dopamine

Dear fellow fapstronauts, Levita here. 30 years old, been watching P half of my life. Have had periods of abstinence once in a while, but never longer than a couple of months. Currently at day 36 of PMO (hard mode) and going quite strong. In my personal journal I have been writing about the...

I edged by looking up porn when I shouldn't have. I wasn't even masturbating or touching my penis, I was just looking at porn. I definitely got precum or some type of fluid coming out of my penis when I was aroused when I was edging myself. I ended up eventually masturbating, and when I did...

Today, for the first time I looked up r/nofap on reddit. I had come across nofap many times but I chose to ignore it as I was never ready to quit porn and masturbation prior to today. I had tried a few times once I got a GF but got back into the habit. Well, long story short - Whenever I try...

You will not reap the ''benefits'' or ''superpowers'' if you don't do a dopamine detox. Yeah, you heard me right. I'm not saying you should quit everything that gives you pleasure altogether. The process need to be gradative. I realized that only abstaining from PMO was not enough to make me...

After almost 6 years doing NoFap, I'm here to share my views about the reboot process I believe it's the fastest and better for a complete recovery. Most fapstronauts aim to recover themselves from porn and masturbation consequences through Hard Mode. It's a great way to heal their brain from...

Hi all, I have been meaning to write an update on my overall progress: This month marks 4.5 years (or 54 months) of recovery. The good news is that I am 100% healing, however 99% of the time it simply does not feel that way. A few weeks ago I woke up out of the flatline. No brain fog, a clear...

Hi guys. First of all - It's about this scale -> DOPAMINE - SCALE - TOLERANCE - QUICKSAND 0 is the normal baseline. This is the normal dopamine base line level. When you reach this level you are healed. You can work, study, talk to people, do sports. You have motivation and feel joy. You...

What gave me hope to go on a 7 month streak back in the day was discovering the concept of neuroplasticity. I would read self help book that spoke about this and this gave me so much hope. That the brain can be wired in any way you want with repeated actions and self belief. That you can leave...

hi again i couldnt stop my life is like in PAUSE since 2017 when i divorced. im trying still i delete all the shitty calls ive made with girls then i recover them and i start again i need to stop this shit but i dont want to go outside because i live in a shitty ass country wish is africa...

Studies suggest constant exercise creates dopamine receptors. What is your opinion or observations about this ? With Anhedonia, it seems pointless to pay and use a gym... https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_surprising_ways_exercise_changes_your_brain

Been having a stressful week and just quit alcohol (basically a substitute for pot) and been negative and toxic to everyone especially myself. I've been trying to save money to finally get a car at 28 and finally move out of my toxic moms house. It took me long getting a job and off social...

////////////////////////////////////////// // Dopamine Fasting // ////////////////////////////////////////// I will add more to this thread from time to time, get yourself comfortable and read a bit at a time. "Dopamine lays at the heart to all addiction" - Andrew...

What's your sense of how the combination of quitting porn and retaining semen leads to superpowers?

Hey, I am a 27 year old male who has been addicted to pornography for the last 12 years. It pains me so much that this addiction has become way more compulsive than it was. Unfortunately now I do it even though I sometimes hate it. However, this was not what prompted me to do post this...

My current streak is 28 days "regular" mode. Before reading about Nofap I've done 7-10 day mini streaks. I've stopped watching porn a while ago, but kept being sucked into YouTube and Instagram NSFW content and occasionally relapsed with porn. Things that help: I decided not to trust myself...

So, a few days ago, Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder, has made a video discussing the topic about dopamine and behavioral addictions, specifically social media addiction. Although she didn't discuss porn addiction specifically, I think it might be relevant to discuss here and what you think of her video...

Has probably been talked about thousands of times here im here to do a calculation and share my experience from a few streaks The average ejaculation is 3.5 grams of sperm,it is stated in many sources that Zinc is 3% of the whole thing,so lots of people think,well i guess we fine then we only...

Why you are facing bouts of depression, panic attacks and anxiety after quitting pmoe?... First, its due to leaving an addiction. The mind finds its no longer depend on anything to get boosted chemically Second, withdrawal from leaving the addiction. The mind plays a problem solving game by...

