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80 days in.... Brain fog and fatigue are strong

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Deployer, Oct 19, 2015.

  1. Deployer

    Deployer Guest

    Hi,
    As I stated I am 80 days into this reboot, Iv had severe brain fog and fatigue since day 50. Has anyone had these symptoms this late into a reboot?
    Seems Like this will never end??

    Kind regards
     
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  2. Chk5

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    I am not an expert here.. But i'd assume its bcoz of the flatline(+depression for some) thing.. It should end.. Or at least veryyy slowly dissapear.. Just hold on there.. This is the toughest part.. You are strong enough to make it through 80 days.. And u should continue..
     
  3. Deployer

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    Thanks for the reply!
    Yes I am confident it will end.... After everything Iv read and watched on the issue it seems like this is the toughest part.
    I have no intention on giving in, it's good to hear it from others from time to time just for a bit of reassuring. This sure is a wild ride!!
    Thanks again.
     
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  4. Hi. Yes. It passes. Just stay off the porn and any artificial sexual stimulation that gives you a dopamine high. You are close to the place where it starts to feel...good?...no, less shitty. Good is still a way out, but not crazy out. Keep going, porn is not an option.
     
  5. Deployer

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    Thanks a lot!
    Yes I will be seeing this through. The thought of relapse is not even there! I have had random days over the last 80 days where I felt super human!! I am hoping that will become the normal feeling.
    Thanks again.
     
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  6. Chk5

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    Same here buddy.. Glad to know that there's someone like me who's having similar kind of experiences.. M on day 87 :D.. Best of luck.. Go strong!!!!
     
  7. Deployer

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    WilliamOneAndDone
    I am guessing you are well past the shitty part of the reboot?
    At around what day did you start to feel consistently good, with no dips back into brain fog and fatigue?
    It seems i am getting only one good day a week of clarity and motivation, then its back to zombie phase.

    Regards
     
  8. HopeFaith

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    Hi

    I am on my second day and the first time I am quitting. I am not a porn addict but I masturbate. 80 days is impressive!!! Hang on there !!! I am on my day 2 and am honey 24/7 now like never before. You can do it. I just keep on hitting the emergency button and posting and talking like mad. You are strong to do 80 days and beautiful for trying. Imagine the glory of succeeding and becoming the better successful version of yourself. Do not give up, know u will succeed and you will succed.
     
  9. Never_Return_There

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    @Deployer Been there, done that. Also had severe brain fog, it was like i couldnt use my brain for anything, and couldnt concentrate, and my mental strenght was far away from me. I had it from around 65-130 days, i think, then it started passing away slowly. And i had depression with it, and mood swings like crazy. But i managed to go through it, and i am glad for this now. ;D After the 130 days, i started having serious urges, but i didn't give in. Now i am on day 174. Soon to hit 6 months, my biggest effort to now. ;D
     
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  10. programer

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    Dont worry, everything will be Alright Soon.
     
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  11. PotentLife

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    So glad you've had those days, Deployer! Actually, you reminded me that I first started my biggest streak of all time in March (which I intend to surpass next month and beyond!) after reading the Success Stories threads. As I read, memories of my superhuman days on a previous long streak were unlocked. Taking the time to remember and feel those again - I believe - opened my mind and body to becoming that energized, whip-smart, lucid being again. I went at least 30 days of no P and 40 days of no MO given that auspicious head start. Those very modest numbers had felt impossible to me for years. I recommend you relive a few of those superhuman days, recalling as many details, trivial or not, as you can, until you feel like you are there living it again. You could write them in your journal and share them with the rest of us for inspiration. I'll bet your lethargy and fog will start to dissipate with every detail you remember, while the pieces of your personal power structure lock into place.
     
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  12. HopeFaith

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    6 months it is so impressive!!!!
    SO how do you feel now at your nearly 6 months milestone?
    Do u feel better now than when you were PMO? I am full of admiration for your efforts and success. There is nothing more manly and hot than a very stong man!!!!! A man who can control his urges and overcome his huge desires is so hot!!!! No woman wants a man who faps left and right. We want man who would protect us at whatever cost, who would move the mountains and adversities to achieve their goal. You have just done that and I am so proud of you!!
     
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  13. Anti-faper

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    Keep going you almost there don't give up hope just yet.
     
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  14. Hi Deployer. To answer your question: I don't feel shitty much any more. Pretty much just normal, like today, meaning pretty good. Everything works the way it should. Also, I no longer consider myself in the "reboot" phase. I consider myself rebooted. I have normal sex on a normal basis with a girl I love, and the sex probably would have seemed boring to me in the middle of the addiction. I actually have sex far less now than I did during the active addiction phase. Like many of us who grew up on porn I failed to appreciate that while sex can be fun, it is not an amusement park ride. The difference now is I O during sex. Due to delayed ejaculation, I did not O during sex for years, and could only do it with porn. Now I never watch porn, never PMO, never MO, and get all I need from her, which is the natural state of things.

    Your feelings are totally natural and most of us experience them, but let me ask, are you letting yourself be around little things that trigger you? During the reboot it does not take much to trigger us, and though being triggered will not cause the successful rebooter to relapse, it can give you a dopamine cocktail that can actually make you feel hung over, or zombie like, with brain fog. Just asking. Remember, porn is not porn, it is anything that gives us a dopamine high, and in the quitting phase I jokingly tell people I could trigger on a coffee maker.

