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can PMO addiction cause panic attack disorder?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by russel3, Jun 27, 2014.

  1. russel3

    russel3 Fapstronaut

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    Iv always been a very good public speaker. In elementary school i participated in a speech meet and out of the whole state was graded in the top 10. For my reward i got to go in front of hundreds of people and perform my speech, and i loved it. Then i discovered PMO and i loved it too. I would do it multiple times a day and got addicted very soon. After about 2 years i soon realized that i would get a little shaky when went in front of people. About a year later found myself with my first panic attack because i had to read out loud. This fear of having another panic attack has resulted in countless more panic attacks. this has been going on now for a long time now and i just power through them every time they happen, nobody can tell that i have them exept they might see me get very shaky sometimes for stupid reasons. Very tired of them and it takes huge will power to power through them. The main reason i started to try to quit pmo was to get rid of these panic attacks(and fear of them).Do you guys think pmo was what started the panic attacks and if i remove pmo i will heal?
     
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  2. I can sometimes have small panic attacks ...for example few days ago when i was going to hairdresser there were maybe 4 people waiting and i've got in panic, and i said to myself ''They are human just like you, does it matter'' and it passed me, i dont know how to that works out for you.
    But try to ''normalize'' it if you know what i want to say ..
     
  3. NotAfraid

    NotAfraid Fapstronaut

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    Answer to your question: possibly yes. Actually, very likely yes.

    Porn can really fuck you up. It affects your dopamine-system very much, like you probably know. Dopamine is also highly involved in all our cognitive processes, so it's no wonder if you get any kind of disorder because of PMO addiction.

    When I was still masturbating to porn daily, I was in a very dark place, but didn't understand it was caused by porn. I had fears about things I didn't have before and I got very weird moments of horror, that caused my friends to look at me like "the fuck, man?".

    When I was in a car, I could get afraid of being in a car in a moment and wanted to stop. I was afraid, that I would lose control over myself and jump out of the moving car. I thought about how easily I would kill someone and other very sick thoughts. I went from social to isolated. I went from funny to creepy. I had OCD-like thoughts and I could create a fear about anything. I became very clumsy in social situations and grocery stores were very hard places for me.

    When I started doing Nofap, I started to heal. Even though I've relapsed hundreds of time, I still got much better. All of these unreasonable fears and OCD-like behaviors vanished.

    I feel great. I feel very stable and balanced.

    I'm pretty sure, that PMO addiction has caused your panic attacks. So quit.
     
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  4. bonnio

    bonnio Fapstronaut

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    Wow...this may explain my episodes of panic attacks in the past. Thanks for posting!
     
  5. SuperFan

    SuperFan Fapstronaut

    You have to remember that compulsive PMO actually changes your brain. The limbic/pleasure part of your brain grows, while the prefrontal cortex--the part that controls logic, critical thinking, and articulateness--tends to diminish.

    I've seen evidence of this in my own life. Despite having a lot of knowledge about the topics that interest me, I sometimes find myself stumbling over my words or having trouble articulating what I'm thinking--and I believe that's because of PMO.

    If you start having victory over this, you will most definitely see a change. Physically, your brain will change and your prefrontal cortex will get stronger ... and psychologically, you will have beaten one of the hardest things to overcome in life, and that will give you a boost of confidence that will carry over into your public speaking.

    Stay the course, buddy!
     
  6. ReallyWannaLive

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    Whenever I abstain from PMO I always notice a change for the better in my social interactions with the people around me. Normally when I have a bad day with PMO, I ALWAYS worry about what people think about me. My paranoia shoots through the roof. Yesterday at the gym I saw a friend I hadn't seen in a long time. If I had been fapping, I would have been worried that he would think I'm a socially awkward SOB.(cuz I am super awkward after I fap) But since I've stopped, this time around I've really noticed that I am so much more confident and comfortable around people. I've never experienced a panic attack so I apologize for not being able to understand completely, but I can say that staying clean of PMO most definitely gets rid of my paranoia/social anxiety/awkwardness/discomfort. I have no doubt that your panic attacks can go away from taking care of the PMO. Best of luck.
     
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