Hi guys, I'm 20 days in to no PMO and I feel like it's making more socially awkward. I was hoping it might have the opposite effect but I feel like I'm over sensitized in social situations now! Anyone else experience this?
From personal experience it isn't really NoFap that is causing the perceived increase in social awkwardness, it just seems that way because of your heightened focus on it. Think about it, before you started, did you actually pay attention to it or did it never cross your mind? My advice is to try to stop worrying so much about it and instead double down on social interaction as much as possible, eventually the problem, whether it was truly because of NoFap or not, will go away.
It can happen, it certainly happened to me, more the last reboots. Its an addiction, and the same as when you are addicted to a drug, the withdrawals are painful. Once you use the drug, you stop feeling the withdrawal effects, you feel good. But then after a few moments you start feeling bad again, and you need to do it again. Let me tell you, if you are still feeling bad, you are still at withdrawal, every reboot takes its own time, dont rush yourself, I assure you you'll eventually feel good. NoFap is not the reason you feel bad, you have been all your life consuming porn and numbing yourself from your feelings with the easy out of masturbation, and once you quit it your body asks for it. If you feel your reboot is taking too long, tou may consider looking at your feelings and thoughts to understand them. Those are the feelings and thoughts you've been hiding from yourself all your life, its time to overcome them. Please, read the post in my bio and follow it through, no matter if you keep masturbating or not. I know it will be helpful to you.
This is the first I've heard of this. NoFap makes me more honest and willing to speak my mind, not care about what others think of me, and a lot friendlier and more lively. As the above stated, this could be a withdrawal effect for you.
I think it is part of the initial reboot...I've had a few days were I've been more socially awkward and shy compared to the initial high of 2nd week of nofap. I'm imagining the brain is swinging back and forth like a pendulum until it finds the optimum resting state (between tension/energy and fluid/calmness) Just have to stick the course to the end
Thanks guys. Some really helpful replies here. I'll stick at it! 21 days is my longest streak so far. 30 is in sight! And then on to 45 which is half way there!
