Anxiety, depression - had small bouts of it before, but it is way worse when going without PMO. OCD-type symptoms - again, way worse when going without PMO.
For me i believe the worst type of porn is engaging in chat rooms or simply chatting with hot girls. Im almost sure of this because two times i experienced for a week horrible symptoms after abstaining from this: depression, loss of interest in everything, loss of apetite, shakings, urges to fap, strange sensations in the body (like electricity in random parts of the body and a tingling sensation around penis and perineum). One night i woke up shaking with a horrible tingling sensation in the penis; felt like i was going to orgasm. This sensations maybe were the result of anxiety. After passing a week i start to feel better and regain my mood
- lower and upper back pain - fat red oily acne face (never had skin problems until excessive pmo) - Gained weight out of no where - Hard to sleep early - Wake up early - Feel hungry but a struggle to make myself eat - Severe fatigue - Pain and tender in all muscles of my body everyday - Thin hair - Super dark skin under the eyes - Look older than I am - Horrible dandruff on scalp and face - Shortness of breath - Can't breath right when with other people - Can't exercise or pain is much worse - Pain when peeing - Pain in knees - weak legs
Depression Anger Hopelessness Moody Not sleeping Brain fog Tendency to touch myself automatically Headache Anxiety
for me so far, in time order: nervous tension energy boost wake up early morning wood starts returning positive mindset, happy about nofap engaging with people strong urges, stronger urges hyper sensitivity, with ball ache and randoms tired, feel down generally annoyed with everything, withdrawn, bleak, disinterested anxiety (no pmo to ignore it) but still feel good about nofap because Im doing what I know I need to do! guess Im saying withdrawel is a roller coaster ride
Headache, Muscle tension in my face , forehead and between my eyes. ( I gave myself a blister trying to message out the cramped muscle). Flatline = a blessing and a curse.
After 11 days in P & M, I'm feeling a severe lack of sexual desire. Almost no "hard" penis, not even in the morning.
Anxiety/panic attacks Unexplainable fits of anger/rage Bad insomnia Feelings of regret, sorrow, and paranoia Food cravings/increased appetite Random day dreaming Laziness Eyes begin to tear up randomly Brain fog(Can't think)
My symptoms include: 1- Extreme Anger, Enraged by the smallest issues 2- Can't think clearly, usually take longer times to study 3- Feeling as if I was ignored by everyone 4- Teeth Pain 5- Loss of happiness 6- Feeling guilty all the time 7- Hopelessness 8- Trying to rationalize a relapse 9- No Energy 10- Mostly Depressed 11- Sleeping so much 12- Eating So little That what I have in my mind right now, will add more as soon as I remember
So many of these symptoms are very familiar to me. What I often dealt with in my withdrawal was a very strong sense of regret that I had waited so long and wasted so many years on porn. In the mid 90s, I had some issues with depression started taking Prosac and wham my ability to O without M tanked. Porn was likely the main reason. But the quality and variety of porn became more and more intense with each year and by the time I retired it was a daily issue, over and over again. I am now in my 70s and the feeling that was pervasive was regret that I could have done so much more with my life. Thankfully, I have moved on from the negative thinking. Now that I am close to my 90 day PMO goal, I look forward to my remaining years with my wife, kids and Grand Kids. Porn will never own me again. If you are much younger than me or even older please stick with it. You owe it to yourself and your future/current family.
I found withdrawal symptoms only happened on my first streak of 30 days, after that, the symptoms were muted even after relapsing. - mood swings were really bad the first few weeks (gone now) - insomnia (gone now) - brain fog (this one is still present) - hungry (I think its gone now, or I'm just eating better) - restless - flatline (this one still happening)