I started the nofap on the 5th November, I had 2 wet dreams where I ejaculated (can't really help that) during that time and 1 wet dream where I am pretty sure I didn't, but 2 weeks ago I relapsed and watched porn for 5 minutes and jerked off twice (I was curious to see if I could still get a...

Hi guys, Currently on day 9 of nofap and was just wondering something. I have ADHD and I take medication for it, but because you are trying to reset your dopamine levels by not watching porn and wanking your dick the entire day, isn't it counterproductive to your dopamine receptors when you...

Hey boys, I just had a realization, albeit not a particularly unique or special realization. I have been gettin into exceedingly abusive porn recently, where the man slaps, spits on, and all around says extremely abusive things to the woman. The worst part is that I enjoy the thought of being...

I'm 29 now, and have bated PIED for years. I've had extremely long streaks and suffered alot of erection issues. My question is, can your dopamine receptors truly heal, or can there be permanent damage?

It's been 242 days since I've been masturbation, and pornography has been banned for 5 days. I've never discharged a semen in my sleep. However, after I stopped pornography, I became more depressed, anxious, and my head is blank (suspicious of brain fog), and I don't feel happy in my daily life...

Hi everyone! I will share with you my struggles with adult films, will try to give a lot of tips and maybe you will find something useful for yourself. I want to just say that English is not my first language so i am sorry if there are some mistakes. Ok, so i will begin that every person...

Yesterday, for a reason I can't quite work out, I felt 100% healed. I spent just under a day feeling pretty much back to normal. I cannot express in words how good I felt. It is one thing to sit online and read other peoples recovery stories, but it is totally another to feel cured after years...

So yesterday, I relapsed vowing to stop. (I’m done) I relapsed because for the past few days before that, I was fantasizing and checking out girls, and looking at movie scenes, and it was giving me headaches and head pressure. so I figured a fresh start would be necessary if I’m going to beat...

First of all I am not a hard extreme fantasizer.I fantasize about previous recaps from porn videos I saw.Sometimes I am lost into creating the best porn as per my taste in my head.I know it's weird.For me the first trigger is not a pic, or a clip, or a model as in the first place I never...

Hi Guys, I thought it might be beneficial to provide a list of PMO withdrawal symptoms, and the chemical imbalance that relates to that specific symptom. Hope this helps! -------------------------------------------------------- Dopamine Deficiency Deficient dopamine early warning signs are...

Posting this article here, because it's relevant.

I know about the relationship between porn and dopamine, but what is the relationship between masturbation and dopamine? Can masturbation by itself become a problematic form of dopamine craving / release in the same vein as pornography can?

The following is a transcript from a video on a long gone channel that was called AlphaConceptsTV. Edging is an Orgasm control technique which involves the maintenance of high levels of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm. It has consistently been described as...

It might seem weird but what if causing pain can help in addiction? I don't mean like cutting yourself, that's extreme and should never be done. About three weeks after watching this 7 minute video here, the idea occurried to me. I recommend watching the video although I'll give a quick rundown...

I've been pushed down by this pandemic. Having my goals put in hold... Feeling stuck , sentenced to a jail life. On top of that , I haven't been able to meet my girlfriend for a long time. All of it ideal breading ground for porn . Looking back ,I first met this hideous monster in early...

Not watched porn now in 3 weeks and feel no effects at all. Feels like there's a huge disconnect between my penis and brain. Guessing it's dopamine deficiency? How and when will I start recovering? Could dopamine die permanently?

I watched the following video and I wanna try dopamine fasting for a week. I highly recommend everyone to watch this one. For the next week I'll try not to watch any screen, play any video games, eat sugary foods and of course NoFap. I'll only have conversations on phone, no chatting and I'll...

So I seemed to have rewired but it's like I've only rewired to have sex with my girlfriend. I don't get morning wood or spontaneously erect. I can no longer get hard by myself and have no interest in porn. What's going on? Any had the same thing as me?

Leaving this video here for those who understand that too much dopamine throughout the day is destroying your reboot..

Hey everyone! So it may sound crazy but read and try it out. And then get back to me. Mechanism- Honestly, Just Total Dopamine Detox approx say (70-80) % Method- For those 20 days time- Simply 1. Cut out all porn of course. 2. No video games, no music. 3. No youtube, no videos of any sorts. 4...

