2days of non stop masturbating

Hi Wouter,

There is a good chance that you are experiencing a chaser effect after a reset. 8-10 times a day sounds crazy, I understand why you have headaches.
You did not say if you were just fapping or also watching porn?

Anyway, the best I can suggest is to disconnect from any possible trigger, shut everything down for a moment, calm down by closing your eyes and breathing deeply, and think about the impact of fapping on your life, and what you are going to do about it.

 

How long have you been fapping? The longer the brain has become used to getting a dopamine hit, the more dopamine it takes to give it the same hit. But it requires something novel to get that hit. And that is where the problem lies. If you have been fapping longer, the brain craves for the dopamine high, but your fantasies or even porn do not provide the dopamine required. So you keep "seeking" and fapping but it does not satisfy or quell the urge. so you keep repeating.....till you are exhausted.

 

You're not horny. If you cannot ejaculate and/or get an erection your body is not in need of sexual release. The addicted part of your brain is craving a dopamine fix so it tricks you into thinking you're horny. I was in this exact situation myself 6-7 months ago and it's literally hell. You have to completely deny your urges for at least a couple weeks before they slowly start to subside. I know it's tough but it is the right thing to do long term. The more you postpone your recovery, the longer it will take.

 

What OP is talking about is exactly what I am going through right now, down to the last detail. I relapsed at 16 days because I was having panic attacks and freaking out, and I jerked off/watched porn for the last two days.

I don't know what to do.

EDIT: I just watched the first couple of minutes of the new YBOP video.

It has to be the amygdala and the hippocampus responding to a lack of stimulation in the limbic pathway. "Gets worse before it gets better". Day 14 - 30 must be the worst for me.

 

I know these binges too well...

 

Yes Crushcravings that's a powerful insight, that horniness and dopamine craving are very different experiences, but that dopamine mimics horniness without actually being real horniness.

 

Read up on addiction stories,what goes on with the many women who have been in the sex industry,go up on yourbrainonporn.com,watch that TedX talk by Gary wilson and you will see why you cant stop.Good Luck!