Wet dream already

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the correct area to post this, but here it goes.

I'm 34 and haven't PMO since May 31st. That's not very long, I usually do it more often, but I've gone longer than this before. Anyway, last night I had a wet dream that woke me up and this hasn't happened since I was a teenager. Like I said, I've gone longer than a few days before and this hasn't happened those times. I'm not sure, but I think reading these forums and actually making a plan to abstain from PMO may have contributed to this. Has anyone else experienced this? Maybe I was focusing on it too much and my mind is resisting?

The dream was extremely pornographic in nature, but it was still just a dream, so I'm not resetting my counter or taking it as a defeat. I didn't touch myself in any way, I was ejaculating when I woke up, but my hands were not touching my body so I don't consider this to be PMO, even if the dream was pretty damn explicit. It's a little frustrating, but I'm going to continue.

 

Yeah, it is a little scary, I knew I was using PMO as a way to escape but I didn't realize how obsessed I really was. I forgot to clear my web history and a porn site came up as I was typing something else in, damn, my heart started racing because I really wanted to go there. I didn't though, I just cleared the history.

 

I don't think it's wrong to wish for one, it isn't the same type of release as masturbation, but it is a way for the body to release in a way. I'm definitely not flatlining yet, I'm having some seriously powerful urges, but I'm maintaining. Keeping busy with other things helps a lot, but I still have the panic and obsessive thoughts creeping in several times daily. Nighttime is awful, I can't sleep at all now. I'm exhausted, but I still really want to release this damn stress, especially at night.

Your coping techniques could be helping to prevent wet dreams, in the past masturbating obviously prevented them, but now the techniques may be relieving enough pressure to make wet dreams unnecessary. I only had that one, and I didn't have much of any coping techniques then, I had also been reading this forum and looking at other information about porn addiction before sleeping that night, so it was on my mind.

Having a wet dream didn't increase my cravings, it actually made me want to work at this even harder, but everyone is different I suppose. 16 days is awesome, I hope I can make it that long so keep up the good work.

 

Yeah, it's not the same type of release as porn/masturbating, my urges didn't change at all either. It was annoying to make that mess, I already have trouble sleeping and after getting upset and changing the sheets, I couldn't really relax afterwards.