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After 2 years of extreme PAWS i'm starting to feel again...

Discussion in 'Success Stories' started by Deleted Account, Oct 18, 2019.

  1. Guys this will be a very brief post....but... after two years of very intense paws i'm starting to feel again. My mind is becoming clearer & clearer, depression and anxiety levels dropped down dramatically and i'm starting to feel emotions and life again. This started to happen 2 weeks ago and since then it hasn't been very stable, i may feel good for a day or just a few hours and then back to paws (it happened 3 times in these two weeks which one of these was last night)...BUT...guys in these two years this never happened, it was a no stop hell for literally every day. Also the days where i feel good is not as good as before paws and all of this started but guys it's something! I think (or at least i hope) i'm finally moving to an end.
    If this continues to improve and eventually become more stable i will write a post on it with absolutely more details (so please don't overwhelm me with questions), this post is just to give you guys hope and strenght to go through what i've gone through for 2 years that i know it's not easy.
     
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  2. I feel your pain brother as I'm still in PAWS close to 15 months harmode. It's quite shocking to see you still suffering after 2 years of paws. I don't wish mine to take 2 years but it seems it may take this long as recovery is slow and non linear.
     
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  3. Man 15 months, it is quite impressive what you already accomplished, you must be proud of yourself! Just keep going it's the only way. Wish u all the strenght you need
     
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  4. Wow 3 years....man take it very very seriously since it's like any other addiction (or even worse)!
     
  5. PAWS is a bitch and probably the hardest obstacle on this journey. It's not as aggressive as a massive urge and not as likely to make you relapse in the moment, but unlike an urge it's always there, looming in the background. After a while it really starts to weigh on you. The lethargy, unexplainable anxiety and mood swings really hit hard for me. Especially the lethargy, some days I really feel like doing absolutely nothing.

    I've been in proper recovery (i.e generally hitting streaks of >= 90 days, while my last streak was only 43 days it was my shortest all year by a large margin) for about a year now and trying to kick the habit for nearly two, and things are starting to get a lot better for me as well. I still have bad days where it feels like moving an arm takes more willpower than Thor, but they're getting rarer and rarer. I don't want to jinx it but I would say I only have a few days a month now where I feel truly terrible, and more than half the time I'm completely asymptomatic. I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we're getting close.

    Good luck to you in your recovery man, this is one of the toughest fights of our lives but I know we can all do it if we put our minds to it - no matter how long it takes.
     
  6. Yes i think the worse part of it it's not knowing. Not knowing for how long you will feel this way, if you would ever come back to normal and even if the way you feel it's related to porn or maybe it has completely other causes....and believe me (and if u have gone for 3 years under paws you already know) after all this time it's very very very easy to lose faith and get lost. This is why i wrote this post and i will write a more detailed one when (and if) i will be completely healed. We are pioneers in something completely new, as you said there is no science, no research and even no cases (or just a very few), only thing you can do is to keep going and find it out by yourself. Stay strong and i hope reading this helps.
     
  7. Yes i know man and it's very touching this, i know exactly what you mean. I think it's really important this community not to lose faith and stay focused...fighting this together it's always better! It's hard but you have no choice than keep going! Good luck man!
     
  8. mgz069

    mgz069 Fapstronaut

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    Did you do hardmode for 2 years?
     
  9. Can anyone tell me what PAWS means?
     
  10. Camelon

    Camelon Fapstronaut

    Same Q here???
     
  11. Bull87

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    Post-Acute-Withdraw Syndrome (PAWS)
     
  12. Camelon

    Camelon Fapstronaut

    Hell
    That means that my streak is nothing
    People suffer here for years
    That"s very depressing.........
     
  13. No your streak it's something man, i can assure you! but porn addiction is something worse than what most people believe...
     
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  14. Deepak678

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    Post actue withdrawal syndrome... It basically means effects that comes out when you suddenly stop any addiction. Different people may experience different things ...
     
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