1. Welcome to NoFap! We have disabled new forum accounts from being registered for the time being. In the meantime, you can join our weekly accountability groups.
    Dismiss Notice

PIED? Flatline? I'm quite scared

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Exabul, Oct 12, 2022.

  1. Exabul

    Exabul Fapstronaut

    16
    5
    3
    Hello there.

    I'm going to tell you a bit of myself and my current status.

    I've 36, I started PM with 13. At the begining it was with magazines, then with Internet downloads and finally with streaming. When I was 24 or so, I started to PM to fetishes that years before would've been unthinkible for me (nothing illegal of course). I couldn't get excited with regular P and it scared me a lot. It was a hard time, as I also was quite alone, but I did nofap without even know it existed, started a job... Life changed, and after several months without PMO I felt excited with the idea to PM with vanilla, so I got back to the start.

    Lots of years have passed since then, with periods of quitting, periods of compulsive PMO... But far from the awfull sensation I had in that time.

    It's important to say that I'm still a virgin. I had a year relationship with a woman 8 years ago but I never slept with her. In that time I experienced some ED as I didn't get exited some times when making out, but some others I had erections so I didn't give it a lot of importance.

    This summer I started to chat, then date and now going out with a girl. She's from other city so we can see each other only in some weekends. During this time I tried not to abuse from PMO and around a month ago I decided to definetly quit. To have a healthy and plenty relationship with this girl is what is pushing me to avoid PMO. I had partial erections and got wet when making out with her and even when talking and messaging in the distance, but that changed recently.

    Two weekends ago, I discovered than when making out with her I didn't get wet all the times, and got a bit scared. Last week I found myself watching some P photos of one recent fetish on several days after some weeks of abstinence. I didn't M to them, but one day by night I MO (without P).

    Last weekend (4 days ago), I experienced the following problem: on Saturday I got excited and wet with her during the day but it stopped on the afternoon, and on the whole Sunday I didn't get to it.

    That scared me a lot, and that was when I started to read about PIED and flatline.
    I hope to recover, but I'm quite scared and I don't really know if this is PIED, flatline or both things at the same time.

    Thanks for reading and get to this line. Could anyone give me some light about what is happening to me?

    PS: My objective is to definetly quit PM. Avoid O in real, healthy relationships is not my objective. Having them without PM is my main goal on this process.

    PS2: Sorry if my English isn't very good.
     
  2. Bro, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it but it’s not gonna be fun, we’re all different so your goal is pretty much abstain and no orgasm during this faze. A lot of us are learning the hard way that there is no going around it. Are you also having withdrawal symptoms? I have but as the months gone by they gotten better. I hope your gf is supportive because mine definitely wasn’t and she ended leaving. No telling when it will end but good luck.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Oct 13, 2022
    whiteflag70 and Exabul like this.
  3. Exabul

    Exabul Fapstronaut

    16
    5
    3
    Thanks for your reply!

    As far as I know, I'm not having withdrawal symptoms. Only the total lack of libid and being not capable to have a minimal erection in moments I had previously, even with recent PMO.

    When I talk about having orgasms I was referring to natural sex orgasms with natural erection, without stimulating pennis with hands neither watching P. Just regular sex.

    Of course this only could happen when I'll get cured of my adiction, and not before.

    Shouldn't go for sex and orgasm if I'd have a healthy and "normal" erection? Maybe I'm missing some point here.

    Thank you pal!
     
  4. I been constantly researching and most people say orgasm from sex will also affect you. There is really no way around it.
     
  5. OhWhenThe

    OhWhenThe Fapstronaut

    1,176
    1,827
    143
    Sounds like classic PIED.

    If you were in a flatline then you'd likely also feel a bunch of other symptoms - low energy, low motivation, low mood etc. Either way the only way out of it is to not feed your brain the dopamine it craves. Also, don't fool yourself into thinking it's ok to just look at porn or anything arousing, it's mainly the imagery that's screwing your brain.
     
  6. Exabul

    Exabul Fapstronaut

    16
    5
    3
    We are going to take it slowly, so by the moment there would be no orgasms. Thanks for your replies man.
    Thanks for your reply.

    Maybe it is, as there wasn't a lot of time since last relapse. And you're totally right: the solution in both cases is the same: avoid PMO.

    I had the strong resolution to avoid it, and this girl is a great reason to it, not only expecting good sex in future, but also to make her feel good with me.

    Thanks pal!
     

Share This Page