I think my desire to feel something combined with boredom causes me to have my mind bombarded by images, sounds, etc. I'm going through withdrawl, no way around it. Because much to my shame, I miss it, I long for it, the getting lost in the lust and the high that makes the world disappear.
Hi Eyecan - I struggle with this same desire to feel something that you speak of, but for me it can be a slippery slope. Many times while flatlining, I have allowed certain thoughts or impulses to slip through the protective filter in my brain because I convinced myself that I needed to "test" that lack of feeling. I would entertain fantasies in my head, maybe ogle a bit more when I was out in public, all under the guise of experimentation to see if I could actually feel those intoxicating feelings of lust again. Well, you can guess how that story often ended: with me getting triggered and then falling flat on my face.
I'm not saying this is exactly what your thought process is or where you'll end up, because we're all a bit different. Just saying it helps to have an awareness of what you're thinking when you're desperate to feel something during withdrawals. Some questions to consider: Could the desire to
feel something really be the desire to
feel something else? In other words, are you chasing the thoughts, sounds, images, etc., in your head to avoid emotional pain or some other unpleasant feeling brought on by withdrawals? Or is there genuinely no feeling at all, just an unsettling lack of feeling, a void that seems like it needs to be filled? Certainly boredom can be a culprit, too, but I'm focusing more on other emotional feelings because they're a bit harder to pin down.
How I decided to deal with this issue is to put a label on the compulsive thought pattern (e.g., "fantasizing") and rate the severity of it based on how far I allowed it to go. If it's just a passing thought that I can dispense of quickly, it gets a low rating and I move on. If it's a persistent thought that ends up triggering me, it gets a high rating and I know that I need to do something tangible to turn the situation around. For you, doing something could be as simple as going for a long walk or taking a cold shower, or any number of other things that get you out of your head.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, for what they're worth. I can truly understand the darkness you've described in your last few posts. And I do hope it starts to get better soon. Just stay with it and, to the extent that you need to, lean on that fear of P desolating your soul. Whatever it takes.
Your headed somewhere much better, friend. Give it time!