472 streak relapse PM

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by bdaw213, May 7, 2024.

  1. bdaw213

    bdaw213 Fapstronaut

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    I unfortunately fell back into the habit of edging and I did P and M but didn't O. As I started felling back into this habit It slowly became more frequent, from doing it once every 2 weeks and quickly closing it after I regained a higher sense of conscioussness.

    After a while I started doing this once a week and now 2-3 times a week and now daily. I never O'd in these sessions but I did have wet dreams the following night I fell asleep.

    I'm calling this a relapse because in my mind if I allow myself to not call it a relapse I wouldnt take it seriously, and I feel like I have reached a point again to take this seriously.


    I also experienced numbness of negative emotions after these sessions but it was temporary as I felt more things in my life become less pleasurable and it made me more impatient in general as I kept doing this more frequently.

    When I did this maybe once a month or every 2 weeks, and I did have a wet dream the following night, I did feel like I relapsed the following day, like 45-60% of my energy was sapped, but when I relapsed a year ago, it 100% sapped me from my energy, my mood, and my peace of mind

    I thought I would document this so that people could resonate with this if they also have similar experiences but also for me so that I know the correlation in relapsing and having a bad day afterwards.


    Also what I experienced was that doing sports or working out while having slips PM or social media binge scrolling, that sports somewhat balance these out but I feel like they shouldnt have been an excuse to keep these bad habits.

    I also noticed that playing videogames or binge scrolling reels or youtube shorts shortened my attention span and brought me closer to temptations, PMO temptations specifically

    I dont feel like I objectify women anymore, like imagining stuff with them but when I started doing this I kept looking more at the bodies of women more often than I used to.


    Also I dont know if this helps but when I had wet dreams and my semen was thicker and had a stronger odor it was an indicator that how tired I felt the following day, when it was runny and minimal I did not feel as tired, I could feel it affect me but it wasn't as bad.

    I also recommend reading How to quit porn by Celibate Yogi, its from his book I learned how to identify with temptations and made me defeat my addiction.
     
  2. Caffeine

    Caffeine Fapstronaut

    And what if you don't have a wet dream? Is it different?
     
  3. bdaw213

    bdaw213 Fapstronaut

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    If I don't have a wet dream the following night after edging, It depended how addicted I was in that moment but either I forget about it the following day or I continue to have urges like today, that eventually lead me to have a wet dream

    Some other wet dreams where I didnt edge at all just simply ate oily food before bed then worst case scenario I feel tired during the day but didnt get urges
     
  4. Ive noticed these kind of relapses happen when I get sloppy in my recovery routine. Having an AP / sponsor and going to meetings keeps this crap away for me. IMHO it's because the addict brain knows you "cant PMO" because youre "committed to being better" so it's like this inner teenager acting out trying to bend the rules youve made for yourself.

    "oh, you said no PMO? well look, NOT TOUchInG! CANT geT MAD!!" - that kinda thing. But as you said, if you dont call it a relapse you wont take it seriously. Slap the shit outta addict brain and re-commit. Build a recovery routine, journal, get accountability and the weeds of addiction wont grow back.

    Glad to see you posting here and recognizing the slip. Takes guts, bro. Keep it up !
     
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