    Much love.

    Billy the Kid.
     
  15. Anti-faper

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    Same here except for the fact that I am about oh I don't know about forty something days behind you. I'm doing it for which was I thought was six months as well however, I did the math in my head in it comes out to be six months and two weeks. This week coming up will be month number five I can see the finish line on the horizon.
     
  16. Deployer

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    Thanks a bunch for your reply mate!
    To be honest, i have not felt triggered by anything sexual the entire time. Quiet the opposite really. I was more a sex addict than a porn addict. So a lot of the symptoms people talk about e.g. ED PE i never had any of those. It got to the stage where i felt like i was living in a dust cloud or fog all the time….. Which is purely dopamine related. After a lot of reading on arousel addiction on various sites i decided a reboot was needed. I know the question about withdrawals has been covered a lot on various forums so i appreciate the time people take to write back for a bit of reassuring! there are times i think ill never come out of this foggy state!

    Great to hear your doing well!

    i can relate to getting that fuzzy feeling when thinking of a coffee maker!!

    Thanks again!
     
  17. Deployer

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    Thanks for the kind words mate.
    Yes i do believe you have to snap your self out of the fog to some extent! and thinking of the good days does wonders! it can be very unnerving when you have a good clear mental day… i always think this is it I'm through to the other side, only to slip back into the fog!! i know this will pass as theres to much evidence out there saying other wise. the dopamine roller coaster is unfucking believable!!!!
    As Winston Churchill once said… if your going through hell, keep going!!
    Good luck and keep charging!

    Regards
     
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  18. Deployer

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    Thanks so much for taking the time to write,
    Your case sounds very similar to mine, the fog moved in around day 50-60. and has not really budged!
    a good clear day here and there. those days keep me charging through this shit. Yeah some days i honestly feel mentally challenged. in the beginning i had some mood swings, nothing to crazy. seems my only withdrawals have been brain fog and fatigue, which could be one and the same?
    Thanks again. its great to hear that others are having, or had similar experiences this late into it.
    Some days it feels like its never going to end!!

    Amazing job getting to 6 months! you should be proud!

    Regards
     
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  19. Deployer

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    Thanks a lot my friend,
    yes you are right succeeding is the the only option.
    Talking and getting reassured helps so much, at any stage.
    Keep on charging and thanks again!

    Regards
     
  20. Never_Return_There

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    Well, first, i thank you for the compliments, admirations and the kind words, they mean a lot to me, especially because they are from a female's point of view and perspective. So this again confirms the fact, that fapping destroys the manliness in the male.

    How do i feel ? I feel good and confident in myself, and i am more tranquil, there is no nervousness, and all of these typical negative symptoms, effects and consequences of the fapping are gone from me, i feel more free, i am much more social, and i can hold conversations with people, i can look them in the eyes, especially girls, it seems that i have much more presence, people around me feel me and communicate with me, i get a lot of girls' attention, they come and speak to me, and as whole, things are going good for me, besides the fact that now i am under little stress, but this is due to other factors, like for example university occupations, nevertheless these things are common. I feel more capable to cope with some tasks, or other struggles, to achieve goals, and i have much better self control, and that my life starts to arrange and put in order, and its not that big mess as it used to be. Especially now, after the brain fog has passed from me, i can definitely say, that i am much more productive and can use my brain for different useful purposes. But i had some really hard days, with serious difficulties and big temptations, that i managed to reject and push away. If i have to conclude, yes i feel much better now, compared to before. Although i consider that 6 months is not that big accomplishment, since i know, that if i wasnt relapsing and making stupid lightheaded mistakes, i would have gone much further. But i am glad for myself and that i could reach this number. If you want to see my last report, it was made for 160 days, here it is: http://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/well-its-time-for-the-160-days-report-d.49155/
    And i had some big streaks in my previous attempts, like 100+ days, 87 days, and few others around 90 days, or little less.
    I dont have any intentions of returning back, as my name says :D, i almost forgot what it was like, and i dont want to remember ....



    Thank you for the congratulations and the support. Its really comforting to see that other people suffer from the same things like you, and have the same struggles, its in a sense, a solace that you are not alone, and that what happens to you is not so unnormal, it gives you some little relaxation. I didnt have so much fatigue, maybe if i had it, it was not so strong, or sensible.
    I would like to know what could be done to reduce the brain fog, but i couldnt, i guess it needed only time. ;D Tried drinking water, or eating sweet things, like waffles, and it helped for a short period, but then again, no long term solution.
    The key is to remain strong through in the moments that you are weak, its one of the things that make people relapse again and again, since when they get the depression or brain fogs, then they resort to returning back, alleviating the withdrawal symptoms, and making them disappear, by relapsing, but this is not a solution, a man who wants to be free must walk all the way, despite of predicaments or blockages.
    You are most vulnerable and prone to be twisted and reverted exactly when you are weak, so thats when you should focus to remain on your senses and say NO. ;D
    Congrats for the 80 days. ;D Peace.
     

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