Auditory Processing Disorder? Sensory issues.

Anhedonia is another horrible symptom. But for me it’s definitely a separate thing from the sensory/auditory processing issues. It can and does sometimes occur at the same time as the anhedonia if I’m experiencing withdrawal symptoms, but I experienced very little anhedonia during all my days of PMOing (until it got extremely bad towards the end right before I discovered NoFap) and yet the sensory issues were ever present all throughout those years.

For me it’s not so much that I don’t want to be watching shows or playing games or find no entertainment in doing so, it’s just I can’t pay attention when there’s dialogue involved. It literally feels like pulling teeth for me to try and focus on what characters are saying. I enjoy playing online games just fine where I don’t have any dialogue to have to pay attention to, but single player games are a struggle because of these ongoing auditory issues...which is a shame because I much prefer single player games and shows/films with a good story.

This, like others have mentioned, also extends for me into musical lyrics. I can pay attention to the melody but not the words. I’m a guitar player so my ears naturally gravitate towards guitar rhythm/solos, but when I sit with headphones on just to causally enjoy music I have the same issues trying to comprehend lyrics. This particular issue seems to have only arisen within the last couple of years and I don’t remember having any trouble with song lyrics five or six years ago. The issues with comprehending dialogue and paying attention during conversations however has been present far longer...

 

Regarding anhedonia if anyone is interested here is scientific explanation why anhedonia happens:
Basically chronic stress (can be induced by long term binge PMO) causes Dopamine 2 receptors downregulation leading to anhedonia
Removing all chronic stressors from ones life is needed to cure it.



Here is the full explanation of the process (55:10-57:20 timeline):

 

Who reads this mine got solved. I hear every noise detailed.