I never had a problem with it. I only watched it once a day for many years but now, I’m seeing this girl I really like and can’t get an erection. Granted, I’ve only tried to have sex with her one time. It’s strange to go from a horny man all the time to the opposite.
No regrets, no guilt from using. I do have needs that aren’t being met currently, so I use porn when I need. Would rather not use. I want to be able to use porn when I want, while also having a good relationship with my s/o. My wife and I have discussed this topic.
I want to change how often I watch porn and why I use it. It used be a solace, a comfort that I’m realizing I might’ve used because of my parents getting divorced. And now it’s become something I use to make myself feel better when I’ve had a rough day, or even if I’m bored.
I want to use porn for pleasure and doesn’t have to be a tool i need to release stress
I want to be able to not rely on it to get a nut. My problem with it is that I believe it has made me incredibly numb to the real thing visually at least. My current girlfriend is stunning but I noticed im never actually hard around her even when we cuddle and kiss. I believe that has a lot to do with the dopamine levels in my brain just not giving a crap about this tiny amount of pleasure versus me spanking the hanky panky by myself in my own private situation where I can have access to any fantasy I can find. Under this lens it becomes rather clear that a long break from it while I level out my brain chemistry should be the obvious answer, but learning more about the psychology of it may help me master it.
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This lesson helped frame up porn’s impact on the brain. I use porn when I want to get off, if I haven’t seen a partner in some time or I need to sleep but never more than two or three times in a week. I’m not going to watch porn and just wait for my partner, in person action is better than porn, IMO.
I want to quit watching porn altogether and stop replacing the real thing with it. Stop using it to try and feel better when all it does is ruins my confidence. Also it makes me compare everything and if I don’t live up to it, it turns me off
I want to stop using porn when I’m lonely and away from my partner to soothe my feeling abandoned.
Not to use porn as frequently, or as a coping mechanism if im bored, or stressed. I use it to procrastinate (even when working from home), and that is something i would like to stop. My use has become habitual, same times, same websites, types of porn and even specific videos, and i would like that to change.
I want to only use it once a week rather than once a day, and only in the evenings and as a way to release sexual energy not just because I am bored. I think it has helped me find what I like and to better understand my dick so if I use it in moderation it will continue to be beneficial. At the moment I am struggling to enjoy real life sex because the reality doesn’t live up to the intensity that a porn video gives me.
I want to take a break on porn because I only have unhealthy uses for it. I use it because I’m trying to force an orgasm or just to force myself to get aroused. I want to reintroduce it in a healthy way once I’ve learned healthier strategies for self pleasuring.
To stop, I only use it for unhealthy stuff
I want to use it as a healthy coping mechanism.
I think I purely use porn to explore sexual fantasies such as having sex with an older woman. I would very rarely use porn for “normal” sex. In this respect I think porn is a problem, because I use it for unrealistic situations that I will never experience with a partner my own age, for example. I think this creates problems, because I want to date a girl a similar age, and yet I use porn to fantasize having sex not with that demographic. It’s contradictory and I think this has an impact on how I feel with a partner.
I would like to not seek out porn to cope with loneliness. I otherwise would never do it at all. It only would happen when I was single, and then entirely too much—I’d deprive myself of sleep even if I had to be at work the next morning. Now I have a good relationship with my wife, and I find her very attractive physically (and she’s been amazingly understanding and supportive about my ED, btw), but I still sometimes feel lonely if we’re going through a rough patch, or even if it’s just me going through a rough patch.
Until recently, i used to watch porn most evenings and masturbate to wind down before bed. I saw this as a problem and questioned if I was addicted to porn, so I’ve been cold Turkey for 2 months now. In that time I’ve found that not only has my sex drive lowered, but the urge to masturbate (getting horny) has decreased too, as well as not having a full erection while masturbating. After watching this segment of the course, I realise that especially while I’m single this kind of porn usage is perfectly healthy, and so if I had to change anything it would be my perspective on how I viewed my own porn usage
I want to not have it be my default self-soothing activity. I also want to not believe that I need to watch porn before sex to ensure that I get hard.
Just to not reach for it when I’m bored, go for other things that are more productive. Nothing wrong with porn and masturbating but maybe save it for mornings and evenings
Gotta get my .morning nut
Stop watching it whenever I have free time like it’s gonna go away if I don’t watch it. I feel like I’d like to tune in more to my other senses so I can be in the moment when I’m with my partner and the other senses can help me get erect
Not compare myself, and try not to lose my sex drive due to masturbation