Hello folks,
This is my first post here on these forums. I am deciding to ask for some help with the issue of lust. Sometimes I am just walking to classes or lunch and see women and suddenly have really perverted, nasty thoughts. When I realize that I am thinking this, I very much want to punch my self in the face, and many times I do show outward signs of my disgust without even meaning to. It is really frustrating because of how some women dress these days, which doesn't leave as much to the imagination as in the past. It seems like right now the only way to be free of this is to leave the company of the other sex entirely, yet that is unreasonable of course. Even friends who I know better are subject to these evil thoughts. I would have thought that knowing them better would allow me to see their inner value and not their outer qualities. I have prayed many times for help from this issue, yet I am still fighting. Has anyone here had any success with this issue?
This is my first post here on these forums. I am deciding to ask for some help with the issue of lust. Sometimes I am just walking to classes or lunch and see women and suddenly have really perverted, nasty thoughts. When I realize that I am thinking this, I very much want to punch my self in the face, and many times I do show outward signs of my disgust without even meaning to. It is really frustrating because of how some women dress these days, which doesn't leave as much to the imagination as in the past. It seems like right now the only way to be free of this is to leave the company of the other sex entirely, yet that is unreasonable of course. Even friends who I know better are subject to these evil thoughts. I would have thought that knowing them better would allow me to see their inner value and not their outer qualities. I have prayed many times for help from this issue, yet I am still fighting. Has anyone here had any success with this issue?