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Shepherd Umele Obella
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YOU DON'T HAVE A SEX PROBLEM - YOU HAVE A SELF-CONTROL PROBLEM
<p>It’s not about women… It’s about the war in your own mind.</p><p><br></p><p>Let’s settle this once and for all:</p><p><br></p><p>Sex is not your enemy. Women are not your downfall.</p><p>Your real problem is you can’t tell yourself “NO” — and mean it.</p><p><br></p><p>You don’t have a lust problem.</p><p>You don’t have a girlfriend problem.</p><p>You have a discipline problem.</p><p><br></p><p>And here’s how it’s destroying your life quietly — while you think it’s just “normal behavior”…</p><p><br></p><p>1. You chase women, but you don’t chase purpose.</p><p>You know how to text her non-stop…</p><p>But you can’t stay focused on your goals for 3 straight hours.</p><p>You have energy for sweet words…</p><p>But no energy for self-improvement, study, or money-making.</p><p><br></p><p>That’s not a sex issue.</p><p>That’s weak self-leadership.</p><p><br></p><p>2. You can delay pleasure with money — but not with women.</p><p>You’ll save up to buy a phone.</p><p>You’ll wait 3 months to get a new sneaker.</p><p>But you can’t even say “no” to your body when it starts calling.</p><p>You’re financially wise… but sexually foolish.</p><p>And that imbalance is killing your power.</p><p><br></p><p>3. You know it’s wrong — but you do it anyway.</p><p>You feel guilty after sleeping with her.</p><p>You regret it after you masturbate.</p><p>You swear it won’t happen again…</p><p>But two nights later, you’re back at it.</p><p>That’s not just habit — that’s a lack of control.</p><p><br></p><p>4. You’re ruled by urges, not purpose.</p><p>You wake up with ideas…</p><p>But by noon, you’re back in her DMs.</p><p>You had plans…</p><p>But her body made you forget all of them.</p><p>You can’t dominate the world if you can’t even dominate yourself.</p><p><br></p><p>5. You call it love — but you’re just addicted to lust.</p><p>You don’t love her. You love what she makes you feel.</p><p>You love the ego boost. The fantasy. The temporary escape.</p><p>And because you can’t detach,</p><p>You stay stuck in toxic cycles that waste your time and kill your growth.</p><p><br></p><p>6. You ask God for help — but you never say no to temptation.</p><p>You pray. You cry. You fast.</p><p>But when she texts “come over,”</p><p>You forget all your anointing.</p><p>It’s not about prayers — it’s about principle.</p><p>Until you discipline your body, you’ll keep falling in the same trap.</p><p><br></p><p>7. Your energy is leaking through your cravings.</p><p>Every time you chase sex instead of your calling,</p><p>You give away your power, your time, your strength.</p><p>And it’s why your dreams feel dry.</p><p>Because you keep watering women, not your goals.</p><p><br></p><p>8. You can't sit in silence without craving pleasure.</p><p>You get bored, you want sex.</p><p>You get stressed, you want sex.</p><p>You get lonely, you want sex.</p><p>You’ve made sex your medicine — and now you’re hooked.</p><p>You don’t need more sex. You need more purpose.</p><p><br></p><p>9. You train your brain to give up easily.</p><p>Every climax without discipline tells your mind:</p><p>“Instant reward is better than long-term success.”</p><p>So you stop grinding. You stop building. You start cutting corners.</p><p>All because you trained yourself to quit when things get hard — and chase what feels easy.</p><p><br></p><p>10. You’re not addicted to her — you’re addicted to escaping yourself.</p><p>Sex is your way of avoiding the uncomfortable truth:</p><p>That you’re not where you want to be in life…</p><p>So you hide in a woman’s body instead of fixing your own journey.</p><p><br></p><p>Bro, hear this clearly:</p><p><br></p><p>You don’t need more women.</p><p>You don’t need another round.</p><p>You don’t need late-night texts or temporary highs.</p><p><br></p><p>You need control. You need mastery. You need silence, structure, and standards.</p><p><br></p><p>Because a man who can’t say no to his urges</p><p>Will say yes to every distraction — and miss his destiny.</p>
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