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Day 31 - Anxiety is crippling me! Any tips to overcome it?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Hopeful81, Aug 15, 2018.

  1. Hopeful81

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    Hey guys,
    I am on day 31, and this is my 3rd proper streak.. Reached 30 days and 42 days before.. I always relapse to feel better. This time I am committed to reach at least 90 or 120 days.. But since yesterday (day 30) anxiety and hitting me hard, I just feel so weak, and trembling..
    Any tips how to deal with it?
     
  2. BuyHIghSellLow

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    Proper nutrition diet and sport.
     
  3. Beamer

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    Hey brother,

    Maybe take a look here:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/53k7t9/a_list_of_all_the_bullshit_you_tell_yourself/

    Distract yourself, go outside for a walk, read a book, go into public somewhere, move away from your pc and phone if you're alone...

    Learn to stay with the feelings of discomfort, the better we can do that, the easier it becomes to accept the urges...

    Well done on 32 DAYS, don't even think of ruining your beautiful streak for instant gratification my friend, don't...
     
  4. You must learn to be at ease with thoughts and feelings, this takes a lot of practice using meditation and being mindful, purposeful, kind and patient, if you have the money i suggest the headspace app
     
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  5. Bigguy4u

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    Well, does relapsing help? After you jack it do you feel better? I don't, so I know it won't help, and I ignore the urges, sometimes it doesn't work, but better than not trying at all.
     
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  6. BuyHIghSellLow

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    I'm eat very little amounts of food with the help of huge amounts of pure water and my urges almost don't have resources to bother me.
     
  7. Dude I know how you feel. I'm 20 days in. My mind is throwing the worst shit at me, like I'm going to die or that I'm useless. My appetite is gone just eating to survive. I just want to make it out alive and a better person. That's my prayer and goal.
     
  8. You will be able to do it God Willing
    @Samwhite. Stay strong.
     
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  9. sherif1987

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    I really like the advice above to be calm and accept your thoughts, feelings, and stay with the discomfort. I'm going through hell myself and reading that and implementing it made me feel better...I hear it gets better once u hit around 90 days
     
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  10. JJackson

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    You're just going through withdrawal, it'll pass soon enough. No matter how crippling it feels, soon enough you'll feel 1000 times better.

    I was going through it for the 1st week of August and it got to the point where suicidal thoughts were going through me. Then the week after I was just the polar opposite and felt great.

    Its all just your mind freaking out because its not getting the drug that its been using for years. Just need to give it time to get over it and adjust.

    Stay strong man! It'll be better in no time!
     
  11. Hopeful81

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    I hope so.. these past few days have been horrible.. I am waking up feeling as if I took a beating lol.. Nausea and stomach cramps..
    This is so annoying...

     
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  12. It's the adrenalin man. Dopamine is actually a precursor to adrenalin. As you probably know Nofap brings down dopamine and adrenalin goes through the roof. The brain's stress centers are literally packed with dopamine receptors. In a way pmo stresses the body since it involves a lot of excitement. Problem is that the brain will shut down some, or a lot of its receptors as the addiction continues in order to compensate. It's a protective mechanism but eventually can make you feel really uncomfortable.

    Time, healthy diet and some moderate exercise, but above all, abstaining from pmo, are all crucial things to be doing in order to reboot these receptors. If you feel anxiety or panic the best mental approach would be to accept it. Going against it will make it worse. If it's really severe as in the early stages you shouldn't force yourself though. It can be very crippling. Antidepressants can bring some relief but I just don't know how they would interact with dopamine receptors, wouldn't think of them as a long term solution either.
     
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  13. Hopeful81

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    Seems you went though it right? How long was it for you? I definitely will not take anti depressants, I think they are the worse!!! Had to take a small dose for a few months for a tense stomach a few years ago.. It totally messed up my body..


     
  14. I'm in the same boat. Bit longer into the reboot but not out of the woods yet. Got pretty nasty panic attacks when I first quit pmo. It gets better over time. It can take a couple of months or well over a year, depending on your own chemistry/how severe the addiction has been. If you've been doing it for a decade withdrawal can be more intense and extended. If it persists, look up post acute withdrawal syndrome.
     
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  15. Hopeful81

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    A couple of months I fine and manageable... But if I stay like this for over a year, I would find it would be hard to survive.. Suffering like this for a whole damn year?!! I hope to see at least a bit of sunshine during this damn reboot

     
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  16. Stayingup7

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    wow I just made a prayer for God to help us all in our goals and then I scrolled down to read your comment... God is great and he can surely help, we just have to trust in the Almighty.
     
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  17. I know man. Symptoms can be hellish and utterly disabling. But the reason they're so pronounced I believe is because we'd learn that pmo is nothing we should be messing around with ever again. It's basically cocain addiction without the cocain. Well, it can be. Depending on how severe this addiction has been.
    Good news is that it gradually gets better. The intensity wears off over time. Nerves do heal very slowly but you'll need to hang on to the knowledge that it does improve. The only thing you really, really need to prevent is relapsing. If you have anxiety that's a clear sign your brain/body is very sensitive and depending on that flood of neurochemicals. You do not want to interrupt recovery process in that case.
     
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  18. Hopeful81

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    Thanks man!!
    Definitely don't want to relapse, It has taken a huge toll on my health and I know and I need to beat this BS if I am ever going to have a chance at a normal life..

    I just hope I start seeing at least the occasional improvements for encouragement :p


     

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