than many younger guys
Look, I am 40
When I am at the gym, I look at younger guys
Like twice younger than me
And I am saying this not to brag — I am not that strong or muscular
Just to show you that this decline in testosterone is real
Low testosterone means less strength and less vitality
And low testosterone is just part of the overall Endocrine Disruption
Which is our third ED
Today, your whole endocrine system gets disrupted
The endocrine system is a complex network of glands and organs
It uses hormones to control and coordinate your body’s metabolism, energy level, reproduction, growth and development, and response to injury, stress, and mood
We already mentioned stress
There’s also sleep disruption due to disrupted circadian rhythm
These are huge factors that impact your hormone levels negatively
You feel tired, or lousy, or unmotivated
Or all of these things at the same time
Could hell be any worse?
Of course, you want to reach for porn as an escape from these feelings
You know where I am heading with these 3 EDs
Oh yeah, Erectile Dysfunction
By watching porn, you create a perfect storm
You already have lower testosterone than your father
And you lose whatever you have left through PMO
Reducing your libido even further
Desensitizing yourself to real sex
And expecting more and more stimulating online images
No wonder, you find it increasingly difficult to get hard
Especially with a girl because that puts additional pressure to perform on you
911? Can you help me?
I lost my passion
What do you mean “Get lost”?
I am already lost!
There’s just no way for you to be a hero in that state
All right, enough negative EDs
We need some serious positivity here
A positive ED, anybody?
How about this?
Endless Development
By masturbating too much, you physically lose your drive
And mentally, too
You dig a grave for your potential
PMO will never feel as good as actualizing your potential
The first step is saving your testosterone and energy by stopping PMO
You are already doing that
And then you rechannel that sexual energy into two things
New challenge
Find your life purpose and keep developing mastery
New Chick
Use your sex drive to get real sex vs fake sex
That’s how you let your inner hero come out
A hero right here
With that said, great job staying strong today
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow