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Thanks for sharing! My anxiety has gotten worse recently. The reason I think is cuz I got rid of PMO so my depression from guilt and shame got worse, cuz I was feeling all the feelings.

Then the depression has mostly gotten worked through, so now there’s all the attention in my brain on anxiety. I’ve cried the last two days due to my panic or anxiety. So it’s time for me to work through that.

Then hopefully it gets better as my depression did. as long as we stay honest and open with ourselves and the loved ones who are helping us (family, friends, therapist) we can safely get through these issues

The same as my situation. Actually, inactivity, porn, masturbation, sex, and edging makes panic attack, anxiety and depression worse. Y'all can still have sex/masturbate but limit it to once a week for healthy results.

@xXPharaohXx Damn man, I understand. What are the things that trigger that anxiety? Also, what do you do to calm yourself when those feelings arise?

@xXPharaohXx Thank you for replying by the way. I myself have never gone to therapy, I'd say it's a trust issue, but lately I've been wondering if it's a pride issue.

@xXPharaohXx I've never needed it as I've dealt most of my problems on my own through working out, meditation, writing, drawing, and self preservation. But these days, it's been hard to see where my head is at sometimes.

@WennieBoy Weird enough, sex has never triggered these things for me. No doubt, I feel shame sometimes and anxiety, but never panic attacks. Pmo is what triggers it for me.

@Brain-Police therapy for me was fear and pride. I had to be broken enough to gain the willingness to put that aside and go

The depth of honesty I’ve had with my herslist is probably one of the most critical steps in my recovery

As for anxiety. Haven’t really explored it yet. I realized depression was always with me so it was a very close relationship. But anxiety comes and goes depending on the situation.

If I can’t explain it, I can’t talk about it well enough in therapy and to others, to find answers. So next step over the coming weeks is to do things that cause anxiety.

Then journal about the feelings. Sobriety really caused my depresssion to flare up, which was scary but also necessary. Hoping to do the same with anxiety, but not running from situations

My adrenaline (fight/flight response) is very high after more masturbation/sex/porn. I can easily get m

@xXPharaohXx Hmm. Interesting. I've learned how to be honest with myself and learning the differences between thoughts and will power.

Also separating my thoughts from my actions so that some of the bad thoughts I had could never manifest into the material world.

Anxiety is a strange beast. For me, it comes and goes as well. For me, it usually happens at night or when I just relapsed and I'm out in the open with people

Since sobriety, have you found yourself going through another puberty? That happened to me last year. Pimples, high libido, extra aggression etc.

@WennieBoy I get like that as well. I get very anxious, easily irritable, and extremely paranoid and lethargic at the same time.

Dig Deep Brother !! Dig Deep !! We're all here for you man !