Not sure if i'm flatlining?

[Stevew]

Guys i feel no like urge to watch porn or any real sexual attraction to women. I'm having less morning wood.
My flaccid penis hasn't really decreased everyone says their penis shrivels up? What does that mean like do they mean erect penis too or something?
I'm currently on a 5 week streak of no PMO! 18 watched alot of extreme porn due to escalting and would kegel 1 hour until i found my video. Not too long before i realised something was wrong i got semi erections checking out girls. Hoping that because that wasn't too long ago my reboot shouldn't take too long?

Thanks alot!
Steve

 

[William]

5 weeks in.  If you are no porn, no PMO, no MO, and no edging, you are making progress.  Get to week 12 and I almost guarantee you you will see major progress.  That said, younger guys sometimes take longer due to the fact that porn is what they wired to first, and that is a hard act to follow.  I promise, if you can keep going it eventually will go from bad to manageable to OK to doable to good to better than OK to fine to great to easy. 

Keep going.  Porn is not an option.

Peace.

 

[Stevew]

Thanks but how do i know when i'm flatlining?

 

[Workman]

As I understand it, flatlining is a serious loss of libido, and may be accompanied by depression, lack of interest in other activities, and a general feeling of being "down."

I'm flatlining right now. Sex honestly holds no interest for me, although I am still feeling the pull to PMO out of boredom/habit.

You'll get your mojo back, just takes time.

 

[fugu]

As I understand it, flatlining is a serious loss of libido, and may be accompanied by depression, lack of interest in other activities, and a general feeling of being "down."

I'm flatlining right now. Sex honestly holds no interest for me, although I am still feeling the pull to PMO out of boredom/habit.

You'll get your mojo back, just takes time.

This is a good description of it! There are also sometimes physical signs like penis shrinkage and no morning wood. Remember that flatlines are different for everyone. Some people experiences every reported symptoms of a flatline, while others don't even flatline at all! Most people experience at least a handful of the classic flatlining symptoms, though, before they are completely rebooted.

- Charlie

 

[Stevew]

Oh ok thanks alot for clearing that up fugu. I'm definitely down and have no desire for sex although my flaccid penis hasn't really changed so? Maybe that doesn't happen to everyone? I'm kind of depressed anyways due to other reasons so it's hard trying to distinguish it but i definitely have no desire for sex.

 

[fugu]

Oh ok thanks alot for clearing that up fugu. I'm definitely down and have no desire for sex although my flaccid penis hasn't really changed so? Maybe that doesn't happen to everyone? I'm kind of depressed anyways due to other reasons so it's hard trying to distinguish it but i definitely have no desire for sex.

Yeah, to me this sounds like pretty typical flatlining. It very well could be that you just don't get the physical "penis shrinkage" symptom like other people. Honestly, depending on the length and severity of your addiction, it could be that your addiction has been around for so long that you have nothing to compare "penis shrinkage" with. Who knows?

Either way, the definite loss of desire for sex you are experiencing is the most described feature of the flatline, and I would bet a lot of money that you are in it right now. Consider the flatline as a really good sign. Your brain is getting much needed recovery, resting and repairing time. The people who seem to get the most out of their time in the flatline are the ones who really don't pay much attention to it and just work on improving themselves as an individual. You seem to be on the right track.

 

[Stevew]

Think i'm out of the flatline for now must have been on it for a good 3-4 weeks. In a better mood. Also i am thinking about sex but it's with people i know, i only have thoughts of porn in my dreams. And thanks again Fugu.

 

[Workman]

Interesting that you mentioned dreams, Stevew. My dreams (the sexual ones) have been a little odd to me. I don't know if describing these dreams, weird as they are, will be a trigger for anyone, but I'll go ahead and say possible TRIGGER ALERT right here anyway.

My porn drug of choice is/has been cam sites and online chatting for MO. The first few days I recall having a few cam site related dreams but nothing explicit...it was me, clicking links or looking at the cam site to see who was on. Another dream I had was me chatting and walking with a cam model I "know" and occasionally text with in real life, again nothing explicit.

Night before last I had a sexual dream, woke up aroused and fully erect...the dream itself was an unattractive girl wanted to give me oral sex and I didn't want it...she somehow managed to get me in her mouth and I was trying to make her stop...woke up and realized I had been touching myself in my sleep, told myself, "No!" and fell back asleep.

Last night a random boring dream evolved into two very attractive girls flirting with me, and then a third really attractive girl hugging me, slightly rubbing her body against me and flirting with me...it was innocent-ish, as in very lighthearted and playful...but in the dream I did not want it, because she was my boss (in the dream...in real life my boss is an old guy). I woke up without morning wood, so I guess it wasn't too exciting to me, though.

Anyway, not trying to derail the topic, just interesting the way our (my) subconscious is dealing with this process. Take care, gents.

 

[Stevew]

I had a dream about stopping myself from watching porn. I've had quite a few about me watching it. Does that effect the reboot process by the way, someone told me it didn't but i just want to make sure i mean i guess theres nothing i can do. I mean it proves my reboot is working as i would NEVER have sex dreams ever.