Is my health issue cause by the porn addiction?

It's more easier for me to quit watching porn than quit masturbaiting. I'm on day five of not watching porn and day zero of not masturbaiting.

 

I see. What kinds of benefits did you notice during your 16 month hardmode streak? Did you feel any better?

 

This thread was an eye-opener to me. I didn't at all expect porn to have such a negative impact on ones health and lead to such devastating health issues. It's very scary! A family member died from a deadly disease in the parkinson spectrum recently. I looked it up, and man... It was terrible to see that a probable main cause of that disease is the lack of dopamine levels and degradation of the frontal lobes... Could this stuff be related ???

I'm on my day # 3 atm and I very much plan to enjoy life without that PMO crap in my life !!!

 

@aliggg You asked me to reply to your post. I think others have said it well: To get the benefits of a brain that is not on PMO, you must quit PMO. Only then will you fully realize a mind (and body!) at peace.

As for supplements, I have no input. I do not take them, other than magnesium citrate before bed to help with regularity.

I wish you all the best! This may be the most difficult fight of our lives, but the benefits to winning it are tremendous!

 

I have been through everything u listed suprisingly i started pmo at age 15 and now im 30. Its safe to say we are the same.

I agreed with what others said go 100 days monk mode and eat a healthy diet.

Just wana add something to the list.
- strictly no fantasizing
- meditate and practice yoga
- cold showers
- chew your food properly
- take care of your gut health
- eat only half of the normal portion u ate each meal
- dopamine detox (electronic device only)
- talk to people more
- reserve some energy everyday (its easier to succumb to your addiction when u are tired)

Im not completely out of this shit yet and been through many relapses but i felt much better compare to day 1.

 

L-glutamine was a big help to me, too. I have since stopped taking that and take magnesium citrate instead. It has a similar effect. Sounds like you are doing great!

 

This is true. Edging is a terrible practice. You do well to give it up!

 

I smell mental health issues @aliggg

 

I will give you my two cents, most of what you have mentioned(actually all of them) seem to be related to PMO. As a person indulges for years and years he will reach a state of physical and mental problems. I have faced a number of the symptoms you mentioned. The more you relapse the worse they will get. Moderation is not the solution. If you want to understand more about your symptoms deeply I highly recommend you to read the Chinese book "Rebooting as the best remedy". Most of the members here won't understand what you are talking about because they have not reached the amount of time of indulgence you reached, also the person's lifestyle and health constitution differ. The ones who say "There are no known symptoms to doctors related to PMO" forgot that Masturbation is considered unharmful and actually some doctors consider it a healthy behavior. In short you need to stop PMO for at least a year, and then approach a healthy relationship. Combine your recovery with a healthy routine in terms of food and exercises, avoid bad habits that make you stressed throughout the day as sleeping late and stay active.

Good luck

 

Very well written. I agree 100 %. I just started reading the Chinese book you recommend, a friend of mine recommended it also. It's THE best out there.

 

I had these symptoms back when I was fapping all the time; I posted a list of them in another thread. Click the link below.
https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?t...d-is-actually-just-low-t.303310/#post-2911286

These symptoms started to improve around five months after I quit fapping, but it took around a year before most of them healed.

 

Symptoms alleviate but not disappear totally. All the symptoms you read about PAWS and more... I was so low that I had to quit a job, lay on the bed a year straight, couldn't handle stress from life, couldn't stand for even 30 minutes without being tired..... I think I have paws along with sexual exhaustion.

 

I wished I was cured within that time of frame. I've had paws along with sexual exhaustion. Within that period of time, my symptoms duplicate due to kindling and edging. From a severe former pmo addict perspective, 2 to 3 years hardmode are required for a full reboot.

 

Jees, do you feel that you are improving at all?