How To Deal With The Flatline Process (While In A Relationship)

Hey guys,

I'm on the 20 - 21 day of NoFap and things are working out great for me. There were strong urges to masturbate in the first week but now, I feel calm and in control. There is a challenge though. My sex drive is low.

If I was outside of a relationship, that would be okay. I'm not and I'm used to having sex daily or every two days. At this moment, it is down to two times a week but I find it hard to be into it. Today for example, I've failed to even get a strong erection but this was mostly due to new condoms, that are way too thick and I couldn't feel anything.

I am aware that porn could help me restore this, 12 years of conditioning works. However, I'd rather restore it naturally. Usually my testosterone level is very high and while I don't know if it is high or not now, I don't feel like before. I was thinking about doing some strength training for a while (right now, I'm doing mostly light exercise).

I'm comfortable with what is happening as in I don't feel anxious. I know that my "device" still works right. I'm just in a situation where my girlfriend wants to have sex daily and I'm not a lot in the mood for this.

Any advice is welcomed.

 

Honestly, I'm starting to have second thoughts about everything.

I started this just because I wanted to cum easier, as I would make it hard to orgasm during sex because of masturbating. If I knew about flat-linning, I would say fuck it. I enjoy sex. It's as natural as it gets. I had confidence before, I was doing great things with my life before so I wasn't using NoFap as a self-improvement tool but rather, as I've said, a tool to increase my sexual pleasure during sexual contacts.

From what I've read, there can be up to five months of flat-linning, in some cases more. Screw it. So, how do I stop the flat-linning now?