Duration of withdrawals

The first two weeks are the hardest because you don't see much progress with it. After that they sort of counterbalance each other and the withdrawal is less physically painful.

 

I'm on my 3rd reboot. The 1st was 26 days, 2nd 16, and now 3rd on day 7. 49 out of 51 days PMO free. Today is gets bad. I get headaches and bad urges. I don't flatline. My 16 day one should have been longer but I added a social media and cursing detox into the mix and it was too much at once. Now I should be adjusted to all three. The main thing I notice positive wise is I'm so much firmer and sensitive during the day. Even with the two relapse days real women look 100 times better. My ED is not porn induced but medication induced but adding any kind of porn makes it worse. Reboot works better than pills. If you feel awful during the reboot it's ok to try to take the edge off the pain with some Advil for headaches, Try breathing exercises or meditation for anxiety, hot baths for muscle aches and pains, etc. The reboot will be uncomfortable not matter what but don't make it so torturous you will never last. The biggest issue that most people in these forums fail to mention is learning how to handle urges when still. You can't go non stop 24/7 to avoid PMO or you are just avoiding the problem. Looking inside yourself is never easy but necessary.

 

Don't think of it as 90 days. That's a problem I see on here. People think scaring people to say it could take years etc just increase the persons anxiety. Think of it as a day to day process. I'm not a porn addict I could 6-8 months and never look at it and never miss it. The simple sight of a naked girl or bikini model doesn't mean I have to whack right then and there. My ED is medication induced. I did NoFap simply as an experiment. Trust me if I didn't see anything positive happening with no dick I wouldn't be rebooting. I was masturbating maybe 2X a week at most not 20 times. I didn't need porn to masturbate but I did use a it sometimes. It my dick wasn't firmer during the day, my erections like flagpoles, and my sensitivity incredibly heightened I wouldn't be rebooting. I'm also single and no seeing anybody at the moment. Honestly most of it is impulse control and learning to handle urges when you can't run away from them. I'm doing it because it seems to work.

 

40 days is awesome. I thought 26 for myself was a miracle. You know when it works? When it works for you.

 

No Nap isn't a cure all for all problems either

 

My practice?

 

2 months

 

I'm still having them now.

I did do one long streak in the past and i think i turned a corner on day 50 that time i'm hoping for the same this time.