Yes I have completed 30 days nofap, but I am not happy, want to be alone, hating my wife, want to cry and I have bad feelings for everything. What is happening with me ?
There is nothing wrong with you. You are an addict quitting your addiction. These feelings TOTALLY SUCK, but are natural, as in we all felt that way when quitting. Withdrawals are a fucking bitch. When I quit I went a full year hard core no porn. In my experience, you need to put in at least another 60 days before the withdrawals seriously lessen. One day you wake up and you don't miss it. You wired your brain for a dopamine hit, via porn, via years of use. It will take you some time to re-wire your brain by not using, but 30 days is just the beginning. You need more time. Stay focused. I predict around 90, it gets easier. Quitting porn, by the way, won't fix all the problems in your life; it just fixes this problem. But once you fix this problem, fixing the other problems becomes easier. Peace. WILL.
That sounds normal to me. The first few months of quitting PMO can be very tough and emotional. You may have PAWS or flatline. I suggest reading literature and doing work on recovery every day. You may have some childhood trauma to work through. Good luck my friend!
The thing with stopping addictions is whatever is underneath can then come to the surface and we have to deal with our life situations. Often people have put there feelings on hold and many things get suppressed. We then have to face life, maybe we have a job we don't like, a bad relationship, depression, a bad financial situation, facing ourselves, things we have done, things we haven't done. Dealing with emotions without our 'comfort'. Then there is the path of healing from addiction itself, it is not straight forward and we are all different. Try and go easy on yourself and trust the process, things will get better in time. Try and take care of yourself with all this going on, it does make things a bit easier but at the same time don't get caught up in perfectionism. All the best. Stick with it.
Side effects from trying to stop, you have to go through it, it will get better !! Does everyone has this issue with emotions after a certain amount of time ? I also have this problem.. become very emotional at times..
