Mild case maybe

akn

Member
Hello everyone,

I'm 23. I'm very glad i finally found this website and forum that answered to the main cause of my problem. It's the lost of desire of having sex. And because I have a GF and she is one of the best persons in my life, I got serious about my issue and started analyzing and taking care of. She wants to make love with me and I just don't have the same passion. I even remember that once I didn't get an erection with her. I was a bit of tired yes, but the reality was she didn't arouse me, although her body is very good looking. It was then I took it very seriously and started to search for a cure.

I was never fond of porn videos, but instead of pictures and stories. I preferred them, because of my imagination and fantasies. But I believe they are the same evil, if they act as a "replacement" of real sexual partners. Since puberty, I used to view at erotic material every time I wanted to self-satisfy myself. Sometimes I did every day, sometimes twice a day. When I grew up and started having a job, I started doing it less. I didn't do it hardcore like some people claim to do (like hours per day), because I'm a laborious person. I always have hobbies and activities to do. But one of the main evils was also my favorite sexual fantasy which I loved and it makes me very horny, but it's incompatible with real life.

After finding this website, I told to myself "No more!". I deleted all erotic data and I stopped visiting my favorite websites. I also started to forbid my brain to think about my favorite sexual fantasy. It's the 7th day clean right now. I'm very amazed from the changes. I feel much more positive, happy, energetic and initiating. I'm more sociable and self confident. I think, sleep and dream better. I also noticed I'm more tolerant, getting less angry.

This morning, I also got a random erection and a few hours again too, without viewing at or thinking about any erotic material. I also start having a desire of visiting my GF and I am paying attention to her body details and how beautiful she is. I realized that most of the sex materials on the net gives you very high, unrealistic standards and when your brain adapts to them, the real world women start to look boring to you.

If I get a desire of browsing the internet for sexual activities, I just come here and start reading. I hope my topic would be helpful to someone else.

Regards!

Edit:

I took the opportunity to copy this test of measuring progress from another thread and to answer myself. Here, at day 7:


1. You can achieve a rock solid erection just by touching and sensation with No porn and NO fantasy! (remember its not good to test so this should only be done if your feeling good about the following lol)
Before - 50-60% hard erection. Now 90-100%

2. You feel like connecting with people and you notice satisfaction on everyday things and a sort of appreciation for small things like a cute girls smile.
I get much more connecting and I do notice small everyday things and enjoy life much better.

3. You no longer crave porn at all but you desire to interact with real girls! This is a good sign your brain knows the old wankin habits are gone.
Work in progress

4. Your sexual thoughts change. Meaning when fantasies do pop up in your head they're not porn related but more natural. (example seeing a girl and insted of thinking about her bent over a chair you think about how amazing just normal good old fashion missionary sex would be)
Yes they do. W.I.P

5. You are getting fairly consistent morning wood. And maybe some spontaneous erections throughout the day.
Today it was the first. I will try to monitor them.

6. Semen leakage (if you had any) like when you go to the bathroom and notice some cloudy stuff in the water after you pee.. Has stopped.
Never had one.

7. Sex (if you are able to have it) feels fantastic.
I don't know yet.

8. You have a desire to talk to or pursue a partner.
Yes, I can feel this desire increasing.

9. After an orgasm you do not go into a flatline.
No answer yet.

10. Your refractory period shortens.
No answer yet.
 

Berens

Active Member
Hi, its seems that you have done very good decision to quit. Even if you think that you are not a hardcore user of stimulus content from internet you must stop because in time you can potentialy escalate to worse stuff. Everyone here has got different problems but one thing that we all have in common is that we stimulate our brain's dopamine pathways sexually on our own. Sexual fantasy and watching porn or reading erotica has got the same consequences for a brain because its use the same pathways. Thats very good that you have got a girlfriend that you love, for sure it will help you a lot. Again you did a great decision, its awesome that you can already see benefits. Good luck ;)
 

jnv

Well-Known Member
Hey there and welcome on board.
You seem to be doing great on this starting streak, keep up the good. I think this "technical" approach of yours with the "progress test" is quite interesting and it can prove to be very useful to objectively keep an eye  on your progress with a kind of scale.

Good luck with your journal.
 

akn

Member
Thank you for your replies.

Today I also noticed more taste and pleasure of the food I eat. I need much less.

