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Could someone please give me some advice! Please.

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Slowlybutsurely, Dec 30, 2020.

  1. Slowlybutsurely

    Slowlybutsurely Fapstronaut

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    Could someone help me with a question I have please!
    I’m on day 43 of nofap after suffering pied way too long.
    I started in July and have had streaks ranging from 52 days, 30 days and week here and there and now I’m on day 43.

    I had really bad flatlines when I first started in July but during my latest streak of 43 days my anxiety and depression lifted but these past 2 weeks I think I’ve fallen into a flatline.
    I thought I would be over the flatline stages I felt so good before 2 weeks ago. Also my penis size looked bigger but now it seems to have gotten smaller again when flaccid.

    Could this be a flatline or have I just peaked with feeling the nofap benefits?
     
  2. HE^MAN

    HE^MAN Distinguished Fapstronaut

    Flatline is not related to the size of penis.
    In flatline you dont feel good even things which excites you will seems normal. Every one has different experiences in flatline.
    I think your brain is trying to make you fall...let some days pass and it will be alright.
     
    Last edited: Jan 4, 2021
  3. Slowlybutsurely

    Slowlybutsurely Fapstronaut

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    Thanks for your reply, appreciate it!
     
  4. Daxos

    Daxos Fapstronaut

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    Sounds like a flatline for usre.

    Too be honest, you are kind of a dick to think it should get healed this fast. Sounds harsh, I know, but you need to accept that PIED is something that only truly starts healing by definition from 42 days onward. Science told us that it takes about 42 days until Delta-Fosfor-B accumulation in addicted pathways start to deteriorate after abstaining from the substance (PMO in this case). The first 42 days are just overcoming the mental hold it has over you. After 42 days you are just starting to physically get rid of the addiction as Delta-Fosfor-B is the proteine (i thought it was a proteine) that is found in all addictions and only forms in addictions.

    Many people have reported flatlines even over day 100. I had a flatline around day 70-80 too. Much less hard than previous ones, but there is usually not just 1 flatline, but multiple, ranging in severity and duration.

    But don't worry, as flatlines are a great sign. You only get flatlines if you are on your way to break free. Flatlines happen when you try to abstain. It is the addiction kicking back extra hard and your body and brain shutting down in a sense to seek solutions. It is inevitable, but is is necessary.
     
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  5. Hawkeye99

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    Hello I just had a question regarding the flatline. I am on day 37-38 hard mode streak and I don't know whether I am on a flatline. I get good morning woods but throughout the day I have no libido at all. Even when I met with my girlfriend y'day we kissed and my little one was totally DEAD. Even if I view porn right now ( I definitely won't) I don't think I'll get any erection at all and yet I have fantasies during my sleep that are so real that after I wake up I wonder whether I had an ejaculation ( no nighfalls or wet dreams though). I don't understand where I stand right now. I had a few good streaks prior to this 1, the longest being 86 days but I think this is the 1st time I have morning woods yet no libido throughout the day.
     
  6. Slowlybutsurely

    Slowlybutsurely Fapstronaut

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    I know I must come across like a dick but I don’t mean to. I’m just desperate to get on with my life and try and have a relationship that lasts more than 2 weeks where I don’t have to keep making excuses not to have sex as my dick won’t work as it should.I know it will take time.

    Could I ask if you are working healthy now and if so how long did it take?

    Thanks for your reply I really appreciate it! All the best for 2021!
     
    Last edited: Dec 31, 2020
  7. Slowlybutsurely

    Slowlybutsurely Fapstronaut

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    You sound just like me mate! I really hope you beat this!
     
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  8. Hawkeye99

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    Haha this time for sure mate. Had too many embarrassments due to PIED since last 3-4 years. PMO not only took away my normal sex life it also gave me social anxiety and lack of concentration in my studies which really messed up my career. I wish you all the best. Stay strong we'll beat this for sure.
     
  9. Daxos

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    Probably flatline, but it could also just be that your dopamine is downscaled. When you abstain from any addiction, your dopamine levels actually decrease even further. This is normal by the way. It is a sort of panic by the brain, but it will subside. I had the same too. Only after about 60 days did I truly start to notice definitive positive changes in PIED levels. It takes time and progress sometimes comes very acute.
     
  10. Daxos

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    I know, I was just dicking around.

    I had completed multiple bigger streaks. My biggest was more than 300 days, but I was always near fully healed at around day 90. But how fast you heal is dependent on maaaany variables
     
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  11. Hawkeye99

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    Thanks for the reply. So I'll just wait and see how it goes after I complete 60 days or more. I also feel really very bored at things that I usually liked doing although my afternoon fatigue I was having since I don't know how many years has improved a lot in this streak.
     
  12. Slowlybutsurely

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    Wish I knew about all this before I started wankin myself stupid all those years ago to porn, ha! . Cheers for your time mate, I appreciate it!
     
  13. Daxos

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    Sounds extremely familiar. I had the same. Things I regularly enjoyed seemed bored to me when I was binging and constant relapsing. The boredom comes from a dried up dopamine well. Nothing excites you anymore and you just want to sit and be useless.
     
  14. Daxos

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    I feel you. If I hadn't wanked like a little bitch all the time during my puberty and very early twenties I would've been so much farther in life. But we shouldn't be to hard on ourselves. We were the first ones to be subjected to the great porn experiment as Gary Wilson said. We are the vanguard of male rebirth. NoFap is the only way. We can only hope that our community grows so society can regrow with more powerful men than the weak men brought up in the post-feminism era
     
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  15. Hawkeye99

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    Exactly how I feel right now. I know I have to get some job done and there is a deadline approaching yet I have to drag myself to work. No enthusiasm whatsoever just feel like sitting idle binging netflix or playing videogames. Hope I get over this phase soon enough
     
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  16. Slowlybutsurely

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    I’m back to work today after the Xmas holidays, hopefully I get some routine back in my life
     
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  17. Hawkeye99

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    Good luck mate! Hope you kick ass this year.
     
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