How have people managed to cut out porn without relapsing? I’ve tried slowly cutting it down but that doesn’t work for me I can’t control myself. I’m best off not doing it at all. I get to about a week maybe a week and a half and then I relapse and feel terrible and disappointed in myself
What have people done to take away their urge/craving to watch porn?
Used Xblocker helped me a lot, relapsed a few times but 6 weeks totally off porn and masturbation and you genuinely lose the urge eventually throughout the day, only have to exercise will power now rarely. Sex drive much higher too
I cold turkey’d my porn watching. The wife asked me 4 months ago if I was watching it. I told her I was and look on her face of disappointment, made me decide that watching porn isn’t just hurting me, it’s hurting her too. So I’m 4 months with no Porn.
I was exactly in your position. I have (or maybe had at this point) a fiancé who didn’t like that I watched porn and I lied to her about it (I was scared of her reaction to my addiction). She found out and now we are in a limbo in our relationship (don’t know where we are). Ever since I was 14 I watched porn everyday. But now? Since 17th Sept, I haven’t watched it at all! Almost two months. The sad reason for it is because my fiancé and I broke up. It made me depressed and very sad, and in my mind it was all because of the porn. I quit it and had no sex drive anyway. So to answer your question… You have to learn first hand why Porn is so damaging to your life. It is much easier to quit once you go through something very traumatic. Of course… I don’t wish this for you, but it might be necessary for you to quit. That was how I quit, and am keeping it up. You will always have urges to watch. You’ll see something one day that reminds you of a video or photo… And you’ll want to watch… But remembering how much suffering I endured because of it, is th reason I have pushed through.
I really struggled with porn induced ED and ended up essentially being afraid of both porn and masturbation due to “NoFap”, it really messed me up mentally and now I don’t even find porn appealing. That got me through the porn addiction and the longer it went the easier it became, plus the idea of going to the bathroom to masturbate just felt so awful because I knew I was going in there to hide away the fact that I do it.
I ended up having to fix my relationship with masturbation though, so I decided to go back to what I did when I was younger… use my imagination and masturbate only in bed, my wife doesn’t mind and she’s the one I imagine anyway, it’s helped our sex life ten fold because I get so excited that I’m having sex with the person I imagined it with that I no longer have an issue.
I keep up with Mojo because I firmly believe that we need to look after our sexual wellbeing regularly, plus it keeps my relationship with sex healthy after my “NoFap” ideology ordeal.
hope everything gets better for you brother
Longer you go easier it become, first month is harder, if you get relapse just keep going not the end of world - still better 1 per week/month then every day.
I suport no porn - it did help me tremendously but dont need to be no fap - stories or imagination (ofc if you have girlfriend or your wife best way is just do it naturally)
I am aware that this isn’t realistic for everyone but I was self employed and struggling with porn usage. I went away on holiday travelling for 6 weeks. I told myself I wouldn’t get off / watch porn / read lit erotica for the first 4 weeks as I was solo travelling and my partner came out for the last two weeks.
I found being in a new place with no habits associated to any of the rooms / furniture. By not watching porn it helped establish different habits and I went a whole year without it after that.
I was on a 25 day no fap streak. Unfortunately watched porn on the 25 day but it taught me a lesson I can do it. Just keep on doing if it’s ur goal.
I was daily solo with porn. Sometime morning and at bed…
New relationship, started app. Realized that I had porn induced Ed….
Cold turkey for a couple weeks- 3-4?weeks working the app and I’m seeing progress!!
I’ll add that I fly solo occasionally. Sometimes with porn, sometimes with an erotic story from here - imagining gf, or sometimes recalling our last sexual encounter….
Improve your life outside of your porn habit. Make healthier life choices and you’ll be more inclined to resist something unhealthy to you (porn)