flatline

I have been practicing SR for nearly 5 months. I wasn't that severly addicted before I quit. I could generally speaking control the rate in which I watched, I didn't fap a couple of times a day, but once in a a couple of days. But when I was, sometimes I would do that for hours, hours of...

I am one year and one week free of porn and/or masturbation (the only orgasms I have had are from nocturnal emissions). I am of course happy and proud that I have accomplished this milestone, but I'm also devastated to report that my libido has still not returned... I am still in a flatline...

hey guys i am coming back to you after a long time being abstinent of this forum. this is a long text but i do it for myself and also for other people who are intersted to read it and to know more about my story and also for people who suffer themselves maybe it will help them. other people who...

Hi everyone, I’m a 26-year-old guy, just your average person trying to figure things out. Recently, I’ve had a major realization about my life: I’ve been stuck in a cycle of addiction for as long as I can remember. Since I was just 11 years old, I’ve been engaging in PMO almost every single day...

Hi I’m 59 days into no porn consumption. In the 2nd week I hit a flatline of, no libido and low mood/ mental numbness a sort of fog and anxiety which lasted around 12 days I feel I am starting to hit another one now. Mood feels low and thinking and talking to people feels quite difficult at...

Hello Guys! I have been addicted to porn for 19 years. I tried Porn reboot a few months back (I was able to reach 45 days mark), but I relapsed. I started the journey again on 13th October last month. Currently at the 30 days mark and I am really looking to reach the 90 days mark. I had a...

I recently completed 9 months of no porn/no masturbation. I'm sad to report that even after all this time I still haven't recovered. I still have very weak morning wood. I still have ZERO libido. It's pretty shocking the extent of the damage I've done to myself. Everything else about me is...

I'm on day 4 as of today, any suggestions that worked for people who got over flatline would be appreciated, I really want to improve, I just always slip back because of flatline/withdrawal symptoms/PAWS. even if it's simple, I'm overwhelmed with the recovery process :eek::confused:

I have been user since years (10+). 4 years ago my consumption increased significantly and escalated. I have tried to quit several times, and I have faced numerous challenges along the way. I have successfully reduced my PMO (Pornography, Masturbation, Orgasm) habits over the past few years...

Hello everyone, I was a porn addict. Today is my 62nd day of abstinence. I used to watch so much degenerate porn that I had zero clues of what real world sex is. I used to never care about my appearance, I was lazy etc. In this 62 days of abstaining, I see so many improvements. I dress well, I...

I just want to ask you guys that i am one of you who had been using this shit for almost a decade now, before eight years i was using too much and in last 4 years i am using p*** after 15 days or 3 weeks or 4 weeks, i have had many 40 day streaks, i dont watch all the time i am watching monthly...

So it’s been around 10 days that I’ve started to abstain and before this I have tried to abstain multiple times but I failed miserably in that. But this time I’m feeling a lot better than my previous tries and my urges are very low this time. Now I don’t know what’s happening me to me, but I’m...

Hey everyone, Coming here today to make an update post and continuing to encourage you guys to stay away from porn. I made the horrific mistake of returning to porn and reestablishing an addiction to it after being 2 years porn free and fully rebooted from a previous 10 year addiction. This...

Hey all. I've been doing nofap for a very long time and I only felt nofap benefits in my early honeymoon phase of reboot. But as of recently and for a while I've literally seen no benefits. In fact it seems that I'm worse than I was as a pmo addict in many areas. I get mad anxiety around women...

Sometimes we feel the motivation is gone and its equal walking in a cold weather with no clothes, What's next? Sometimes we feel like running the same trail over and over again. Does it sounds like you? It does for me and indeed this applies to the nofap flatline and relapses. We getting...

This month marks 56 months since I first started recovery. Over the past few days I have been experiencing bouts of morning wood and deeply vivid dreams. Morning wood is at around 65% but still not 100%. What is interesting is that when flaccid it is still small, but last night I woke up in the...

It's said that the flatline is your brain in recovery and that the best action to take is to wait it out. My question is... when it comes to dating. Should you wait until the flatline is over before dating? Or does dating help speed up the recovery process? I'm asking because I could be in for...

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...

Lets be honest when you feel healed flatline hits 3x harder Or when you feel good you feel really shit like at the bottom of hell bad Well who can relate with me? Lets warm up together :)

Hey all of you who've been in this nofap game in the long end, how has nofap affected your performance in sports and competitive activities? Do long streaks really help? And abstaining from what makes it better is it P or MO? Also those in withdrawal/PAWS are you good at competitive things in...