Porn addiction is driven by dopamine, just like all addictions. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter in your brain that tells you "this feels good, let's do it again" when encountering natural rewards, such as food, sex, money, and material possessions. Modern internet porn, with its endless...

Porn addiction is driven by dopamine, just like all addictions. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter in your brain that tells you "this feels good, let's do it again" when encountering natural rewards, such as food, sex, money, and material possessions. Modern internet porn, with its endless...

Heyya, I am new here! And currently ,I am Dopamine/PMO addict, and only in the age of 16 (started when i was 14) My addiction has been annoying me for a while now, i can't focus on anything i do, without thinking of sex,porn and anything related to that. Lately i was researching a lot about how...

Ater years of addiction I'm worried if I've developed any dopamine related issues. I read somewhere dopamine also regulates gut motility. Could that be the reaosn of my constipation ?

I discovered fapping at around 13 and started watching porn at around 15. I have intuitively known the famous quote of Milton Friedman 'There's no free lunch' so I've always felt guilty of porn and fapping ever since I started. As a teenager I thought probably its okay to watch porn and fap and...

Dear no fapstronauts. I would like to share some ideas with you. I'm still struggling with my addiction. And i need your advice. I was succesfull for NoFap for 3 months ( Never got so far before ) It was due the fact that i quit alcohol and worked as an entrepeneur. Since i was a little...

Can you guys relate to this: Thursdaynight: Crazy urges at an 21 day streak, suddenly jerking of after peaking a little at some photographs. In a bright moment, i stopped. Did not cum, jerked for hours. Fridaynight: Urges are killing me, dick is tingling. Decide to jerk of again to get the...

Anyone notice that they feel down and a bit shitty on day 2 and 3? I'm on day 3 now and I ALWAYS go through like a mini depression. Low motivation, can't lift as well in the gym and just feel lethargic. I know it'll get better, but anyone have any thoughts on this? Something to do with dopamine...

Hi folks, at however stage you are of rebooting, I wish you good luck. Here is article I found, written by Dr. Brianne Holmes, very useful in understanding subject of dopamine. Worth checking ! Because some of the rebooting symptoms may be just caused by change in behavioral patterns (cutting...

I think I’m going through flatline, I’ve been having symptoms that are really weird Today, I woke up with brain fog and trouble concentrating, I feel very dull, a slight pressure in my head, too. I’ve never gotten a completely loss of libido personally from a flatline, maybe it just depends on...

Hello everyone. Today i bring you the answers after my very indepth time consuming research... Hold on tight... So I suffer from PE my entire life. Pretty much since i was 15 a lot of porn and dopamine increasing related activities. 1st sex when i was 20. realised thst time that something is...

Hello everyone. Today i bring you the answers after my very indepth time consuming research... Hold on tight... So I suffer from PE my entire life. Pretty much since i was 15 a lot of porn and dopamine increasing related activities. 1st sex when i was 20. realised thst time that something is...

Hey guys! Just wanted to see if anyone has had similar experiences to me. Now that I'm doing NoFap I have a problem. I just bought an Xbox and whenever I go to play it my brain gets all weird and I start thinking that I hate myself and that it isn't pleasurable and it becomes really stressful...

Today I did what I would consider a relapse...again I have not been abe to hold myself together since my longest streak in December of last year. Every time I try doing NoFap and pick up some momentum I keep relapsing (although thankfully not to porn, and my attraction to irl girls has returned...

Hello guys, repeatedly have I noticed that abstinence from masturbation after week or two leads to shorter sleep cycles. Do you experience the same thing? Instead of 9.5 - 10 hours i regularly sleep 8 hours and even wake-up without alarm. Sometimes in less than 8 hours. And i feel perfectly...

Psychiatrist Norman Doidge explains: "Pornography satisfies every one of the prerequisites for neuroplastic change. When pornographers boast that they are pushing the envelope by introducing new, harder themes, what they don’t say is that they must, because their customers are building up a...

Hey everyone, I was watching this podcast with neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, and at some point in the podcast he talked about the Hell Week that Navy SEALs go through and how the ones that made it through managed to do so. They managed by cutting up each day in smaller blocks and rewarding...

Hi all I've gotten to the point where I need serious help. I will try to describe my story. I am 25. When I was twelve I discovered M. I think i was 15 when I discovered P. While the simplest things aroused me in the beginning, I later had to watch more and more intense things to get aroused...

