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Is this flatline?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Deleted Account, Jan 25, 2018.

  1. Hi so days 0-18 I felt constantly like I was gonna have a spontaneous O, very strong urges. But was enjoying the reboot process, felt alive and my usual happy bouncy self.

    Night of day 18 had a wet dream, which was actually more of a nightmare. There was no pleasure with the orgasm, it was purely contractions / tension release

    Since then all urges have all gone, feel tearful and lethargic and a bit like a big part of me has died. Not enjoying it at all. Honestly i feel a bit low which is very unlike me. On day 20 now so it's only the second day of this and it's already making me wonder if it's worth it. What if I just stay like this. What if I never have an orgasm again unless I go back to my old ways etc etc

    Im guessing this is flatline? Guess I'm looking for some reassurance that this is actually progress. And if you've been through flatline how long did it last?
     
  2. furture doctore

    furture doctore Fapstronaut

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    ahh, yes. " making you wonder if it's worth it" classic good old P brain for ya. ( a important tip: don't test if it still works, you will find it works just fine)

    one, don't worry about you will never have an orgasm again, your body will get more sensitive as you "leave it alone", you won't be saying this after the flatline goes away. two, for me, it feels awesome, i mean, i don't feel like want to have O, yes! its awesome isn't it? you don't have to hide and think about it anymore, and wasting time doing it anyway!

    for me, i felt lost first, because it took me at least hour to "finish", and after that i feel tired af, then lying on bed, didn't want to do anything. but now, i have too much time on hand and don't know what to do with them, thats why people kept saying "make yourself busy".

    about the question of "how long", people say everyone is different, some people take long and some people take short.

    lots of people didn't have wet dreams even after they reboot. so yeah you get my point.

    "feel bit low" and even depressed. my understanding is that, PMO probably happened when i depressed, stressed, happy, sad, etc. basically was the thing what i was consider, the one and only good thing and relief that i had for my sorrow life and all my problems back then, and now i can't even do that, what was the point of life then, my life is shit and i can't even do the one and only thing that makes me happy( this is what i thought when i was depressed after starting nofap).

    BUT! as i pushed through, my feeling about world has been changed, i felt more alive more like, i had nothing to hide, i had my own point of view for things and people,my energy level is like i drink a can of red bull for every hour, i have to "waste them" somewhere, or other wise i can't sleep during the night. of course later to flatline, i felt tired because i can't sleep well and so on, but i feel sleepy, not tired if you know what i mean.

    yes, it may looks pointless, BUT, it has more points than PMO. your body will accept the change eventually, and not doing any harm( think about monks, they seems to live ok, right?)
    even if it is pointless, then what, if you make it, its a proof of you have a strong self control! still worth a shot right?
    just push through and see what happens, if you do make it through, you are gonna feel like you are the man!(or woman)!

    keep fighting! you can do it.
     
  3. Colin the Librarian

    Colin the Librarian Fapstronaut

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    I'm guessing that every flatline is different just like every person is different. I personally started to flatline about day 20 but it only shows itself as ED and has no emotional impact.

    But I'm wondering, that the issue for you is less the flatline than the wet dream. Perhaps it set off neural connections expecting a further hit - and only now showing their displeasure that they aren't getting it.

    In which case you need to plough on to greener pastures through continued reboot. Don't let the siren voices take you down.
     
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  4. Anonymous86

    Anonymous86 Fapstronaut

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    Bluebell, do you have "dead sick" aka a small and shriveled penis?

    Edit: Nvm, saw you're a female.
     
  5. Thank you so much for this! I actually burst into tears reading it earlier, I was that much of an emotional looser this morning just for the gratitude of someone talking me though this haha. I have brightened up again now. This part of the reboot is apparently a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me! Yep since I fully intend to quit M for life, I am terrified that the last orgasm I had before I quit, was the last orgasm I'll ever have. The urge to test myself out by masturbating has been strong these last couple days but I will resist! Thank you so much for your encouragement :)
     
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  6. Hey I think you might actually be right! A few hours after I posted I started having urges for my other half, and we had great sex, and everything down there worked in a much better way and felt a lot better than it did pre-reboot. I was struggling to get aroused from normal sex before but today was so much better :D I had been trying to abstain from sex and do hard mode but I don't think that is necessary in my case.. the reason I am rebooting is that I have conditioned myself to only O only from PMO or FantasisingMO, so as long as I don't do that I think intimate sex will be helpful to me to wire back to how I used to be.. O'ing from sex instead of M! Hopefully! One day haha.

    Urges are already back with a vengeance following intimacy with OH so I do indeed think that the wet dream just put me out of whack for a couple days. Pushing on! Thank you so much for your help :)
     
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  7. Hey! Sorry I should have put in the post that I'm female! But if it's any help, I did have pretty much a 'dead vagina' pre-reboot. As in she seemed knackered and only responded to porn, fantasising & masturbation. Still early days but since quitting she has a nice colour, is warmer, and is, err, lubricating herself better. When my partner quit porn and attempted hard mode he went the other way and his penis did shrivel up and get smaller. It is fine now, but he relapsed at the weekend and we've also given up on hard mode so that might be why.
     
  8. Vulkan

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    Wonderful, glad nofap works for females too. Gives me hope that intimacy with a woman will be really awesome, if I manage to convince her about nofap.

    Had the same issue only a few weeks ago, I thought I am too numb down there and will maybe never have fullfilling sex. I hoped I will be cured after many months or years. Then I had a streak before new year and as you described, it already felt much better. Then in my current streak, sex felt fantastic plus strong orgasm. Guess I was cured unusually quick, but following your progress, I believe you may be there soon, too.
     
  9. Colin the Librarian

    Colin the Librarian Fapstronaut

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    Hey, that is fantastic news! :):):)
     
  10. Eeeak don't I can't even imagine haha! I think I would just die of happiness! I'm telling myself it might be a year+.. but hoping it won't be. That is amazing, I'm so glad it's had such positive results for you. I was finding before re-boot I longed for the sensation of a hard pounding. But gentle and intimate is working for me now, in fact it is so much better.
     
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  11. Thank you :D
     
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