Do y'all feel really lonely after leaving PMO?

Hey Reboot nation -

What are your withdrawal symptoms after quitting PMO?  I have found a crushing loneliness to be one of the major emotional stressors to deal with - especially at night.  Does this feeling pass with time and lifestyle changes?

Stay strong and I support you.

Follow up question for y'all.

When was the most difficult part of intentionally giving up PMO?  My first two weeks of recovery were really difficult for the physical symptoms of recovery - restlessness, trembling, panic attacks, anxiety attacks, insomnia, low appetite, depression.  I'm starting my fourth week of recovery and I've found the emotional symptoms to be really difficult to cope with - loneliness, sadness, little motivation, numbness, or stressed.

What have been your experiences?

Thanks

My current streak is only 5 days but I had longer streaks in the past and I understand what you are saying. You see, we ended up using PMO as a way of coping for our problems. When you stop PMO, they seem to come back but actually they never leave, they are always with us, we just mask them with this addiction. If you suffer from loneliness, maybe it was loneliness that you tried to medicate with PMO. In my case, PMO used to be my "reward" at the end of the day. It was like my medicine after work, after stress, disappointment, rejection, injustice, embarrassment etc. I just came home and binged on porn until I became numb and felt no emotions. First time when I had a longer streak away from porn, those things hit me hard. I couldn't go home and PMO anymore, I had to go through them during the day and then go home and feel depressed, as I didn't really know how to deal with my life. One thing that the recovery will do for me is that it will force me to become a normal human being and handle my life.