Recovery?

Not_Me_Here · 2017-03-13T02:09:51+00:00

Is your dopamine fuck only about porn?

From my experience with drugs and all I've learned about the subject (I have studied by myself that field), it seems that addiction and abuse is likely to be related to your gene. I don't have extended knowledge about recovering, since I've been more studying drugs, what they do and how they work. Since porn isn't lethal if you stop, my recommandation for you would be to stop without any last time. You've read it, now you stop.

You can wait for other answers, maybe some people have some useful knowledge to share, but I'm 100% sure that the best way to recover from non lethal addictions is to completely stop.

mattizie · 2017-03-13T07:30:53+00:00

Can you recover from fucking up your dopamine sensors and getting erectile dysfunction as a result of years of porn use?

Also, I know people say to just "stop being a pussy and stop using porn" but I'm finding porn harder to quit than drugs. I have no urges to use drugs, drink beer, or any of that shit anymore but for some reason it's very hard to stop using porn.

Short answer yes, long answer no.

If you quit porn for long enough, it will fix ED, provided that there isn't an additional medical reason.

I've been trying to quit for since I discovered TRP. It's not easy. At first it was only a few days at a time, then a week. Then back to square one. I thought I conquered my problem when I did it for over 100 days no porn, masturbation, or ograsm. My wife was overseas for that time too so no sex at all. And it worked. I didn't have "cravings", didn't think about porn, life was so much better, erections stronger and more frequent, and the actual sex was much better.

I initially sought the help of nofap, but I was banned for three months for a rape joke, so I didn't have that support. There are a few people that have gone through it, and so there is wisdom to gain from that sub, though the mods can be SJW faggots. The first few days are the easiest, and then after that, about a week or two in, you'll be supper aggressive and agitated, randomly kick a dent in your car door levels of agitated. After that comes the "flatline": you'll be very depressed, won't get erections, have little to no desire or drive to do anything and will feel like absolute shit. This lasts about a month or two, but it WILL pass. During that time you may have nightmares or wet dreams that will be filled with the most depraved shit you used to watch, but that too passes. And your thoughts will start returning to the normal women that you want to fuck that you see IRL. And your energy levels will return to normal, as does your motivation and drive. The process takes about 90 days, and may be referred to "rebooting".

However. The temptation to go back to porn will always be there. And this is the problem with any drug. It may not effect you, and you may not be addicted to it now. But later, when you're at your worst, the thought will always be there, and the temptation to seek that comfort will be very, very strong. And that's when you relapse and go back to square one.

In my case, I had three months from the first time I had sex (after 100 days or so of nothing) that were great. But recently I hit a very low point in my life, sought the comfort of porn, and I'm back to square one. I know what I'm in for, and what it will feel like once I go through the reboot process again.

Also, if you're having trouble quitting, something that really helped me was that any time the thought of porn popped into my head, or I did something that would have started the chain of events rolling, I'd stop and hurt myself. If I was in public, I would discreetly pinch myself. If I was alone, in private, it would be a full slap to the face. This may be extreme, but it worked for me, don't think it will work if you're a masochist though.

Good luck mate.

oldredder · 2017-03-13T09:42:30+00:00

That's not even a real thing.

The brain's neural network regarding orgasm and sex and masturbation and visual stimulation uses EVERY NEUROTRANSMITTER, not just dopamine.

Stop reading nonsense bro-science, it's lies.

What you actually suffer from is WEAKNESS, not "dopamine receptors" being screwed up.

IF you want to go do something else GO DO IT. If you have NOTHING at all to do but sit and relax and watch porn, with or without jerking it, who the fuck cares? You don't answer to others, you answer to YOU so until you're fucking up getting other shit done, it isn't a problem. Just get stuff done that needs to be.

If you have no problem getting hard using a hand and lots of problems getting hard with a woman it's because YOU'RE FUCKING SCARED LIKE A BITCH that you aren't good enough, it has nothing to do with the porn. You can easily go find women, fuck them, get good at it and STILL look at porn every day, jerk it every day, fuck women 3 times a day, all no problem.

Title	Recovery?
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Date	March 13, 2017 1:05 AM UTC (9 years ago)
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