Flatline

21zo

Member
I have a question for anyone whos been through a flatline.  I am on day 57 currently and day 14 of no masterbation, I was feeling absolutely great for about a month like literally on top of the world I borer line felt high, no anxiety or despression a lot more social than usual but since that great feeling has gone away. And that is not to say I am feeling bad now I still feel good just not as great as I was.  But I have noticed that my morning erections havnt really been there this week.  Also I have been feeling a little more anxious than I have.  Is it possible that I have hit a flatline? How long do they usually last
 

mousemat1

Well-Known Member
In the past I've had flatlines that lasted 146 days. Sometimes when I quit I feel great, other times not. Everyone is different with regards to this. Some people talk about superpowers. I've never experienced them.

Embrace your flatline. Believe me, it's your friend. It shows that you are healing and also means you have less desire to look at porn. I always relapse when my flatline finishes and my libido comes back with a vengeance! This time I'm not going to let that happen! I'm on day 60 and have flatlined the entire time with no indiction that it's about to end anytime soon.

Keep going. Don't worry about it. Don't panic and check your erection to porn. I can save you the heartache of breaking your run by telling you now that you will get hard to porn but that's not what you want! Just ride the flatline out. Stay strong.
 

mousemat1

Well-Known Member
When I was close to recovering during previous reboots I started experiencing spontaneous erections just talking to women.

However, after successful sex it's possible to slip into flatline again.
 

21zo

Member
mousemat1 said:
When I was close to recovering during previous reboots I started experiencing spontaneous erections just talking to women.

However, after successful sex it's possible to slip into flatline again.
How long did it take you to have successful sex in your previous reeboots?
 

mousemat1

Well-Known Member
Hi 21zo.

I have some good news and some bad news regarding this.

The first time I tried to reboot I was having some amazing sex after about 30-40 days! This gave me the false impression that rebooting was easy. So, I started looking at porn again. Just vanilla stuff and mostly still images. This escalated within a few months and I was back to masturbating to tube sites, multiple tabs, edging for hours. So I tried to reboot again.

The second time took me 112 days before I could get hard enough, long enough, to have sex. I had a couple of weeks of good sex but, to my shame and embarrassment, I started watching porn again.

I had a period of stopping and then replacing. I eventually managed a run of 82 days without porn or masturbation. At the end of this I had some successful sex. This was the end of 2016.

In the first 2 months of 2017 I really lost my way. I masturbated to porn 10 times and watched porn without masturbating more than that. So, fuelled by anger towards myself for being so stupid I stated again. I abstained from PMO for 146 days. I couldn't get hard. I had no libido and by day 146 was so depressed that I looked at porn and ruined all the hard work I'd put in. I managed another 62 day run without porn but, and here's the bad news, I wasn't able to have sex with my girlfriend one in 2017.

I might be a difficult case to cure. I don't know. Hopefully, you'll heal more quickly. However, and please take this to heart, do not think you can go back to the occasional PMO session. It'll just throw you back to square one and, believe me when I tell you, this is one of the most disheartening things about this addiction.

Today is day 61 of my 2018 reboot. My dick is lifeless and I have no libido. I know I'll heal, but I've got to stay strong. This is the reason I started writing on this website.

Good luck with your reboot. If you have any questions I'll try and answer them. Remember, everyone heals differently so perhaps you'll reboot in a short period. I hoe so.
 

21zo

Member
appreciate the feed back and believe me I have had many streams started and failed myself.  But this time arround has just been different this is the most serious, committed and educated I have ever been to a reboot and have not had any thoughts of going back.  Im just nervous because I am talking to a girl and I'm scared that I might not be able to perform with her and its eating away at me. 
 

mousemat1

Well-Known Member
If you get to the point where sex is on the cards and you don't rise to the occasion then I would probably make a point of making her happy with oral sex. Try not to be too anxious about it. That's obviously easier said than done.

I hope every works out for you. It's great that you're so committed this time. You've been on this reboot about the same length of time as me, around 64 days for you I think. I noticed you masturbated a couple of weeks ago. I would maybe think about no masturbation in the run up to having sex with this girl. Some people say it's slows down the rebooting process. I guess it's a personal thing. It might be worth a try.

Good luck! Let us know how your progress goes.
 

Jz15

Member
If flatline is taking too long to go away maybe its not PMO abstinence causing you issues, if you feel empty and bored other things might have contributed to this, maybe you're trying to quit caffeine or your estro is low
 
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