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Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by 19m, Mar 22, 2019.

  1. 19m

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    hey guys so i’ve been in a flatline for over 30 days and i was just playing with my self for a bit and a bunch of semen cane out didn’t madturbate but just played with it a bit . what does this mean is my flatline over ? or no and should i be worried too that semen came out too ? or no also i’m really worrying about restarting nofap because i’ve been going so far and i don’t want to restart for nothing also do i have to restart or just be careful ?
     
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  2. CH3RRY

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    Something like this wouldn't be a restart. It doesn't affect you. And have you felt pressure/a need to ejaculate lately? If you have, ejaculating becomes easily triggered. Don't think this has anything to do with flatline. Also to prevent this, you probably shouldn't play with yourself at all.
     
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  3. 19m

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    it was more of a test myself to see if i couldn’t get hard and no i haven’t i don’t have the urge to ejaculate at all either and do you still think i have pied still too?
     
  4. 19m

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    and now i just relapsed after 30 days :( do i need to restart now i feel like i don’t need to because i’ve made a lot of progress but what do you think
     
  5. CH3RRY

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    By relapse you did what exactly? And to be straight forward, you need to understand that recovery takes a long time. It will take months and even years to fully recover. Things like PIED especially take a while. I read on yourbrainonporn.com, that for some it has taken a few years to get rid of PIED. Also overall, some people keep on recovering and seeing positive changes after several years.

    Your biggest struggle is probably porn, am I correct? That is what you most primarily need to abstain from. Even if you happen to masturbate, stay away from porn.
     
  6. 19m

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    yea and okay thank you do you think it will harm me tho in my recovery i did it for 2 minutes
     
  7. CH3RRY

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    You did what exactly?
     
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  10. 19m

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    thanks! and since my reboot my depression has gotten really bad like i get painful thoughts could this be from not pmo or does this have nothing to do with it and just my depression
     
  11. CH3RRY

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    These kind of things aren't clear. They're all linked together. Abstaining will cause withdrawal symptoms for some, including depression and anxiety. So yes, most likely your reboot does have an impact on your depression. But remember this is just a phase. You can push through it. And here's something about withdrawal.

    From yourbrainonporn.com:

    "Recovering porn users are often startled by the severity of their withdrawal symptoms when they stop using porn. This is probably due to a widespread blind spot about the honest-to-goodness physical addictiveness of Internet pornography. Symptoms aren’t just physical; they can take over your mind and your perception of the world (which looks dark)."

    "Keep in mind that, as the brain’s reward system and stress circuits grow more dysregulated, the withdrawal symptoms tend to be more pronounced. So, if you have used extreme porn for a long time, you may notice more severe symptoms"
     
  12. LeHso

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    I've been in this depression, it will go and your mood will be much better.

    If you're not experiencing withdrawal symptoms, you're not progressing.
     
  13. 19m

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    like i’ve had thoughts were like i don’t want to die but i have painful thoughts
     
  14. 19m

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    thanks !
     
  15. 19m

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    yes i’ve been in the transsexual / crossdresser category many years and i’m a straight male so that could be a thing as well
     
  16. CH3RRY

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    Yeah the fact that you are straight, and your porn habit escalated into viewing those categories means that you went pretty deep with your addiction. Did you slowly start viewing worse content? Since you became strongly addicted, your reboot along with withdrawal symptoms will be more severe as said in the quote.
     
  17. 19m

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    kind of
     

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