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Heavy Withdrawal Symptoms - It is killing me!

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Deleted Account, Sep 26, 2017.

  1. I just watched this video:
    In the minute 42:16 he shows some addiction withdrawal symptoms and I just realized that I am having those since I started (I am in day 5).

    The symptoms are:
    Anxiety
    (Every single second)
    Restlessness (go to sleep feeling tired and wake up destroyed)
    Irritability (I want to punch someone, I even fantasised killing a guy...)
    Insomnia (Either is that or oversleeping)
    Fatigue (Ha almost falling asleep right now at 11:26 am)
    Poor concentration (English is not my first language so I am using websites to make sure I don not miss spell but look at that word "vaceusa" that is the way I wrote "because")
    Depression (Since I was 12 but then at 12 I started watching porn)
    Mood Swings (No even going to start here)
    Social isolation (Ha what a joke, just told my little brother to go play somewhere else)
    Headaches (For five days straight with little brakes)

    I have all of them with no exception, it feels insane and knowing that I am sick
    causes two things, first I know that my mind is in the wrong place and I can not think straight so giving in is the worse thing I could do right now and second I feel weak and ashamed of myself I feel like I can not do this because my mind and body are working against me.

    I am addicted... that is it. I am sick! I am terrified of being sick but without knowing I am killing myself day after day but my mind and body think that it is helping me.

    I am sick, I am addicted if I can admit that I can get better. Holy crap I almost cried right now.

    First step to get better: Admit you have a problem that it is out of your control and it is hurting you. Man... I finally can see it.
     
  2. I'm assuming this is your first streak. I don't treat it as withdrawal symptoms, more like getting cured. It's tough for the first 15 days. Then it's a relatively easy ride. Your mind is getting blocked? Good, your mind is trying to move away from porn. You feel like ripping someone? Good, that's that anger against porn. Can't sleep? Your mind is asking you get away from porn, something it hasn't done in a long time and it can't sleep because of it. Fatigue? You're tired of it.
    I'm telling you, if your road isn't tough then probably you are on the wrong path. Good luck bro, stay strong!! :)
     
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  3. Last time I tried NoFap was 4 years ago (was 17) and I see it the same way you do if it is not hard it is no worth it.
    Probably it is too much to ask but I think NoFap and no porn will change my live for good.
     
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  4. MarinoBigFan1984

    MarinoBigFan1984 Fapstronaut

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    You are in the heart of the storm. It’s gonna hurt real bad till about day 21.
     
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  5. Ezio13

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    I will suggest you to watch this video.



    Don't worry you are not alone I am also suffering from half of those withdrawl symptoms you are suffering from
     
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  6. It is really scary but knowing that it is normal makes me want to fight and KO this addiction. Thanks a lot :)
     
  7. Thank you the support means a lot I am watching the video right now and it is exactly what I need.
     
  8. User047

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    Porn withdrawal are completely normal part of the recovery. We all experience them.
    You can't end this addiction without having some of them.
    We all know how hard it can be from time to time, but there is no other way but to endure.
    What has helped me is changing my attitude. I no longer see them as BAD and TERRIBLE and I am no longer feeling like a victim.

    You will have to remember that they are only temporary and that they will pass.

    YOU WILL FEEL LIKE SHIT FROM TIME TO TIME and you will have extremely powerful urges!! You can expect to have many BAD DAYS, days when you will feel defeat and when you would do anything just to change how you feel. But you will have to endure.

    If you relapse you know you will have to go trough the same struggle again.

    Good luck! :)
     
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  9. You just reminded me of when I started workout three years ago, at the beginning it hurts and there are no results for months but them you keep going and it still hurts until this day but I am bigger and stronger which justifies all the pain I hope one day being able to say the same about this new chapter in my life. Thanks for the reminder and the motivation too. Keep strong brother.
     
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  10. theMotivator

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    No joke, even after 200 days, there are days and weeks, where depression or something like that kicks in and you can get distracted really easily, and your mind is just a roller-coaster. You feel like you're a failure. Sometimes also your life can play along with that, but you gotta learn to be strong.
     
  11. I learned that the success curve is kind of "unstable" meaning that you are great for a few days then one day things get really bad and then start to be good again and so on, if that is true I can live with that heck that is actually what life is suppose to be and not a spiral of addiction and misery. Thanks for the heads up and I hope you keep strong too.
     
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  12. It will
     
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  13. BBWolf000

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    This isn't an easy process but the changes you will see, if you can find the strength to persist, are incredible man. Many that I've seen resemble some of the issues you're noticing right now and while it may seem like an unconquerable mountain to climb; THERE IS HOPE & IT CAN BE DONE!

    Abstaining from PMO is different for each person and its effects/intensity usually depend on how deep our issues with sex and PMO run in our brains. I'm inserting the following quotes from the above posts as an example of this:

    There is no set time on how long recovery will take and to be honest there may be brief moments of extreme elation followed by weeks of debilitating self doubt and lethargy, or if you're lucky Vice-Versa.

    Regardless of the route though, the final destination IS THERE and SO WORTH THE EFFORT!

    And Smile; You Can Do It!
     
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  14. I can not believe the amazing people such yourself that I am encountering here, sometimes it feels like I found the root of all my problems and those little moments of clarity make me feel hope. The day that I started NoFap was the day that I told a friend that I have lossed hope in life and people I got home that day (last friday) feeling gone like I just died... Saturday I made this account and you people, you just brought me in and made me feel good about trying to change, I have never felt like that, people always shamed me when I was wrong and took for granted when did anything. This is different, I guess this is my outermost THANK YOU. You are really helping me.
     
  15. TheT

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    3rd day, the list you just wrote is what im feeling pretty much all my life.

    Difference is, this time I believe ending my PMO addiction will automatically end these points one after the other, i guess because we have always felt that way, that we think its the norm.

    Think about it, depression, fatigue, over sleeping, insomnia, most of them are related to watching porn one way or another.

    Then think about it when not watching porn and recovering from this addiction, each and every point will have a reason!

    You can’t sleep because your excited about a new job, or your traveling the next day.

    You have insomnia because you drank alot of coffee.

    And so on.. there will be a logical and safe explanation for each of these points, that normal healthy people can relate to.

    I wish some day you reach that, and I wish someday I reach that too.

    Until then,
    Stay strong brother.
     
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  16. I think PMO is the primary reason why I feel those symptoms, I started watching porn when I was 12 and from there on I stoped trying to get girls and become depressed the crazy thing is that I never thought that it could be it but fish do not see the water around them. Stay strong too brother it will be worth it!
     
  17. This is such a powerfull tool to become the best or the true version of yourself, it is so strange that I am just figuring that stuff out. It hurts but for a good cause just like a injection, but in that case this pain is actually the healing process, the cure.
     
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  18. jalls

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    This guy went 2 years in withdrawals www.powerofpurity.org. when I heard that, I was "on fire". You can do it
     
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  19. vince_31

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    it will pass. I went thru hell for the first 30 days. It was awful, everyday was a fight. But each day passes you grow stronger. It's going to get worse before it gets better, but its ok! its going to get better trust me. But i feel you, withdrawal symptoms sucks!
     
  20. That is crazy, thanks I will take a look :)
     
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