11 weeks today of No PMO, but still in lifeless flatline

jacob321098

New Member
I've been on no fap, and here for a few months now but this is my first post. I'm 19 and I started PMOing around the age of 12 about once a day. Today marks exactly 11 weeks of no PMO with no relapses, but i'm still in a flatline that started around week 2. I've been completely depressed with occasional sparks of anxiety, along with no libido and low levels of testosterone. I've been getting in the gym whenever I can and I have a girlfriend that I see a couple of times each week. She is aware of no fap and is helping me with the entire process. I also take cold showers each day.

This flatline has been hell, I have absolutely no interest in doing anything, nothing is fulfilling, nothing is worth doing, but I know that it can only get better from here. Most of the time it's hard to even find interest in spending time with my GF, expect for the occasional good day where she's the only thing that I can think about. Before starting this journey, I was barely even living life and I hardly ever found enjoyment in doing anything, I had PIED when I first met my current GF about a year ago, but i got past that and it turned into DE. social anxiety was a huge part of middle and high school for me as well. I had nearly every negative that you can have when it comes to watching porn, including the need to escalate into more types of hardcore porn. I'm at the point now where turning back isn't an option. I am interested to hear about other experiences with flatline and the changes that they noticed when they started coming out of it. Any questions, feel free to ask.
 

Roberto1069

Member
Same here bro, I've made the 90 days, but since Day 37, i fell into a deep flatline, severe depression, suicidal thoughts all the time, anxiety... all the bad feelings like hell.. i even quit my job and now i stay at home ,no motivation to do anything, the only thing i want do is to have my libido back and be horny everyday.... I dont know what to do, honestly i didn't have PIED, I just had two sex failures which i couln't maintain my erections, before that everything was ok. I now doubt this.. How about you now?
 

pearland71

Active Member
It gets better with time.....and NO P/PMO/MO.

My flat line started six months into reboot and lasted over four months.
 
Im older than you, 48, but have the same thing you mention. 14 weeks not PMO at all and still no libido at all.
But it is like you said, more than just no libido, I have no drive to do anything social. I have had a couple of really hot girls very interested in me and I can't even go on a date with them because I don't have any of that energy that makes you want to talk to someone. I end up feeling anxiety in social situations and prefer to be home alone doing solo productive activities. For me this flatline started  long before I finally found this website and began no PMO.
 

Roberto1069

Member
pearland71 said:
It gets better with time.....and NO P/PMO/MO.

My flat line started six months into reboot and lasted over four months.

During flatline, did you have depression and social anxiety, feel not connected to people ?
 

Roberto1069

Member
pikeCounty said:
Im older than you, 48, but have the same thing you mention. 14 weeks not PMO at all and still no libido at all.
But it is like you said, more than just no libido, I have no drive to do anything social. I have had a couple of really hot girls very interested in me and I can't even go on a date with them because I don't have any of that energy that makes you want to talk to someone. I end up feeling anxiety in social situations and prefer to be home alone doing solo productive activities. For me this flatline started  long before I finally found this website and began no PMO.

Did you get out of the flatline yet? How long does it take?  me too, i didnt have any social anxiety before, but now i have, it makes me worried..
 
Roberto1069 said:
Did you get out of the flatline yet? How long does it take?  me too, i didnt have any social anxiety before, but now i have, it makes me worried..

Hell no, I am still in a total flatline. its only been about 3 1/2 months of hard mode no PMO, but I have had a flatline for two years now.  Not only can I not date a girl because I have no sex drive, I feel awkward in social situations and usually opt to avoid them most of the time because I just feel so shitty all the time that I can't be in a good mood around people and don't have anything to say to them. I prefer just to be alone and occupy my time doing productive things. But I never used to be like this.
 

Jones

Active Member
Hell no, I am still in a total flatline. its only
been about 3 1/2 months of hard mode no PMO, but I have had a flatline for two years now.

Damn that's super long time....Wow how do you do this.Did you relapse during those 2 years?.I too have social anxiety but it's getting better thanks to no pmo.I always like to be home by myself I'm kinda antisocial a bit.
 
Jones said:
Hell no, I am still in a total flatline. its only
been about 3 1/2 months of hard mode no PMO, but I have had a flatline for two years now.

Damn that's super long time....Wow how do you do this.Did you relapse during those 2 years?.I too have social anxiety but it's getting better thanks to no pmo.I always like to be home by myself I'm kinda antisocial a bit.

My story is a little complicated because I had a low testosterone issue for the first two years, which I thought was the issue, got that resolved and T levels normal but still no libido.. thats when I suspected there was another problem...PMO. During the two years I had no libido and was barely even interested in even porn, but I continued PMO during that time because I thought it might be therapeutic to boost libido.. I was afraid of use it or lose it....so I would almost force myself to PMO. It is only about 4 months now that I have been no PMO hardmode and no relapses during this time. Its easy not to relapse because I dont have any libido at all.
 

Jones

Active Member
Congrats on your 4 months of no pmo.Do you notice any improvements during these 4 months??
 
Jones said:
Congrats on your 4 months of no pmo.Do you notice any improvements during these 4 months??

Thank you. But I would have to say no, I am pretty much the same, no improvements. I still feel like I am completely missing the capacity for excitement. Nothing excites. I am holding out hope that libido could return maybe by the 6 month or 9 month mark
 
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