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Severe Depression, tiredness.

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Rival1, Sep 25, 2021.

  1. Rival1

    Rival1 Fapstronaut

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    Hey. I have been addicted for 15 years or so. I've been watching porn for many hours every day since last 5 years. Sometimes I'm watching porn for 6-8 hours daily doing edging. I am so depressed, I can't function as a normal person. I am struggling with these symptoms:

    - Severe tiredness, I'm tired as fk.
    - I'm depressed
    - Little Anxiety
    - Brain fog, memory and focus problems
    - I feel very weak.

    Can these symptoms be a result of my chronic addiction ?
     
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  2. Nugget9

    Nugget9 Fapstronaut

    Just stop and regroup, this shit is hard to stop. Deep breathing and try to meditate some, I'd start there.
     
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  3. You might need an in person support group or a good therapist. Yes, all those symptoms are a result of your porn use. Or at least it’s incredibly likely. The best way to find out is to figure out a way to go a month without porn, see if you feel better. You can’t just “not look at porn”, you have to make building the life you want a full time job. You might need to change careers, start exercising, make new friends, and lots of other things you aren’t thinking about yet. You can start by asking yourself this: “what do I need to do in order to be happy?” and the related question “what does happiness look like to me?”
     
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  4. IGY

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  5. Woodland-Soul

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    Sounds like me I've been trying nofap for years and failed. I believe I'm very very addicted to this habit and it's not helped by living alone.

    All those symptoms is what I feel. Depressed alot of the time, anxious about everything, low energy and recently tired even after a good night's sleep.

    Building up your sexual energy will reduce it.
     
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  6. OhWhenThe

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    They are all symptoms widely reported by porn addicts, take that how you will.
     
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  7. Rival1

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    Thank you so much, I appreciate that. I need to change my life for better. There were months (months not days) in which I spent many hours on porn and edging (between 2-12), I was edging every day for years. Except of the symptoms I mentioned before I also have RLS and this issue is related to low dopamine levels and problems with dopamine system overall.
     
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  8. Absolutely! Try stopping for a couple of weeks and you'll see for yourself!
     
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  9. There is an alternate reality where you spend as much time at the gym as you did edging. It'll take a year or two of hard work, but once you get past 90 days things get way easier. At least they did for me.

    *edit should have read "spend" not "spent", its fixed now but I wanted to make sure this post conveyed proper encouragement.
     
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