How i manged to fight nofap paws and reached 135 day

Hello guys
I'm not recoverd yet and i hadn't seen any improvement till this day but i know i will get better soon, but this is not the point of my post, and the point is how I endured the pain and continued my progress, and my secret was Intermittent fasting, in past two years i discovered nofap and i thought it might help me with my depression and brain fog and it surprisingly did in my first strike, but after i relapsed everything got worst and i did alot of strikes after that and all of them end by relapsing after one or two months and every time i relapse my withdrawal symptoms Increase and become more unbearable but this time i broke my record, And all the credit goes to intermittent fasting, i fast for 20 hours every day and i eat one meal every day and i drink a lot of water, and i think this lifestyle has increased my discipline which is all what everybody needs to succeed, i still suffer from depression, brain fog, emotional numbness(nothing gives me any pleasure), headaches, but most of the time i think i can handle them and again all the credit goes to intermittent fasting, i know that alot of folks here are suffering from relapse just like me because of this shity paws and i liked to share what helped me during this fight and i want anyone who suffering from the symptoms i have written above and couldn't mange to stop the relapses to try intermittent fasting, believe me it will definitely help.

 

You're welcome !,first of all i'm not an expert, but i think if you're a new to intermittent fasting try to fast for 12 hours everyday(sleeping for 8 hours and and fasting 4 hours=12) with increasing the number of hours gradually, for example add one hour every week until you reach 20 hours which is perfect number for me, and the roles are simple just don't eat and you can drink water of course one glass every hour, and try to cut off caffeine and reduce sugary foods.

 

I started to M on P pictures when i was 14, almost everyday when reached 15 and i haded no serious problems with that, but i was feeling guilty about it, and my memory got weaker a little bit, but all the real problems began when when i started watching p videos when i was 17 almost in the second month i started to feel really depressed and emotionally numb to many things, and i never related it with p and i thought it is because of my stress and abuse that i have been suffering from when i was child and my gf dumped me at that time, so .my life was very chaotic at that time so that's why i couldn't notice, but i became sure that p was the main trigger of my depression, because when i tried nofap for the first time my depression lifted by 60% in just 42 days, but my life got stressful again and i relapsed alot of times, and i think that's what made every thing worst in my case

 

Yes, I think so, and I'll try the real version of OMAD soon

 

You can do it brother, just believe in your self, and i think you are great person, and you have alot of potential, but you need to accept and love your self, i got bullied too In all of my school years and i know how exactly it feels like, just remember who you are and think about what you want, and don't let your negative thoughts take control over you because they are not real, just write down the good things you have done in your life and you must know that you are strong because not everybody survive from bullying, and you can survive from P addiction too,but i don't understand why they bullied you for watching porn?

 

Thanks a lot!

 

Gladiator1903
I completely understand what you had gone through, and i was the best student in my school too, and i noticed that every body who is suffering from PAWS during nofap was the best in his class, i think it's something related to the way that our brains work

 

Just to make it clear, in my case i noticed that when i eat my withdrawal symptoms increase with almost three times worst than when i stay without food i don't know why exactly this happens, and i noticed that when i eat alot my withdrawal symptoms increas and i relapse in the end of the day, and i think during fasting the body uses fatty acids for energy which are every good for the brain and also fasting increase the neuroplasticity which is very important benefit especially for the brain during recovery from addiction, of course it was hard in the beginning but i got adapted to that lifestyle after two months i guess, and i started to feel less brain fog and some mental clarity during my fasting hours ,and i can admit that without fasting i would never reached that number of days without M, and also i tried different types of healthy diet and exercising every day and they helped me too, but i think the best thing that worked for me was fasting