What is the 'flatline' and how do I know I'm in one?

It is the condition of your body. Your brain doesn´t have usual amount of dopamine (which is produced by orgasm, even masturbation) so you feel weak withdrawal symptoms. No libido, exhaustion, diarhorrea, bad mood, cravings for sugar and coffee - these are symptoms of lack of the dopamine. Flatline is the phase, when your brain needs to be rebooted and become accustomed to different conditions of getting dopamine.

 

Does that mean a flatline is necessary to become rebooted? I'm nearing 90 days hard mode and I have yet to experience a flatline.

 

This topic is question of hormones. Every body is different and I can´t say if yes or no. All I can say is, that I have been going through this phase last 1 - 2 weeks and this was the reason why I study this topic these days. If you have these withdrawal symptoms, which I have meant up, you are addicted on some form of "instant dopamine increasing" like CP games, PMO, sugar, coffee, etc. (also some kind of drugs) and your body reacts on your lack of the dopamine this way.

 

So if I stop playing video games and drinking coffee I'm likely to flatline?
This isn't just caused by stopping PMO?

 

Yes and no, yes it will help but masturbation causes a major flood of dopamine so as soon as that occurs the coffee and video game dopamine becomes irrelevant basically. You want your body to create new ways of creating dopamine, ways like meeting someone new, hugging someone, doing something nice for someone, etc etc.. These are positive, masturbation and video games or drugs are negative outlets.

 

Right, cool thanks for that
So say you kissed someone for the first time, or even hugged them that would give you a hit of dopamine?
Do you have a link that explains what it is and does exactly?

 

I thought i hit a 'flatline' in the first couple of weeks and boy was I wrong, a flatline completely drains just about everything to do with your personality out of you because of what people said above about dopamine. i didnt get hit with it till about 3 weeks in and it lasted about 3 days and it was terrible. you will be in a bad attitude and be crappy honestly but there is nothing that you can do about it so just push through it you can't have it on your mind. you can still be happy in a flatline it just takes a super-duper amount of work. If your religious this helps out a lot to be spiritual.

 

And not only dopamine. Look at the fourth paragraph here. http://healthland.time.com/2011/02/11/the-science-of-smooching-why-men-and-women-kiss-differently/ It is really interesting to know something about it. Make an hour of your time and look at the internet for some information...