It’s been a bit of a struggle, especially last night. But I found snapping my arm with a rubber band helps take my mind off the urge. I feel good though, a bit of clarity has returned not having to obsess over what my next get off urge will be and spending time hunting for harder and harder porn. I’ll update tomorrow!
Proud of you. Do you still want me to install the wiretaps and cameras? I haven’t been in yet.
Non-detailed talk of masturbation
While it definitely varies from person to person there’s definitely a “too much” for jerking it. You can feel it, especially when your old go-to fantasies do nothing or you need to spend half an hour just trying to get actually aroused. Depending on what you’re jerking to, jerking might make your mental health worse too. Refraining from jerking for a bit gives you time to reflect, especially if you were jerking to cover up emotions.
Congrats to Soros Foot Soldier, it’s not easy task to defeat addiction.
In my experience:
- 7 - 14 days is where the withdrawal is most intense. Also flat-line happens around day 14.
- 30 days gets you past the worst of the withdrawals.
- 90 days you feel like you have a healed brain and a sound mind.
As for superpowers, nonsense. I guess having a brain that has been able to heal feels surreal, as you finally get to feel what it’s like to be “normal” again, which can revitalize your sense of control and confidence.
I once went three months just for the hell of it (thought No Nut November was so easy that I’d just keep it going) and tbh the only thing that changed for me is that I started to have relatively frequent vivid wet dreams. I was living in a dorm which made it a real pain in the ass to try to stealthily handwash my undies which is the main reason I eventually called it quits. That being said, by the time I was in college I was already pretty infrequent (probably twice a month-ish down from daily in middle/high school) so it makes sense that there’d not be much of a change compared to someone accustomed to once a day.
It gets easier. I stopped about a year ago now. Every couple of weeks I need to… let the pressure out. For a couple days after I normally feel the urge to keep going but if I ignore it for a few days the feeling passes.
