Journal entry one

neonnut

Member
Hello,

This is my first journal entry of my nofap journey. I am currently on day 2. I?ve attempted to reboot in the past but I ended up relapsing. My main goals are two fix my DE and to never watch p again. I am open to any tips or suggestions that you all might have. Also a quick question , I understand that not touching my unit at all and not watching porn will help it regain sensitivity, but if I have sex with someone will it set me back? I guess I?m basically asking if I should go normal mode or hard mode.

Thank you
 

neonnut

Member
Day 3. To be honest I haven?t had any urges whatsoever, although I expect it to get a bit tougher as time goes on.
 

neonnut

Member
On day 6. Skipped 4 and 5 because literally nothing happened, I think I?ve just been flatlining. I am wondering if it would help me if I had sex with someone. Maybe it would up my libido? I don?t ever finish during sex so I wouldn?t have to reset my PMO counter. And then obviously if I did finish, my whole problem is solved. I also know that flatlining is a part of the process so I?m not sure if having sex would speed up, slow down, or have no effect on my recovery. To anyone who reads this please let me know your opinion on if I should try to have sex or just keep waiting it out.

Thank you
 

Fappy

Respected Member
Mmmmmm everyone reboots differently and flatlines for differing times. Your body will let you know when its ready to come out of a flatline. However, having said that, some people, myself icluded, have reported using orgasm to `kickstart` the libido again.
This worked for me. I actually used pounding my wife as a means of recovery by wiring to a real person. Orgasming might get you out of it if thats what you want, but its not good to force anything
 

neonnut

Member
Thank you for the response. I think I?ll just wait it out til the end of the week, and then try having sex if my libido doesn?t change.
 

neonnut

Member
Day 7 completed. Another day with no urges to do anything sexual whatsoever. I realized that I haven?t had mw or spontaneous erections in a long time. Looking forward to the point when those return .
 

neonnut

Member
On day 8. Had a weird experience this morning that I am not exactly sure how to explain. I woke up to a feeling that felt like i was receiving head or something. Usually when I receive head it barely feels anything but the feeling I had this morning felt good, it felt like I finished too. I guess I fell asleep again and woke up some time later for class. But everything around me was dry, no signs of ejaculation anywhere. Makes me wonder if I was really awake or dreaming for the first part. I feel like even if I was dreaming , then it would still be a wet dream. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
 

Fappy

Respected Member
A non-wet wet-dream? It may have just been a very vivid dream. At the early stages of my reboot I had many very vivid sexual dreams but never jizzed. Could just be withdrawals. Like when quitting smoking you have dreams of smoking, can even smell the smoke too
 

neonnut

Member
yeah I think it might?ve just been a dream because I can?t remember anything else about it or like what was going through my head at the time.

Day 8 completed. Had a few erections throughout the day but I was kinda daydreaming about some times with girls from the past so idk if it counts for anything. I had sex with this girl for about 30 minutes. Didn?t feel much when she was riding or when we did missionary but when we did doggystyle I felt something when I hit from a certain angle. I felt it building up and then my foot started cramping so I had to stop. I guess it?s progress though so I?ll take it. I think next time I?m just gonna try doggystyle while standing so my feet won?t cramp.
 

Tempted

Member
One thing to note is also that sometimes in certain positions during sex it just might not feel very good for you, you really have to try things out and gain experience. On another note though, if you were masturbating a lot and heavily you might have desensitized yourself, in that case, I guess refraining from any stimulating contact for a month or so might do the job.
 

neonnut

Member
Thank you for the response. I was always kinda confused on whether sex during a reboot would be considered rewiring, and helping me progress, or if it was just slowing the process of reversing my desensitization. I think I?m gonna try that doggystyle position one more time and make sure I don?t cramp so I can really see if it would work or not. After that, whether it works or not I?ll just stay away from any kind of stimulation for a month and then go from there.
 

Tempted

Member
I have had cramping during doggy style too, my suggestion is kneeling behind her as if you were to be knighted. That kind of relieves one leg of too much strain. Also, I think sex can interfere with rewiring if your addiction is really serious.
 

neonnut

Member
How do I know if my addiction is really serious? Because right now I feel confident I won?t watch P ever again. Or M either
 

Tempted

Member
Your case doesn't sound too worrying to my ears. I personally have a really hard time staying away from porn for even one day, and I feel pretty bad most of the time, I guess that would be a more serious case. Although I do not have PIED.
 

neonnut

Member
Yeah I haven?t thought about watching porn since I started the reboot. I?m not sure if it?s solely because of low libido but I?ll take it I guess. Day 10 completed. I was going to try the kneeling stance you suggested but I didn?t have enough time because I had to leave for some basketball stuff so me and her just made out for about 5 minutes. I probably won?t be able to try it out until Monday unless she comes back from home to campus for a bit. Still not a huge fan of having low libido. Hoping that I?ll get out of this flatline eventually
 

neonnut

Member
On day 14. Still 0 urges to do anything. I read somewhere that if someone MO?s lightly, like very lightly , it could help cure DE and death grip. I have no urges to MO but I?d be willing to do it if it helps.  I wouldn?t use P tho. Anyone else try this or have any info on this?
 

Fappy

Respected Member
Hmmmm... it could work. Rewiring your willy to a different level of sensitivity through a change in masturbatory technique. As long as its not to any artificial stimulation, and within your personal reboot paramaters (eg, hard mode, etc..) then it could be worth a try
 

Fappy

Respected Member
Excellent question!
Artificial stimulation includes pornographic images, sexually suggestive materials and anything outside of your own imagination which is used while masturbating in order to acheive orgasm. In short, getting off to anything that isnt `real`
It is by using artifical stimulation that your brain becomes wired to it, and over long years of abuse, you cant get off unless you use some form of artificial stimulation.
 

neonnut

Member
Thank you for the response. Currently on day 19. Last night I had strong urges to MO while scrolling through Instagram. I?m not sure if this indicates a change in my libido or not, I?m just glad I didn?t relapse.
 
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