Extreme PIED cured!! Porn Addiction Broken, HAIR REGROWN (PHOTO'S)-Owe you guys a guide

Hi all,

I have finally cured my extreme PIED and after suffering the most brutal withdrawal symptoms I have read about I have come out the other side a new person. I feel my experiences have been extreme and I owe everyone on this site a guide/detailed description of my experiences.

Contents:

1. History
2. Research
3. Withdrawals
4. Flatline
5. Tips/Further Information

1. History

So I will keep my history brief. It will be a description of my state and level of addiction. I had been a porn user since 13. Probably got into hardcore at around 16. Unfortunately between 17 and 22 I had a serious amount of alone home time due to a number of serious injuries and therefore watched a ton of porn. The porn I watched was as intense as it gets, including fisting, anal fisting, squirting, toys etc. I never suffered HOCD or ever watched gay porn or transwoman porn or anything like that. Strictly heterosexual. I have a massive anal fetish so mainly watched that type of porn. I was always a but of a stud at school and a rugby star so woman were always attracted to me but I always found sex intimidating. There was so much pressure to perform and I hated using people (I'm a complicated dude) Anyway, I had had a few girlfriends and had noticed I had never come from blow jobs. When I finally had sex the first time at around 19 I had a half erection and it was very average experience. A few years later I got a steady girlfriend and noticed I was into filthy things like ass licking and fisting. She could also never finish me off and I would have to finish myself off while licking her a**. I love her and it really upset her so this was a sign something was very wrong. This whole time my erections were very poor. When we tried to have sex most the time I could not get it up or if I did it was 50% at best. The humiliation was unbareable. I'm 22-23 and can't even get an erection and have no libido and into fucked up things... What a loser I was. On top of this I had terrible energy levels. Slept 11-13 hours a night and had no personality anymore. This is when I decided to start doing research and trying to figure out what was wrong with me.

2. Research

Firstly, if you have not already. Check out yourbrainonporn.com This website is incredible and explained so much of the science behind porn addiction and how it was impacting my arousal levels. This site is incredible. please please please have a thorough read of this site if you are having problems.

3. Withdrawals

So once I knew that porn was the problem I started on my journey of abstinence. My withdrawal symptoms were the most intense I have ever read about. I went 3 weeks waking up each morning shaking uncontrollably to around 12pm every day. I vomited every morning during this period as well. My anxiety was uncontrollable. My energy levels were non existent. I was sick as a dog the whole time. One thing I learnt was porn addiction and cocaine addiction share the same pathway (Dopamine) and My body was going through intense withdrawal symptoms similar to a cocaine addict because it was no longer getting that dopamine hit from porn and orgasms. I had to come clean to my parents in this stage because I was properly fucked up. I thought about suicide and laughed at myself and how pathetic this was.

4. Flatline

The flatline is the worst and greatest thing in the world at the same time. My advice to get into the flatline is go full monk mode for a good week or so. This is what would lead me into the flatline. Once in the flatline it was absolutely brutal. This was when I suffered my withdrawal symptoms at their peak. You have no energy, No libido, You feel like a zombie, your withdrawals are intense, my penis shrivelled to about the size of a centimeter. I had to take time off work during this period. During the flatline you will have no interest in sex at all so monk mode is really easy once you are in one. My advice is to try get out the house and do active things. Socializing during flatline is a challenge because you will be grumpy and frustrated. My flatlines would last around 2 weeks and would end with a sex dream that would reignite my libido. When the flatline breaks you will never feel so good in your whole life. Your energy levels are like something I have never experienced since I was a kid. My erections instantly became much improve and I felt like a new person. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!! DO NOT WATCH PORN. After the flatline ends you will think you are cured and you will have improved loads but if you go back to porn I guarantee it will lead you into another flatline and set you back dramatically.

4. Libido

After the flat line my Libido would sky rocket. My erections were 100x better and I managed to have some really good sex. My hair started growing back!!!!!! I have posted the photos to this thread. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER!!!!!!! I promise I have not taken any hair growth supplements at all!

5. Tips/Further information

-I slipped up a few times over the last year and they definitely sets me back big time. Porn blockers are the only thing that truly helped me to quit porn. K9 Porn blocker on your laptop is the absolute best. Get someone to control the password for you because as hard as I tried. Even making my password things like "discipline" or "Ilovemygirlfriend" or any of that cheesy shit it still couldn't stop me going to porn. I also use the restrictions setting on my Iphone so my advice is to use that. I removed all lotions from my house and did my best not to touch my penis.

-DO NOT BREAK THE FLATLINE!!!!!!!!!!!

-Once your libido comes back if you watch porn again you will go back into another flatline.

-If you absolutely must masturbate do it without porn and any sexual thoughts. Focus purely on the pleasurable physical sensations. I can get rock hard just to physical sensation and focusing on the sensual pleasure. It is actually extremely enjoyable.

-Sex is incredibly enjoyable. I have also learnt that sex is actually supposed to be in the moment and a bonding activity. You should be thinking and craving intimacy which I had not wanted before. Sex is very sensual and I always thought it was purely physical. It is bazaar. Intimate loving sex fills up your soul (Only way I can explain it) and satisfies you on a deep level where perverted aggressive sex just gets you off. This is very hard to explain unless you've experience truly intimate sex before. The more you abstain the more you will crave intimacy. It is a strange phenomenon.

-This site was an amazing help but quitting this site is an important step in Recovery. Learn from it and acquire tools from it but there will come a time where you may need to block this site. Moving on with your life is very important.

-Even though my PIED is gone I am still getting headaches after orgasm but they are slowly getting better and better.

-I am far less perverted. The more I abstain the more and more vanilla I become. I get aroused my soft touch now and not hardcore activities and I am much happier for it. This is one of the surprising things. We laugh and joke about perversion but Porn really does make you perverted and that I find actually made me very unhappy. Intimacy makes me very satisfied and happy on a very deep level.

I will check this site over the next week or so to answer any questions anyone has. Please feel free to ask and I will answer them the best that I can!!