I quitted porn and life feels gray now

[DarkAries]

Greetings!
So, after whats like 10+ years, I finally blocked all porn in all of my device, and it feels pretty miserable to be honest. Tried nofap for a while(Im past four weeks now), it went without any major problem, but this... I know, dopamine reset and all, but life feels so boring and gray now, and I even found some troubling articles that it might wont work and dopamine receptors never truly resets after it. So, can someone help a bit making this endurable? Its only a week passed yet.

 

[Aquarius]

EasyPeasy

Painlessly quit pornography immediately, without willpower or any sense of deprivation or sacrifice.

easypeasymethod.org

You're not supposed to go no fap mode, but to pleasure yourself without extreme external stimulation from porn.

 

[Wisdom_Seeker]

While porn should be avoided in my opinion, masturbation is something that is extremely healthy and advisable from a scientific POV (helps reduce stress levels, improves sleep, provides a safe way of experiencing pleasure, hormone release). Do not pay attention to anything the enemy religions say about masturbation or sexuality for that matter, as their suppression of sexuality is the reason for so much deviance within their clergy. You can see this in the Catholic Church and their priests who are always involved in sexual scandals, which is no surprise considering that denomination of Christianity is the most suppressive one when it comes to sexuality.

Of course, make sure to masturbate regularly, not obsessively. You can use your imaginations, and even images of attractive men/women (single) where a single person wears something attractive and bit revealing.

 

[V12-POWER]

Sexual release is necessary. Do it using your imagination or with a real person.

 

[DarkAries]

Sexual release is necessary. Do it using your imagination or with a real person.

Problem is, over a decade porn heavily infuenced my imagination, and every time I tried I just fell back to porn

 

[Username2]

You may want to do a Munka working to rid yourself from your bad habit.

 

[DarkAries]

EasyPeasy

Painlessly quit pornography immediately, without willpower or any sense of deprivation or sacrifice.

easypeasymethod.org

You're not supposed to go no fap mode, but to pleasure yourself without extreme external stimulation from porn.

Thanks, Ill read it

 

[MarsUltor666]

I think in time, after quitting porn, one will recover and heal naturally.

So long as you are not sexually-abstinent. "Nofap" is very, very bad for you, both physically and mentally.

 

[Ol argedco luciftias]

If porn is the best or most important thing in your life, that sounds like a very sad life. Find some hobby, practice some skill, learn about something new. Either find or create something good in your life for you to be happy about.

 

[Joshua666]

Greetings!
So, after whats like 10+ years, I finally blocked all porn in all of my device, and it feels pretty miserable to be honest. Tried nofap for a while(Im past four weeks now), it went without any major problem, but this... I know, dopamine reset and all, but life feels so boring and gray now, and I even found some troubling articles that it might wont work and dopamine receptors never truly resets after it. So, can someone help a bit making this endurable? Its only a week passed yet.

Some suggestions:
-Exercise(highly recommend)
-Sex(or relationship, love in general)
-A goal
-Imagination
-Lucid dream
-A hobby(I know it's cliche but I wanted to point that out)

 

[OrionKrieger]

Porn is one of the worst things you can watch. Its legit a brainwashing tool that’s no different from any hard drug out there.

Quitting porn will never be a dull experience or a gray moment in your life.

Give it some time and gradually you’ll feel better.

I avoid porn at all costs and it has benefited me greatly.

Use your imagination to your fullest potential without having anything related to porn, which is most definitely possible.

Not watching porn is gonna benefit you greatly, and you won’t have a need for it at all, you just need some time.

I suggest avoiding anything related to porn, and i literally mean ANYTHING, not even stuff that’s not technically pornographic but still in the same boat.

Watching porn doesn’t benefit you or anybody, and every click you give them gives them money and you’re essentially funding human trafficking organizations that benefit from making the most unnatural shit be “taboo and fun”. That “taboo and fun” is all a gateway for people to express the most vile shit imaginable, having “teen” as the main theme is absolutely horrid.

Stop giving them power, plain and simple

 

[Sakra]

Greetings!
So, after whats like 10+ years, I finally blocked all porn in all of my device, and it feels pretty miserable to be honest. Tried nofap for a while(Im past four weeks now), it went without any major problem, but this... I know, dopamine reset and all, but life feels so boring and gray now, and I even found some troubling articles that it might wont work and dopamine receptors never truly resets after it. So, can someone help a bit making this endurable? Its only a week passed yet.

The whole point is to rewire the brains reward system into productivity with positive reinforcement.

What you describe is called the flat line phase, its part of the healing process. This is where you settle the roots for better things.

Pick up a hobby or skill. Even get into reading as this helps ground the mind.

 

[DarkAries]

If porn is the best or most important thing in your life, that sounds like a very sad life. Find some hobby, practice some skill, learn about something new. Either find or create something good in your life for you to be happy about.

I have a lot of hobby, create and learn a lot, and exercise and do yoga beyond my limit. None brings me joy. Just another thing I must practice daily, else I would waste all what I achived so far and what talent I have already for them.

 

[Ol argedco luciftias]

I have a lot of hobby, create and learn a lot, and exercise and do yoga beyond my limit. None brings me joy. Just another thing I must practice daily, else I would waste all what I achived so far and what talent I have already for them.

You should not be doing things beyond your limit. If you are overworking and harming yourself. You need to find a good balance. Get enough time to rest, sleep, and heal. And if you don't enjoy the things you are doing, maybe find something else instead.

 

[DarkAries]

You should not be doing things beyond your limit. If you are overworking and harming yourself. You need to find a good balance. Get enough time to rest, sleep, and heal. And if you don't enjoy the things you are doing, maybe find something else instead.

There arent. The things that makes me better, stronger, more useful are hard and not enjoyable to do. The things that feels good are waste of time or even harmful. but these times nothing feels good. Like, I finally mastered pigeon pose, nothing. Got the degree from geology. Nothing. I might got a job that pays well and interesting for me. Nothing. Im more muscular than ever before. Nothing. Just gray wasteland

 

[AFODO]

Not getting your usual dopamine can make you bored but you'll adjust and will find enough dopamine in other / "smaller" things. I also need some dopamine detox.

 

[DarkAries]

Not getting your usual dopamine can make you bored but you'll adjust and will find enough dopamine in other / "smaller" things. I also need some dopamine detox.

Definitly a good idea, but have to warn you, during it its nothing. Not bad, but all feels uninteresting and futile, which isnt much better than just bad feeling. And I found no tips at all anywhere, how to make it significantly shorther or easier sadly