1 year hardmode still in withdrawals

Oh my God, I am so relieved to hear this. I had such a crappy day at work today as usual. My boss has actually started sympathizing with me now. Earlier, I used to confront him a lot regarding things that I thought were not right but nowadays I just do whatever he says because I just can't freaking talk anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously get anxiety attack within seconds and lose my voice if I start any debate with him so yeah. Things are pretty bad. Its just so relieving to hear that there is light at the end of tunnel. I wonder how long the tunnel is...

Also, do you think that you did anything specific or its just natural healing with time?

 

Will taking an antidepressant will make this easier ... and tapering it off after a year or so .... this is the last resort of course. Does anyone have an idea about that?

 

Try to have a girlfriend, romance will help you rewire your brain. Do some intentive training like sprinting or swimming. And drink some alcohol from time to time (yes it helps).

 

Your intentions are sincere but for many alcohol is not a good idea. It fuels lust and the hangover often leads to PMO (to try to make yourself feel better).

This has been my experience but I suppose different people react in different ways. I would still recommend that people don't though.

 

Great stuff, quite similar to me. I've just started getting up at 5:30 and I really enjoy it. Did you find you were naturally drawn to healthier, more disciplined habits once you stopped porn?

 

Alcohal is the last thing you wanna do during reboot. It's addiction in itself to begin with. Your relapse chances are very very high after alco

MAN, I am nearing 300 days and still going through withdrawals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD!...... I will prevail!!!!!!!!!!!! You are still doing good??

 

Thank you, that's interesting.

 

Man, just came back from work, another crappy day. Ongoing withdrawals. Anyways, can you share a little bit of your history so I can compare it with mine? Like at what age you started on high speed internet porn and how many years? How long your PMO session used to be and the frequency?

 

You're near of the finish line man if you have a good 10 days straight without any withdrawals.

 

Yes, that's it mate. You are around half way so keep going.

 

It's based on a few hardcore rebooters who went through PAWS. Since mine has started I've never had a full day without anything related to paws. I have had a few good hours in a day then returned back n forth or pure hell.

 

Pretty much the same here, dropped tons of weight, no alcohol or drugs, having a healthy diet without sugar or sodas and everything. Still felt like crap, but after numerous tests, only abstaining from PMO has worked for me over the years. I also think that despite of having a healthy lifestyle, only time and abstaining will actually heal the brain. Everything else is just finetuning the withdrawals a tad bit for the day or part of the day until the next day they start from the scratch. But overall, even though all of these changes feel subtle, e.g. I can read a couple of pages more in one sitting or walk longer distances in nature, the brain is undergoing a massive change, far exceeding our understanding of it.

I wish I had known all of this sooner because when the wall hits, it hits hard. Only when a person gets sick, is when he/she understands the value of being healthy.

 

Just checking in to say exact same boat;

12 months here and still going through withdrawals.. its much better but still social anxiety which can be bad some days, and wierd brian pressure and fog.

My main concern is that when I get sexual fantasy they go really extreme and shocking..probably for my brain to get as much dopamine as possible... but it really fucks me up for a week or so, and all symptoms return.

 

Do you have high mental cravings for women