Blocked From Doing What I Love

[kambridge]

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 to the point where I quit after before the game is even finished loading. If I think about going out to do errands or watching TV or something that's not already a habit for me my brain feels weird and anti-action and makes the activity seem just so unpleasurable. It affects my body and my willingness to do things. It's really getting in the way of me enjoying my life. I imagine that a healthy adult can literally do anything he, she, or they set their mind to so.

Does anyone have similar experiences?

There's anhedonia but I still have interests and I definitely still feel pleasure. I don't really know what's going on.

 

[Aléxandros]

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 to the point where I quit after before the game is even finished loading. If I think about going out to do errands or watching TV or something that's not already a habit for me my brain feels weird and anti-action and makes the activity seem just so unpleasurable. It affects my body and my willingness to do things. It's really getting in the way of me enjoying my life. I imagine that a healthy adult can literally do anything he, she, or they set their mind to so.

Does anyone have similar experiences?

There's anhedonia but I still have interests and I definitely still feel pleasure. I don't really know what's going on.

I think when you beat a great addiction like porn and masturbation, you just really want to get rid of any other addiction.
Like after I embraced NoFap, I just decided to get rid of social media, of junk food, of coffee, of videogames, and every other addiction that used to mess up my dopamine patterns.

Beating porn fixes your dopamine receptors, which automatically will neglect every other addictive activity.
That's why in a bit you start enjoying going out, having interactions, working out, eating healthy, reading.

NoFap is just the beginning of a positive mindset.

Maybe your subconscious just thinks playing games is harmful and useless, so here there comes all the symptoms you feel!

 

[kambridge]

I think when you beat a great addiction like porn and masturbation, you just really want to get rid of any other addiction.
Like after I embraced NoFap, I just decided to get rid of social media, of junk food, of coffee, of videogames, and every other addiction that used to mess up my dopamine patterns.

Beating porn fixes your dopamine receptors, which automatically will neglect every other addictive activity.
That's why in a bit you start enjoying going out, having interactions, working out, eating healthy, reading.

NoFap is just the beginning of a positive mindset.

Maybe your subconscious just thinks playing games is harmful and useless, so here there comes all the symptoms you feel!

That would be interesting for sure. My brain doesn’t like doing things that aren’t for self improvement, that’s true. It’s weird that I have such a visceral reaction to video games though. It may be as you’ve stated. Just sucks because I really want to play. I was enjoying getting better at shooters.

Thanks for the perspective!

 

[Aléxandros]

That would be interesting for sure. My brain doesn’t like doing things that aren’t for self improvement, that’s true. It’s weird that I have such a visceral reaction to video games though. It may be as you’ve stated. Just sucks because I really want to play. I was enjoying getting better at shooters.

Thanks for the perspective!

Yeah sure, it's just a positive mentality that bumps into your life in one second, it's crazy.
All of a sudden you gain a mental clarity that prevents you from wasting your time in stupid activities anymore.
Porn makes people weak and weak people waste their time, that's a fact.
That could be gaming, gambling, drinking alcohol, bad eating, doing drugs.

That's what I understood after all this time.