8 months and see the light

21zo

Member
I?m currently 8 months into my reboot and after a lot of flatlines, frustration and doubt I am finally seeing the changes I?ve been patiently waiting for. 8 months ago I was in the worst place in my life, constantly binge watching P and MOing to a point where I never thought I?d be able to stop. I felt horrible about myself and was at the point where me penis felt lifeless. I was having no morning erections, no desire to peruse real partners and just pathetic to be completely honest. But as of recently I have several random erections a day, waking up with fairly consistent morning wood and am beginning to have attractions to/ persuinf sex with actual women. The opportunity to test out my progress hasn?t come yet but I feel very confident that when the opportunity presents itself I will be able to perform. I have to say I was having a lot of doubt about the whole ?reboot process? and was becoming discourages with how long it took to see results but I can officially say that this works and you just have to trust the process. I finally feel like a man again
 

21zo

Member
As of now I?m feeling good. Tbh I really did not notice any significant withdrawal symptoms. This is the way I look at it when you?re PMOing your putting a lot of time and energy into feeding that addiction. So when you quit cold turkey all of a sudden your body realizes ?shit what to I do with all this energy?For me I shifted that energy into working out and reading books. This isn?t to say that I didn?t go through spans where I was feeling like shot but I think if you quit PMOing and then convert all that energy into something healthier it will make your withdrawal symptoms less severe
 

Redfire03

Active Member
Awesome to hear. I am 4 months in, have had some good results but right now in a flatline. I did have a wet dream this morning. But porn is a thing of the past, ready to me a noraml person. I mostly work out every day and hang out with friends.
 

Fappy

Respected Member
Thanks for posting! wow 8 months! thats an acheivement. I bet it was totally worth it too!
 

21zo

Member
Another update I?m on my 9th month right now and still continuing to see signs of improvement I?m pretty consistently waking up with morning errections and defintitly noticing a serious increase in my sex drive towards real life partners. I?m starting to notice that every time I?m out now I?m acting on these temptations, I?m flirting way more with girls, saying what?s on my mind and I?m just overall interested in having sex again. Before the Reeoot I was completely numb, every time I would go out with friends I was very reserved and not social I almost never spit any game at girls because I knew that even if I got them to come home with me I would not be able to rise to the occasion. I feel confident now. And like I said in my previous post I actually feel like a man again, prior to this I felt like an asexual nothing, I promise this reboot thing does work you just have to be extremely patient
 

Fappy

Respected Member
Thats right! Yet another of the many benefits of rebooting. Not only does your willy work again, but you have the confidence and peace of mind that you will become hard as a rock in any sexy situation. Now you can bring as many of them back as you want and you (and her,too!) will be able to enjoy it.
 

21zo

Member
Another update for anyone that?s keeping up. Currently on month 10 and not much has changed, possible a slight flatline considering I?m not as horny as compared to last month but still waking up with morning erections. One thing I have definitely noticed is that I?m not having wet dreams anymore. I was having at least one a week for a while but I can?t remember the last time I have one.
 

D?Wayne

Member
Congrats on all of the progress you have made! I just have a question, during your 9 months have O?d at all of any kind? Like to a wet dream or partner? Or did you just abstain from everything during those 9 months?
 

21zo

Member
What?s up guys haven?t posted in a while. December 2nd will be 11 months for me! Never thought I would be able to say that hahah. To answer some of your questions
@redfore03 to answer your question, I defintely see noticiboe changes since my start but I personally feel that it comes in waves. Some days I?m feeling better than others but overall I am in a better place now than I was a year ago.
@d?wayne I was having a lot of wet dreams(about 1-2 a week) up until about a month or 2 ago. But these never bothered me, I personally felt like they were a sign of healing. And although the amount I materbate has drastically reduced since quiting P, i still do it pretty often. It probably would Be for the best if I stopped MO but I find it pretty difficult and as long as I?m not watching porn I don?t see the big deal.
 

