Who else experiences severe brain fog?

We are all here for you,bud. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. as you said, when you were PMO free, you did see an improvement. Stick with this and it will get better. I know things seem darkest now, but give it time, put the effort in, and you will see things turn around. we're pulling for you!

 

I can relate to this...this last year or so nothing really makes me happy. I go and do stuff but I'm never like "wow that so fun or that was the best day I've had this year so far etc etc" it feels mediocre then the next morning I'm totally bored again.
I can't even remember the last time I woke up feeling refreshed and ready for a challenge or something.
I always feel drained before I even started.

 

Hi! Just joined, and saw your post. Your description of BF effects is spot on. I too was once very energetic, remember waking up and just starting to do things, it was as the day was just too short for me to do everything I wanted. My whole being was just somehow "full", like I was opening up to the world and it fascinated me, there was just the feeling I was meant for great things in my life. I applied myself to things, studied, finished school and college, and my favorite activity was talking to people candidly. Then some bad things happened in my life, and I started fapping to release the stress and anxiety (it was a noticable jump from occasionally fapping for pleasure and fapping compulsively to release the stress). Brain fog emerged, fatigue, melancholy, demotivation and anxiety worsened, since it was mixed now with feelings of shame and personal failure. I was literally zombified, walking around and trying to keep my eyes opened, and feeling like my thoughts tried to come together through a thick fog in my brain. I started to think or say something and just lost the point in the middle. My social interactions were now everything but fun and spontaneous, i felt nervous and stupid when interacting with others. I often humiliated myself for being "slow", and people would easily defeat me in arguments because i just couldn't follow. My brain was lazy as hell... So the vicious circle formed: fap, fog and humiliation; anxiety (about humiliation), retrat to fap, fog...

Brain fog is toxic, it can ruin your life. I got out for the most of it, but still not entirely over. It has mostly affected my logical skills and memory, I can have deep thoughts, but if I don't write them down I forget them quickly. And when I look back at all the possibilites and opportunities i have failed to seize because I felt like I was moonwalking through the days it is just sad. I recently went nofap for 10 days and I was feeling a lot better. I encourage you to try abstaining from PMO as long as you can, because that stuff drains you of your life, makes everything seem gray and dull, and makes you weak (head and body). Good luck!

 

I can relate to this, too. As I grow old, the weight of the world's getting harder to hold up and I compensate myself into watching porn to release that. I realize in the first place that it was a best solution. But all the pmo things just happened so fast and became fastest route to escape my daily pain.

Then, all the other things beside porn seems not able to satisfy my desire and I feel something not right in my brain. I can't think like the way my brain did in the past which I believe that was better than now.

 

Hey man,

Listen, I can totally relate. Brain fog is so bad that it's hard to do things like put away the dishes and keep my room clean. I went on a 10 day streak and began to notice drastic improvements. I've been working on living in the moment, and the only thing keeping us from feeling normal is an urge to put our hand down our pants. Tell yourself that TODAY YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER! In this moment, you're taking the first step towards a new life. I'm almost positive all of those symptoms will fade away.
Best of luck on your journey!!

 

I have been experiencing the same phenomena, I even remember when I was younger realizing some kind of fog has settled over me with no idea why. I'm on day 2 friends! Good luck everyone.

 

Yeah I know how it feels, I too had same experience, being addicted to PMO for last 10 years I have forget about real world.Trying to cope with this addiction but still not successful, in starting I MO just to escape my isolation, but later on they became as important as oxygen in my life.Not a single day has gone when I have not M, cant feel anything for having real sex,kiss ,etc. Just fantasizing everything.Started nofap 4 days ago, relapsed 5 times, again started today.....

 

Me too. I've had a similar experience as you. I feel like a zombie. I've felt unreal for so long, life just doesn't seem as real as it did before I ever started MOing. I've been MOing for more than half my life. It will probably take months and months before the brain fog goes away. You're not alone, we're all here for you. We'll get through this.

 

Totally feel you.

It had gotten A LOT better during my 48-day streak but now that I'm resetting almost daily for over a month I feel that I'm back at the bottom.

 

I too feel the slowness in understanding, brain fog, things as well as mental laziness. I had gone for almost 18 weeks hard mode where I started feeling good, but got back to old habits and have to climb the mountain all over again

 

@Larry25 Having said the above, I do have to say that during the hard mode phase, I could feel the difference ,
felt the mind working really sharp at times( it was not for really long periods), but at least for shorter duration, I could find myself very clear thinking, confidence,excitement and joy. So I believe it is possible to slowly reverse the negative effect.

 

This story is similar like mine same issues like mine I'm wondering can reboot can fix this things : anxiety with no reason , brain fog for about 4 years,derealization I think or is it brain fog? Who knows is it cause of porn addiction? Maybe after 90 days or couple months on NoFap brain can fix itself and back to normal....

 

its important to note that masturbation is not the only cause of brain fog. there are nutritional components as well. smoking weed can also contribute. are you super skinny? I am, and as a result I got dizzy spells along with confusion and irritability. when I started to pack on some bacon it went away very quickly

 

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