When trying to sleep and thirsty i get a craving

[sam123]

This is something that has been happening with me for the past few years of porn addiction and while rebooting, and i cannot for the life of me figure out why it is happening and wanted to see if others are experiencing the same thing;

Scenario:
Normal day i am going to bed, and i start getting thirsty while trying to sleep, my thoughts go to porn and i get a craving, sometimes even i would already be sleeping but wake up in the middle of the night thirsty for water and i find myself intensely craving PMO. my thoughts wander off to the fetish and unusual scenarios that i had developed while addicted to porn, recently this has been accompanied by an erection and high levels of sexual desire, the first time it happened to me in the reboot it was extremely intense craving that my heart rate was noticeably higher, i got out of the bed to the computer to PMO, and as soon as i did that the craving subsided. I have found a simple solution was simply to drink water when it happens and the craving goes away, but it is bothering me that it is happening in the first place. What is also really bothering me is that the craving and desires are for the extreme stuff (including gay stuff) that i developed with porn, and the last fetish scenario that got me off when i was addicted to porn, and want to erase it out of my mind and go back to desiring sex with a woman (i am straight). I have been off porn for four months (with one session of PMO a month ago) and it is frustrating me that i would crave the fantasies that i developed with porn addiction, especially the ones i developed later on in porn, the last one after i quit!

Any one had a similar experience? Any ideas?

 

[Berens]

I dont know if it is your case but maybe when you were addicted you were PMO'ing without eating and drinking for hours so your brain has learned: being hungry and thirsty > PMO. It's sounds all strange but i have the same with eating and eating well helps me with urges, not always but the mindset i have now is that if i want to pmo in reality i want to eat or drink, or do physical exercises or whatever.

 

[sam123]

I dont know if it is your case but maybe when you were addicted you were PMO'ing without eating and drinking for hours so your brain has learned: being hungry and thirsty > PMO. It's sounds all strange but i have the same with eating and eating well helps me with urges, not always but the mindset i have now is that if i want to pmo in reality i want to eat or drink, or do physical exercises or whatever.

It could be as simple as you say, sounds like a logical explanation but i don't know if it is the real reason. This is bothering in particular because it brings back the old fantasies and urges, whereas normally in the reboot i would start to fantasize and think of  new upcoming REAL scenarios with real women, so it feels like a relapse in itself to suddenly find myself thinking of the old porn induced stuff because i get thirsty while sleeping.

If anyone else has any ideas or suggestions, or faced a similar situation i would love any feedback.