While browsing my facebook, I always drop on some soft erotic material shared from various contacts. I noticed I have become much more sensitive and my standarts have lowered. Or it's just my brain begging me. But I immediately scrolled down the pages and I keep doing it. Also every time something iniciates sexual fantasies in my head, I successfuly block it. I am doing good for now and I'm happy. A bit on the downside, I am starting noticing something like bursts of strange activity in my brain, like if it urges me to do something.
 
akn said:
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While browsing my facebook, I always drop on some soft erotic material shared from various contacts. I noticed I have become much more sensitive and my standarts have lowered. Or it's just my brain begging me. But I immediately scrolled down the pages and I keep doing it. Also every time something iniciates sexual fantasies in my head, I successfuly block it. I am doing good for now and I'm happy. A bit on the downside, I am starting noticing something like bursts of strange activity in my brain, like if it urges me to do something.


I understand all you're saying about Facebook. I someone's browse it to see the beautiful female friends I have. I feel my standards are lowered. In reality I wouldn't act that desperate. It's just the matter of my addiction wanna see pics but giving excuses to sneak around not watching porn.

Keeping strong and healthier activities ;D
 

akn

Member
Starting day 8. The night I dreamt about making relationship with various women, some of them I knew. There was 4 of then. I never dreamt so much of them, I am impressed.

I have plans for the day and I have my salary in pocket, I'm going for some shopping and some DIY.

Edit: I consider myself a lucky guy, judging from other unfortunate members on the forum. On the good side, today I noticed my genitals have become sensitive to the touch, I become easily hard without any stimulus material. But I do stop, to torture my brain some more, because it really wants me to, but I tell him the f word and move on.

I get a constant "burn" in my head feel which annoys me a bit and the only way to overcome it is to find an activity.
 

akn

Member
End of day 8. It hit me a bit. Currently I feel like I'd have intercourse with anything, even a tree. I don't crave for stimulative material or fantasy, just sex. But I keep resisting, finding myself activities. If my GF was here with me, I feel I would tear her clothes off.
 

akn

Member
Ending day 9. The night I dreamt I PMO'd. The dream was so realistic I thought I did it for real. I hope it's not considered as a reset. I'm craving a bit, so sometimes I drink tasty beverages. I keep doing well by doing activities. In a way, I find any activity more interesting, even taking a walk or climbing stairs.
 

noises1990

Active Member
Hey man! I don't really think it counts as a reset, chillax about it! It might set you a little back on your reboot, but not as a relapse! It's a wonderful thing that you are starting to feel more enjoyment from normal daily activities! Focus on that... Take more walks! Meet new people! Interact with other human beings... You'll see that it's greatly beneficial.

Other than that I hope you're doing fine with your reboot!

Stay confident man! And keep your head up! We're here to enjoy life, and sooner better than later, we'll all be able to do that again!
 

akn

Member
Hello,

I'm back for a very hard today's work and I'm tired, but I'll write a bit.

On the night of day 9, I did MO. Although I am very happy and proud about it, because it was completely without the "P" or any other fantasy. I went to my bed and I imagined I had sex with my GF. I didn't imagine anything but her, her body, her curves, her neck, her lips, her hair and well... her everything else. I had an orgasm I think I never had until now in my life. My mind was 100% with it, like I was on another planet. I took me about an hour to finish though, maybe because all my life I was doing it prone and very rarely by hand.. but I did by hand(s). It surprised me that afterwards, I was very awake and didn't get the urge to fall asleep feel. I also stayed hard for a very long time and I was surprised with it.

The next day (day 10) I didn't have any P or stimulus material in my head at all. A good looking female colleague of me looked nice and made me hard a few times.

So far I'm very happy with my progress. I also get hard only when I think of previous females I've met in my life, but I don't think of P anymore.
 

akn

Member
While I did MO once, I keep my progress bar to let me know how much I did without PMO. I was working this week 16h per day and I'm feeling tired. Tomorrow I'm having a day off and I'll see my GF for an hour or two for a cup of coffee.

Although I'm very tired, I'm happy with the frequent erections I get, morning, evening and when I see a good looking female.
 

akn

Member
I feel like I am in something like you all other call a "flatline". I visited my GF today for just a little time, we did hug and kiss a bit, but because of other circumstances not related to us, we didn't make love. WOW! I immediately noticed I have become much more confident than before, I do the walk and the talk and I am myself, doing everything so naturally. In fact so much, that I felt like a 40 years old male. She is 15 years older than I am and the previous times I was feeling always a bit shy. Now I reveal my total true form to her without any thinking of worry. And I feel like the dominant figure now, like if I am the older one.

