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How does "brain fog" feel for you?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by saneagain, Oct 31, 2017.

  1. FromZeroToNinety

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    Do you know the moment when you drink alcohol and start noticing the very first effects it has on you? Like when you turn your head and look around you and it feels a tiny little bit like you are in a dream? That's brain fog for me.
     
  2. Brain fog for me is like I’m retarded in thought. Cannot concentrate/focus, think of the word to say, get lost in thoughts. It’s like a switch has been turnt off in my brain. And if I’m talking to people I tend to zone out it seems the conversation is too stimulating for me to handle, even tv sometimes too.
     
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  3. Guybrushgood

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    Hey bro! Im like you. Same symptoms for years, cant concentrate, fog, all 24/7. My streak currently is 85 days and nothing Has changed. Have you had any change during the last time?
    I just Hope to wake Up one day and all this insane gone away
     
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  4. Anonymous86

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    How long have you been PMOing for?
     
  5. Mr.Mask

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    For those with brain fog, have you taken up a mentally stimulating hobby or pursue a productive endeavor? Speaking for myself, reading up on a new topic or philosophy provides me momentary relief. I feel mental fatigue afterward but not dissimilar after physical exertion at the gym. Perhaps if one pursues this avenue with enough consistency that temporary reprieve can be the default.

    I know this though, simply abstaining from PMO is not enough.
     
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  6. Guybrushgood

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    I'm 31 years , been pmoing since 13, but i dont remember doing it compulsively. I think i started doing it much more around 20 around 2 or 3 times a week, maybe sometimes more, i really dont remember so well. Have memory problems cuz that. dont know when it will end, just need to stick with nofap
     
  7. SuperFan

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    For me, I'd describe brain fog as feeling "blank" in your mind.

    Have you ever caught yourself in a blank stare? Like, you're just staring at a wall or something, and then suddenly you snap out of it? That's what brain fog feels like to me. I can still go through the motions, I can still have logical and intellectual thoughts--but there's this physical feeling of detachment, like my brain is always in this floaty/numb state.
     
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  8. 23.exe

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    Is this shit really what happens when you stop PMO for extended times? I'm in Year 11 right now (I live in Australia, high school goes from Year 7 to Year 12 and I am currently 16 years old) and if I have this "brain fog" thing happening to me during my final exams I'm screwed!
     
  9. JakeO5

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    Brain fog has nothing to do with pain, preasure or feeling , brain fog is lack of focus and forgetfulness, mild memory loss of the short term memory, like someone is speaking to you and after only 2 seconds you forgot what the person said or you read something on FB and then you want to search it on the Internet but then you forgot what you wanted to search. The pain and pressure you guys feel are also a common withdrawal symptom it is stress, and you don't need to stress about something to feel stress it is your brain coping without PMO, just give it time
     
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  10. Prashanna

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    Brain fog is just 'fog' in your brain. You can't think clearly or concentrate. You're in a dreamy 'high' state, kinda.. It happens with me always. I'm watching a movie and unless it's a really interesting scene, my brain starts to wander away, and then I tell myself "dude you're watching a movie, pay attention", to bring back my focus back, and because of this I sometimes can't enjoy very intellectual movies. Games work better for me as I'm actively doing something, but even there, when I'm seeing cutscenes, I'm paying no attention to it unless it's really really interesting. Basically my interest threshold is high, so anything slightly non interesting makes me go blank. I also think it's irrelevant to PMO, but I maybe too inexperienced to say so. I'm 30 and have been MO-ing since 10, once a week, and PMO ing only since 18, pretty much once a day everyday since, but I've always been like this unless I'm in an extremely alert / happy mood. Also, this no Pmo of 31 days so far hasns't made any difference in me in that department.
     
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  11. Iguana

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    nah bro they're saying this happens when you DONT stop!
     
  12. Iguana

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    this is very relevant to PMO! your brain is so fucked up by huge releases of dopamine that many of your d-receptors are closed, your brain feels no pleasure from things that are not ultra stimulating like porn or videogames, that is unhealthy and you should really consider how much dopamine your actions produce and should take a long challenge to regulate that again
     
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  13. Anonymous86

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    This is almost exactly how I feel.
     
  14. My brain fog started alleviating at my 27 Day streak and I had been masturbating for 4 years. One thing I have noticed is that it does get better for me.
     
