Yes I have, I tried to quit cold turkey for 2 weeks however it ending doing more damage to me than actually good. I was more focused on quitting porn because I thought that’s why I was unable to get hard or perform but in reality it was my sexual anxiety. I am trying to quit it but I am going little by little, and from my experience the less you think about quitting it general the easy it is to quit.
I took a break when I thought it was “killing my dick” and causing ed, even though I could still get hard watching, and even after two months I still couldn’t get hard with my partner and realised it was something else.
I do that after the gym, I’m gay and watching the guys working out can turn me on, but can’t exactly do anything there (nor would I want to, wrong activity in the wrong space), so I go home and do the same as you, watch porn of guys who look similar
I took a break because I was addicted and it felt like I was only turned on by porn
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I took a break because I was really addicted to it and I wanted to stop watching it
I don’t have a partner right now, so I don’t have another outlet so to speak. But I worry that I can only get turned on with porn so want to cut back
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Historically it’s been a boredom thing
Boredom or because I’ve not been able to get it up in the bedroom
Yeah sometimes I watch it just to get off. More recently it’s if I want to see something that I don’t get to in real life. I have never really had a casual sex life it’s either with a serious partner or not at all (mostly not at all) so porn filled that gap but I also try to stay away from it to not get dependent. Also my orgasms are way better feeling without it
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How horny I am, how sad or lonely I feel, how stressed I am because of the things I have on my plate.
I cut it back in a way to try to increase my desire for real sex
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I think my overall mood definitely influences how often I watch porn. I’ve cut back on masturbating when I want to be more ready for sex, but I tend to end up looking at more porn because I’m so horny
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Being busy
When I take a break I always start feeling better about it and feel less guilty, less worried about what people think. But eventually I always go back, usually when feeling low and lonely.
So many things influence it.
If I am bored, If I am feeling sad, If I am feeling rejected. I would either over eat or look at porn. Nothing else.
When I take a break its to have a proper desire for actual sex
Orgasms feel way better when I don’t watch porn. Sometimes i get too tired / stressed to properly use my imagination and go to porn as an easy way to get off. But when it becomes too regular of a habit it’s difficult to wank without it. Ideally I wouldn’t use it at all but sometimes it’s convenient and / or hot
I’m on a break now I just feel like my brain is starting to rework back to normal!
I wouldn’t say on a break. It keeping it limited so it’s not a negative cycle
It’s not a break but trying to focus on the real world
I’m trying to live more in the real world and avoid the temptations of porn. I’ve started a great relationship, and I’m focus my energy on strengthening myself and my bonds with her instead of porn as an escape.