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Is it possible to reboot? Is it healthy?

Discussion in 'Loneliness' started by Deleted Account, Nov 15, 2017.

  1. I wonder if its natural for human not to have sex. Even masturbation. For a couple of days / weeks when I abstain from nofap I feel big lack of dopamine. Im completely alone and abandoned and Im in pretty deep depression. I have no dopamine from anything but sex. I have completely no interest in doing sports and stuff. I stopped socializing/drinkink/smoking etc .... Still I have to work so I feel fucking sad when no dopamine is in my body so i need to fap to live. U think its possible to live like that?
     
  2. gingeralan

    gingeralan Fapstronaut

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    You need to get used to different way of working.

    Your dopamine reward circuit is not working as intended (along with many of us, me included, on here). You would need to give PMO a rest for a long time to reset things I gather 90 days is a key time.

    Not there yet but am noticing positive differences in myself, even in the period i have been trying this whole nofap thing.
     
  3. meanbean70

    meanbean70 Fapstronaut

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    What you are feeling is flatline. Just get through and those effects will go away. When you start getting used to healthy ways to have dopamine rushes you will feel much better and they will feel exponentially better. Trust me.
     
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  4. I believe that it is healthy to reboot. Especially if you been masturbating compulsively like I have for the last 15 years. In the first 30 days of noFap I was a changed man all of a sudden I had way more energy and I was happier you do flatline after a bit. I'm on day 78 and I don't feel as great as I did when I first started but at the the end of the day I am so happy I gave up porn because I no longer need it to make me feel better about myself.
     
  5. AtomicTango

    AtomicTango Fapstronaut

    What you are describing is flatline but I dont think the problem is flatline, the problem is you dont have a new outlet for pent up sexual energy. At first the energy is on the surface and makes you feel cravings, but after a while if it isn't used for anything it tends to lie dormant and reemerge as a wave of depressive feelings. What I do is try to meditate at least once a day (usually before bed to clear my mind and allow a better sleep) and whenever I start to feel bad I focus intently on the feelings, channel this energy into fuel and then do a shit ton of exercises (doesnt matter what they are, depends on the day), more often than not the feelings disperse because the pent up energy causing them isn't there to cause trouble. It also seems like you haven't yet sorted out your porn trigger replacements (PTR), which is making it hard to avoid PMO. Take a deep look at how you are when you want to relapse, note down how you think/feel, and then think of an action you can take immediately to channel the urge into something else. Like I said I use exercise but it can be basically anything as long as it can be performed right away.
     
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