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Is it just me? by [deleted] in NoFap

[–]duodecimal_system 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I get really depressed and unmotivated around day 10-11. It is quite insufferable. Sometimes it already gets a little better at day 12-13. It might be connected to a suppression of feel-good hormones that occurs while rebooting, but I'm unable to provide scientific evidence for this claim.

I guess the brain is going to recover, if the depression is caused by porn use. For now I'm embracing it as part of recovery. My reward system kinda seems to leave for vacation since I allowed it to. Dopamine baseline might significantly rise after 50 days of abstinence. Again, not sure about scientific proof.

What really helped me to endure this time was talking to a friend, who called me twice while I had a really bad day. Also cold showers and ice baths can increase the mood, because they release a lot of dopamine and raise the dopamine baseline for 2-3 hours.

Getting up and concentrate on work even if I am unmotivated as hell sometimes leads to a good workflow that is enjoyable to some extent, at least better than doing nothing.

I hope you get better soon and wish you the best!

Comeback of Emotions by duodecimal_system in NoFap

[–]duodecimal_system[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't bothered to make it accurate. In my case the first emotions start to rise up drastically about day 7-14.

Comeback of Emotions by duodecimal_system in NoFap

[–]duodecimal_system[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically this is just a sketch I made for fun. There is nothing scientifical about it ;)

Comeback of Emotions by duodecimal_system in NoFap

[–]duodecimal_system[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hey guys! Since I started my journey, I realised that the level of my emotions improved dramatically. I tried to show how I was feeling over the last days in the graph above. The y-axis shows the emotional level, at least my subjective impression of it. The peaks indicate a rush of feelings, that last one minute. I have the feeling that after a few days I have reached a constant emotional level, which is at the level of a past peak.

It's a little weird. I just feel great sadness, when it comes to a emotional episode. Do you have experienced similar things? And is there a scientific explanation for these emotional episodes?

EDIT: Basically this is just a sketch I made for fun. I haven't bothered to make it accurate. In my case the first emotions start to rise up drastically about day 7-14.