What i feel - Feeling my head buzzing - cant move around i feel like walking on a boat - no libido - lonely - feeling Intensively awful, not anhedonia or depression just the taste of intermittent fasting from anything that has to do with dopamine some nasty feeling. - insomnia - laziness -...

Has anyone here got any experience with insomnia and taking sleepers or any meds to help? I'm currently in a bad flatline with dead libido and suffering from extreme anxiety which is causing me to get nearly 0 sleep maybe 1 or 2 hours a night if I'm lucky. I'm on day 15 no pmo after a bad...

Hey everyone, I'm an experienced nofapper. I've been practicing nofap for over 5 years now and I'm so happy I can maintain long streaks. I just have one thing that's been on my mind a lot; it is looking with a bit of lust over some slightly sexual things. It's impossible for me to not come...

I find it strange that not everyone with Flatline deals with genital numbness. I wonder why... Any thoughts ?

How does your flatline feels like? Lets discuss there!

I have noticed in the last two or three days that the number of erections I have had has been next to none. Is this something I should be concerned about, or is it part of a 'Flatline' I haven't engaged in PMO for around a week so not 100% sure it's down to a flatline.

I'm currently on my day 13 of NoFap (and 30 no P*rn) and It's easy for me, I'm just a bit afraid of flatline waiting for me in about half a moth, and paradoxally not about side effects, i'm gonna deal with it, I'm just a bit afraid of what my family will think about such sudden mood change,I...

The longer you go on your seed retention /pmo journey, you will notice people around you will start to envy you a little bit, It could be how the way you dress, how you look, how much money you have, how much women attracting, they can even be hating on you because of your personality. Either...

Today i have 48 months of Nofap Hardmode with some relapses : First year - 11 relapses Second year - 6 relapses Third year - 13 relapses Fourth year - 6 relapses 36 conscious ejaculations in 1460 days. Some with porn or with own thoughts ( novelty ). No binges. 45 months with dopamine...

It’s come to my realisation that the problem I’ve had is that I’ve pushed myself too far when I’m healed or very close to being healed. This is a pattern that’s repeated itself for years. I last time I had sex was just over a month ago and was feeling good enough to have sex but 3 times in...

I might be wrong but I feel like I was in flatline even when flapping. Is that normal? I quit pmo (years of terrible habit, hours on hours daily) and got instant flatline. Zero libido, anxiety through the roof, almost depression. Is there any chance I will be Cured? Did anyone experienced that...

It's been 10 years from the first time I got into Porn and Masturbation. I've tried hard to let this habit go. Countless times I promised myself to delete this habit. I had Minor success inbetween the years. The most I've gone without PMO was 21 days. Now, with a loving partner, I wanted to let...

Hi, I guess I'm at a point where I'm feeling very defeated in my relationship. My partner admitted to his porn addiction after I questioned why he sometimes didn't finish during sex. He decided to quit porn, approximately 5 months ago and is flatlining. We've only been together 6 months so...

I started with PMO around 11-12 years old. At the time I developed severe social anxiety which triggered a very severe stutter. Again, stuttering reinforced my anxiety and vice versa...a vicious cycle. Around the age of 22, I started living differently - I started working out, started my own...

Hey everyone! Something I dealt BADLY with was erectile dysfunction. It led me down a path of thinking so many things were wrong with me and full of embarrassment to even not even moving forward with having sex with women because I’d rather just not feel the pain of embarrassment if I didn’t get...

Been over 15 months of quitting porn, my life, my brain, and my health all improved so much. The flatline also lasted 15 months, but gradually fading away little by little

I am on Day 7 of my current streak. For the first 3-4 days I felt super energetic and motivated. However, the last two days I've felt kinda lazy and although I want to be productive, I'm finding it difficult. I've heard about something called the NoFap flatline, where you apparently start to...

I am 41, and I was quite deep in that shit for around 30y. Started from magazines and VHS, finished at transgender and sissy stuff. I was PMOing few times a week but still was able to have quite normal sexual life with my wife for all that years. After starting NoFap I feel numb in my pants. I...

Hi, I'm 28 years old and I've been tapping since I can remember (under 10 years old) I started the reboot process, I didn't fall even once and before that I did all the tests that show that Im completely healthy. Today I am on day 76 and I am still unstable. I have better days and less good...

I am currently into 22 days of reboot, in the PMO mode. Ever since I started the streak, I have been on the flatline. My previous streaks were not this bad. I expected some life to return down there, but it's absolutely lifeless. It's scaring the sh*t out of me. Misery loves company. If you...

