Flatline/withdrawal 95 days in

Hey man,I'm feeling the same stuff you are feeling.But to jack up my happiness levels I eat some dark chocolate and I be around family members who are happy and understanding.Don't worry keep going strong.

 

I have problems with concentration aswell, severe enough that i decided to delay my nofap experiment until i have completed the last 2 collage courses(i have still cut it down to approx once every weak). Of course i have quitted porn completely.

90 days is a lot of time, some are reporting improvement even after 2 weeks but my results has been the opposite of that, maybe it needs more time?

 

Sit down and really wish from the bottom of your heart when you are in that heavy place that the other people on this site would have the courage to come through the feeling of what your going through. Really connect with them wishing they would be free of this pain.

Really feel the feeling and then just let go when the feeling has turned comfortable.

Do this as much as you like for the benefit of people in NoFap that is the key.

This will produced quite a strong energy but don't be afraid of it.

Don't use this for your own pleasure or it will backfire on you let go when the feeling becomes pleasurable and then go about your daily activities.

 

Sorry but i do not buy this "masturbating is a drug" thing, the sexual desire is natural and will not go away when quitting masturbation but hopefully the opposite(which i guess is one of the reasons to quit). The rush you get from masturbating from fantasies is weak, if you use porn the rush will be at least 10 times stronger.

I will recommend everyone to read this thread by kurapika http://www.nofap.com/forum/index.ph...-rebooting-extremely-long-but-valuable.36668/

The devil is dopamine addiction. When i quitted porn i didn't have to use any helping programs or even deleting my porn(i will do that after 30 days), but i had to actually delete my happypancake account in order to prevent me from wasting my time on the site(with success rate of 0.001%). I think i will delete my okcupid account as well(or make sure i get IP-banned).

Your life will stop sucking only after you have dealt with the dopamine addiction. You must learn discipline and how to use the computer and internet for good stuff and not the bad stuff.

 

In many cases of people being addicted drugs, dopamine is a strong presence as well. So if you don't buy it, then that's your choice. I do, and I'm clearly not the only one that does.

Back to the OP: I got to about day 70 until my frustrations with the flatline made me feel really fed up with the situation. At that point, I posted here for reassurance that it would end. I was told that it would, but there's no guarantee when it would happen. Fortunately, within a matter of days, I was through it.

I hope something similar happens for you, @takos. The return of morning wood is a good sign, but I was getting it for weeks before the flatline finally dissapated, so there's no guarantee attached to that. Just keep on seeing it through and it will come to an end.

 

Things like trying to keep myself busy where possible, getting plenty of rest in between because I'd often feel worn out, using the forum to rant at poor souls who'd get me back on track...

Most importantly, I would remind myself why I was making myself feel the way I was feeling, either through just telling myself how bad PMO really made me feel, or by using the forum to read people's stories, watch videos, etc. And if it all felt too much, send out a cry for help on here! Sometimes I wasn't totally convinced it was worth it, but as long as I knew it was better than going back, I carried on.

 

In what way? (I'll reply properly in the morning. It is 1:30 am here, I should have been asleep hours ago!)

A couple of things...

- A lot more energy
- Much more stable, positive moods
- More engaged with life in general

If anyone else wants to talk about how things are after flatline in the meantime, please feel welcome to do so.

 

Thanks for sharing @Schia . What exactly changed from before to after flatline? Can you please share?

 

I'm on the same boat about to hit 90 days 6 days from now experiencing major flatline my friend looks so lifeless it's sad I been masturbation, pornography,edge pretty much everything free I'm planning to keep it like that found a girl that keeps me occupied all the time lol

I'm staying clean of everything especially masturbation I use to masturbation about 1-6 times a day which ended up getting me premature ejaculation and e.d afterwards

 

Well, once flatline ended, I felt like I had a lot more energy to get up and do things. During flatline, no matter how much I might have wanted to get up and do things, I just felt worn out all of the time. Everything seemed like an effort, my limbs would feel heavy and my moods would often swing from not-too-bad to thoroughly miserable across the course of a matter of days. Now I'm feeling a lot more energetic and positive. I feel brilliant!

As for my dick... I've not had anyone to test it on, so I can't be sure that it works until then. I'm probably not the best person to ask, but it does get lively with the right thoughts every now again. And I haven't had that in a long time!