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Escapeandnevercomeback

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Carl_Smith said:
Flattofine, I can't remember if Easy Peasy mentioned it but anhedonia (in the rest of your life) caused by dopamine hits is very real. That along with hypofrontality, lethargy, and ED are physical reasons I don't want to go back.

My library had the audio book of "Dopamine Nation" and that along with YBOP videos really sealed the deal for me about chemical addictions. IMHO, Easy Peasy is an awesome first book to shake you out of the addict mindset, but other science material is very useful after that, because the direct physical problems are even more than what smoking causes, due to much higher dopamine levels (on par with morphine).
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Yes, I can definitely agree. Lack of motivation to do anything, lack of excitement for anything else but porn, "mini-flatlines" (how I like to call it), anxiety, depression, lack of energy all those things, maybe more, are things I have to deal with constantly. And then time flies and you realize that you haven't done much with your life. I've said it and I will say it again: Everybody should put the extra effort and try hard to escape because this could easily turn into a "Relapse/Restart" treadmill. "I relapsed but I will start again and this time is the last time!" Sounds good but needs to be put in practice otherwise you wake up one day and realize: "Holy shit! I'm 50!" and then you log in to Reboot Nation and write "Day 2". We can be so much more productive without this 600 pounds gorilla named porn on our backs. I suffer from the "Talk the talk but not walk the walk" syndrome, this post comes as a reminder to myself as well that I need to try harder. If after a few years of trying you are still in the same place and you haven't made considerable progress, your streaks are not constantly long, you are doing something wrong. What do we do wrong, all of us with small streaks? That's the question we need to answer first.
 
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Flattofine

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Escapeandnevercomeback said:
Yes, I can definitely agree. Lack of motivation to do anything, lack of excitement for anything else but porn, "mini-flatlines" (how I like to call it), anxiety, depression, lack of energy all those things, maybe more, are things I have to deal with constantly. And then time flies and you realize that you haven't done much with your life. I've said it and I will say it again: Everybody should put the extra effort and try hard to escape because this could easily turn into a "Relapse/Restart" treadmill. "I relapsed but I will start again and this time is the last time!" Sounds good but needs to be put in practice otherwise you wake up one day and realize: "Holy shit! I'm 50!" and then you log in to Reboot Nation and write "Day 2". We can be so much more productive without this 600 pounds gorilla named porn on our backs. I suffer from the "Talk the talk but not walk the walk" syndrome, this post comes as a reminder to myself as well that I need to try harder. If after a few years of trying you are still in the same place and you haven't made considerable progress, your streaks are not constantly long, you are doing something wrong. What do we do wrong, all of us with small streaks? That's the question we need to answer first.
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Excellent post Escape!
 
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