I don't want to lose you hun...

noises1990

Active Member
Well dont know if i made a mistake or not but I MO ed today. Not feeling guilty though because i wanted to do so. I feel guilty though for using a picture with it. A picture of my girlfriend though.
Guess this sets me back a bit on the reboot progress but carrying on!
 

noises1990

Active Member
So I ve reset my counter due to yesterday's occurrence. Next objective is another 45-47 days without any MO or P.
 

SETI

Active Member
noises1990 said:
So I ve reset my counter due to yesterday's occurrence. Next objective is another 45-47 days without any MO or P.

What a wonderful effort you put into this! Very inspiring.
I don't think the MO thing sets you back in the long run. Every day is a new day and a chance to enforce your good habits!  :D
 

noises1990

Active Member
Thanks SETI, i do feel a bit more vonfident and relaxed after the MO, though. But from now on I m stopping everything that relates to sex. Especially facebook!! Fantasies were actually becoming a nuissance
 

jkkk

Well-Known Member
Hey bro,

It's been a while.

I'm very sad for your grandfather. I can relate to you very much - my grandfather died exactly a few weeks after I started my first reboot. I was mentally in pieces with the reboot and then his death just all screwed it even further. It was not him that I was crying about that much, though, I cried because of myself. I was crying over myself.

With your MO: don't get let down. You're doing great in spite of adverse circumstances.

Look, it seems you are really stressed now. Grandfather's death, your girlfriend is far away, you're starting therapy. Its a lot, really a lot. So first, accept my congratulations that you're soldiering on. Second - no wonder you're not at your prime with regard to reboot. I think it's far to say it's just a more testing period.

With PA - I think it really may subside with a long reboot. There will be a moment in the reboot when you will start feeling in control again, in control with yourself. Just stick to the rules, stick to the reboot. It will also probably take more than 90 days - you're from my generation, bro. We raised with P, you know that very well. We need months to really feel any difference, and then even more months to make those gains stable.

Do you remember what happened before you MO'd? What were you thinking of? How did you feel? Did you consider writing here before you MO'd or not? Actually I can see you did... It's a pity maybe that no one responded - such cry-out messages happen here every now and then, maybe your's could have been more specific?

Clenbuterol - Adrian, please, for God's sake, drop it mate. Make two more running work-outs in a week (mixed intensity: sprint-standard run-hill-sprint and so on), but drop this. It will not help you in the long-term, there are simply issues that are more important than just burning-workout, you know that. I'm not saying - do not train. Train even more, but ditch those chemicals, bro!
 

noises1990

Active Member
Hello people!

I've been away for a while... It's been some troubled times.. Started goin to a therapist, and I think I'm going a bit better. Went through a big depression episode mixed with anxiety and panic attacks...

Well, I still get the panic attacks from time to time, but I think I'm gonna be fine. Still going at it without PMO... It's going easy since sex really kinda scares me now xD Hahahaha, don't know why is that really, but I'll talk it over with my therapist in the next session.

How are you guys doin? Are you all ok, fine and on the road to recovery?
 

noises1990

Active Member
Hahahaa, also, forgot to mention, started taking Kickbox lessons in the meantime... Well at least until one of my knees gave up (might need surgery in the near future).

I recommend this to all of you no matter if you do have Porn Addiction issues or not.. take on some fighting classes... All your anger, frustrations and bad energies that have been piling up inside are gonna get washed away.


Stay strong people... I know I'm trying to... It's hell but if we don't improve ourselves, what else is there to do?
 

SETI

Active Member
Hey man, good to hear from you!

A therapist is probably a good support on this road. A lot of guys seem to think that we can solve everything on our own, but since we are stuck in the same patterns year after year, some fresh insight is probably exactly what we need. I have also made some moves towards getting therapy and I guess I will give it a go. Still, I think rebooting can do many things to us before we are "out of the tunnel". Somehow dopamine-kicks are hard to.. ehm.. kick?

Keep posting! :)
 

noises1990

Active Member
Yeah well clearly the reboot has an influence on one's psychic... But it shouldnt be something that would stop you from talking to a therapist. I had a lot of issues that I never used to think about until the reboot...