I am currently doing a study on the role trauma plays (if any) on individuals that develop ED/PIED symptoms. Once I have this information, I plan to release a post with all my findings - and a comprehensive guide on: a) the true nature of PIED/ED b) the cause of PAWS symptoms...

Friday the 11th, i was outside when i saw the leaves fall. It reminded me of the cold winter that was ahead. I didnt care too much, i went to town, worked out, and went home. I slept for 2-3 hours, and woke up to a night with a full moon. As the wolves were growling, i remembered i had...

Hello. I wonder lf quiting porn but still masturbating like 2 times a week can cause flatline or brainfog

Greetings everyone, I embarked in the nofap journey to kick away the pmo habit and also to solve delayed ejaculation complications in the act of sex, I have had relapses here and there, but for the last 3-4 weeks I haven't consistently pmo'd at all. I am married and sex is a key element to...

Hello, I have been reading the forum for a while now, but now I have to write myself, because I need your help. Currently I am 19 years old, I started to mastrubate when I was 13/14 years old to pictures of women or fantasies. At that time my real sexual attraction to women started and I got...

Hello, yesterday i started my nofap journey. I'm 24 yo, I have been fapping on porn 1/day since i was 14. I want to stop because I think i have PIED. But Im scared of what you guys call "FLATLINE", is it common ? Will it last longuer since i have been addicted for 10 years ? Will I be able to...

just looked at p after 29 days didn’t o or nothing like that. not gonna count it as a relapse bc my goal is to no m or o although not looking at p would be nice that is only the second time i’ve looked at p in my 29 days, is it gonna be harder now that i’ve looked at p these next couple days ?

I think i’m flat lining. I’m only a teenager and in good shape. Recently my energy has been low and been really tired and just feel weak. Is this flat lining or am i getting sick? i’m on day 26 right now. if someone could just let me know how long this will last or if it even is a flat line that...

on day 22 and getting harder but i didn’t come this far for nothing, any tips ?

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...

Hey friends. I HATE flatlining. Unlike many here with a typical 9-5 jobs, I am in medical school prepping for my 9 hour board exam. I absolutely feel like a hell. I don't feel anything and if i do practice questions to study, I get overwhelmed and can't breathe. It's not anxiety, it's 100%...

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...

I'm 29 and been pmo for 10 years. I wanted to quit pmo because I can't orgasm during sex. Well I went 6 months hard mode and I've been in a flatline the whole time. I feel sleepy all the time, my penis is numb and shriveled and face looking ugly as shit. I had more symptoms but these are the...

This is my 63 Days on Nofap, im suffering and confused with my nofap Progression. I've tried so hard to stay away from porn, masturbation, orgasm, and any fantasy. But the Fantasy come accidentally. I also confused about my dick. Sometimes he dies when my mind craving for porn. Sometimes i got...

Hello,guys. I continue my nofap journey and today It is for 20 days.and lately I sometimes can't control my strong emotion like angry,depression,loneliness,anxiety,etc. Especially about getting angry!Before I started nofap, I rarely got angry against others.Is this a flatline?My dopamine...

Hello, I approach 90 days of no pmo, with one relapse. 21M straight, 10year of porn addiction, 1+ year Ed, 1year hocd. After almost 90 days of no pmo but with s with my gf and sometimes m only with my thoughts, I can say that this flatline is killing me. I am able to have s sometimes not being...

For the past three days, I have felt like shit. I feel out of energy, I find it impossible to concentrate, I have a weird feeling in my chest that I can't cure, lost appetite, sadness, and I can't get this girl out of my mind no matter how hard I try. The last time I felt like this was around...

Hello, I'm 135 days on NoFap and for the last week I felt really down, like never before on NoFap. I'm sitting all the day at home and I don't feel like socializing whatsoever. I don't want even talk to people and listen them. I'm not a kind of introvert person, as I remember I was always...

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?

Also worth noting if you hit flatlines after sex with orgasm

I've seen some flatline last years. I'm worried this is happening to me and I'm ready to kill myself over this. It's just too much anymore.

I seem to go into states of zero or low libido and crash. For instance, I've had sex about 4 times this week, but today my erection was weak and I came very quickly. Why am I flatlining after orgasm so much? Also, does anyone have any experience with Covid induced ED?

Basically, we were having normal sex, everything was back to normal for me. Good libido, good erections, just no morning wood. The day she went away, my dick went completely dead. As if I'd gone back into flatline? Is this something that can happen? Its like my brain rewired to sex but when...

