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Having anxiety attacks when on NoFap?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by BetaToAlpha, Feb 19, 2017.

  1. Hello, while on some days on a NoFap streak I feel wonderful, like high almost. There are some other days where I get anxiety and panic attacks if I don't wank. Is it withdrawal. Just a few minutes ago I relapsed after a 3 day hard streak lol. Beofore that I did NoFap for several periods of 5, 5, 7 and 8 days.:)

    I went to the library today and I almost couldn't get up to go to the toilet as I had the abdominal puslation/stomach butterflies thingy I get (most likely related to my adrenals shooting cortisol or adrenaline?). Maybe it's hard to undergo a dopamine withdrawal with shitty adrenals. Also when I lifted weights my prostate felt like exploding and I had a tingling feeling in my urethra. Anyway I got aroused which turned into a panic attack and I had to wank to relieve the stress. Maybe I should calming things like valerian root while undergoing a withdrawal?
     
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  2. To bump my thread, not all is bad. Here are the positive changes when going on these streaks:
    - Girls look at me more and even smile at me (they usually ignore me and don't look at me AT ALL)
    - More confidence and windows of euphoria
    - I feel manlier and want to protect my GF, not intimidated by other people (yes, women intimidated me, too)
    - I swear I've been undergoing something like a second puberty and my testicles seem larger. My chest hair finally started "hatching". Even right now after relapsing three days ago and again yesterday (x2 Os yesterday) my balls still feel fuller and heavier than before I started doing these NoFap streaks. They also hang lower. I guess God hears my prayers for becoming more masculine (PMO delayed my puberty and made me effeminate), but I also use Masculinization binaural beats and frequencies.
    - I no longer like girly stuff like soap operas, I'm back to enjoying sports and Formula 1 like I did as a kid before I started jerking off lol. What nurture, for me it's all about hormones/androgen receptors. :p
    - I also look more at real-life females bodies, faces, smiles, etc. Before it was mostly romantic, but I felt asexual. "I'm finally back to me" in a way. :D I just wish my body will stop having panic attacks when I get aroused.
    - I finally feel like I have a gender (male) rather than feeling in limbo/asexual/agendered. Mind you, I was always romantically attracted to females, even in my PMO hell, but something was weird, I was too emotional and my mannerisms were too fluid so to say...that made me a forever alone guy as women would assume I'm gay. Now I seem to have started finally maturing and metamorphosing into a true male. And it feels great.
     
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  3. ChampionBaller

    ChampionBaller Fapstronaut

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    It's fine.. just ur body is adjusting itself to find a real mate n not a hand lol..
     
  4. Altaier

    Altaier Fapstronaut

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    Bro, what you are experiencing happened to many others and that is one of the symptoms of this addiction , PMO is literally a drug never resort back to the drug to relief yourself . Try get busy go out with friends , stay away from girls and turn your gaze away from them , these tiny details are super important. Increase your testosterone levels with weight lifting and fasting!! Yes fasting read how fasting can drastically help with fighting masturbation and makes you more masculine and has been prescribed thousand years ago . These things will speed up recovery.
     
  5. thefaptrap

    thefaptrap Fapstronaut

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    yup withdrawl man, Your brain isnt getting its fix and its in panic mode...See that's the point of nofap and reboot. We wont let the brain have what it wants which is easy instant gratification. Part of the journey bro, just fight it. You become a stronger individual when you get past it. Tell your brain no. No easy way out. You must work to achieve that gratification it needs the natural way, with a woman/wife. Good luck brother
     
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  6. Yeah, but the thing is it made me have a panic attack due to getting aroused. I'll hate it if I'll have to avoid sex with women due to having panic attacks when horny.

    Any suggestions how to calm my brain down from the dopa withdrawal, guys? I think valerian root works, but I have to take multiple doses than what's recommended.

    Also, how to not feel this "I might cum handsfree any moment" feeling? I get it even when not aroused on NoFap, like my prostate is being massaged inside LOL.

    BTW, I do weightlifting but I cannot fast as I'm very skinny and desperately need to gain more weight.
     
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  7. Vairagya

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    I am on day 5. Same thing is happening me. I am in library studying. I can focus but it's all anxiety running over me. I will not surrender though.
     
  8. blademaster87

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    Anxiety is an overwhelming feeling, but you can use it. There's a reason the body does this things to us. It's biologically concerned with this new environment and way of living that's different to the status quo. Our bodies fear change, but we can't. There must be a way to transform the energy of anxiety into a driving force. It means we are ready, we have the power to do what we want.
     

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