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Scared of the Flatline

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Proto890, Jun 16, 2014.

  1. Jun 16, 2014 #1
    Proto890

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    So I am 6 days into the challenge and I am beginning to experience some of the symptoms that are said to be part of the flatline. To be honest, I am absolutely terrified of the flatline. With symptoms such as no libedo and social problems, I feel I may not be able to handle it. With the unpredictable amount of time it can last and symptoms, I ask, if you did, how did you get through it? Are there any methods you would recommend to make it easier?
     
    Proto890, Jun 16, 2014
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  2. Jun 17, 2014 #2
    perusan

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    I have never understood flatline. I can understand how quitting can make you irritable - it is like any addiction. When you are fighting it it is going to change the way you live, change the way you think and the brain sometimes can't handle that change smoothly.

    But libido? When you have spent every day obsessing and indulging in sexual activities and then you suddenly stop.... isn't NOT having a libido a good thing? Isn't the right direction to go the one where you are not constantly being remind and disturbed by sexual thoughts? Isn't this, in fact, what other people call normal? Aren't you just taking a break from all that crap?

    I am 10 days in and I am not getting an erection and I am so happy about it. It means things are working. Last time I quit there was a week when I forgot I had a dick. Bliss! But just because you aren't thinking about it and just because your dick isn't constantly proving itself doesn't mean it doesn't work. When I relapsed it took exactly 2 seconds for me to go from normal to addicted.

    Your fear of flatlining is not your fear, it is your addiction's fear. Embrace the flatline. Embrace the normal.
     
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  3. Jun 17, 2014 #3
    Proto890

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    You are very correct about the libedo part now that I reflect on my post. I have actually been enjoying the lack of sexual thoughts as well. I guess it is the social symptons that I don't like the thought of, although while it may last, the fact that it goes away eventually keeps me away from a relapse.
     
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  4. Jun 17, 2014 #4
    perusan

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    What social symptoms are worrying you, specifically?
     
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  5. Jun 17, 2014 #5
    Ekhangel

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    6 days and flatlining already? Whoa.
     
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  6. Jun 17, 2014 #6
    Proto890

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    Well the anxiety and the mood swings are the ones that I don't like the thought of the most. I'm around friends and family very frequently so these will be very noticeable if they affect me (if they do)
     
    Proto890, Jun 17, 2014
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  7. Jun 17, 2014 #7
    Proto890

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    As for the early flatline, while I am starting to experience some of the symptons, they are far from as much as many others have described online
     
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  8. Jun 17, 2014 #8
    madmax1

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    Sorry for interrupting. Should I be going through a flat line period by now (day 40). Still getting erections. I'm reading from the above that this isn't a good thing.
     
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  9. Jun 17, 2014 #9
    Rahil

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    Madmax1 have you been having sex or wet dreams during the 40 days? Flatlining typically occurs when you don't MO. If you O regularly than you will never flatline.
     
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  10. Jun 18, 2014 #10
    perusan

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    As far as I can tell flatlining is "optional". Some people experience it, some people don't. I don't think flatlining is necessarily expected or required as part of the quitting process. I view it as an experience with common features that are shared by some people. I wonder if it has anything to do with the age people started becoming addicted - if it is a young or old thing. Or just a psychological thing. I've never experienced any flatline symptoms in the 90 days that I have been abstaining. But then my PMO addiction was limited to certain times of the day and was not a 24/7 immersive thing.
     
    perusan, Jun 18, 2014
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