Hello everyone, I’m 19 year old who has big problem. For the past two years I’ve been trying to quit masturbation and porn. Well it’s been kinda unsuccessfully. First of all I started masturbating when I was 10. I was introduced to the porn while I was 9 years old, but I wasn’t that much...

Hello guys, I am suffering from scrolling syndrome. I understand this is because of going hard mode on PMO and completely removing sugar from diet. I understand my body needs dopamine or it won't function normally. I just don't have any healthy sources for them. Currently, I am in lockdown and...

Hello there! Does smoking weed have an impact on your NoFap experience? Could it be counted as a relapse to smoke it? I know that weed has something to do with dopamine but I’m not sure of anything. I know a lot of you will tell me it’s better to just stop smoking but I’m trying to get better...

Hello Everybody! I'm Dave and I'm almost 34 years old from Italy. I'm married to a wonderful being and I have a baby girl of 18 months. I'm still working on me so right now so some things in my story are really a guess but I'm planning on take my life on my hands. I also am sorry if some of...

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Even though I haven't masturbated in 21 days, I've been struggling to not watch porn here and there. This is obviously not a good habit, but I've managed to not touch myself while watching. What happens is I start the day motivated, get a lot of stuff done, sit down for two seconds, and then get...

Most of the flashbacks of porn are gone. Sometimes they still come up. Sometimes I can vividly remember the images. At that point, it seems like I'm playing porn in my head. I sometimes even get erections when the flashbacks come. When they come up I name it out loud: Flashback porn, "the...

I have been having dreams of me having sex with various women. I suprisingly climax and feel that ejaculation euphoria but I dont cum in real life. I can feel all that excitement and dopamine in my head that I have no control over in the dream. I wake up and feel very anxious. It's probably...

Hi my guys, I've been on numerous Nofap journey, currently at 60 days, get urges and all that no problem. Quarantine has been okay productivity wise, I can credit to the powers of sexual transmutation but not totally... I smoke weed 2 times a day, during dinner and at night. I am wondering since...

Guys, I'm currently on day 10 of no MO, I was unable to keep up with no P. Now I realize that I have no mental urge for P, it's just an urge for dopamine. I want to know how you guys coped with this and what you substituted porn with, to sate this craving for dopamine. I'm not looking for...

Hi everyone, I wanted to explain a little bit how my reboot was going. I am on day 26. I have fallen into the flatline since day 0. And I am still in flitline. I have no libido, no energy. I have the motivation, but I lack the energy. I always feel tired. I think it's the effects of the...

So I am on my day 15 I feel a little shakiness in my hands and I am so restless Situation is better better I guess Can anyone help me

Hey Guys, One of the things that really made me quit once for all was starting to do dopamine detox days once every 2 weeks. It really helped me understand how much I was struggling to control myself. Once you do a dopamine detox without any electronics, friends or anything that's making you...

What can I do to prevent or minimise wet dreams? And is it true that wet dreams do not bring about a dopamine release in the brain?

What are your experiences with going on a dopamine detox? For me it's challenging every time but I just feel so much better afterwards. More focused and like what I am doing is actually fulfilling. Helps me face the pains in my life and open up to them so I can work through them at least a...

Hello everyone,its about 19 days that i stopped watching internet porn and masturbation.im in noPMO and nofap HARD MODE.but i want to share something here cause they are bothering me and im sure there is s.th as porn withdrawal symptoms. We know that the brain start to rewire after porn but in...

I was just scrolling through my phone and like 4 minutes ago I came crossed a picture of a face. I’m not gay at all. But it was a mans. The face Oddly reminded me a little of a pornstar idk why. It’s weird. Can’t explain it. But I was thinking “wait, no. This is just a mans face it can’t arouse...

So I used to fap all the time for years, multiple times a day (1-3ish??) for a while but in the last year I’ve cut it out almost completely, probably fapped 8 or less times since stopping. But over the course of those years fapping, It’s clear my dopamine levels are low because I stopped having...

Hello there, as for right now I am almost 28 days into NoFap. I am trying to reduce the dopamine in my brain to a minimum and I’ve come across a little problem. Let’s just say that I still follow (porn related) models on Instagram. They do not post any pornographic or nude content because it is...

