Social Anxiety

That's amazing james, I also suffered from social anxiety, but with NoFap and meditation I made incredible progress.

 

behaviors and compulsions are iterative, amigo. When we indulge in our anxieties they will tend to build over time.

The good news is that actively fighting and facing them pushes them back. If you're getting a boost from the PMO, then run with it. Force yourself to be in social situations and in time you'll adapt and adjust to them, and indulging in those anxieties will only make them stronger.

 

Hi mate,

I'm having a real hard time with social anxiety right now. I've just started a new job and it's a pretty boisterous, close knit team. I'm doing a fairly good job of faking it at the moment and not coming across too weird but inside I'm an absolute mess.

I've always struggled with social anxiety to varying degrees and I'm trying NoFap to help me control it better so this is encouraging to read. I'm 14 days in but my symptoms are horrible right now.

Clammy hands all the time, heart rate speeds up when someone asks me a question, tension, trying to second guess what people are thinking after I speak, am I speaking too much? Am I not speaking enough? Was that funny? Do I look awkward? Am I boring? I'm not free flowing enough... I've only been in the job a couple of days and understand that it'll take time to settle in but this kind of thing has been happening well before and sometimes even with 'close' friends. Although, I've drifted from some of my closest friends because of social anxiety which is a real shame. I am forcing myself to be in situations that make me anxious and it takes every last morsel of energy to fight the physical and psychological symptoms but no matter how much exposure I force upon myself it doesn't seem to be getting any better, in some way it probably makes it worse because it can throw up yet another awkward scenario that I ruminate about.

I have been PMOing for as long as I can remember - a good 13 years - so I'm hoping that abstaining will contribute towards making me feel better, although it feels so much worse at the moment.

Any words of encouragement would help man!

Cheers

 

I am also suffering from social anxiety in school. Looking forward to changing now.

 

Hey! I also have social anxiety and get medicated for it (Alprazolam and Beta Blockers). I remember being in 8th grade, before I discovered porn, and being able to get up in front of the class, willingly, and speak. Then, I found porn and learned how to masturbate. At the end of the school year, my face would get super red and I was nervous and anxious all the time. It continued throughout college, until today, where I'm 26 and have extremely bad anxiety. I did NoFap for 8 days in the summer, and I remember feeling so numb to thoughts/ideas. It's like my brain chemistry reset. I was no longer anxious to be around people. I usually avoided social situations, but when my brother asked me if I wanted to go to this event, I remember thinking "IDC" and I went. It was amazing. I guess it depends on the person, but I'm starting again (today ends day 2) after talking with 2 of my best friends and basically telling them I would give them both 0.5 ethereum if I relapsed in the next 30 days. Hoping to keep off of porn and actually go do shit. Let's do this together!

 

Hey man, I suffer from that too! But I think it’s because I have brain fog, some depression, anhedonia, derealization and depersonalization, my emotions are flat so I can’t connect with people, makes everything that much harder.

How long have you been using for total daily for years? How long have you attempted reboot for? What day are you on

 

Currently on day 9! I’ve been using for about 13 years, almost daily. Never tried to reboot until now.

 

Start now and never relapse, other wise you keep going back and forth, you’ll feel better but going straight on without relapse is the best and most time efficient thing to do