Social Anxiety Spikes

Exact same thing happens to me - I could even have said the same words

Yes, I think PMO is 100% the root cause of this

Quit PMO like your life depends on it… because in a way, it actually does!

 

You are not wrong, PMO effects the brain and it zaps us of real connections. In order to PMO we live this secret life of being a pervert while staring at porn. It's hard to then transition into a sharp guy who has it all together when interacting with REAL people.
PMO is like any addiction, being addicted to anything is going to effect how we interact with people.

 

Yes, I am starting to notice some improvements specifically in the past week. I felt overall much better after the first couple weeks without porn, but this past week or so the anxiety is starting to go down.

I also try to exercise 3 times a week, eat decently healthy, and I've been listening to Gregorian chants on YouTube. So I am combining NoFap with spirituality (Catholocism/Christianity) and also eating well. And I don't drink much caffeine (caffeine can mimick the symptoms of anxiety even if you are not feeling anxious).

So yes, I think improvements will come as long as you implement good life choices in addition with doing NoFap

 

My theory, which science probably thinks is wrong, is that after the dopamine receeds
from a recent use of PMO, the brain goes into shock. It takes the form of any of
a host of mental illnesses. You don't know it until you've been clear for a long time.

But you look back and say, PMO caused this problem and that problem and PMO caused
me to do this also.

Just like how a domino falls, it reacts to the forces upon it. So is the brain, in and
out of states of unearned pleasure and fearful micro-withdrawals.

That is one way the brain heals in the hard mode reboot.