Day 308 still flatlining

Hey man, I was exactly the same. Gone about 280 days of nofap and was still having a lot of mental withdrawal symptoms. Mostly social anxiety, insomnia, depression and anhedonia in the later days of my streak. Too bad I relapsed many times after that. Had just relapsed 1 hour ago again. Fuck this shit. You can check out my profile and check out my posts about PAWS (post acute withdrawal syndrome) 308 days is great... DONT RELAPSE MAN, trust me. Take the pain and one day it will get better and life regains its color and beauty again.

 

Guys, maybe I’m missing something here but have you ever considered starting to have some sexual contact in real life? I’m not talking about penetration. Maybe meeting a girl - or a guy, if it’s the case - who can help yo experience some of real life stuff like kissing cuddling etc? It seems you have sexual energy and have nothing to spend with - and so your brain remains in a foggy situation as it does not have a way for spending that amount of energy.
Hope you guys the best.

 

I feel you man on your suffering as I went through it also for almost 2 years straight. You can check my contents out and others as well.

 

16-20 years of heavy porn use; you need more time. Congrats on making it this far dude most guys on here haven't come close but in truth you may need another 6 months to a year because 16-20 years is a long time. Hang in there and be tough. You should also try to rewire with women dude, that may be the jumpstart you need. Try to meet some ladies and lose that V-Card.

 

I feel that it depends on length of time, for example I'm currently about 7 1/2 months in my reboot from about 14 years of pmo, I had sex at month 4 and that sent me into a huge flatline for about a month and a half. Last week I had two wet dreams in a row Thursday, Friday, and had sex twice Saturday and Sunday and I feel a flatline but nothing in comparison to my previous one. If I were you I would test the waters, you've come very far so I don't think 1 sexual encounter here and there is going to hurt you. Just remember you have to rewire your body and brain to actual women and get accustomed to real sex and connection so don't be surprised if you still have issues maintaining an erection. Understand that the process of rebooting and rewiring are different and once you've completed a reboot you can still potentially have premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation, non pleasurable sex. So test the waters right now and get a baseline understanding of where you are in your recovery, if you want, at the end of the day it's your body, your recovery, your choice. Good luck man!!!

 

I'd rather flatline forever than go back to PMO.

 

I can relate to that. In fact I was wondering if those symptoms and cycles were really from withdrawal or, on the other hand, were unrelated to PMO. I hope it's all a consequence of years of PMO because otherwise I see myself doomed, since I don't know how else could I fix my life. I have read accounts of plenty of people who have needed at least 2 years to recover. That would imply still a long way ahead unfortunately.

 

you need to transmute that sexual energy into something productive

 

Yep and when you close to healing, then flatline return again.

 

the problem is, some in flatline have no sexual energy to transmute