Post Acute Withdrawal PAWS in Pornography Addiction Recovery

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor. She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002. In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Postacute Withdrawal Syndrome in Pornography Addiction Recovery
00:01:48 - Symptoms of Imbalances in Hormones and Neurotransmitters
00:03:30 - Physical symptoms of withdrawal
00:05:09 - The Effects of Porn Addiction on the Brain
00:06:56 - Impacts of Porn Addiction on Mental Health
00:08:40 - The Effects of Addiction on Mental Health
00:10:34 - Grieving Losses and Low Motivation
00:12:26 - Strategies to Improve Concentration and Reduce Stress
00:14:10 - The Influence of Stress on Pessimism and Negativity
00:15:54 - Managing Intrusive Thoughts and Sensory Sensitivity in Early Recovery
00:17:33 - Improving Sleep Hygiene
00:19:16 - The Power of Nutritious Foods
00:20:57 - Finding what works for you in weight training
00:22:34 - Embracing Serenity
00:24:26 - Progress, not Perfection
00:26:05 - Reducing Triggers for Pornography Addiction Recovery
00:27:51 - Improvement in Quality of Life

[@MasonW04]

Hey folks, I've been addicted for 16 years now and have only managed to reach 17 days for over 10 years of trying but with your help and knowledge Snipes I'll be able to leave this awful addition behind. Day 2 for me so far let's go! 🙏❤️

[@DocSnipes]

One day at a time!

[@kupamanduka9218]

Doc, i've been trying to raise and create awareness about this for the longest time. I feel i am 60% healed from this but have some time to reach normal. Thank you for this video, a qualified professional discussing this was desperately needed.

[@DocSnipes]

You’re most welcome. Thanks for watching

[@ddlytics]

2 months sober from daily porn use, gambling (stocks), and addictive eating patterns (under eating, overeating, and eating meals with low nutrition content). After 1-2 weeks of abstinence existing symptoms of generalized anxiety and depression, helped me to progress past the denial phase of grieving my permeant mental health condition and the 15-20 years of loss while addicted and while suffering in silence. As the doors to addictive behaviours are closed (and locked) be sure to m set in place activities to support recovery. This video does a great job highlighting those. Lastly, I did not make this change in isolation. Instead, I was supported by friends, therapist, and registry attendance of a self-help group (adult children of alcoholics).

[@DocSnipes]

Thanks for watching the video

[@GregtheGrey6969]

I quit porn, masterbation, and social media at the same time. I forgot when i started, but its been a while. The withdrawals are similar to opiate addiction, which ive beat already. All addictions are basically the same. So if you can beat one addiction, you CAN beat...them all. Lol

[@DocSnipes]

Thanks for watching and for sharing

[@michaelp7714]

Thank you very much for making this one. Extremely informative. I had once quit it all for 1 year and 3 months and then 6 months, fell back into it on and off afterwards. I’ve only recently realized that I need to also address the underlying issues, or else you either fall back into this addiction or replace one for another.

[@DocSnipes]

Thanks for watching and for sharing

[@Arid379]

I am glad dr snipes is my sports counselor and help director

[@DocSnipes]

I appreciate you watching the video

[@dalesnider8040]

I still haven't recovered. Oh God, it's so hard.

[@DocSnipes]

One day at a time. Just stopping is not enough. YOu have to address the underlying issues that cause and maintained the use.

[@Darren-sn4ki]

I’m 34 and struggle with ptsd narcissistic abuse and PTSD and porn addiction since I was a kid childhood trauma and my narcissistic family cult like system

[@DocSnipes]

I am sorry about that and I appreciate you watching the video

[@LeviBrich]

Thanks

[@DocSnipes]

You’re so welcome

[@Tammarrah100]

GREAT

[@DocSnipes]

Thank you! I appreciate you watching the video

[@jaypalnitkar4400]

There is no doubt even a bit now that porn causes addiction and withdrawal symptoms. Thanks doc for shedding light

[@DocSnipes]

You’re most welcome. Thank you for watching

[@jnl082187]

Hi Dr Snipes, do you have any information on the link between the abuse of stimulant drugs like Vyvanse and porn addiction /sex addiction.

[@DocSnipes]

I did not find any research for sex or porn addiction and stimulant abuse, and only found one (nonhuman) study for "compulsive sexual behavior " pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20045448/ I can tell you that a sign of a manic or hypomanic episode is hypersexuality and according to the study, stimulant use increased sex drive in rats, but those are very loose associations at best.

[@user-mk4cc1wu4n]

10:43 what if I'm a crank user there is no equal medication for IV speed

[@DocSnipes]

This video was not porn recovery not stimulants. Watch my other videos on Post Acute Withdrawal (PAWS) and get into a recovery program that helps you learn to tolerate cravings and urges in the moment for a rich and meaningful life in the long haul.

[@krishnabhakt7776]

I am in pmo paws from past 3 years.

[@DocSnipes]

Thanks for watching and for sharing

[@krishnabhakt7776]

@@DocSnipes welcome. Actually my symptoms now are more related to dorsal vegal shutdown. I am in a deep freeze now. I have severe dpdr, dissociation and emotional numbness.

[@vedpalgautam4636]

My life has been ruined by masturbation addiction.I am about 5 months sober.not good at all.I do not want to live any more.

[@DocSnipes]

I am sorry you are going through this. What tips will you use first to address PAWS?

[@vedpalgautam4636]

@@DocSnipes every second seems to be year long.5 to 6 years to recover completely is very challenging and to me impossible.I could not achive what I wanted to in my life so far.I gave up my studies.I am 28 years old.but my condition is very bad .I can not make even a living for me. I just want this life to come to an end.I wish I never woke up after sleeping at night.

[@Kamekazee]

Im going through the same bro. We live in a hypersexulized world wich makes the mission even harder. I suggest u dive into meditation because the pictueres and porn flashbacks is the root cause of relapse in my opinion. I dont usually recommend psychadelics to people, but because u seem pretty stuck ill make an exception. Psyllociben/ magic mushrooms or mdma helped rewire my brain. But u have to develope som meditivness and do yoga beforehand, otherwise this will just leave u with an added addiction.