Quitting Porn

Hey all!!
Quitting porn is proving super hard, so I figured I’d start a support group/daily post thread. Urges happen are hard to ignore, but deflecting them here seems doable. Hopefully this doesn’t turn into a relapse thread.

Let me know if this thread already exists I don’t want to be redundant.
I guess I could also just go to nofap but Thundersplace has been such a respectful and awesome community and I want to help attribute to that.

I support this thread!

Honestly, I struggled with porn as a young adult. And, I even tried to incorporate it into my PE routine. Now I can say that the urges are very minimized; however, the weird thing is that I get urges to use it for PE and to measure. To whoever’s is struggling out there, you’re not alone.

Yeah I get this constantly too. I have been using soft core porn as a crutch during my routine. Almost like an incentive to do my routine. I’m worried long term porn use has ruined my imagination sexually and that I need porn to become fully erect for a measuring situation. Hopefully that subsides as I begin to stop using it.

Is anyone able to use porn in moderation? That would be ideal for me but I feel like every time I start letting myself off the hook I just binge for a few days.

Maybe it’s easier to start with a porn routine like 3 off 1 on, so that you have a cheat day but know not to cheat on your off days. Or maybe quitting cold turkey is the only way. Just food for thought.

It’s your journey, but I support it. I struggle, too. I get off real porn, then 2 weeks later, I find some super-mild image that excites me, and then it begins to ramp up from there.

Moderation is a relative term that only you can measure.

If you can control it, then do so. If you can’t, eliminate it.

I use it daily.

Things do change.

I’m at a point where I may start my session with a little porn but honestly I find it more erotic today to close my eyes and think about hot situations I’ve been in with women I’ve been with. It does more for me then watching a fake looking chick with a guy who’s dick looks huge thanks to camera angles. Beside it’s give an unrealistic view on what an actual sexual experience is like with a person not acting.

For me, current-day porn has peaked. It’s Peak Porn. Now that you can see HD 4K super-model porn stars taking rains of hot loads from 12-inch dicks, all while upside-down on trapeze swings… Where do you go from there? One of my most stimulating memories is the “almost” sex experience I had with a fellow grad student decades ago - really. The mind is an amazing thing.

I use porn to keep erect while doing penis pumping.

But I wouldn’t really mind if pornography was banned. I think it’s very true that people use porn as a substitute for sexual relationships, which has disastrous effects when you wake up one day to find you are in your forties alone and your country doesn’t have enough children to sustain itself.

And the porn that’s produced today is becoming increasingly gross anyway. I find myself being unable to watch most of it. It makes me wonder who is actually paying for all this. I find it hard to believe that many people want incest porn, even if it is fictional and the actors aren’t related at all.

Yeah it is hard to quit, been trying to completely kick the habit for several years. For me, it definitely makes a big difference when I stop (mentally) . The only thing that has helped me stop has been using software filters (Screen time w/passcode on IOS and pluckeye for windows). Hanging is the only PE I do now to avoid the temptation.

Thumbs up! Not ready to share but yeah…. I have about cleaned myself up.

Never heard of Pluckeye. Do you like it? My job is 100% Internet-based (home). How would that work?

It works great for me (personal use only), but I probably wouldn’t use it for business use without really testing and understanding how it works. It blocks all images/videos on websites by default, but allows you to pick and choose which websites to allow images on as you come across them (you can always revert back to blocking images). You can also block full websites if you don’t want to read text. The best part is it has a timer that delays how long allowed changes will take. You can start with a short timer and then increase as you get your settings right. Firefox does crash on me at times(this might be an intentional feature), but I don’t mind .

Count on me in your journey!

I’m struggling with porn myself.

I recommend this book: Your brain on porn: The new science of addiction.

Take a look at my thread. It surely will give you some insights.

I’m using a payed internet blocker at my PC and notebook. My smartphone have the same internet blocker, but it has some flaws with Android, so I have to use another one. If one fails, the other backs up.

Feel free to PM me if you want someone to talk directly.

Also, I found out that sharing my story and helping others helps me a lot!!! Don’t be afraid to open up your self. Most guys here are very supportive.

Thanks for the tip off with Pluckeye.