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Sex drive is exhausting, maybe reboot flatline would be good?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Difficult 2 Stop, Nov 9, 2018.

  1. Every attractive woman I see while around town, or on TV, or on the internet is catching my attention and taking over a large fraction of my thoughts. When walking around, I don't really look at anything else besides constantly scanning for pretty women. Then fantasizing. Even when I'm trying to resist the thoughts, battling them is takes up much of my mind. It it exhausting and I wish it would just stop, or that my sex drive could be greatly reduced. Is there something wrong with me, or is this a symptom of PMO addiction or attempt to reboot? Maybe I want to hit flatline that people talk about when rebooting? I have not succeeded yet in going more than 7 days with no PMO. But I am going to try very hard this time and maybe flatline will happen and be good, unless it causes general depression and not just reduction of sex drive?
     
  2. Hey, I'm going through a similar thing. I don't really go outside much, so I don't experience it too much in this specific sense, but I'm on day 13 at the moment and thoughts keep coming into my head. I've never gotten this far before, so I can't vouch for how much easier things are going to become, but know that I share your pain. As far as I can personally evaluate, this is normal and makes sense, and besides consulting someone professional for therapy, you just need to persevere and break the habit. Like any addiction, sexual addiction is usually caused by or exemplified by a habit. By consistently and intentionally breaking the cycle, you will be able to overcome this, but you must maintain an end goal to motivate yourself and train yourself to maintain the will. Obviously, this is far easier said than done, but keep persisting.
    My story during this run is like a really inconsistent graph so far. However, the urges were the absolute worse by day 7 and 8, and passing those milestones now, things have become easier. Not easy, just easier. I'm hoping I can last at the very least until exams are done, and ideally through the whole of November.

    Tl;dr, keep persevering. Do not stop. If you fail the challenge, keep trying until you can do it. Don't say to yourself "I failed/relapsed after X amount of days, there must be something wrong with me." That is the absolute worst mindset you can have. Keep trying. You have this vast community of people to share your and other people's stories, and nobody is going to shame you for trying. If anything, we will compliment you for your sheer effort and resilience alone, regardless of the result.
    Keep your chin up and keep going.
     

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