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Personal side effects of porn and masturbation rebooting (depression)

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by boy_meets_evil, Nov 5, 2018.

  1. boy_meets_evil

    boy_meets_evil New Fapstronaut

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    The purpose of this post is to let people that are struggling with something similar to me know some side effects of detaching from porn and masturbation while having depression.

    So its been 6 days since I've started the rebooting challenge and I feel better in several areas of my personal life, I feel more motivated, with more energy and more confident overall, however, I've also felt moments where emotions are really strong. For example, a friend told me something that made me feel a little betrayed and it felt awful, it wasn't such a big deal but it hit me really hard.

    Another thing that I may add is that sometimes I feel a cocktail of emotions just flowing through me, I believe this is just withdrawal screwing with me, this is just my body remembering what emotions and sensations feel after overwhelming them with frequent orgasms. I would compare this to using painkillers in a certain area of your body and suddenly stopping them and start inducing different sensations, it would feel very weird and probably painful even if the stimulus you use isn´t such a big deal.

    I will continue reporting the stages of my recovery, i wish every single one of you who is on this same journey all the luck and willpower in the world :)
     
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  2. TheManDude

    TheManDude Fapstronaut

    That happens because we've been using PMO as a way to escape from our emotions and let go of stress, basically some of us need to mature and learn to handle emotion in a adult way. With time and with enough selfawereness you'll be able to control your emotions better and learn to not take people words or actions personally which I believe that we also do a lot because of our addict way of behaving.

    This article explain this in a really good way: https://blogs.psychcentral.com/sex/2014/07/narcissism-porn-use-and-addiction/

    Good luck brother!
     
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  3. Keep it up, things will get better in time. Read here and don't be afraid to reach out and ask questions.
     

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