How long is the recovery process for someone who has been addicted for more than 10+ years

there is no specific time as everyones journey is unique. Time spent addicted is certainly not the only factor. Genetics, how you use, time spent, if you are sexually active, how many relapses you have had and many other factors play a role in recovery length.

In most cases people can see significant progress within 3 months. In some other cases 6 - 24 months can be the recovery time.

 

It probably isn't, cuz I've been only watching it for 2 years, and I'm on month 5 and still get some urges, I'm not discouraging u, I'm just telling u it isn't rock science

 

I watched porn for over 10 years. I feel that I’m recovering quickly. 2 weeks bad urges, 2 weeks flatline, now I’m coming out of flatline and my urges are still there but they are extremely weak and really not a threat to my streak. Also have been taking much better care of myself and fixing some emotional problems I had not dealt with. I’m only on day 30 so we will see how things go, but so far very well!

 

Rehabilitation process takes much longer than we expect, for some it's 1 week, 1 month and if the case is really serious and it could go for 1 year also. Say for example, in my case I have been the victim of this PMO thing since 2012 and now as I have stopped doing it for so many good reasons I feel like I have to give myself a mininum of 1 year to heal with all that stuff which is still there inside my brain. So, just be positive and listen, the early you start the faster you get results.

 

I don't know, I'm only on day 3 myself. Been a porn addict for over five years now, masturbating numerous times a day. I'm having a pretty bad craving today, but am determined to stay strong.

 

The first 2 weeks are super intense urges, constantly fighting those urges to not masturbate and watch porn. Then I went into flatline, which basically means a complete absence of sexual desires. No errections, no morning wood, no urges to masturbate. It makes it easy to manage your streak because you dont have any urges to masturbate. But your emotional state can be a bit weird. You might have some really down days where all you want to do is hide from the world. Or you might feel extremely lonely and all you want is someone to talk to. So while flatline eliminates most of the urges to masturbate, instead you are extremely emotionally exposed. And you might just decide to masturbate because of this extreme loneliness you feel, so its not all safe. You will know it when its happening.

 

@ConfusedAdult try the porn filter from truple on android. I documented it here

https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/nofap-best-help-tool-for-android-and-windows-users.286213/

It is possible to lock your filter. It is extremely powerful, blocks direct websites, search engine results and much more "triggers".

Also the one feature i like the most, if you lock the content filter on the app, you can set a time delay for any unlocks.
Whilst it is locked there is physically no way possible to uninstall or bypass this filter, not even by proxy. You simply have to wait for the time delay when pressing unlock and i set mine to 12 hours. By which point my urges have gine

 

I have been addicted for 6 years, and after one year of Nofap (with numerous relapses) Id say that its getting less hard to maintain streaks. Give it at least a year, and lrobably more

 

Porn induced symptoms can start to fade away even after the first 2 weeks but depends on what the symptom is. An addiction can take a many years to disappear. For me 3 years of many ups and downs did a good job to cure 95% of the symptoms including: PIED, no sex drive, brain fog, restless sleep, fatigue, no motivation for anything, some symptoms of depression. Some said that for every year spent on p expect 2 months more, but i dont agree completely with it. Stick to it. There is no point rushing as you want to stay sober for a lifetime. Recovery will take its place and you will have a fullfiling life! Good luck