Possible withdrawal symptoms?

1dayasalion · Jun 26, 2014

I'm curious as to after starting NoFap, what withdrawal symptoms have you faced within the first week other than horniness? I have done NoFap before (longest streak 14 days), and gave up for a little while, but now I am recommitting. Recently I was PMOing 1-3x daily which was more than I usually did. This time around I am experiencing more symptoms than other attempts - possibly related to the amount of PMO?

Withdrawal symptoms -
*Anxiety
*more rapid/fluttery heartbeat...anyone had this?
*Desire to stay in my apartment alternating with desire to get out in public
*weird 'waves', like the muscle tensing right before a shudder

Anyone have any ways to decrease anxiety? Unfortunately I just had surgery, so I can't do anything more physical than walking (exercise was how I coped before, can't do that for another 3 weeks)

Deleted Account · Jun 26, 2014

I have definitely had those random spikes of heartbeat/butterflies in the stomach things. Social anxiety ironically gets worse before it gets better, as well as the rest of the stuff (depression, ED etc.).

When you don't feel like going out but you think you need to, don't force it. Approach situations with a loving approach rather than a fearful one, this way you won't get down on yourself for not being perfectly sociable.

Don't know about the waves thing not sure what that is.

Incorporate meditation. This is a powerful way to not only regulate your mood, but solidify your self-control more than any other way I know.

1dayasalion · Jun 26, 2014

Good to know that other people experience the heartbeat/butterflies, helps me to rationalize it. Same with the worse before better effect, helps to be reminded it's not a linear progression. It's important that I remind myself that those anxiety/depressive effects are due to a reboot rather than being from other parts of my life - helps to 'logic' it.

That is a good point about not forcing social situations. I do tend to evaluate every situation I involve myself in, so forcing one as opposed to it being a natural engagement would probably give me worse results. I have already noticed myself maintaining eye contact better with attractive girls (I've had this 'superpower' before, but it went away during my relapse period). I look forward to the natural conversationalist flows and other people starting conversations with me that I get at around day 8-10.

How do you suggest to meditate? I've tried it before but never have gotten a grasp on it - brain keeps floating random thoughts and what not.

Deleted Account · Jun 27, 2014

Yeah, and remember that during certain periods (for me pretty much all of day 40-90) it can get rough and you may just have to stick it out while your brain recovers.

There are plenty of resources on meditation, I always just have followed a really crude practice of breathing in through the nose and breathing out through the mouth. In some situations I do actually "think"- as in if there's an emotional problem that I want to work on I exhaust it from every possible angle during meditation. This often leads to some helpful resolution.

Heres a Buddhist site: http://www.how-to-meditate.org/

Heres some foundational advice: https://www.nyimc.org/how-to-meditate/

You're brain will try to keep floating away, it happens to me too. If you want to meditate where you think about nothing at all then focus only on breath and when your thoughts wander gently return them to center.

Even though I enjoy meditating about certain topics, meditating without thoughts is the most powerful healing tool I've come across.

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