Eternal Struggler
Fapstronaut
I've been lurking here for a long time, and since most nofap forums are flooded with "relapsed after day 1 
" posts, I decided to post my success story to help other long term rebooters, about how I finally got cured from post accute withdrawal syndrome after 2 years of reboot.
There's not too much to say about my background. I was never into hardcore shit, but I started watching porn very early. From 10 to 14 years old, I'd fap to porn twice / thrice a day, with long edging sessions and multiple tabs opened. When I first found out about nofap, I decided to go cold turkey, and after 6 months of hardmode, PAWS hit me like a truck. As a 14yo, I didnt know what was happening with me. I was feeling like a zombie for 3 months, going to school felt like an impossible task. Anhedonia, brain fog, extreme lack of concentration, dead dick, all the common symptons. This forum helped me find out what was happening, and I have to say, I was pretty scared after reading about stories of people going through that hell for more than 3 years. But surprisingly, my healing was very fast. I feel like I went from 0 to 50% in only 5 months, and after that, even if very slowly, I would get noticeably better every month. Now at 16, after 1.5 years of paws symptoms and 2 years of streak, I can finally say I'm healed
Here's what helped me
-Exercising, going to the gym atleast 6 times a week
-Eating healthy
-For some reason, after I stopped playing video games, my healing process got a lot faster, and my brain fog / dopamine craving lessened by a lot. Be it a coincidence or not, I felt like I needed to tell this. It might have something to do with the Chaser Effect.
" posts, I decided to post my success story to help other long term rebooters, about how I finally got cured from post accute withdrawal syndrome after 2 years of reboot.There's not too much to say about my background. I was never into hardcore shit, but I started watching porn very early. From 10 to 14 years old, I'd fap to porn twice / thrice a day, with long edging sessions and multiple tabs opened. When I first found out about nofap, I decided to go cold turkey, and after 6 months of hardmode, PAWS hit me like a truck. As a 14yo, I didnt know what was happening with me. I was feeling like a zombie for 3 months, going to school felt like an impossible task. Anhedonia, brain fog, extreme lack of concentration, dead dick, all the common symptons. This forum helped me find out what was happening, and I have to say, I was pretty scared after reading about stories of people going through that hell for more than 3 years. But surprisingly, my healing was very fast. I feel like I went from 0 to 50% in only 5 months, and after that, even if very slowly, I would get noticeably better every month. Now at 16, after 1.5 years of paws symptoms and 2 years of streak, I can finally say I'm healed
Here's what helped me
-Exercising, going to the gym atleast 6 times a week
-Eating healthy
-For some reason, after I stopped playing video games, my healing process got a lot faster, and my brain fog / dopamine craving lessened by a lot. Be it a coincidence or not, I felt like I needed to tell this. It might have something to do with the Chaser Effect.
Last edited:
