mentorr
Fapstronaut
Hi Team,
I want to get straight to the point:
I have been recovering from PIED for almost 27 months. My PMO addiction spans over 16 years and I currently sit in my early 30s. My overall progress involves a handful of misguided Orgasms from trying to rewire but not much else. After 2 years of recovery I have begun to notice a couple of things:
After running through my journal and comparing the first 12 months of my recovery to the second 12 months, you can see that benefits and overall progress seems to have slowly decreased. Morning wood amongst other benefits seem to be more scarce in year 2 of my reboot. The only substantial difference that I can think of that separates the two years is Lockdown. I work in the IT Industry and Year 1 was spent heading into the office on a busy train every morning, constantly surrounded by clients and colleagues. Whereas Year 2 has been me spending hours on end, in my bedroom at my desk, in front of my computer, staring at multiple screens while browsing Netflix and YouTube to pass the time.
When I refer to 'the internet being my girlfriend' the endless hours in front of a screen is what I am talking about. With a career that involves me consistently being at the mercy of the internet, I honestly think that internet use could be a key factor that is affecting my reboot. I am starting to realise that when bored, or stressed I will reach for either my phone or laptop, almost like an automatic response to feeling any form of emotion. P is rarely a problem, and in all honesty hasn't been that difficult to beat. It is the internet that is the real issue.
Internet addiction seems to be somewhat of a taboo in this community, but I am interested to hear if anyone else who is (or has) suffered from PIED has had a similar issue.
At this moment I have cut Instagram, Facebook, Twitter totally and try to use YouTube for no more than an hour a day. The moment I cut these platforms out (12 Days ago) I dropped into a flatline which has almost confirmed that it is likely an internet addiction that I am now dealing with.
What do you guys think, can anyone relate to high internet usage having a negative affect on their reboot?
I want to get straight to the point:
I have been recovering from PIED for almost 27 months. My PMO addiction spans over 16 years and I currently sit in my early 30s. My overall progress involves a handful of misguided Orgasms from trying to rewire but not much else. After 2 years of recovery I have begun to notice a couple of things:
- Overall I am gradually feeling better
- Recovery is extremely slow
- Morning wood is inconsistent and seems to be declining at the moment
- After 2 years I haven't been able to achieve an erection stronger than 40%
After running through my journal and comparing the first 12 months of my recovery to the second 12 months, you can see that benefits and overall progress seems to have slowly decreased. Morning wood amongst other benefits seem to be more scarce in year 2 of my reboot. The only substantial difference that I can think of that separates the two years is Lockdown. I work in the IT Industry and Year 1 was spent heading into the office on a busy train every morning, constantly surrounded by clients and colleagues. Whereas Year 2 has been me spending hours on end, in my bedroom at my desk, in front of my computer, staring at multiple screens while browsing Netflix and YouTube to pass the time.
When I refer to 'the internet being my girlfriend' the endless hours in front of a screen is what I am talking about. With a career that involves me consistently being at the mercy of the internet, I honestly think that internet use could be a key factor that is affecting my reboot. I am starting to realise that when bored, or stressed I will reach for either my phone or laptop, almost like an automatic response to feeling any form of emotion. P is rarely a problem, and in all honesty hasn't been that difficult to beat. It is the internet that is the real issue.
Internet addiction seems to be somewhat of a taboo in this community, but I am interested to hear if anyone else who is (or has) suffered from PIED has had a similar issue.
At this moment I have cut Instagram, Facebook, Twitter totally and try to use YouTube for no more than an hour a day. The moment I cut these platforms out (12 Days ago) I dropped into a flatline which has almost confirmed that it is likely an internet addiction that I am now dealing with.
What do you guys think, can anyone relate to high internet usage having a negative affect on their reboot?