I say this because I think either sex or my girlfriend going away for a week led mine to be fried. I was addicted to porn, which I no longer am. I can go several weeks and months without and get hard with my girlfriend easily. This is up until last Saturday. My head is massively brain fogged...

Good morning guys, I have now gone almost 13 days, once again without PMO, I have hit the flatline for the first time this early and this time I feel my reboot is happening correctly. I wanted to know if there is someway to feel anything during this phase? nothing makes me happy, nothing...

I just feel so screwed. I quit PMO for good a little while ago, maybe a month or two - I stopped counting. I've been trying for years and finally kicked it and have no interest in porn or anything else for that matter. Which is the problem. I don't remember the last time I watched porn but I...

Hello, I'm a long time lurker. Background: 28 yo, PMO since pre-teen. Consistently 1-2 times a week for a while. Longest streak is 7 weeks. I'm on my day 8, but omg... I've never hit flatline this hard and for this long. I normally start feeling good around day 5, up to day 7. For some...

I am a 22yo (complete virgin) and been addicted to PMO since 12 years. I had MO'd 1-3 times a day with 1-2 days a week off at most to pixels. I have started doing NoFap since 2 weeks now. Since, yesterday, I don't have any urge to watch P or do M. I feel completely asexual and of-course, my tool...

Sup kings, quick question Can flatline be a thing even if you have sex but are on nofap (no porn and masturbation)? To specify my problem, I don't masturbate for some time now and I never really flatlined weirdly enough (had my first wet dream ever about 2 months into nofap which was weird...

Quick progress overview: Time without porn 2 weeks Time without mo: 4rth day today (now trying again, was cautious of death grip, did not edge, and did not fantasize when I masturbated last.) Historical porn use 10 years, 3 hours each day Current symptoms: * Very high heart rate (once getting...

Hi, I am going through a flatline right now. It started day before tomorrow. The symptoms I am facing are :- - Severe headache - Fever - Shoulder pain - Nausea - Head spinning (feeling like I will fall) - Pain in moving eyes - Brain Fog - Insomnia - ZERO LIBIDO (can't get hard even if I think...

Okay, so I am past day 50. I have not PMO’d and I am not going to. I have MO’d four times in these past 50+ days. Here’s my situation. Me. I am fit, workout regularly, look stupid young for my age (57), am a porn addict and have blown out my dopamine receptors from countless years of porn to the...

Iam almost on nofap for more that 7 months I sometimes mastrubate but I didn't watch any porn... I don't know what's right, but what I can tell most or all people on NoFap steaks (includes me) they never overtake flatline forever, it comes and goes .. For me it's funny.. Sometimes It comes and...

Iam on softmode for about 8 months . Don't watch sex but sometimes I mastrubate or have sex(rare because most of times I have weak erection ) , and still have not desire for sex most of times! However when I was watching porn.. I always had high desire for sex and my erection was very good for...

Hey guys, day 38, and the flatline is worsening since day 32. I had ups and downs before, from extreme urges, to deep sadness, to joy I haven't felt in years. But right now in this flatline I just feel sick, like having a flu, no joy at all. Bad thoughts all the time, worrying about my future...

Hi everyone, first post on the forum here so sorry if this is in the wrong section. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible without leaving out any important details. I'm 22 years old right now, lift weights and do cardio very regularly, am vegetarian and eat a healthy diet, and have healthy...

Hey, as you can see on the title I'm little depressed about this process.. I don't know if NoFap has no effect on me or should I wait a little longer? I would like for your help please. Here is my back story: I'm 24, started M'ing when I was 10. 14 Years of fapping. My why on NoFap was social...

Hello guys, when I started nofap i did not have any urges from the day one till day 22,i was working out daily (weight lifting), have a good sleep pattern and good diet) then i started to have urges and I watched porn for like 2 days (1 to 2-hour session) but did not masturbate, then I decided...

Hi, I am 29 and had porn (not too much and not too little also) for last 6 years. I started to recover from it and its been 3 weeks since then. In the mean time I got married and I don't have desire to have any kind of sex. At the time of Foreplay I got erection but if try to initiate sex it...

iam 20 and I started researching about nofap, retention, no pmo and about brain on porn last year and i started several times without proper knowledge so i relapse several times due to no reason. its just a try but i started again last week with proper knowledge about how to do it because i...

