The Flatline Obsession

[Scorpio1990]

I know we’re all going through this but I have gained a obsession of getting out of the Flatline. I understand we have different journeys but I don’t know. I am doing my best to stay active and to try to live a normal life. It’s hard to go day to day thinking of not feeling drive or motivated. I constantly feel and know my fire has burnt out. Seeing many suffer months to years of flatline scare the crap out of me. I am not trying to be negative. I just see it how it is. I don’t have low testosterone or anything else. I am healthy which I confirmed with my doctor. My mental health has been fine besides the withdrawals of PMO. I had many goals and plans for my 30s and now I feel no point to chase them because I feel no joy or fulfillment. It’s not even about sex, girls ,and super powers, I just want my life back. I’ll keep pushing but years and years of this will just be torture which I don’t really see a point dealing with. Thank you for all your support

 

[pornfreesme]

I know we’re all going through this but I have gained a obsession of getting out of the Flatline. I understand we have different journeys but I don’t know. I am doing my best to stay active and to try to live a normal life. It’s hard to go day to day thinking of not feeling drive or motivated. I constantly feel and know my fire has burnt out. Seeing many suffer months to years of flatline scare the crap out of me. I am not trying to be negative. I just see it how it is. I don’t have low testosterone or anything else. Im am healthy which I confirmed with my doctor. My mental health has been fine besides the withdrawals of PMO. I had many goals and plans for my 30s and now I feel no point to chase them because I feel no joy or fulfillment. It’s not even about sex, girls ,and super powers, I just want my life back. I’ll keep pushing but years and years of this will just be torture which I don’t really see a point dealing with. Thank you for all your support

Do not compare yourself with others. Just because some of us have long flat lines doesn't mean you'll be in it for 6 or 10 years too. Your body is unique. Do not compare yourself with me, or with any other user here.

 

[Scorpio1990]

Do not compare yourself with others. Just because some of us have long flat lines doesn't mean you'll be in it for 6 or 10 years too. Your body is unique. Do not compare yourself with me, or with any other user here.

I definitely understand but the feeling of something missing sucks. I’m know things take time but man. It’s hard to focus on goals and my relationship when I can’t feel much. I’ll keep pushing.

 

[FrankWhite12]

Hey Scorpio, I feel you man. Kinda feel like I am in another flatline myself which I did not expect to be coming around again.
How do you feel in general? And since when would you say that you're in a flatline?
Is there sth that gives you joy, excitement?
Dunno where you live but could also be the winter blues hitting you.

 

[Scorpio1990]

Hey Scorpio, I feel you man. Kinda feel like I am in another flatline myself which I did not expect to be coming around again.
How do you feel in general? And since when would you say that you're in a flatline?
Is there sth that gives you joy, excitement?
Dunno where you live but could also be the winter blues hitting you.

I definitely feel flat, I have little drive and little motivation. It’s started flatline back in May, I lost joy and excitement of hobbies, sex, and work. Life doesn’t feel fun. My confidence took a dive. I’m in California, I definitely don’t think its the weather because I felt like this even in the summer. Its supernatural for sure. Definitely sucks.

 

[FrankWhite12]

Sorry to hear that man. Yep, doesn't sound like it's the weather though. Yeah, the flatline sucks. But what keeps you going? And how are you keeping your motivation up? I'm sure there's hope, there always is. In my experience, changes often occur when I least expect them.

 

[pornfreesme]

Mood swings are very normal for people throughout life. That has nothing to do with having watched porn videos in the past.

The flat line is not about that.


The flat line just has to do with having a period where you have low libido. Just that. The most normal thing for most people is that the libido returns over the weeks.

Although people who have never been addicted to porn also experience periods of low sexual desire according to my friends and acquaintances.



If you have lost interest in everything in life, I recommend a visit to occupational psychology to encourage you to find your true calling.


You can go a thousand years without watching porn, but if you're not clear on what you want to be in life, that's a problem that a reboot or quitting porn isn't going to fix.


I know guys who watch a lot of porn and are very clear about what they want to be in life, they have dreams and aspirations.

 

[Scorpio1990]

Sorry to hear that man. Yep, doesn't sound like it's the weather though. Yeah, the flatline sucks. But what keeps you going? And how are you keeping your motivation up? I'm sure there's hope, there always is. In my experience, changes often occur when I least expect them.

What keeps me going is my old self. I was definitely a confident person. I have muscles and inspired people at the gym, coworkers, people out and about. I mean I was completely fine before. I was on top of the world. So I’m definitely trying to regain all that confidence.

 

[Scorpio1990]

Mood swings are very normal for people throughout life. That has nothing to do with having watched porn videos in the past.

The flat line is not about that.


The flat line just has to do with having a period where you have low libido. Just that. The most normal thing for most people is that the libido returns over the weeks.

Although people who have never been addicted to porn also experience periods of low sexual desire according to my friends and acquaintances.



If you have lost interest in everything in life, I recommend a visit to occupational psychology to encourage you to find your true calling.


You can go a thousand years without watching porn, but if you're not clear on what you want to be in life, that's a problem that a reboot or quitting porn isn't going to fix.


I know guys who watch a lot of porn and are very clear about what they want to be in life, they have dreams and aspirations.

