I have gone about 16 days now without PMO, and for the past couple of nights, very unusually for me, I haven't been able to sleep very well at all. I also recall that the last time I went a long time without PMO, I had sleeping issues also. Does anyone else have this experience? Does this Insomnia go away after a time? Any thoughts or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Yup, I recently went 2 weeks and have slept about 4 hours a night which is unsusual. I nearly always get at least 7 or 8 hours since I do a physical job and am exhausted by the end of the day. The crazy thing is, I have so much extra energy that it almost feels normal. I feel like I might have to go a month of this pattern before my newfound energy and lack of sleep just puts me into complete exhaustion and I can sleep for an entire weekend.
Yes I suffer from insomnia always. I don't know it has to do with fapping or not since I started at such am early age. I'm on day 14ish and get really restless around 2-4 am. By restless I mean needing a release bad. The first week was easy, but it's getting worse. I've been trying to workout before bed, it seems to be working. Stay strong!
Interesting, Werd. Maybe I should just get up when I'm awake and try to make things work? I'm naturally suspicious of not-sleeping when I should be. Perhaps this is just the new, more-energy having me?
Be careful of this. This is how I relapsed on day 37. I couldn't go to sleep and unusually strong urges came. I fought the urges for 2 hours. I should have just gotten out of bed and decided not to try to sleep. 37 day streak down the drain just because I didn't have a plan in place.
I've also had times during my first time going no PMO and not being able to sleep. For me though, it was because I was often REALLY horny at nighttime. If it's the same for you, just take some deep breaths, listen to some music, and give sleep your best shot.
In the long-run, you're better off not sleeping tonight and not acting out than acting out, getting a good night's sleep, and being back to square one.
I am 15 days in on no MO and have been waking up every two hours or so for the past two nights. This waking up is not because I am anxious about something connected to work or family issues. I usually sleep straight through the night for 7 or 8 hours, so this trouble sleeping I think might very well be connected to nofap and my body resetting itself. I hope this messed-up sleep ends soon.
Yep, same in here. It was about day 20 till day 40. Woke up with anxiety and depression. Hard times - but you ll survive it!
I have three months of bad sleep. I have lack of energy. I am dreaming of the times I will sleep well again.
Cut out binge/heavy drinking as this also exacerbates porn withdrawal significantly. Stop smoking as well if you guys smoke. I had a binge drink over Xmas, New Years. What followed was two months of shit sleep, worst thing ever.