My reboot journey (first week)

[literallykai]

Hey, so I've pretty much used porn to get aroused since I was very young at about 13, and it's gotten to the point where I'm 22 and when it came to real sex, I could only get erect for 2-3 minutes and I just lose it and can't get erect again after.

That situation is what made me realize how problematic it's become. So I've decided to completely quit porn starting yesterday and see how it goes.

If there's any tips and help I could get to regain my sexual drive back in the real world I'd really appreciate it. My fear is to never get it back again.

I'll share my experience through the reboot so others who are also rebooting can follow and/or relate.

 

[jackinabox]

Hey, so I've pretty much used porn to get aroused since I was very young at about 13, and it's gotten to the point where I'm 22 and when it came to real sex, I could only get erect for 2-3 minutes and I just lose it and can't get erect again after.

That situation is what made me realize how problematic it's become. So I've decided to completely quit porn starting yesterday and see how it goes.

If there's any tips and help I could get to regain my sexual drive back in the real world I'd really appreciate it. My fear is to never get it back again.

Congratulations on deciding to quit.

All you have to do is quit porn and in a while(which depends on each person) your erection/sex drive will be all good.

Check out Your Brain on Porn/ Reboot Nation/ Noah Church on YouTube and you'll pretty much understand the whole thing.

I had the same issue and couldn't get hard w a real person and I began using porn around 12-13. It took me about 4-5 months to get back to normal. Good luck!

 

[literallykai]

Just reporting on my 3rd night, when I was asleep, I was lightly dreaming or thinking about porn and kept me a little erect during the midnight. I'm not sure if I should restart the reboot count after that but it was uncontrollable. Oh and the porn craving started kicking in during the morning. But I'm staying strong.

I'll probably report my symptoms here just in case.

 

[jackinabox]

Just reporting on my 3rd night, when I was asleep, I was lightly dreaming or thinking about porn and kept me a little erect during the midnight. I'm not sure if I should restart the reboot count after that but it was uncontrollable. But I'm staying strong.

I'll probably report my symptoms here just in case.

You don't have to restart the counter just because you dreamt about porn. I've been having porn related dreams for a few days but they'll go away after a while.

 

[literallykai]

Day 4 going strong. Didn't get any porn dreams, but I did wake up with a question.

I'm a little confused because I have the urge of having sex with a real partner, but at the same time that urge is countered from porn induced erectile dysfunction. It's not the porn I'm craving but an actual person but I still have a problem staying erect for after 4-5 minutes.

Do I still go strong with the reboot?

 

[literallykai]

Day 5 still going strong, but every time I try to think of anything sexual in my mind, this explosive feeling of wanting to jack off from it came fast. I don't know how to describe it but it felt like my heart was racing and my breathing was heavier.

While I was at the state of watching porn on a regular basis, me thinking of something sexual about someone never gave me that sensation before so it came as a shock to me. But feeling that new sensation now lets me know that I'm on the right path of rebooting as I'm guessing it's my brain trying so hard to get me to release and let it go.

I think I'm starting to see where the difficult part is now after the first week is nearly completed. But I was not expecting something like that to happen so sudden.

 

[literallykai]

On the 8th day now and resisting gotten a lot harder for me. Feels as if my brain is trying to take over, never felt something like that before.

It's such a hard fight to get through sometimes I'm thinking if I'm even going to get through it. But I find that noting everything down and reminding myself that it's temporary helps to endure the addiction.

 

[Galatians51]

Day 4 going strong. Didn't get any porn dreams, but I did wake up with a question.

I'm a little confused because I have the urge of having sex with a real partner, but at the same time that urge is countered from porn induced erectile dysfunction. It's not the porn I'm craving but an actual person but I still have a problem staying erect for after 4-5 minutes.

Do I still go strong with the reboot?

the only thing that would be a relapse is looking at porn... however I find the more you allow yourself to have sexual thoughts the tougher it can be to avoid giving in to the temptation... plenty of guys on here advocate for masturbating without looking at porn, that doesn't work for me - it inevitably causes my brain to freak out and want to look at porn.

On the 8th day now and resisting gotten a lot harder for me. Feels as if my brain is trying to take over, never felt something like that before.

It's such a hard fight to get through sometimes I'm thinking if I'm even going to get through it. But I find that noting everything down and reminding myself that it's temporary helps to endure the addiction.

Your brain will definitely fight you as you keep going in the reboot. The longer you go in your reboot the less your brain will affect you like this as your neural pathways change


keep going strong, you're doing great. Merry Christmas