I didn't get horny when I saw her so I questioned myself about this flatline a bit. In the same time, while I was looking at her, I found her much more interesting (her face and body shapes) to me than the previous times. While I was  hugging and massaging her, I did get something like a 60% erection. I had been working all week for like 15 hours per day, so some tiredness may be the cause, but I suspect more like a flatline.

With other stuff.. I feel like I stopped craving completely for erotic material. I don't want to browse the internet for it anymore.
 

akn

Member
21 days without P and 12 without MO!!  :D Today I slept for 15 hours, I was very tired from two weeks with 5 hours per day of sleep. I decided to go to youtube and watch some video games cinematics a bit. There were some bikini hot chicks in there a bit. I noticed they don't arouse me anymore. I am a bit glad, but is this normal?
 

akn

Member
Ok guys, let's do the summary for a month. For my first time of trying not to PMO, well, it was OK, but not perfect!

I did MO 4 times.

I did ZERO fantasy!

I did deliberately look at erotic material near the end of the period. Did not MO to it, but I got it hard every time. Then I closed it immediately. So in a way, I did look at P without MO

Today the 10th ot September I start again, trying to do better!

I will do the same quiz again:


1. You can achieve a rock solid erection just by touching and sensation with No porn and NO fantasy! (remember its not good to test so this should only be done if your feeling good about the following lol)
Now 100%

2. You feel like connecting with people and you notice satisfaction on everyday things and a sort of appreciation for small things like a cute girls smile.
Yes.

3. You no longer crave porn at all but you desire to interact with real girls! This is a good sign your brain knows the old wankin habits are gone.
A bit better, but more has to be done. I'm in something like a middle state

4. Your sexual thoughts change. Meaning when fantasies do pop up in your head they're not porn related but more natural. (example seeing a girl and insted of thinking about her bent over a chair you think about how amazing just normal good old fashion missionary sex would be)
Fantasies are dead right now. I'm not thinking about any girls

5. You are getting fairly consistent morning wood. And maybe some spontaneous erections throughout the day.
Got a few.

6. Semen leakage (if you had any) like when you go to the bathroom and notice some cloudy stuff in the water after you pee.. Has stopped.
Never had one.

7. Sex (if you are able to have it) feels fantastic.
I don't know yet.

8. You have a desire to talk to or pursue a partner.
A bit in a middle state, feeling a bit like in a flatline

9. After an orgasm you do not go into a flatline.
True. I feel I got much more energy.

10. Your refractory period shortens.
No answer yet.
 

akn

Member
8 days without MO! I feel it's much easier than before. I have better self control and my cravings are considerably lower.  :) I have forbidden myself to surf the internet for girls and I get less tempted.

Reading on YBOP has helped me very much, especially comments from cured people. I am persuading my brain that home is not a harem with girls, there aren't any there. If I need any, I have to go outside into the civilization!

Sometimes I feel like a teenager I was before. I talk more freely, I say what I think, I am more confident. I laugh and smile more often. I feel free of something. It's so good!
 

akn

Member
Today I was hit by an urge to MO. I edged for a few seconds, then I stopped. My penis has become super sensitive.
 

akn

Member
Last night I imagined I had sex with my GF and it felt so real, detailed and of course, I got hard. I didn't MO to it, but I didn't forbid this imagination, because I thought it had nothing to do with P.

Sometimes I crave for MO, but not for P.
 

akn

Member
I MO'd . I reseted my counter.  :mad:

I didn't have cravings afterwards though. I saw my GF today for an hour. Damn, I feel she's so hot and beautiful! I got hard immediately. I'm very glad how things are developing, despite the MO
 

akn

Member
40 days. It's now very easy for me. I don't experience the slightest need of P. Sometimes accidentally I see a naked photo of a woman on the internet or movie, but my brain does no reaction. It's like it says "fuck you, you did this to me, I don't give a shit about you now!" Judging from the stories of other members, I don't worry when my little guy does not respond.

What I do experience are big mood swings sometimes. Also insomnia.
 

akn

Member
I have kind of a headache since 3 days, maybe it's migraine. Not sure if it's related to PMO absence. I totally reject P now, but I also feel I have to be absent from sex. It's like my body and brain say - "leave us alone for a while". Aside, I feel great!
 
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