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Today is day 45 , not sure how I feel

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by seagulls6878, Jul 14, 2023.

  1. seagulls6878

    seagulls6878 Fapstronaut

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    Like the title says today is day 45 with no pmo. I need help you guys . I won’t to know if what I’m feeling and experiencing is normal. I’m no longer getting semen leakage after I urinate . I also have no cravings to look at or view porn. I feel completely done with that . However , the reason I don’t want to look at or view porn is because I have no sex drive . I’m 31 and I’ve had pied/ ED since I was 20 years old . In the past I would still fap with my flaccid dick and watch porn. This time it’s different . I still have ed and pied but I don’t desire porn anymore . My emotions feel very dulled and I don’t know if this is flatline or not. I feel very very very sad that I will stay like this forever . I was seeing a girl , we were talking for a couple months . I think I got this clean time because of her . I knew I had to change . She’s not in my life anymore . Last weekend she came over to my apartment . She told me she was converting back to Pentecostalism (long jean skirts and speaking in tongues ) and we couldn’t be together because I’m not Pentecostal . She sat on my couch and cried and basically walked out of my life forever. For the first time , in a long time, I cried too . I really liked her and now she’s gone . She helped me though , I stayed clean for her. She had a lot of trauma and abuse and I wish her the best . I didn’t think it was going to go down like that . I miss her terribly , but hey I was able to feel . The desire to fap is gone and look at porn is gone but now I’m dealing with sadness , despair and more loneliness and self loathing . She deleted me off Facebook and Snapchat . I asked my friend , who is a girl, why she did that . My friend said it’s because she still likes me but it’s too painful to see my face . I guess this is her way of moving on. I’m crying again as I’m typing this . All these years you hate yourself and think you’re a no good pos and this girl comes around and brags to her friends how much of a gentleman you are to her . I feel like she may have helped me. She sent me some pics of her , provocative , but I don’t count that as a relapse. I still feel really really sad and depressed . Does this get better with more abstinence ? Is it normal to feel this way after 45 days of clean time. I hate to say this but the one thing I find joy in is knowing that I’ll die one day . Then this pain from this life will be over . Hopefully I can go to a better place . I was raised Catholic and it was sort of forced on me , I resented it . Now , I just really really hope there is a better place . I feel crazy , almost like I’m losing it . I just want to know if this is normal to feel this way at this stage . My dad worries about me . He sends me pics of me and him when I’m a toddler , idk why he does that . Better days ? Idk . I just want to know if what I’m feeling is normal . Me and this girl , we talked everyday for like 2 months . I’m just having a hard time now . Cause I really really wanna hear her voice but I know it’s over , she left me to work on herself , go back to her religious roots . The world seems like a dark and cold place. I keep replaying it in my head , when she told me about going back to her religion. This really really hurts . I called my best friend couple nights ago . I was crying and I said I don’t think I can do this anymore once my parents are gone . Can someone just help me , with these thoughts . Please .
     
  2. fauxfun999

    fauxfun999 Fapstronaut

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    It sounds like you are in Flatline brother.
    I had very similar moods and thoughts while I was going through nofap at this stage.
    I am now on day 120 and feeling optimistic, full of energy, and my penis is improving every day.

    I am not a professional therapist, but one thing I do know is that you will feel better, these feelings and moods are always temporary.
    My flatline came back a few times, it almost seemed to be on a 30 day repeat cycle, but that has stopped now.
    So be aware that sometimes we do get multiple flatlines in our journey brother.

    Have hope for the future brother, paradoxically these feelings and thoughts you are having is a sign of your brain healing.
    It is repairing the damage done by fapping to porn and needs to go offline for a while to reset the damaged circuits, but one day in the next 2 months you will wake up one morning full of energy and optimism, and be excited at how great you feel.

    Your body will be full of energy, and your mind will be full of motivation, and your life will be full of possibilities.
    In the meantime, know that what you are feeling is perfectly normal on the nofap journey, and that you have many brothers who have gone through the same feelings, myself included.

    Just keep looking forward to each day, take your recovery day by day, and within a few months you will be living a new better life.

    Cheers for now brother.
     
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  3. yngmoney

    yngmoney Fapstronaut

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    I know this quote gets used a lot, but I feel it is applicable here:

    "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

    You have made it 45 days already, that is a huge accomplishment! Take a moment to relish in that victory, but do not allow yourself to give up.

    You are halfway on your journey to 90, and your symptoms are very much in line with typical flatline symptoms. You will come out of this stronger and feel so much happier, so long as you stay the course.

    As for the girl, I am sorry to hear that brother, and I know you probably don't want to hear the typical "there's plenty of fish in the sea" but it really is the truth. There is no "soulmate" for any of us, that is all hokey nonsense. We are compatible with many many people in this world, and you will find another whom you are even more compatible with.

    Trust me, I was in a serious relationship for 6 years. It was really hard at first, but it gets easier and I am stronger as a person now than at any point in my relationship with her.

    Stay strong brother.
     
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  4. seagulls6878

    seagulls6878 Fapstronaut

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    I feel better knowing these feelings are normal . Thanks guys .
     
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