Guys and girls: ok here's the thing. I DON'T want to have sex but I am like addicted. And when I tell myself that I won't I'm always in the wrong place at the wrong time and I end up having sex. And it is usually with an ex-boyfriend or just a friend. Please help I don't know how to stop. I want to. I want to wait for that guy that will really care about me and respect the fact that I want to wait.
Even though it's hard, it's not impossible. You can stop if you really want to stop. No one is making you continue to do it.
Finding other ways to fill up your time each day is a good helper, to keep you occupied. Have you ever read any Agatha Christie? She's amazing! If you pick up one of her books and read, you won't want to put it down! Her books will keep you occupied for several months, maybe years! You can start with her first one, called "The Mysterious Affair At Styles".
Agatha Christie kills teenage sex drives? Quick, add her to the high school English canon to combat teen pregnancy! :) That said, I like Agatha Christie too. And I have never been a sex addict. Hmmm. You're on to something. - 7 months ago
But you don't want to wait. Because you're not choosing to wait. You're choosing to do what you want to do, unless you're being forced (that's not happening, though, right? )
So the truth is you're NOT in the wrong place at the wrong time. You're exactly where you want to be right when you want to be there.
Tell yourself the truth: you WANT to be a girl who waits for a guy who really cares about her, but you are NOT that girl. And that bothers you. And probably makes you feel guilty and sad. Because you are not yet who you want to be.
So what do you currently do to feel less sad? Go get some attention from some guy that you KNOW doesn't respect the fact that you want to wait. But it makes you feel worse. So to make yourself feel better you go get more attention (sex). But then you feel worse. Hence, your "addiction. "
So do the opposite of what's making you "addicted" and sad. You will become un-addicted and happy. The quicker you tell the truth to yourself about your own actions, the easier it will be.
Humm. That is quite difficult. I would do is tell myself no and if I was thinking of it. Go watch a movie or go out with friends and stop myself. And if you also feel like doing it call your friend and ask if she could help you. That's what I do.