And believe me ... A therapist really helps clearing out the mess a bit. It's a hard and long road but the final results are worth it!
 

noises1990

Active Member
Hey guys! I've just read that abstinence can cause anxiety and panic attacks! Since lately i've had some sudden/out of nowhere panic attacks, do you think it is some kind of a normal behaviour during a reboot?
I'm gonna start working at a new work place (more mature - moved from video game testing to software testing) in 2 weeks and I want to be on my best months there to learn and absorb as much information as I can since I'm kinda new to that field... This causes a bit of stress and panic actually xD
 

SETI

Active Member
noises1990 said:
Hey guys! I've just read that abstinence can cause anxiety and panic attacks! Since lately i've had some sudden/out of nowhere panic attacks, do you think it is some kind of a normal behaviour during a reboot?
I'm gonna start working at a new work place (more mature - moved from video game testing to software testing) in 2 weeks and I want to be on my best months there to learn and absorb as much information as I can since I'm kinda new to that field... This causes a bit of stress and panic actually xD

Sounds very odd. Abstinence causes panic attacks? I don't see how there could be a connection. But I guess if one uses O to handle stress then its not impossible. I'm not a doctor as you know, but I would say that you could probably find help for your panic attacks/anxiety elsewhere than PMO/MO.

Really admire your streak of over 60 days! Mucho impresso!
 

noises1990

Active Member
Damn dudes... Flatline sucks... I'm not sexually interested in women, wtf?! I've got some kind of a mindset that tells me: uhm... if we have sex with a girl or don't have sex with a girl, it's the same thing.

This is kinda scary, hope it will pass someday. Also, not so motivated about work or improving some aspects of my life. Can't really concentrate/focus although I've been trying to learn new stuff (mostly for the new job).

I just hope these things will pass
 

noises1990

Active Member
Man, trying to learn new things is quite difficult these days... I'm tryin to learn a bit of SQL for the future job but I've got some kind of restlessness inside me that won't just go away... I hate that... doesn't let me concentrate on many things.

Besides this one, I've made some progress on the relationship with my parents, which was a very absent type one, and opened a bit up to my dad. The next step is my mother, but she's the stuck up one... Don't know if she'll understand my panic attacks and how she helped me get them when I was a kid.

Well, we'll just see what the future holds, hoping that on each moment that we find ourselves we're doing the best possible choices and acts!

May God bless us all and forever keep us in his peace!
 

noises1990

Active Member
Wooop Woooop! Tomorrow's my last day at Ubisoft! Although it is a bit sad that I have to leave the colleagues behind... I must concentrate on my future and on the life that I want to live for myself and not for others!!!

Disabled my Facebook account tonight... I realised that I kinda substituted the novelty offered by porn with girl profiles on FB.. It will be a bit harder to interact with people but what the heck... our parents and grandparents live without it and they grew old just fine!

I gotta keep myself focused on Test plans, Test scenarios, Test Cases, Selenium and SQL for my next job that will start on Friday  ;D I'm having huge bursts of anxiety and emotions when I'm thinking about this new thing and if I will manage to do my tasks well! But hey... I was great at Ubisoft, and somewhat of a workaholic... I always manage to solve IT issues and I'm fond of the new IT/WEB technologies! I gotta do better than expected!

Well that's it for tonight (still anxious regarding relationships and actual sex + flatline is still here and it looks like it's here to stay for a while) so take care guys!!

I believe in all of us and our healing chances! Stay strong! Stay focused! We're doin this shit! Just look at us go!!
 

jfb

Member
Hey man! I've been reading a bit on your journey, and it's inspiring. You're strong, dude! And even though I might be a total random stranger, I believe you're doing all the right things: taking away the triggers (eg. blocking Facebook) and creating new and interesting possibilities in your life to refill the times that porn occupied previously (moving jobs, learning new stuff, therapy, etc).

Keep it up ;)
 

noises1990

Active Member
Well... it's been good, it's been bad... Same old same old... Less anxiety though... don't know what happened apart from leaving the old job. Friday is my first day at the new job. Hope I'm gonna meet happy, fun and nice people there!

Besides that.. I'm kinda puzzled by a thing and I do want to ask you guys for an opinion. I went out with this girl that has a very nice personality and character. Her life's story is very similar to mine... I feel that we can connect at a very deep level but... I can't say that I'm sexually attracted to her. Do you think that this happens due to the flatline/reboot and should just go on and see where we get? Or just be honest with her and drop it?
I don't want her to get the wrong message and be hurt/sad.
 
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