Please explain flatline for me.
- Thread starter Crackers1
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GBS
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@Crackers1 - simply put, yes. No point me saying don’t worry, because we all worry. It’s your brain messing with you. Persevere and you will get through it and reap the rewards, then there will be another brain fuck and another. You can get through them all and start to recognise them for what they are. You are doing great and the evidence, as weird as it is, is your concerns.
I almost feel like I don't know what to trust. The words of people on here or the psychiatrist that thinks I'm bipolar. I was reading Some other post that this can get masked as bipolar disorder. I really have to be more vigilant about Reading literature and Stuff like your brain on porn. I really haven't been doing the work. I'm relying on my own brain and resources which is making me crazy
GBS
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Look up (on YouTube) the Great Porn Experiment by Gary Wilson. Lots of good stuff on there hopefully to get you thinking. About 12 minutes into the TED talk he talks about some guy who had depression and social anxiety issues, he gave up watching porn which was incredibly hard to do. He had been on all sorts of medication and seen lots of psychiatrists - all his problems drifted away after he packed up porn
I am not a psychiatrist and just another addict on here, but there is a lot to be said for packing up porn (and maybe masturbation too) and see what you feel like. Better than being diagnosed as something you’re not. My wife thinks I was borderline bipolar. I am not any more.
I am not a psychiatrist and just another addict on here, but there is a lot to be said for packing up porn (and maybe masturbation too) and see what you feel like. Better than being diagnosed as something you’re not. My wife thinks I was borderline bipolar. I am not any more.
I feel like I am sexually confused because of porn.The thought process is relentless...am I gay or I straight, do I love my wife, am I not attracted to my wife...this what sent me into the hospital.I feel like I have some inner secret to keep and I'm depressed and anxiety ridden. So much so that I am currently hospitalized because of the stress relentlessly going back and forth in my mind. Like if I tell her something I will loose my family.
Hello Crackers1, I can truly see myself in your situation regarding your confusing thoughts about EVERYTHING. I’m actually right there myself too. But I have for now, hopefully, gone through the worst part of the weird stuff my mind has telling me after no PMO for almost 2 months. I also, and still have but I’m a minor degree, have confusion about if I love my girlfriend, are gay or not, sexually confused, what I want I life etc.
I also have had, and still have in some degree, stress and anxiety symptoms but they’ll go away.
But I’m telling you, it will be better!
The reboot journey brings up a lot of weird stuff in your mind and I have also been really concerned about my thought patterns throughout my reboot. But no worries, the reboot brain is lying it’s just a part of the recovery process. At some point self esteem, virility, willpower and self confidence will come back.
Keep going, you can do this
I also have had, and still have in some degree, stress and anxiety symptoms but they’ll go away.
But I’m telling you, it will be better!
The reboot journey brings up a lot of weird stuff in your mind and I have also been really concerned about my thought patterns throughout my reboot. But no worries, the reboot brain is lying it’s just a part of the recovery process. At some point self esteem, virility, willpower and self confidence will come back.
Keep going, you can do this