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I am retarded, I accidentally posted this twice and forgot the delete password, so… please don't ban me mods thanks.

>>745613

Ask and rely upon the Holy Spirit daily, hourly or how many times it takes, so He can further sanctify your life for the glory of the Father.

The easiest way is to leave your environment where it's habitual. For example if you're in church you're probably not surrounded by things that tempt you. Can you go more often? Is there volunteer work you could be doing? My strategy was to stay away from home as much as possible except to eat and sleep.

>>745616

Its ok it happens

General confession

>>745627

I’m gonna double post sorry mods,

Make a general confession, acts of resolution and contrition before during and after this stage. Cut out all occasions of sin that you can. Become detached from both venial and mortal sins starting with mortal. Work on your biggest defect first.

Go read “introduction to the devout life” by St. Francis de Sales

>>745625

This seems like a good idea. I never thought that it would work, because I am very introverted, but now that I think about it, I suppose being out of the house does not require me to be around people. I will try this, thank you.

I can only relate how I've felt. Maybe you can identify. Repentance is a process (total repentance, that is), but initially very radical, like a jumpstarting of the system, the minute I truly heard and believed Jesus Christ. Maybe the strongest impulse that kept me there was fear of God, but not limited to that. I went from being angry, running with gangs, rampant drug use, and needing the world in all kinds of ways to….apologizing to everyone I hurt and shutting myself off to anything but Christ. Over the years, I've peaked out a few times, trying to "pretend I was normal", but it doesn't work.. and I just felt even more stupid and sinful for trying. Maybe there's a way to integrate, but I don't know what it is. If you don't feel out of place in this world, something's probably wrong imho.

Jesus asked "Do you also want to leave?” Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." - Mt 6:67

>>745613

This >>745624

But, another thing I find useful, although not foolproof is prayer. You must of course never trust yourself completely and lean on divine grace as much as possible. Nevertheless, being able to divert your attention to a relatively complex prayer, and repeat a part of the rosary it in your head, without any external motions, will help you divert your attention away from intrusive thoughts of sin. Use grace to build the habit of diverting your attention to prayer the moment a malign thought enters your head. This isn't just about sexual sin, it's especially helpful if you've ever had intrusive thoughts of doing harm to others.

It is critical to rely on grace however, without seeking grace, it will be a very frustrating experience because even if not acted upon, the intrusive thought will not be pushed away by disingenuous, repetitive, inner monologue. Only a sincere movement of faith will do the trick.

>>745613

First you must stopping sinning. This is the beginning of developing excellence in the virtues. For men the key sins to overcome are lust and impurity. For women it is obedience. When men and women overcome these vices they quickly progress in their spiritual life and developing the virtues.

Watch Fr Ripperger bids on sin and virtue to learn more.