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Could someone help me explain my state of mind?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Supremehokage, Mar 6, 2018.

  1. Supremehokage

    Supremehokage Fapstronaut

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    I relapsed to porn videos, I'm on day 2 desperately trying to get back to or surpass my 7 month streak but I'm confused to my state of mind. When I first really committed my anxiety was horrible but over time I think it dwindled and depression took over. Right now as of day 2 I can feel my anxiety returning and I don't crave porn. The thing that made me relapse was social media. I kept fucking around typing porn star names until I edged so hard that I ended up going to a porn site and fapping. I deleted all my social media accounts. I kept changing videos all the time but the thing is the whole time I did I felt no pleasure from it, no relief, nothing. I honestly feel like a drug addict. That's what I am I get no pleasure from the thing I'm watching I only want the high I get from it. Can someone maybe help explain?
     
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  2. Hufflekid

    Hufflekid Fapstronaut

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    It's addiction. Both probably fueled by the addictive quality of social media and the nature of pornography.

    If deleting everything worked, we'd all be doing it.

    Here's a few things I'd focus on:

    1. Finding other things to fulfill you and occupy your time.
    2. Getting in touch with why you want to make these changes and the benefits. Then re-visiting them often.
    3. Spending time connecting with real people in real life.

    I'd also suggest watching this too:

    https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong
     
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  3. Supremehokage

    Supremehokage Fapstronaut

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    Honestly bro, I think your right because honestly when I saw it there was no sense of relief no sense of joy Idk I found myself not even getting a thrill for it or enjoying it or finding pleasure in it it was like it didn't even matter to me anymore. That's one of the reasons that I think I was able to start my streak of 7 months because it didn't make me happy anymore all it was used for was to get high nothing else. I found myself looking through video to video but it didn't matter what I saw it got me erect but that's it there was no real thrill in it anymore.
     
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  4. Supremehokage

    Supremehokage Fapstronaut

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    Quite frankly your right addiction depends on your cage on your environment, when your trapped in a shitty situation you can't escape from then I can understand why addiction becomes the way it is.
     
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  5. pezzer

    pezzer Fapstronaut

    its common for people, once they relapse, once they get a taste of what it is they believed to be 'missing', they will do it a few more times. Til they then come to the realisation again, they are getting no feeling out of it. This realisation becomes all the more obvious, all the more apparent the longer you abstain. Because by revisiting porn and masturbation, you are bringing back all those feelings and thoughts you were previously trying to escape or at least put your mind in a better position by completing NoFap. 7 months is quite an achievement, just make sure now you don't reverse those benefits, keep to what you've taught yourself and like HuffleKid said, it's important to remind yourself why you're doing this and what it is you're trying to change about yourself i guess.

    I had that same experience when i relapsed before, i remember it being very senseless, in a literal sense. It seemed after so long, the pleasure i imagined it to feel like in my mind, before i relapsed was nothing like how it really felt. When i felt drained, empty and like i betrayed myself and all the time i spent trying to resist it. My mind just magnified the feeling, when in truth it wasn't how i imagined it to be at all. Orgasm via porn and masturbation alone, it really is a feeling i don't miss and i can gladly say that now, knowing the truth of how i felt before.
     
    Last edited: Mar 7, 2018
  6. can relate
    when i cum to porn, i dont feel anything, its now become one of my motivating reasons to get away from it, as i dont get any sensory pleasure - its all addiction related dopamine hits

    you can do it
     
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