I don't usually have problems during the day, but at night. I find it almost impossible to fall asleep without getting off, no matter how tired I am, or exhausted I am from working out. I've tried to suppress it, but I'll lie awake till 3, 4, 5am and my body refuses to shut down unless I get off. I always give in because I need to fall asleep to be productive the next day. It's like a porn induced insomnia... any suggestions how I can deal with this? I'm single so I'm not sharing a bed, and I live alone
Sleeping pills? And if you'r worried about the sleeping pill being too strong and having a hard time waking up, try half or a quarter of one.
It's not a chronic enough nightly occurence to justify me using meds I don't think, that would be last resort. I do have nights when I sleep fine, but when I do relapse, which currently is quite frequnetly, it's always at night and stops me from sleeping.
This happens because you have set your body clock to be like that. If you try sleeping without it your body reminds you to see it. I would say overcome it by forcing yourself to sleep without it. Initially you wont be able to sleep but after few days of struggle and you will set your clock to sleep without it.
That's a lie, a false reality you've created. Your inability to sleep could be any number of factors, it's definitely not porn. Try limiting your cellphone, tv, computer usage before bed. Enable blue light filters to reduce the blue light they emit, it really helps. I lied to myself for years, telling myself it would help me sleep. 2 hours later, after intense searching and a torrenting of focus, yeah- you're more tired! More time has elapsed. Don't lie to yourself, believe in yourself.
It's something one over comes by just telling their brain that we're gonna sleep without any porn tonight. The moment you say to yourself "I can't sleep without getting off" your brain believes and it wires itself that way then you'll have a tough time sleeping. Get that thought and just drift off to sleep no matter how long it takes.
You have to face it untill your sleep becomes normal . Your brain is trying to reinforce your habbit. After few days of not getting off before sleeping , you will be back on track eventually ! You have to face difficulty for few days.