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Depressed. Need help about flatline

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by GROXES, Nov 13, 2019.

  1. GROXES

    GROXES Fapstronaut

    I'm able to keep the addiction at bay till around 7-8 days. The 6th and 7th day makes life feel so beautiful and happy and I can do anything and NoFap is worth it. But I flatline right after. It's so hard. I become angry at my friends and everyone for no apparent reason, I become extremely depressed, i have no motivation, nothing feels fun, and it all only gets worse. its why i keep returning to relapse. i turn into a such bitter person to be around that i would rather relapse than treat my friends badly and refuse to do homework. after i relapse i get my life back in check, but in my head i feel depressed with my decision to watch. I dont lust after women i see in school or anything, but i do know porn has bad effectts without me being aware.

    i just dont know what to do. is going through flatline wortth it? because i cant stand it and i hate this freaking cycle i go through every week.
    makees me freaking wonder if masterbation is normal, and i neeed to drop porn. idk just need advice. im not desperate for a gf but i just want my sexual desires ot be fulfilled oncee a weeek to make me fel freaking sane.

    excuse typos, i have the cursed macbook pro
     
  2. Masturbation may be normal but the effects of porn aren't good on us. It's like how we crave the sugars of fruit but instead we have candy. Why have candy when we can have fruit, which is healthier and more nutritious? Would you rather ejaculate on a napkin or inside a vagina?
     
  3. Overforme

    Overforme Fapstronaut

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    Flat line is the worst. That is really all you need to know. Eventually it passes and the withdrawal symptoms still linger and that period is at least better than flat line, but still, rough. I'm over 2 months clean and past flat line, but still facing withdrawals. It sucks. I'm hoping that by next year I'm feeling much better.
     
  4. Deforio11

    Deforio11 Fapstronaut

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    I wish you all good luck, I believe that as hard as it is, the best thing to do is to hold on during the flatline period, only this cycle will end
     

  5. Are you saying that when you use porn you are great and wonderful person but when you stop your life becomes even more wonderful only to become a nightmare when you get past day 7?
    Or do you feel like your life is depressed and dreadful when you use porn and then stopping porn makes it more enjoyable for short bit but soon it turns dreadful again?

    I think you should focus on dealing with why you feel bitter and depressed. I promise you, porn is not the cause.
    Anything that makes you happy will lift your mood and as you say "makes life feel so beautiful", getting icream and enjoying it can make you forget your are bitter and depressed, although the feeling of joy does not last.

    You are waiting for some magical transformation to happen when you stop porn, but it never does, I am sorry. Joy you feel comes from effort you put in to self control, its not a "flat-line" you face. You return to feeling how you normally feel.
     
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