I'm a male 2nd year medical student and suddenly got this far due to the workload lately, started with 4 days and thought "I've gone this far so why not go further". But with an upcoming hellweek I might be too mentally unstable to balance the two. So far it been one hell of a ride; been pretty emotional and have been seeking a lot of social activities and hanging out to study with classmates. I also seem to have become quite the scatter-brain and going off routine and not just blowing one off as a shot of dopamine much like a cup of coffee in between study sessions alone. I just think that fapping has been integral to my way of life and taking it out has brought me face to face with a lot of issues with my life. It seems like fapping is also integral to our modern way of life so as to be able to get a small high in the fastest time so as to get more work. With NoFap it just amplifies all the experiences, the good feels good and the bad feels really bad. There has been instances of just being sad and then later happy and appreciative of the little things in life. Im sorry I might not making any sense right now but everyone is telling me to just fap and put my "day counting pride" down so I could get back to my old self. Thanks to anyone who has read this far. I kinda just needed to talk about this and get some wisdom from those who have gone further
Don't reset your day counter! Keep going, fight through the urges. You should be aiming at 90 days, as this is the usual recovery time. You won't feel any better for relapsing and you'll be back where you started.
This is normal. It takes a while for your brain and dopamine receptors to reset. Get through this phase, and I promise you in a few months, you'll be very happy with your decision
Thanks to both of you, I'll stay strong. Everything is just really heavy, emotions are amplified and doing things require conscious effort...maybe this is the how we are supposed to live if we don't numb ourselves too much
