P.A.W.S. - what are they, cure, duration

Even i feel I've started enjoying music and i love watching movies but I've noticed whenever i do any of the two, i get head aches or brain fog for sometime, so i feel i should give it some more time before i resume these activities like i normally would.

 

Yeah, for me I haven’t had headaches since July, even after orgasms I don’t
get headaches anymore. The brain fog had lifted back in April. Honestly, just keep going man and as time goes by you’ll get better. I had a really bad month of mental shit in July and felt much better after.

 

When we're talking about anxiety, how bad is everyone's? I've found the idea of going on holiday incredibly stressful. I don't think I'm in good enough shape to do it at the minute, feeling like I could do it soon. A few months ago, it was hard to picture.

 

My anxiety was bad, I definitely noticed it go up. It had definitely increased for me and not just that but I also had blurry vision when anxiety kicked in. I have noticed I don’t get that anymore. If I can look back to last year around this time, my world was upside down and my symptoms were hell. Just let time go and don’t overwhelm yourself.

 

Guys I feel so sad right now. There are people in my family who constantly abuse and are mean and they have a good relationship with my mom. For me I've been so kind and generous towards her and I've helped her so much. I'm still not getting the respect I deserve. The worst part about this paws thing for me is that I can't explain how I'm feeling and on top of that me being treated like a pmo addict doesn't help. Oh my god, it really gets me. Why am I always the victim, I've almost never hurt anyone's feelings. My mental health has really gone down.

 

Guys, after 258 days my ship has gone down. It was pretty nasty relapse, came as a total surprise to me and it lasted way too long. With every relapse I'm learning something new about how to be stronger in the future. And this time it is no different. If you care about details of my experience, you will find them in my journal.

In this last streak for the first time I saw some promising improvements. Too bad. Now all that is left to do is to wait and see how much damage has been done and how much has been lost. In my experience the objective time when we can look where we stand is the third week after relapse.

My journey of course continues. Stay strong everyone. And only best of luck to you.

 

I've been tracking things lately and I've noticed that the last few weeks, it's gone 8 days of paws symptoms, 8 days of feeling good (apart from moderate anxiety and flatline) and then it repeats! Been going on a month like this. So strange. Anyone else had this?

 

Lol, yaa it does look kinda cool, thanks!

 

I went through this phase just before I went into PAWS and I have heard of others going through this stage. It is almost like the brain is trying to rebalance itself gradually. Eventually the good days out weighed the bad days until the individual was fully healed.

The only difference was that this was more of a flatline stage and not PAWS.

 

Interesting. I seem to have cycles of paws. And cycles of flatline. When I have both at the same time, those days aren't so fun hahaha.

 

Guys for me I just feel bad constantly. Like the entire time I've had tiredness, anhedonia, and intellectual problems. I don't know if it will get better. I'm also concerned that people who are saying that later you get more good days; I'm having none. So for me is it a bad sign in not getting good days, or is recovery just different or am I in a different or earlier phase?

 

Thanks Mr. Tony! Yeah things are getting better. I just want the respect I was getting before entering paws. It hurts so much but I'm still going to fight it. I will beat paws and this horrible suffering.

 

Hey @Mr.Tony

Not too bad thanks, how is your reboot going?

 

This is not to take away from your reboot or experience in any way, but I do not think we can ever be in the flatline and PAWS at the same time. The nervous system will always be in one or the other.

Although the two "feel" the same, there are distinct differences between both of them. For example, we have more energy in the flatline than in PAWS. PAWS is where we experience numbness, anhedonia and depression. The flatline is where we experience feelings of irritability, anger, anxiety. I think it helps to look for the differences between the two so you know where you are recovery wise.

 

There was a rebooter I spoke to called NoFapSuccess2018 on Reddit. After he healed from PAWS, he mentioned to me that towards the end of his recovery, his symptoms got a lot worse before they got better. I wouldn't focus too much on your symptoms being good or bad. Focus on what symptoms you are experiencing. If you feel numb and depressed you know you are deep in PAWS and should try to become more active and social (if possible). If you are anxious and irritable but have some urge to be social, you are likely in the flatline and need to keep going. I would say try to actually identify what exactly it is you are feeling, then react accordingly.

Here is one of his posts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/pwh8yt/35_years_of_paws_has_ended/