I honestly can say I didn’t have any issues with depression until withdrawals hit. The low libido I still have. Luckily my confidence is picking back up. I can definitely function without Ed pills and please my gf. During my time watching porn I had many goals. I accomplished many things in my life during that time as well. So it’s not like I’m sitting in a room stuck doing nothing. The depression Anhedonia is what I have so it makes perfect sense. Everyone is different so we experience different. I was suppose to do motor swaps on my two of my cars and was going to buy a house this year but the anhedonia ruined the fun. So it’s not like I’m here making this up because it’s some emotional feeling. Just sucks this has interrupted what I had going because now I gotta focus on getting better since the last thing I want is to spend years dealing with this crap. I tried doctors and which ruled out my Testosterone is good. I have a therapist and psychiatrist which I feel is pointless to have because all they want to do is put me on meds which I don’t feel like I need. As soon as hit flatline I tried to get the help to understand what I have.

 

[Galatians51]

Hey man,

Porn has a way of messing with everything in your life, even stuff that isn't directly related to it. I just posted today about how porn would make me irritable with my family for days after PMO, and that happened repeatedly over years. So who is to say that depression and low drive couldn't also be a result of PMO.

Keep going with your reboot, the longer you go the better this get.

Here's an article from YPOB on the flatline that might be helpful:

Porn Recovery and The Mysterious Flatline (2013)

“The grueling, mysterious initiation one endures but never speaks of” “Flatlines… they are like being at a bottom of well and thinking you have no hope of getting out…. then one day just waking up and being out. So try and enjoy the peace and quiet of flatlines is my advice.” Our blog post Young...

www.yourbrainonporn.com

 

[pornfreesme]

Hey man,

Porn has a way of messing with everything in your life, even stuff that isn't directly related to it. I just posted today about how porn would make me irritable with my family for days after PMO, and that happened repeatedly over years. So who is to say that depression and low drive couldn't also be a result of PMO.

Keep going with your reboot, the longer you go the better this get.

Here's an article from YPOB on the flatline that might be helpful:

Porn Recovery and The Mysterious Flatline (2013)

“The grueling, mysterious initiation one endures but never speaks of” “Flatlines… they are like being at a bottom of well and thinking you have no hope of getting out…. then one day just waking up and being out. So try and enjoy the peace and quiet of flatlines is my advice.” Our blog post Young...

www.yourbrainonporn.com

Again:
People attribute to the use of porn a lot of problems that really have nothing to do with porn. It seems to me that it is a way of evading their responsibilities. I am convinced of the damage that porn causes in people's sexual function and libido. The rest is myth. Sorry if I offend you, but that's how I see it.

 

[pornfreesme]

I honestly can say I didn’t have any issues with depression until withdrawals hit. The low libido I still have. Luckily my confidence is picking back up. I can definitely function without Ed pills and please my gf. During my time watching porn I had many goals. I accomplished many things in my life during that time as well. So it’s not like I’m sitting in a room stuck doing nothing. The depression Anhedonia is what I have so it makes perfect sense. Everyone is different so we experience different. I was suppose to do motor swaps on my two of my cars and was going to buy a house this year but the anhedonia ruined the fun. So it’s not like I’m here making this up because it’s some emotional feeling. Just sucks this has interrupted what I had going because now I gotta focus on getting better since the last thing I want is to spend years dealing with this crap. I tried doctors and which ruled out my Testosterone is good. I have a therapist and psychiatrist which I feel is pointless to have because all they want to do is put me on meds which I don’t feel like I need. As soon as hit flatline I tried to get the help to understand what I have.

I recommend that you approach it from another point of view beyond stopping watching porn. I don't think that stopping porn will help with those kinds of issues he's having (loss of interest in life). It's not to discourage you. On the contrary. Stopping watching porn and masturbating a lot will help you have a better experience with sex and better sexual function. The rest, you have to figure out what's going on. I am sorry.

 

[Galatians51]

Again:
People attribute to the use of porn a lot of problems that really have nothing to do with porn. It seems to me that it is a way of evading their responsibilities. I am convinced of the damage that porn causes in people's sexual function and libido. The rest is myth. Sorry if I offend you, but that's how I see it.

hey no worries, not offended at all, like you said, that's how you see it. A lot of other people see it differently, myself included.

 

[Scorpio1990]

I recommend that you approach it from another point of view beyond stopping watching porn. I don't think that stopping porn will help with those kinds of issues he's having (loss of interest in life). It's not to discourage you. On the contrary. Stopping watching porn and masturbating a lot will help you have a better experience with sex and better sexual function. The rest, you have to figure out what's going on. I am sorry.

Well, as time has gone by my symptoms gotten better and so has my mental. So my depression faze has pretty much diminished. So mentally I seem to be fine. Luckily I was smart to not feed into taking medications cause then probably would led to more problems. Let me ask you this out of the 10yrs you been in Flatline, have you felt any improvements libido wise? What’s your longest streak hardmode?

 

[pornfreesme]

Of course yes. Only with 90 days I feel a lot of improvement. Leaving pmo works. It is as if he puts his body to endure hunger. Then your body will crave food much more.


I advise you not to get obsessed with that topic because the truth is that a flat line is temporary. Whoever erroneously claims to be flatlined for years actually has another problem that was never pmo.

If your libido isn't feeling it despite being young, and it's been over a year without libido, then check elsewhere because that's not a flat line but an unknown underlying disease.

 

[pornfreesme]

Let me ask you this out of the 10yrs you been in Flatline, have you felt any improvements libido wise?

There must be some mistake. I did not say that. I said that 10 years ago I am working on leaving the pmo

 

[Scorpio1990]

There must be some mistake. I did not say that. I said that 10 years ago I am working on leaving the pmo

Didn’t you say you been in flatline for 10yrs on another thread? That you left PMO 10 years ago and still in flatline. Then you posted your links from yourbrainrebalanced. I’m just trying to understand how that is all possible. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one questioning that.