What do you want to change about your porn use? (Part 1)

I don’t want to consume porn more than once a day. I feel that porn is an easier version of sex and I don’t want to rely on it’s convenience but rather be more mindful to the sexual needs of my body than my mind.

Cut it out completely. I’ve spent most of my teenage years watching porn and can only get an erection from images. I need to rewire my brain

Not to feel guilty after watching it, and to only really watch it every now and again in the evening.

I would to reduce the amount of time I been watching it. Instead of being bored and resorting to porn I would rather resort to working on art or something else.

Use porn that makes me feel good during and after using it and also feel more comfortable that using it in this way is neither good or bad for when I have sex with someone.

I watch porn when I feel uncomfortable. I feel shame for watching porn because the people that I watch in porn look different from my girlfriend and because of that I feel like I’m betraying her. So I end up going from uncomfortable and unashamed to comfortable and ashamed. I want to find other default ways to deal with my discomfort. My first thoughts are singing or working out.

I think some of the porn I watch is just a bit grim and unrealistic. I tend to watch it when I’m hungover and anxious after drinking. I used to watch it every day before I had a partner, sometimes just out of boredom. I feel a lot of shame with it, and wouldn’t want my partner to see the porn I watch. I don’t want those feelings and I don’t want it on my mind. There might be a future for it in my relationship but right now I’d like it to be out the picture while so can focus on my ED.

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The main issue that I’d like to change is using porn as a way to manage stress. Stress has made it very difficult for me to get a good night sleep so my solution would be to watch porn and masturbate. But it’s to the point now where that doesn’t even really help it just calms my mind temporarily. So I’d like to have a better relationship with my porn watching.

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I want to change my dependence on the porn to feel capable of getting an erection, I want to feel a more and confident erection with a my date and please her

I would like to stop using it entirely. I found the fantasies or porn I’d consume were getting out of hand and bringing me deep shame. It was affecting me to get aroused before it actually came time to perform in the bedroom. I think porn consumption also stopped me from living in the moment with any of my partners and would give me ED.

When I feel bored or lonely I want to do something else, like paint or exercise.

I want to not compulsively watch porn in the middle of the day no matter what I’m doing. Only when I’m alone and have proper time to cum.

I want to watch realistic porn to relate it my partner

I don’t know why I watch porn to be honest. Not sire if it comes from being horribly abused as a child and my early adult years. Or if it comes from not being happy with myself. I don’t actually watch porn, I’d that makes sense I watch cam sites. I get bored with basic porn very quickly. When I got onto the cam sites it was quite intriguing. But after not being happy with myself, happy with my sex life etc. I used them more. When I started feeling awkward about my ED issue, I used them more because I could not be judged by the women on the screen because they could not see me. I feel that my childhood and adulthood trauma caused a big problem for me. My abuse started from the age of 4. I feel that I am broken mentally because of it. I am not sure if there is anything physical.

When I’m bored I’d prefer to not immediately go to watching it

I dont want to watch it.

I think I use porn to help fall asleep or relieve morning wood. The goal of porn and masturbation is get it done quickly as possible. So when I’m having sex, I think I worry about finishing too fast, but that’s what I “trained” myself to do. I have work in porn/masturbating less. Enjoy sex when it presents itself

I would like to start watching more vanilla porn to make it easier to stay hard during sex.

Don’t use it to fill time when I’m bored, take up a new hobby or go for a walk

Lower my use or cut it out altogether