That’s it’s not bad in and of itself. Rather how you use it can be helpful or not helpful.
That porn gives off a wildly warped reality of what sex is… I also thought this is how sex went and the end objective was always the same. Porn just made me buy into it more.
My sex therapist has encouraged me to use porn to help me explore fantasies and develop my erotica persona. It’s helped me identify that I have been afraid of the power that I feel when I’m erect and felt shame about enjoying gagging during oral sex. Realizing that shame came from a belief that my fantasies and sexuality were violent and that belief came from interviewing survivors of sexual violence, I’ve been able to move past the sham and embrace this turnon. I look forward to continuing to use porn to discovering fantasies and my erotica persona as well as barriers that prevent me from embracing them
Watching porn, certainly skewed my view of penis size, and that men being dominant is what the usual course of action should be.
I enjoy porn but I don’t think watching it everyday is healthy for me. I feel like it should be something to enjoy every once in awhile.
I want to go back to how I used to be. I used to watch porn and have a healthy sex life. I then used to blame my porn addiction for my ED, but lately I feel like that’s far from the problem. I want to learn more.
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I’ve been watching porn since I was 14 and I’ve been having detection issues since I was 18. It would be a very busy day if I didn’t watch some.
Not as bad as it’s made out
I go through different phases. At times of sexual frustration with my wife, I’ve felt like I “had” to masturbate to porn as a stress reliever and outlet, and nothing else would relieve that particular stress. I’ve always had a bit of concern that my porn watching has desensitized me to real life sex, and contributed to any ed problems I’ve experienced. It’s very relieving to learn that porn isn’t a problem unless I allow it to be.
I used to impulsively watch porn until it was a habit. When I realized how it might be affecting my sex life I wanted to stop.
Always gravitate to the same thing, cum too quickly, feel bad after
I feel like I e become dependent on porn to get a good erection and worry I can’t get one without it. Have had trouble getting erections when I’m with a woman
I use it far too often to self soothe. At the expense of everything else in life
I watch porn and try to find a video that has a female that looks like someone I know, that’s not my wife, and fantasize about her
I kinda end up looking for the same thing, always. It’s almost as if everything else doesn’t turn me on as much. It’s my sexual fantasy that spices things up when I’m not in the mood, and when my wife and I explore it too much, I feel a bit dull, as if it’s becoming ordinary and not as effective. Then the anxiety cycle begins again.
I find I scroll through porn just to simply browse vs pleasure
That I need to keep my expectations realistic while still being able to enjoy the experience.
I don’t watch porn
Since I first discovered porn in high school, I’ve often used it a stress management tool. Whenever I’ve felt stressed or like I just want my mind to focus on something for a few minutes, my instinct is to open a porn tab and jerk off. Even as I’ve learned other techniques to manage my stress, that instinct is still there.
I was never a big porn user to start with. When I started using the mojo app I stopped watching it completely and have not missed it.