  15. It might take longer for people who have been doing it for longer amount of times.
     
  16. Guybrushgood

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    That is exactly my brain fog. Hope that itll disapper some mágicamente morning yo enjoy the Life. 85 days and nothing has changed. Greetings
     
  17. Since dopamine is the precursor to the stress hormone epinephrine (adrenaline), excess dopamine results in the adrenal glands overproducing epinephrine and putting the body in a prolonged state of fight-or-flight stress," says Dr. N.K.Lin.

    DP or DR are caused by adrenaline rush and it is in our blood and masturbation also contributes to it by adding in more stress/cortisol. In order for the chemicals and hormones to return to hempstasis you need to stop. However, the time needed to recover can vary depending on how much times you used to masturbate and the duration you did it for.
     
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  18. So dp and dr are caused by both dopamine receptors and excess adrenaline? If so, how do we lower adrenaline? Does it stay in our blood that long? If not, then the problem are our receptors than?
     
  19. Dear community!

    We all should know at this point in time, that no pleasure is for free. Everything has a price, so does sexual pleasure.

    Excessive masturbation is the direct or indirect cause of many hideous and scary disorders, especially disorders of the mind.

    In this thread I will discuss two mental disorders, two different but in many aspects similiar in its expression; these are depersonalisation and depersonalisation.

    Derealisation is simply the feelings of being less alive, or perhaps it's best described as the lack of feelings of being alive. It's a truly scary condition, when the individual does not respond as powerful to external stimuli anymore, they report feeling as living in a dream, they report a smaller range of emotions, some report a complete loss of emotions, atleast positive ones. Basically the everything they feel is fear and anxiety. And reader, don't you know at this point what makes you feel fear? What is the most effective way to increase the fear in someone? Masturbation! The symptoms of derealisation varies a little from individual to individual but there are some common ones that I'll list here:

    * Detachment from reality and from oneself
    * Some kind of disconnection to emotions
    * Feelings of living in a bubble and sometimes a feeling of their eyes being covered with some immaterial substance
    * Disconnection from memories
    * Loss of clear will and goals
    * Generally weird thoughts

    Depersonalisation is kind of the same, but here it's more of a detachment of oneself, and not of the environment. An individual can have both of these disorders, making it even more painful

    So why does everyone relate this to some childhood trauma? Probably because the disorders itself cast such a fog and doubt over the individuals entire being. Many ignorant people then turn to the psychoanalytical nonsense, and try to explain their wicked condition with some hubbla-habbla models that never been scientifically proven. Fact is, and I don't know how many times I'll have to say it, humans are experts at resisting the misfortune of life. We're born with tremendous strength and in the vast majority of lives, we're about to expect a decent mental health, and most people keep their general will to live throughout their life. It's impossible to develop derealisation and depersonalisation without an occuring unnatural influence such as masturbation, heavy drug abuse or excessively alcohol intake. And one single drug experience cannot cause this disorder. But when someone combine stress, drugs and masturbation, then the individual is more than likely to suffer from a scary mental disorder of some kind.

    Masturbation, trauma, panic anxiety all contribute to a disorder of this kind, but it's very likely that it would never occur if the individual never practiced masturbation.

    * Most people that got this disorder develop it in puberty when masturbation is frequently practiced

    And it doesn't always have to break out during the act, or after, but some days after, or in combination with a drug, or a panic anxiety attack. However, panic anxiety is in many, many cases, if not almost all cases caused by masturbation. Marijuana or a single use of alcohol does not have the power to induce a disorder of this kind alone, but if the individual has weakened his/her vitality with excessive masturbation, and by nature is a nervous person, then it's a very high chance to develop it, especially if it's triggered by masturbation.

    There are also persons with a perfectly normal childhood, who never tried a drug and who never had a panic anxiety attack who develop this disorder. Then it's caused by masturbation alone. The root of this disorder is fear, it's a state of constant fear and it's the fear that makes the individual detached from reality and oneself, and in some cases other people too.

    Is there a cure?

    Yes it is. Abstain from masturbation, porn and other sexual activity, do not take any drug whatsoever, don't even think of drinking alcohol or marijuana, since marijuana increases the fear in some individuals and worsens this condition. Don't use caffeine, nicotine either, those are poisons to the mind. If you had DR/DP for years then it will take years to fully recover from it, however benefits are expected to be seen after some months.

    This is an unnatural disorder caused by unnatural influences.

    - Clumsy
     

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