>>307761>>308984I've been doing alright. Full disclosure: I haven't noticed any improvement in my symptoms, despite all my efforts. I was waiting until I saw some improvement before posting here again, but unfortunately, nothing has changed.
I think I'm learning to live with it. A good part of my time now goes into taking care of my health. My diet has been nearly perfect for over a year now (absolutely no processed food, sugary food, grains, carbs, gluten or alcohol, and the only fruits I eat are low-carb ones, particularly berries). I have been using natural products. For example, I know the succubus who makes the aloe vera soap I use. I use natural toothpaste. I have stopped using deodorant and shampoo. I haven't turned into some ascetic monk or a stoic either (I find aspects of both interesting, but ultimately I reject both lifestyles). Mostly, I have realized just how much people take their health for granted when they have it, and how true the saying "we are what we eat" really is.
I've found that masturbation reopens the mental wound, so I've been trying to avoid it. The same goes for writing about or looking up things related to the condition, and browsing imageboards. It's just not worth it.
More important than health or good habits, I realized that I should not wait for the restoration of the old vitality. I must not expect to recover. I must treat this as a test and strive for excellence even under these conditions.
Your thoughts on rationality have been helpful. It seems the hedonic adaptation process happened, and now I am more self-controlled. Also, not to diagnose you, but I think you might've had PAWS instead of PSSD. Or else I have a particularly severe case.
I attached an image showing all my current symptoms. I'm aware this is a near-complete collapse of the drives that constitute a living human being. I haven't stopped wanting to live, though. I've stopped needing to; after having seen everything, there's this kind of serenity in the face of impermanence.
Do you have anything else to recommend? Also, what are your thoughts on the raw primal diet? I've looked into it lately.
Aajonus Wonderplanitz advocated for something similar to what you mentioned, regular short hot baths and swea
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