I have been struggling with nofap for a couple of years, and I have massively reduced my porn consumption, but I'm far from free. The first like 2 days it's a struggle, but I feel more and more energized the longer i remain PMO free. after like 5 days, my sex drive goes through the roof, but I...

Day 67, it's been literally a week since I started feeling like shit, literally. No will to study, some constant brain fog (not like the one you feel when on PMO habits) I still go to the gym but still feel not so energized by it. Sometimes I fail reps. Also, I am feeling like crap, even if I...

Hello i've been trying to reboot for the last 5 years or so due to pied. I almost succeeded once but i fel back to the habit due to rebound effect. I was also smoking hash regularly which caused me to have psychotic episodes which forced me to stop smoking. Anyway fast forward to now, i spent a...

I've been lurking here for a long time, and since most nofap forums are flooded with "relapsed after day 1 :oops:" posts, I decided to post my success story to help other long term rebooters, about how I finally got cured from post accute withdrawal syndrome after 2 years of reboot. There's...

I have a weird situation.. I'm currently on day 28, my previous streak was 17 days, I got flatline on this previous streak..low libido, no energy, I just wanted to lie in bed, no morning wood, decreased penis size, and similar but I relapsed few times at this and reset my counter, after that for...

Hi, hope I posted in the right section. If not, please correct me. I'm not sure where to begin but I'm gonna do my best to cover most of my story/problem. I'm a confident guy in my early 20s and I think I'm on this mysterious flatline and don't really know what to do. Let's start the story how...

"Your brain was Bombarded with Dopamine doses when you were doing PMO. Now that you have stopped watching Porn and masturbation, your brain is basically removing all the excessive dopamine through this NoFap Reboot Process. Because our brain has to rebalance the Dopamine Reward system and goes...

After a full reboot, what are your observations about the flatline ? Specially long flatlines. Please do share your experience. You will help others in this journey.

Hey Guys, I started my Journey +- 30 days ago. My first symptons of flatline show up. I'm with back pain, pressure in my tooth, very irritable, tired, stressed, it seems my energy disappear and appears random. Yesterday i faced some depression symptons that came from nothing and also go without...

Anxiety, brain fog literally to the point where I have trouble reading sentences, head pressure, slight malaise. I have a trip coming up, I’m going to be gone for a week. I just don’t want to feel anxious while I’m down there on my trip. What do you guys think about this?

I know everyone is different and there is no sure calculation to see how long PIED takes to cure, however there are factors to what makes one cure faster than other. I will put them down below and I want you guys (preferably ones who have been here for a long time and know their stuff) to...

This is my first post on this forum. Didn't think I'd need any help before this. I'm on day 81 today. Did a couple of 30 day streaks before this and without much trouble. But this is the longest I've gone without relapse. I keep hearing about flatline. Thats actually why I'm posting here. I...

Whats goin on NoFap community i just wanted to give my 2 cents and try and raise awareness if anything more awareness on dating apps. Im currently on day 69 (kinda hard mode but ill still check out youtube and shit)and tomorrow will reach 70 and i have another streak within my streak because...

Hello. In a " FLATLINE " for 20 months with no end in sight : - No libido - Genital numbness and shrinkage - Penis feels disconnected from body - Penis color change due to lack of blood flow - Emotional numbness and brain fog For successful rebooters, for how long and how did your " FLATLINE...

Hello guys, Doing Nofap Hardmode ( No Pmo ) for 23 months now. The " FLATLINE " began in the third month of Nofap and never left. Symptoms are : No libido, genital numbness and shrinkage, the colour of penis skin also changed color due to lack of blood flow. I also have emotional numbness and...

So basically a few days ago I was in a very bad flatline and I felt like shit, but suddenly I felt my head clear up randomly. But I still have symptoms like tiredness and muscle weakness. Could this be like a semi-flatline? Has anyone else experienced this? I'd appreciate your input.

Hello friends I want to share with you because I have strange feelings these days I have already done almost 4 days without porn masturbation and orgasms . I am limited to any sexual content I am focused on work, fitness progress and goals in life but I feel sad lonely it's like i'm missing...

Hey guys! I am currently on a 33 day streak of nofap. I am feeling unmotivated at the moment and pretty tired. I write this post because I am concerned about wether I am in a flatline or not. I still have urges and I'm not sure if those are common in my stage. So far I had 2 wet dreams which...

Hello brothers, This might be a long post, but I hope it is worth it. I want to talk about my situation and my experience with nofap. I have been married for a year now with a beautiful 3 months old daughter. I knew about nofap “but not about PIED which is my main problem” 2 months before my...