I like the idea of trying to do something else when I get bored and want to watch porn. I want to be more deliberate about using porn. I want to use it when I am turned on, not because I am bored and think that I just want to Jack off.
I don’t really think I have an issue with porn. I used to watch it fairly frequently at the height of the pandemic, but since then it’s cooled down a lot. I only watch visual porn once every 6 months or so. But I got wicked into reading erotica a little while ago. I found that to be a massive turn on, but then something changed and it hasn’t been doing the trick lately. I do think I picked up some sense of shame. I recently got out of a relationship with a practicing catholic, so that might have something to do with it.
I don’t want to feel like I’m depending on porn for stress relief or boredom. I want it to be enjoyable and not feel like I have to watch it. I want to watch it without the guilty feeling that comes after it
Instead of watching porn go workout and don’t use it as a way to escape reality. Rather than comparing video with real life sex, have more sex.
I want to not rely on it when I feel bored and sad. Also, why was Cam so much a good looking modelesque guy - kind of cool knowing the issue affects those I’d never think. Also, vanilla town to gang bang city??? This was my favorite segment of all time.
I want to watch less porn and do less masturbation (now daily).
Because of my religious upbringing porn has been insanely demonized.
I would like to only watch or look for porn when I am intentionally looking to PMO. If I’m bored, I should do something else. If I’m horny, I should either jerk off or pursue sex with my partner
The guilty feeling after watching, but I did come a long way from using it for coping with negative feelings. I realized I felt powerful when I’d watch porn, than with a sex partner, iw ant to feel equally or even more in control with a real sex partner.
Enjoy with a partner more frequently.
I think I’d just like to use it less and cum the old fashioned way. Porn is easy for me, not compulsive, and masturbating without means I’m focusing on sensation and imagination rather than an easy visual. Not much of this session was recognisable to me, I guess thankfully.
I would prefer to stop using porn and focus, instead, on using my imagination and touch to get off. Also, have more real sex with partners.
I want to stop watching porn. I use it to relieve myself when I get horny. I also started to compare my and my partners bodies to how the porn stars were. This just feed into my own self doubt and made me more anxious. Because of this anxiety I often would give my wife excuses to not have sex in fear of not staying hard and would just watch porn later.
I will use porn to relax and release, vs to ignore and forget other things I’m after
I want to stop watching such extreme porn that includes fetishes that I don’t actually want in real life. I feel like it has wired me to only get fully aroused by these scenarios. So when it came time to have sex with my ex, I couldn’t maintain an erection or cum, so instead every time it ended with me just going down on her. We talked about my addiction and she tried to help, but I was weak to it time and time again for 8 months until she finally left me.
That was the wake up call for me to fix this addiction for good. It stopped me from doing a lot of stuff with my life because I’d waste multiple hours every day to watching porn and masturbating. And when I wasn’t doing that, it would be on my mind and stop me from concentrating on the things I was supposed to do. It stopped me from socialising and I feel like I developed social anxiety due to it. And it caused me to fall into depression a few times, one of which caused me to drop out of university. So I feel like I’ve lost 10 years of self development due to this porn addiction.
Stop comparisons
I have decreased usage a lot after finding other self soothing activities (meditation, writing), hope to not use porn as a primary way to self sooth. And if I do use it, cut myself a break because it is normal!
never do it again. It IS a real addiction. There is such thing as healthy use (as is occasion social drinking) but if there is an underlying mood disorder or significant stress in your life, please watch out. Porn is the #1 reason I am having ED at age 32. It had and is ruining my sex life. I learned growing up that watching porn was the “right” way to be aroused. After years of use, I still struggle with its psychologic effects despite not watching it for almost 18 months. Worst mistake I ever did. And It was heterosexual and typical (not kinky or odd)
I want to be more intentional in my porn watching. Use it sparingly to masterbate with when I haven’t had sex in awhile. I want to stop watching it as a procrastination tool.
I want to enjoy sex more than porn