Feeling Hopeless W/ 7 Months Harmode

DO NOT END NOW. Think of this as your first day. Think of how you would feel if you relapsed. I was once there, 6 months in, and I relapsed. I wish I had never succumbed to pornography. Edging has been the worst thing for me, man. DO NOT end your progress now. Continue onward as you have done, you have yet to see the benefits.

How long have you bee masturbating, and at what frequency?

 

It has been painfully slow for me mate but the turning points have been there every couple of months. Keep riding it out. The headaches in the prefrontal cortex and around my head have disappeared and that was intertwined with rebooting and I had the for over a year and half I'd say. For me I'm gonna be a two year case and over I hope it goes a lot smoother for you.

 

I couldn't tell you mate as I dont know what fully healed even means I haven't felt normal in a long, long time. I used porn for roughly 11-12 years. Five of those years spent trying to quit. But yeah going along that notion a two year timeframe seems reasonable for where I'm going. Who knows I'll just have to wait and see. But it definitely works and this is no placebo I've come a long way since taking recovery seriously. A lot of symptoms vanished. The biggest being the unbearable anxiety and the breathing issue with racing thoughts.

 

So you aren't horny?

 

Why do you go and search for porn and not a real woman? I want to understand this from your perspective.

 

It doesn't look like these are caused by porn addiction, these seem like separate issues. If you haven't PIED or lost your libido then as far as porn goes, just reduce your consumption and go and find a woman to have sex with. Doesbt have to be a girlfriend.

 

I can relate, i felt a lot of the same symptoms after two weeks. I am coming on here to try and get help to get past that phase.

 

When you PIED what happened? Sure it wasn't performance anxiety?