Background, age 20 After reading about this stuff, I almost immediately knew it was what had been affecting me. I had failed intercourse 3 different times, with 3 different girls. Wait.. 4! lol. As you can imagine, this totally blew my mind. Devastating. I was fairly drunk for 3 of those 4, and I happily blamed the booze. (How could I have been so blind?) But now I know better. For the record, I started looking at porn around age 13. So that’s 7 years.
Anyways, I couldn’t get past a week for a while. Hell, even a couple days was tough. There were a lot of slips. And those are inevitable. I eventually got to 2. After I slipped again, I was furious with myself, and I decided to put my laptop where I couldn’t get to it. I left it at my dad’s house. It had to be done. Once I got to a month, I would allow myself to have it back.
Agara m oge nke HOCD dị njọ (Ọ dị njọ nke ukwuu mgbe m na-amatabeghị ihe ọ ka ga-abụ!) Na agbanyeghị na ọ dị jụụ nke ukwuu, ọ ka na-egosi site n'oge ruo n'oge. Ọ bụ na ọ kacha njọ mgbe ileghara / ntụtụ.
My first attempt at rebooting went almost 8 weeks, and then I relapsed. Then, for two months, I couldn’t get past izu abụọ. I had to stay offline for a while to get going again.
Day 44 I’ve made it to day 44 now, and I don’t intend to stop. I’ve been through highs and lows like crazy. STILL flatlining. And that’s the worst part about all this. Having no libido is a direct trigger for my HOCD. When I do get my libido back it will be cherished like a freakin’ superpower. At this point, other than the no libido, I feel ‘generally OK’ to ‘good’ most the time.
In the past when I tried abstaining from this stuff, I still allowed myself to fantasize and really check out girls on TV/internet. In retrospect, it was just another way to check my libido. I’ve avoided that as much as possible these last 6 weeks. I think one of the keys is to not really ever check. Just let things happen as they do.
Day 46 I’m still feeling pretty good. My mood has really stabilized over the past couple weeks. The last bout of depression was some time ago. Still waiting on my libido though. It gets more frustrating by the day. It’s absence is the only thing causing me grief. There have been a few times in the past 40 days where I woke up with really really strong morning wood. It was epic each time. That’s it though. Zero morning wood for the past week. This inconsistency, even though expected, is torture!
Day 49 Today I’m feeling frustrated with myself. I haven’t been out of the house this whole weekend. It’s stupid really. I expect all this stuff to just change for me, yet I refuse to change myself. I know what would make me feel better: interaction with people, yet I clam up and stay inside instead. Because it’s safe. I feel like there’s all this new potential inside me. But it’s just getting ignored.
Day 56 This is the longest I have ever made it, and I don’t plan on stopping. I feel good. Very rarely do I slip into a depressed state, and if I do it is short lived. My libido is definitely returning. I can feel it kicking. I don’t think it’s 100% YET, but I have urges to be with women, and seeing them in real life turns me on. And when I say turned on, I don’t mean I start getting hard. I just get a feeling in my groin. A good feeling. I used to think I had to start getting hard in order to prove my attraction, but I don’t think that’s right.
Day 64 Bleh. This is the first time in my life that my social life has become almost nonexistent. And it just happened to be during the same time I decided to kick this habit. First time taking off school . First time with low interaction job. I have a couple male friends I hang out with, and I’ll see their girlfriends from time to time, but I haven’t had one-on-one time with a potential mate in 2 months now. I had a couple before that. One almost escalated to sex, but I lost my erection when I got a condom out. (Maybe a week after a binge).
Day 67 I’m still flatlining. Sparks here and there but nothing amazing. I have noticed myself become a lot more optimistic over the past few days though. I don’t care if it takes 200 days until it comes back. I know it’s there and it’s just a matter of time.
Day 68 Last night I had a dream where I was getting intimate with a girl. No sex, just making out and feeling up. But in the dream I remember how easily I got an erection. It was pretty cool. This is the first time I’ve dreamt like that in quite some time.
In some of the reboot logs, I remember talk of being able to get erect just thinking about a girl. While that would be nice and maybe I’ll have that at some point. It shouldn’t be a deciding factor for if I’m ready. Like what happened to some others here, I think it’s going to take the actual closeness and intimacy of a woman to get me going again.