Redfire03

Active Member
Man i feel the same. I am at 7 months no pmo no porn no masterbation what so ever.  Do have occasional wet dreams and morning wood. That's about it. Just trucking along.
 

Redfire03

Active Member
They deff are getting better. But i still have not had just random erections. Maybe sometimes i get randomly hard. I am going to go on a date soon.  But not looking for sex, more less to try and see if i am really making some ground. The past two monrings i have great morning wood. But it dies when i get up. I remember when i did not habe any at all. So i know things are getting better.  I am going to try and hold of till one year mark to have sex. But i defd think doing some foreplay will help some and just teach myself that its important.  Once you get to  a certain point you realize that masterbation in general is bad. Save your stamina and intamcy for the real thing. My balls have never hurt, my body takes care of itself as it should with random wet dreams. I can not stress to you how active i am. Working out lifting heavy weights is all i do. Semen retention has made me better in so many ways. I am just a average guy like any other just so the right things man and in time we will be rewarded.
 

Redfire03

Active Member
6 days a week i work out. Since starting my reboot i have lost 50lbs and now my body has turned into alot of muscle.
 

21zo

Member
So today officially marks 365 days since I have last watched P. The past year has been filled with plenty of ups and downs as your can see through some of my previous posts.  What I have personally learned through this whole process is that while pornography was a huge issue in my life and my unhealthy consumption of it was contributing to many of my issues, ,my problems run a lot deeper.  I think the whole reason I was addicted in the first place is my inability to step out of my comfort zone and my insecurities.  Rarley do I ever go out of my way to ask women out on dates or put in effort towards any sort of meaningful relationship with them because it was just a lot easier to go on the internet, find the hottest video possible and get off to that.  But after cutting P out of my life it has truly opened my eyes to how much I isolated myself.  Most of my friends and family can not believe that I am single due to the fact that I appear completely fine, I'm in college, I workout, I go out, according to my fiends I'm attractive but none of them know that I was completely shying away from potential relationships and human connection due to the fact that I would rather get off to two strangers doing it on a screen.  While one year has been completely eye opening and life changing for me I have a ways to go and I'm setting new goals for 2019 to continue to better myself.  1) I want to cut out masterbation completely (the amount I masterbate has greatly reduced but I feel need to stop completely to take the next leap forward 2) Step out of my comfort zone, now its time to stop being scared I cut P put of my life so that is no longer an excuse no its time to start forming meaningful relationships with people and start taking some chances, I will never be able to see my true progress or how far I come if I'm not out here asking women on dates or actually trying 
 
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changemylife

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That's outstanding progress and determination, man! >-(^_^)-<

Porn can definitely brainwash us. It's done this to me already. It made me just look at girls and having fantasies with them in porn scenes right there around them. I just wanted to fuck them and throw them away. It made me just think only about my satisfaction. And it looked like a lot of work this whole process of dating or flirting before you get to sex. It was easier to just start my porn and pleasure myself. It was easy and I had nothing to worry about. Quitting porn, at least for me, it's not only a process of throwing it completely out of my life, but re-learning how to be a normal human being, without looking at sexuality and see porn.
In the beginning, porn looks like everything you need. It's easier to jerk off to porn than pursue girls. You're satisfied with that. Then, porn makes you have troubles finding girls and you become depressed that all you have is this porn. It's a fucking vicious circle. I was happy with porn then depressed that this was everything I had and there was no girl.
 

21zo

Member
It is with great regret and self disappointment that I am writing this. I had gone a year and a half without watching p and for some reason today i slipped up and relapsed. There was no specific trigger and was having a very normal day but for some reason I got a strong urge to watch p and have in. Not only did I watch one I watched about 3-4 times today and now I sit here with tremendous regret. But I will move on and learn from this. Tomorrow is a new day and a fresh start and will not let this get a hold of me again
 
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