Why nothing turns you on.

Hi there,

It's been 1 and a half week for me without porn, masturbating and orgasming. I'm doing really well I must honestly say, I almost had no urges to watch porn in the past week or so, maybe just one time. But I was wondering, maybe I am doing too well? I feel like nothing really turns me on anymore. Like my brain got bored of everything sex related. It's not just the porn, naked body parts are everywhere. Even during your reboot on places where you don't want it. I tried to avoid it as much as possible but sometimes it was impossible. For example, friday, i went over to some friends where we were watching Wolf of Wallstreet (which was an awesome movie) but I saw nothing but naked ladies. I was aware of the fact this was quite bad during the reboot, but what was I supposed to do? Also when you go on facebook, the first thing you see are naked boobs. It is just until now that I notice how much sexual material we come across in our daily life even if we don't ask for it. When I went on facebook today, there was this picture of this beautiful lady with yoga pants etc (you've all seen pics like that) and it got me thinking: Why does this not turn me on? We are so used to all the sexual material that it is not really exciting for the brain anymore. It's not just porn that influences us, but also the media. I remember like 2 years ago pictures f half naked women would actually give me erections sometimes. I can not think of the last time it got me horny. And there is nothing wrong with my circulatory system, but it's just not really exciting anymore. I'm asking all the rebooters if they feel the same thing and will this have any improvements during the reboot. Thank you for reading this! (Btw, after 1,5 week without PMO, i feel much more connected to real girls in school etc, so I definitely see improvements)

So if you see a girl in yoga pants and you dont get turned on something is wrong??

To me it sounds right, your not objectifying woman constantly anymore.
Your future with girls will be a lot better sticking with that!

My husband went threw the same thing and hes been clean 9 months and his desires came back but not like a sex crazed animal porn makes a Man become!
Good luck

Anoniem5 said:

It's been 1 and a half week for me without porn, masturbating and orgasming. I'm doing really well I must honestly say, I almost had no urges to watch porn in the past week or so, maybe just one time. But I was wondering, maybe I am doing too well? I feel like nothing really turns me on anymore.

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You are very early in the rebooting process, so don't concern yourself at this point with not being visually stimulated by something (or everything) that you previously found stimulating.  Once you complete the rebooting process, your brain will return to a more "normal" state  -- which will probably mean that you will still be stimulated by certain images of women (this is natural, after all), but you probably will not have the same automatic or "Pavlovian" type of response that you previously had whenever you saw an image of a woman dressed in a certain way.  You will also find, I think, that interactions and contact with a real woman become relatively more satisfying than two-dimensional images, and images will tend to arouse lustful thoughts less frequently.

So, again, don't worry about what you're feeling or not feeling at this point.  Just keep on staying away from porn and let your brain heal.

Steam rolled said:

So if you see a girl in yoga pants and you dont get turned on something is wrong??

To me it sounds right, your not objectifying woman constantly anymore.
Your future with girls will be a lot better sticking with that!

My husband went threw the same thing and hes been clean 9 months and his desires came back but not like a sex crazed animal porn makes a Man become!
Good luck

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Thank you so much for taking time to read this. I guess I am just afraid real girls won't really turn me on in the future when I meet someone i want to share my life with. Like I won't be able to sexually please someone I love. Your response definitely made me feel better, and indeed, I don't want to see women as "sex objects". Thank you for your response

challenged said:

Anoniem5 said:

It's been 1 and a half week for me without porn, masturbating and orgasming. I'm doing really well I must honestly say, I almost had no urges to watch porn in the past week or so, maybe just one time. But I was wondering, maybe I am doing too well? I feel like nothing really turns me on anymore.

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You are very early in the rebooting process, so don't concern yourself at this point with not being visually stimulated by something (or everything) that you previously found stimulating.  Once you complete the rebooting process, your brain will return to a more "normal" state  -- which will probably mean that you will still be stimulated by certain images of women (this is natural, after all), but you probably will not have the same automatic or "Pavlovian" type of response that you previously had whenever you saw an image of a woman dressed in a certain way.  You will also find, I think, that interactions and contact with a real woman become relatively more satisfying than two-dimensional images, and images will tend to arouse lustful thoughts less frequently.

So, again, don't worry about what you're feeling or not feeling at this point.  Just keep on staying away from porn and let your brain heal.

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Thank you so much for taking time to read my post