The Beginning Of The Curse's End

Discussion in 'Ages 25-29' started by MindPoison, Jan 30, 2021.

  1. Deleted User

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    Well, if you read other recovery accounts, you’ll see that when guys start healing their PIED, too many orgasms still lower their libido for a few days. Gary Wilson said somewhere that for younger guys, healing tends to be more fragile. Another thing: since rebooting is also about conditioning, it’s important to make our brains understand that sexual pleasure comes from sex with a woman, not from masturbation. And finally, masturbation will probably always be a slippery slope for many of us, which could lead to fantasy and porn if not kept under control. All this to say, it’s probably best to avoid masturbation at all cost. Depends on the severity of your PIED, I guess.
     
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  2. MindPoison

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    Thanks for this. Oh man, I forgot that Gary said that, about healing being fragile for younger guys.
     
  3. MindPoison

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    We'll see. Unfortunately, my libido is still R.I.P these days. It's gonna be a long while before I get it back. Whatever cravings I had to masturbate earlier on are barely even there anymore. :/
     
  4. MindPoison

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    DAY 54:

    Had a wet dream last night, but no chaser effect afterward. Rest of the day went by easily. Libido is still dead, penis still numb.
     
  5. I understand. Given that people who know much more about this than I do think that masturbation could be a real problem, please ignore my initial advice! sorry
     
  6. MindPoison

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    Hey, it's okay, there's still a lot of things we don't understand about this addiction anyhow, so it's not a big deal. Kind of sad that something that's natural could become corrupted/damaged due to lack of awareness. If these guys in the article are right, then this means the only way to overcome is addiction is by quitting all sexual activity cold turkey till the libido comes back, oh joy.

    https://www.yourbrainonporn.com/reb...awal-syndrome-paws-occur-with-porn-addiction/
     
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    Well, you can’t be sure about that. Quitting porn and masturbation seems like a must for most of us, but I’m not too sure about sex. In the article that you shared, the second guy who’s quoted posted here a few years ago, the excerpt is from his success story, one I like very much and read every once in a while:

    https://yourbrainrebalanced.com/for...o-years-in-pied-is-undoubtedly-a-thing.27856/

    That guy, Altruism247, said he had multiple hard modes streaks of 45 days followed by multiple orgasms through sex, and he recovered in around 2 years. You’ll find many other stories where guys have a similar relation to sex and orgasms during their reboot. So we can’t say for sure that you have to stop having sex in order to heal. It would be reasonable to assume it can slow the process, but even that isn’t certain.
     
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  8. MindPoison

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    So, in the end the only thing we can do is try out what successful rebooters did and see if it works for us, basically. Well, that's pretty much all we can do since we still don't know entirely what happens in the brain during a reboot. Thanks for showing me that, Bilbo Baggins, it was pretty interesting to read.
     
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  9. MindPoison

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    DAY 55:

    Had a rough night last night. Some soft-core porn images tried to creep in my mind this morning, but managed to ignore them thankfully, they went away quickly especially once I started working. Guess this addiction is deeply rooted still even though it's gotten super weak.
     
  10. Sorry to hear that, MindPoison, but it sounds like you handled things well. We know these things have deep roots. I think the important lesson is that you are strong enough to deal with it.
     
  11. MindPoison

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    DAY 56:

    Woke up semi-hard in the middle of the night. Had some cravings that were rather annoying in the afternoon, but went away eventually. Just a few days left to reach 60 days.
     
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    DAY 57:

    Came across some sexual images online by accident. The cravings were particularly annoying, especially with how sleepy I was during the day. Managed to survive, though, but now I gotta be more careful.
     
  13. Good job!
     
  14. MindPoison

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    DAY 58:

    An easy today. No cravings, plus started attending another art workshop, so that's another thing to keep me occupied apart from my creative projects.
     
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    DAY 59:

    Not a good day at all. Had an acquaintance show me some soft-core stuff he found on Instagram while he wondered why women post that stuff. Near the end of the day ended up searching for porn related stuff on Google, didn't help that I was so tired that my willpower wasn't there much anymore. Thankfully it didn't escalate to the point where I orgasmed, but man, what a bad way to end the last day before completing two months.
     
  16. MindPoison

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    DAY 60:

    The day went by better this time. Cravings were barely there, and best part of all, no screw up! 2 months without intentional orgasming, finally. Here's to making it to the end of the year without having an orgasm on purpose.
     
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    DAY 61:

    No cravings and the day went by without a problem.
     
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    DAY 62:

    Another day gone by and no cravings again.
     
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  19. MindPoison

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    DAY 63:

    No cravings. Woke up with a semi-hard in the middle of the night.
     
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    DAY 64:

    No cravings, and once again woke up with morning wood, though somewhat harder than yesterday.
     

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