Mo Motivation - No Procrastination

[Lucius]

So good to hear from you again, man. Thank you for the shout out.

I wish you an awesome run!

Thank you! It feels good to be back. 

You are experiencing what is referred to as “the flatline” in the Nofap community. I think it happens because your brain is re-wiring itself - and you are in a state of limbo where you no longer have the external stimulus that you have used before, and neither have had the chance to develop the natural connections for producing “feel good chemicals” - so your brain is in abstinence - and use your psyche to find ways to make you stop this abstinence - in this case making you worried that “something is wrong with you and you need to make sure it is still working”.  Read some about it, have faith and don’t give in to the tricks that are played on you and you will start to find ways to develop more natural pathways of feeling well

Thank you, Zubrowka. I read about nofap on Reddit a long time back and largely ignored the experiences of others. I had my wake up call when I could not climax with a girl. I had to wait for her to leave to finish off on porn! This was after I went back to porn after stopping temporarily. 

I took nofap seriously in September last year but broke my streak around day 70. My flatline experience then was horrible. I was highly aroused in my head but the signal was not received down there. That's an experience I wish only for my elementary school bully. 

I started nofap in January and struggled with urges. It has become much easier after I started using this sub. 

To anyone taking porn lightly, be grateful if it has not affected you negatively and quit while it is still easy to do. 

That's exactly what the flat line is about. It's a fantastic sign of healing. Means the process is working. Everything "down there" works fine, and WILL work fine in the future. It's important not to risk ruining all the progress made, just to "test" things.

I know the flat line well. May be coming out of one today in fact, based off two dreams I had. Both centered around girls I know in real life. One was somewhat sexual, those are extraordinarily rare for me, so that is VERY notable. We'll see if it this sticks, this might be a turning point. Some people ebb in and out of a few flat lines before things stabilise. 

Just stay the course no matter what.

I hope I stay the course. I don't even want to count days anymore. That will be an unnecessary added pressure. I want to avoid intimacy as well.

I don't know how to find out when my brain gets rewired though. Will I just know it?