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Does porn also affect serotonin receptors?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Anonymous86, Oct 13, 2018.

  1. If you relapse you will cause brain damage, your brain will be over excited from relapsing and burning itself. Make relapse impossible, or kindling will kill you.
     
  2. This is harsh information, but I'm confident that long-term PMO and relapsing while recovering can actually kill you. Kindling effect can kill drug users, or perhaps even PMO users. Each subsequent withdrawal episode produces more severe withdrawal symptoms. There's a post on Reddit about it if you search kindling and nofap on Google.
     
  3. Perhaps a slow and rather sad life half-lived.
     
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  4. I felt retarded at my worst of it. Stuttering, mind blank, zoning out of conversations, coordination balance issues and many many more. Psychomotor Retardation is a symptom of Protracted withdrawal.
     
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  5. I've always been below-par, and I think people recognize that I have more in me, which sometimes has led to disrespect or even bullying.
    If it all boils down to wanking myself away, great. I'd love to discover that and do much better.
     
  6. I think most us severe cases relate exactly to that. Damage to the frontal lobes which addiction does changes your personailty. It made me hypersensitive to stress of any kind and in the end turned me Into a people pleaser/nice guy that ultimately the wrong kind of people took advantage of.

    Nearly two years out and I'm forming a new identity slowly or becoming the man I'm supposed to be and feel much more present and confident than I did as a porn user and in acute withdrawal.
     
  7. Yes I think the three-week heal might not be for me.. I'm still not sure if this is all pseudoscience, but I will give it a go. Why not? Edging/death grip/too many fantasies/unhelpful activities/loosing zinc (I guess) seem reasons to continue.
    Maybe I've just answered my doubts.
     
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  8. Anonymous86

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    By relapsing you mean PMO right?
     
  10. BigOne79

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    I feel like I am in the same situation at only eight months now. I was the same way, zoning out of conversations all the time, cannot think quickly to say something when striking up a conversation, I always felt out of place with friends when it came to meeting people so easy for them. I always thought I was just born hypersensitive but it seems that the PMO I have done for years really has done a big number on my mind more than my body but that remains to be seen. I ended up being a people pleasing person and got taken advantage of a lot and never understood why.

    It is good to know that you are feeling better and that the mind does heal from your words just now. Gives me hope that I will get better as well and recover some sort of who I was in the past or should have been. I have been talking to a therapist about mood swings and such. He advised on taking serotonin supplement and not the anti depressants to help out. Have you taken anything like that yourself..??
     
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    Tantus, what do you suggest if serotonin is needed in the mind as well.
     
  12. Yeah I relate about the conversation thing I felt and still do feel at times slower when it comes to having a conversation. I find it hard to maintain friendships because of the social anhedonia/anxiety whatever you want to call it. I still do struggle with it a bit but it's nowhere near as bad as it has been for a long time.

    I still am in a long and arduous flatline for the most part for sure. I still have a bit of anhedonia (general & social). Had a bit of libido last month and erections are on and off, much as sleeping is still a bit off.

    It really did a number on my mind as well but yknow it is what it is. If I have to suffer a few years of feeling like shit to get where I need to be then so be it. No seretonin supplements as of yet nor anti depressants I believe I got myself into this shit and hopefully with time, exercise and good nutrition I can get myself out.
     
  13. Yes, PMO. Each subsequent PMO will damage your brain more and more while recovering from withdrawal symptoms.
     
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  14. Yes MO should go as well if you really want to recalibrate your brain.
     
  15. I found myself trying to regain balance and consciousness multiple times waking up from sleeping. I used to kindle a lot in a lot reboots(streaks).
     
  16. I would make homemade yoghurt with Lactobacillus reuteri, Bifidobacteria Longum, Lactobacillus rhamnosus etc.Forexample Lactobacillus rhamnosus, GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri, RC-14. Can be made from goat milk, or coconut milk too, there are recipces!
    Make sure the probiotic you use are human strains, its important. Forget those probiotics that does not show strain name, or got many kind of bacteria mixed.

    btw yoghurt beats any antidepressant, it works much better for most people. I would stay away from antidepressant.
     
  17. Had seizures too, but can say sure it was withdrawal. I'm not sure if it is for you, but I would feel bad if i do not mention for you the "inclined bed therapy". Better to check side effects first for sure.
     
  18. Fenix Rising

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    Jesus Christ, your posts are like reading my own personality description. Always being hypersensitive anxious mister nice guy who has often hard time following peoples conversations. It's good to know we can still change.

    Big Lebowski Can you please describe shortly your time line of recovery? I've never been so far down the road so it would be nice to know what to expect.
     
  19. I had it one time way before this current streak while I was sleeping. Like almost blacked out. Then I've had multiple like after math even in this current streak. I'll be going at sleep then wake up with my head shaking uncontrollably like an earthquake. I know they're by caused by the withdrawals without doubt.
     
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