It has been one year since I had masturbated , And for the past few days I have been getting a lot of fantasies...initially they were of a girl a frequently talk to , but they eventually disappeared and i did not let them stay for long and i had stopped thinking about that girl in a sexual way...

So Ive noticed something over my past few streaks. When I abstain for a long period of time and relapse by edging I feel like I’m cured and feel like my older young self from a few years ago. I’m 20 years old btw. Today I relapsed from a 17 day hard mode streak, only a wet dream on day 14 which...

Does any body know if pornography also affects serotonin receptors? I've been trying to find a study but no luck. Does anyone know and can you write down some references if you know

Hello, My exfriend with benefits, after deciding to end that relationship, just sent me a photo with her wearing tight, pink, sexy dress. Normally i wouldn't even get "that" exited to that but now i got a boner to her photo. After 30 minutes i felt so tired and drained. Is it like dopamine...

PREFACE: Ive devised a plan I think could be really efficient. I do this because repeatedly fighting off urges is admirable but for me, ultimately futile, often being alone in the house with not much social interaction. THE PLAN: Starting from day 0. Abstain from PMO totally until day 14...

Wondering if anyone has gone through the whole reboot process while smoking weed daily? I love weed & use it mainly to sleep at night. I know it's not the best habit but it kept me sane while living with loud roommates all throughout college. I've been smoking almost everyday for about 4 years...

I’m seeing someone at the moment for the second time. We rekindled this summer after a 4 month break. The reason we stopped dating was because my head was cloudy after my long-term ex-girlfriend. Anyway let’s move onto the point of this post shall we? Last week we were laying in bed, having a...

If you just quickly fapped under the shower once a week for 1 minute, that wouldn't really affect you much at all. On my current streak, I haven't fapped for 7 days. However, for the past 4 days I still watched a ton of porn. And every day when I was done watching (cause I had to go to sleep...

I am just wondering how long it will last. Some posts I read of people going through Flatline for almost a year! Like what the heck?... I hope it doesn't last that long for me since I have been heavy addict past 10+ years. Also what is the best way to cope or reduce the withdrawals? Thank...

I just watched a YouTube video on Nofap and I realised something Stupidly enough there were pictures of women in bikinis on one slide of his presentation. I have watched that video before, one week ago. This time, my brain was really hungry for them and I had to stare at them. Last week when I...

I guess most of you have gone through this power of habit thing the first it urge starts with trigger which rushes the dopamine level for the best pleasure of fewest seconds accompanied by our automated routine. In this process our routine is main thing that needs to be changed irrespective of...

Hello, first of all I'd like to introduce myself as I'm a complete newbie on this forum. I am an engineering student (at university). Sorry if this post is a bit too long or contains unnecessary/redundant information. I am posting it here with hope that somebody who was (is?) in a similar...

I began taking Naltrexone 50mg two weeks ago. 40 mwm 2 kids, US, middle class , educated, freelance, work at home on the computer. Daily PMO habit 3+times/day ~3+hrs/day often accompanied with smoking pot and staying up very late, for the past 5 years. used porn since 12yo. week 1 entry here -...

Seriously, what is dopamine?

Haven't made a post in months but I'll make this quick, it's actually more community oriented than my other posts. I've started watching porn since I was 11 or 12 years old and throughout the years, I've slowly been diving into various genres of porn. I started with feet because (that's my OG...

Well I dont know if this matter belong fully to self improvement, but its a bit of self improvement questiona anyway. Im a boy that goes to gym almost everyday except on weekend and there are exams and I need to study harder, so Im used to the workout routine long time before meeting Nofap...

I`ve stopped playing video games a long ago, nowadays I barely get addictive or bored. productivity has improved a lot!. Hence I`m not into any kinda addiction. I`m able to concenterate more time in Meditation!. Though my exams are getting closer, I must work a bit hard in order to score...

Hi, I relapsed after only 3 days, and It made me realize that this is gonna be a tougher than I expected so It got me thibking: my brain is used to getting dopamine and pleasure easily by mastrubating and watching porn, so It would Really help if I did something that also gave me pleasure when...

I'm currently on a 127 day streak of no PM as i am suffering from ED & PE issues. Currently been unsuccessful in both those issues so i have been trying to cut down dopamine fixes: -Social Media (especially instagram) -Phone usage -Looking at women in a sexual way in public -fantasizing about...