BlockTheBuzz
New Fapstronaut
Here is your list of enemies to avoid during your reboot
in order from greatest to least:
The reason they are in order this way is that eventually, each of these CAN lead up to the next. in order from greatest to least:
1: PMO
2: Porn
3: Edging
4: MO
5: Orgasm with a Partner
2: Porn
3: Edging
4: MO
5: Orgasm with a Partner
When you have an orgasm, regardless of the circumstances your brain releases a huge rush of feel-good chemicals. Naturally, your body will want more of those chemicals following the orgasm. This is called the chaser effect
And in the first 90 days, this can be detrimental to your success.
Let's say you start with #5 and have sex with somebody. The next few days following that your brain goes:
"HEY I WANT MORE!
so to give it what it wants you choose to masturbate
That masturbation releases more chemicals and again your brain goes:
"THAT WAS GREAT, BUT NOW I WANT EVEN MORE STIMULATION
and so you start masturbating more often and for longer periods of time (edging).
Eventually, your brain will get used to that same buzz and it will say:
"NOW EVEN THIS ISN'T ENOUGH I WANT A BIGGER HIT OF DOPAMINE
So to really rev up those chemicals you watch porn, and your brain goes crazy
Am I saying you should never have sex or masturbate?
Not everyone will experience this in the same exact way, but everyone can admit that the rush of an orgasm is addicting. There are people out there that have sex and masturbate during their reboot and do okay but this is a dangerous line to walk and MOST people will fall off the edge.
So that being said, refraining from all orgasms for at least 90 days will give you the BEST chance of getting over this addiction. If there is never a rush of chemicals hitting your brain, there won't be a chaser effect to overcome and eventually, every day gets easier and easier. Then you can safely start to integrate sex back into your life without wanting to jump back into Porn. You will crave your partner(s), not your computer and THAT my friends, is the ultimate goal!
YOU GOT THIS!
~BlockTheBuzz