>>10140270I can give you first hand experience on this:
I haven’t read this post until now but what I did was basically the same thing. I cut out pmo because I was so addicted and had some serious anxiety problems. I went on nofap for two months but only cut out pmo. I was already working out and eating healthy and I had already cut out weed, adderall, nicotine, and booze the month before. The first few days were absolutely terrible. I had worse mental problems but after the first week to three it was glorious. I felt super confident with no anxiety. At about two months though I was completely emotionless and had no motivation to do anything but I also had absolutely no worries or fear of anything. I think this is called a flatline. The fapping must have been a major source of my dopamine because talking to friends or watching a movie didn’t seem enjoyable anymore along with fapping. I think it can take a long time to reintroduce other habits.
So I did this for a longer period of time and for a different reason. ‘Your brain on porn’ on YouTube does a really good job at explaining this and why anything becomes a habit/addicting.
At the end, I think that it’s better to live like this and not have all the mental problems whether it’s temptation, anxiety, or something haunting you in the back of your head even if you don’t enjoy the good things as much.
