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

PAWS symptoms were strong today. Depression was hitting hard. Still much better than acting out.

My male health is coming back alive for the first time in years. I can't even believe it. I haven't had "morning wood" in 5+ years until this past week. For a while I thought that I lost it for good.

Day 191 today of continuous abstinence today from PMO by the grace of God. Seems like continuous abstinence from PMO is the way to go.

I tried soft rebooting last year for 10 months with occasional slips and saw no recovery from the PIED from that.

 

What does soft reboot mean exactly? Masturbation without porn? Happy to hear good news. Keep going.

 

I know you are talking in percentages, but How many relapses did you have in 4.5 years of reboot? And if you can share, How old are you?

 

Yes, pretty much so. "Soft reboot" is lingo I picked up on this forum and I hope that I am using it correctly. At the time I was careful to avoid masturbation "binges" but I would still resort to occasional acts of masturbation every 7-10 days. It allowed me to not feel awful about myself but it did not allow me to enter PAWS/flatline. even occasional masturbation did not allow my male systems to recover.

 

Roughly 270-300 relapses in 4.5 years. I'm entering mid-30s. Besides this issue, I'm otherwise very healthy (diet) and in excellent physical shape. It's clear the past years haven't made a difference, I'm still the same as always. Only total abstinence for months/years seems to work. It's incredible how cruel this affliction is, it's completely destroyed my life and it's not even acknowledged by any medical professional, maddening...

 

It's true bro this stuff is brutal, friends getting married and having families and one is here dealing with this problem.
I know asking personal questions here but I'm trying to make a profile of our symptoms and how it affected us.
Did you developed social anxiety in your younger years that has persisted to this day? Do you remember your personality before PMO?

 

When I was younger I definitely had social anxiety. However, I'm much better today, I would even say I don't have it anymore. That being said, I still consider myself to be an anxious person overall, but I'm better able to manage it now. I don't remember my personality before PMO.

I feel like my anxiety and depression today is due to the fact that I have PIED. Isn't anxiety and depression a natural and expected emotional response to such a problem? It's catastrophic to quality of life. I don't think I have the other PAWS symptoms. I'm just sad I have PIED...

 

Yaa.. family, friends and society pressurising for marriage but you just can't. You want to recover first. I had pretty severe social anxiety back then. But now it's lessened. I'd say I no longer "suffer" from it. I am slowly reverting back to the personality I had before PMO. Thanks to no lust lifestyle and health cultivation.

 

Come on man. Life is not all about dick. Life is for living happily. Don't care about your dick and focus on your personal development.

 

Don't be delusional. It's literally an essential human need we are biologically wired for. The only way to ignore it is to become a monk, and I didn't sign up for that.

 

Okay I got you. It's definitely not going to heal by being depressed. If it happened due to PMO, it will heal by nofap. What is the reason for being depressed?

 

Up until now, I've otherwise been optimistic and hopeful despite my problem. I always thought I would heal in due time. I'm depressed now because after years of trying, I'm still struggling. This makes me feel hopeless. I also feel increasingly isolated since people around my age start settling down, which doesn't help.

I'm not giving up. Maybe I need to hit rock bottom to make the required change... My dream is to post a success story here.

 

How long has it been for you brother? No PMO?

 

Right now I'm 41 days. The longest I've gone is 7.5 months (saw improvement at this duration)

 

https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?t...-edging-withdrawal.323763/page-4#post-3278054
Took him 3 years to heal.

 

I am on day 193 today of continuous freedom from PMO one day at a time.

PAWS is hitting hard today, boys. Depression. Apathy. Fatigue. Sleep trouble.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/comments/6xi7s0/my_theory_of_recovery_based_on_my_experience/

18 Months