Day 79 Achọrọ m ka onye ọ bụla mara na enwebeghị m mmekọahụ nke ọma na nwa agbọghọ. Agbalịrị m oge 5 na ụmụ nwanyị 5 dị iche iche. Kpukpru owo ẹma ẹsikop bụt ye unana idotenyịn. Mgbalị ikpeazụ ikpeazụ dara bụ nke kacha njọ. Akwụsịla m na pmo maka izu 6, mana m laghachiri n'ime ya ọzọ. M ga-eme ya izu 2 ma wee gbaghaa. Nke a gara n'ihu maka ọnwa 2. N'ebe ọ bụla m gbalịrị iso nwa agbọghọ nwee mmekọahụ, enwere m olileanya ebe ọ bụ na Id zere pmo maka oge izu 6 ahụ m ga-enwe ike ịmebe ụlọ. Nope. Nke ahụ gbapụrụ m. Ana m eji egwu egwu egwu, ọ ka na-arụ ọrụ. Ọ bụ mgbe ahụ ka m kpebiri na agaghị m. N'oge ahụ egbutere m ihe niile; fantasy, TV, ahịhịa internet.
After 79 days, I finally had sex. It was AWESOME. No problems at all. My date last Sunday ended up going until just a few hours ago [Tuesday morning] lol. The girl is amazing. I was ready for more in the morning, but we had no more condoms.
Onye obula nwere ike ime nke a. Enweghịdị m ahụmịhe ọ bụla dị mma n'oge gara aga m chọrọ. Anọ m na-ahụ ihe a anya. A kpachapụrụ anya kpụrụ m ọnụ jiri mara okwu. Enweghị olileanya, mwute, mgbagwoju anya, ekworo nke onye ọ bụla n'ihi na ha nwere usoro mmekọahụ kwesịrị ekwesị. HOCD merụrụ uche m. O doro anya, ọ bụ ezie na ọtụtụ ihe ndị m dere dị mma ma nwee nchekwube, enwere m nsogbu mgbe niile n'azụ uche m nke na-ejighị n'aka. My HOCD apụla ugbu a, enwere m ahụ iru ala karịa onye ọ bụla. Ọbụna ịnọ n'akụkụ ezigbo ndị enyi m na-ahapụ m mgbe ụfọdụ, mana ugbu a ọ zuru oke. Usedjọ na-atụ m ma na-atụ m ụjọ. Ijikọ nwa agbọghọ edoziwo ihe n'isi m karịa.
Mana nke a na-arụ ọrụ. Kwụsị ikiri ihe nkiri. Gaa ebe ahụ. Welie isi gị elu. Amalitere m ịnwale na ịingụ ọgwụ na November gara aga. N’ihi ya, o were m ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu afọ iji ruo ebe a. Ma m nọ ebe a. Abum onye ohuru ugbu a. Ọ dị mma. Ekele dịrị gị onye ọ bụla.
Ọzọkwa, mfụfụ ma pmo'd ugboro abụọ n'ụbọchị 69. Nke ahụ bụ 10 ụbọchị gara aga. O nwedịrị ike ịkwụsị m. Ya mere, were ya 'nlọghachi azụ' gị. N'ikwu eziokwu, ọ dị m ka nlọghachi ikpeazụ enyerela m aka ịghọta na adị m njikere ịga n'ihu na ihe dị adị. Mba Anaghị m ekwu na ị ga-egwu egwu. M na-egosi na nlọghachị abụghị njedebe nke ụwa [opekata mpe ma ọ bụrụ na ha abịa mgbe emechiri gị].
Day 105 Just wanted to chime in and let everyone know I’m still chugging along. I’m in my first real relationship since high school now. (The first one with sex.) And it’s pretty stellar.
My goals have really been shifting lately. For so long all I worried about was porn. Before I was worrying about porn, it was worrying about girls. There’s so much else to focus on now. So many other goals I want to achieve. Now that I have a girlfriend, it’s very easy to see my growth as a man.
In my last relationship, I was a needy, insecure mess. It’s the complete opposite this time. I feel very solid in my identity. Now that I’m comfortable sexually, it’s kind of tough when I’m around ladies. I want to hit on every single hot girl I see lol. But I’ve grown pretty close to my girlfriend, so I bite my tongue. I’d always been good with women, but the whole ED thing beat the crap out of me psychologically. Now there’s this new trust in myself that is very empowering.
School is going well. It’s much easier to focus and get homework done.
Sexually, I’m finding it tough not to want sex ALL the time. This is something I’m working on. My girlfriend seems to be comfortable having sex 2 or 3 times a week. I find myself pushing for it every time I see her. I believe all the porn made me think she’s ready to go 24/7.
Hope you’re all staying strong!! I can’t say enough how much things have changed for me. Stick with this.
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