Critical withdrawal symptoms

You're not alone mate. Absentmindness is a common symptom among porn addicts, heck even drug addicts. The only way to cure this is TIME and STOPPING PORN, INDEFINTELY.

 

Sounds familiar. Brainfog has been so thick sometimes that I've had trouble understanding a simple written sentence, like a few words. It's like an old engine that isn't starting. Often times I've replied to a person without actually processing what he/she had said and then thought about the whole question afterwards. Meditation 30 mins every day helps. If you can't meditate that much in a single sitting, I recommend splitting it to two meditations. Mindfulness also helps, doing tangible stuff with your hands like gardening, cleaning, chopping wood or going out to nature and trying to notice everything there.

 

No worries mate if you catch these symptoms early on and start tackling this seriously your recovery might be only round the corner. Take it from someone who struggled quitting for five years even when I was in the deep end with symptoms it only gets worse and recovery takes longer and longer each relapse! Best of luck!

 

Listen to this guy. You're actually doing damage to your brain while on withdrawal. Look up kindling on the forums. If you have withdrawals, then it's essential to quit PMO forever. It's very serious. Every relapse will put you on worse condition. Good thing is that our brains can heal, even from a serious binge PMO, but it can take up to 3 years as experienced on these forums.

 

Daaamn. Can anyone else relate when I say that it's as though there's a saboteur in my head? When I try to remember something, it's as if there's a force in my head blocking me from remembering whatever it is that I meant to recall, and the harder I try, the harder it blocks. It's like quicksand—the harder you struggle, the faster you sink. I'm not the only one, am I?

 

I'm sorry we have to go through this. This is truly PAWS at its worst (at least for me). It messes with school, career and social life alike, because you can't establish a proper, natural connection with anyone; you have to force everything.

Stay on it, no matter what. Remember that you're not alone, and that this will pass in time. Here's a good read for motivation: https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/paws-sexual-exhaustion-1-5-years.175077/#post-1499104