currently at 16 days no pmo, find myself having trouble making eye contact or connecting with people. Getting really nervous by basic social interactions, trying to get out of them as soon as possible. Starting to get desperate to O, yet having trouble attracting a female. Just last night I was out and a girl told my friend she was interested in me, and I couldn't close because I couldn't bring myself to connect with her. I kept making excuses to myself. Is this a flatline? Is this my brain trying to trick me into thinking I need PMO?
A flatline is not having any sexual urges. You said you're desperate to O. Which means you're not in a flatline. (from my understanding. I have yet to experience a flatline,)
Flatlining mans you have little to no libido. The only time PMO really becomes tempting during a flatline is just making sure you're still sexually functioning. Your experience doesn't sound much like a flatline; it sounds more like a bout of shyness.
Yes it is the flatline , every time I feel sad or afraid about something I tell myself "only a good O will help now " But I dont even have the urge to do it I just know it will help You see most of the people feel like shit when they hit flatline , they let the flatline get the reward of what you will get in the end but the fact is when you hit flatline don't beat yourself up about it don't let it get the most of it ,, accept it ,know its gonna get worse before it gets better , fall in love with the flatline , fall in love with the social anxiety , because that feeling of shit is a actually a massive sign that you are healing and in the changing progress of a better stronger person Time heal all wounds
And also the good thing is that you can see it as a problem and not like most people " uhhh maybe this is just how I am " Because the thing is you don't wanna be social awkward , you don't want to accept it , you want to change, you wanna be a alpha and talk to all the girls in the world , because this social awkwardness is a problem that you wanna beat and overcome , and you don't need to because after PMO your dopamine level decrease heavy and slowly work it self up to its natural level , and while its still low like right now you feel social awkward but just give it time , it will pass
Thanks Guys. I've been trying to kick PMO since march, with my longest streak being 30 days, but most of the time I'm only able to last 10 days. I've noticed before that around the 15 day mark I start to get increasingly anxious, so I think this is a flatline. I just moved to an amazing new city and got an amazing new job, so I really want to hit the ground running at 100%, and I know that the only way to do that is to truly reboot. Times like this make it frustrating because you know you're doing the right thing, but you feel even worse than before :/
I had a period like this during my third week. It pretty much felt like depression tbh.. lasted 5 days and then I got back to normal
