A lot of Porn is stress or unhappiness related. If I felt like I had control over it, then I’d occasionally use it for pleasure but it’s difficult not to fall into an addiction so I abstain as much as possible
I used to watch porn to kill my loneliness. Never thought I would be so Harmful in long Run.
It’s a habit for me when I’m on my own and feel horny. Need to break free of the habit by doing something else instead (use this app for example).
There’s many other ways to satisfy the urges that make us want to watch porn. Important to realise why you want to watch porn, whether it’s because you’re actually horny or just to pass time or dull a negative emotion
Great stuff here on how to tune into the underlying drivers of porn use - and what to do about it
I often used porn when I felt horny and when there were negative feelings/thoughts but I wanted to avoid them. That escalated to porn becoming a coping mechanism for emotional/physical stress and my go to relief for when I’m horny. Now I‘m more often trying to take my mind off things with other activities such as sports, music etc…
Previously I used porn when I was horny and I knew my wife wasn’t up for anything. Unfortunately now I use it as a way to prove to myself that physically I am fine. It feels good at the time but doesn’t last and has become a negative habit
I originally started using porn because I was a horny teenager, but that eventually turned into a reaction to cope with feelings of being lonely. These days I feel like I’m stuck in a loop. Feel lonely, use porn, jerk off, feel short term relief, and eventually feel lonely again. I’m super interested in other “coping strategies” but they only ever seem to be presented abstractly, and I need something concrete to tell me what to do instead, otherwise I’ll flip around and eventually settle on porn once again in that headspace. At least this had a few concrete suggestions.
Porn started as a teenage habit of self-pleasure and exploration. As i grew into a relationship i used it as a pleasure habit but also as a preperation tool as i thought it would make me.last longer if i got the first one out the way…
I think I’m seeking the trill of the forbidden
I use it to stimulate myself when I am horny
It is not that bad, which makes me feel better and I can get over it
I just want to not feel as reliant of porn to get hard
Personally, I’d rather spend time with women whenever I get Horny but I’m a bit worried about my ED which I think is PIED. This might sound silly but when I’m horny I would like to go to a strip club or somewhere sensual instead of relying on porn
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Would like to stop using it as a coping mechanism. Try swapping the idea of watching with another habit like playing video games or something more healthy like pushups or situps.
Would like to stop defaulting to porn when I’m home alone, bored, or right before bed because I’ll “sleep better after”
That porn is just a habit rather than a problem
It covers a bigger problem
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I feel more worse because of the guilt of watching porn. And it has become a routine/lifestyle which I find very hard to avoid. It seems like getting stuck in a loop of self pleasure and guilt.
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Feels bad because I have become reliant on porn to get hard and masturbate and cum.
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