Advantages of quitting porn

[secretshine Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close secretshine]

the problem I have with porn is it IS A DISTRACTION from your partner. I am seeing someone now, so I'd rather save up my energy/horniness for when I see her, right? also, I joke to her that if she was looking at videos of guy's dicks as much as I USED TO look at porn, I wouldn't like that. she doesn't watch porn, as she likes to think of me/us when she masturbates, and when I masturbate, which is like once a week, it's more fun to think of our past experiences, or fantasize about US, not watch strangers have sex. It totally steals your vital energy.

[secretshine Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close secretshine]

I lost my eq when I wasn't watching porn, then when I was I'd be hard as a rock, and I was like "wait till my girlfriend gets this", then when I'd see her days later, it was night and day. that is cause it is night and day. there's porn world and real world. porn in moderation probably isn't destructive, but I have cut it out completely to see the benefit. I already have like a semi erection just randomly during the day, that never happened before, due to masturbation wearing me out. I also have moments of getting erect by thinking about my girl or seeing someone I find attractive in the real world, that also hasn't happened in years. this will always be a tough argument, but truth is, porn makes you see sex from a distance, cause you see it on a screen, this takes you out of reality, then when you are actually with a girl, your brain doesn't have that sense of urgency cause "I can jack off when I get home", so you always have an alternative to really being with a living person, that's not a healthy alternative.

[secretshine Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close secretshine]

yeah, I quit over a week ago, feel better, but EQ is strange. spending time with my girlfriend this weekend, so I think once I'm with a FEMALE it will be different. It's a strange test to sit in a room, try to make your penis rock hard and freak out when thoughts alone don't do it! I feel good, that's the point.

[secretshine Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close secretshine]

it's tough though, cause I saw porn as a warm up till I saw my girl, but that's not real. I will see how I feel this weekend when I see her again. I think a warm loving body is a great erection helper, lol.

[savantelite Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close savantelite]

Porn is so easy, available, and fun. You will consistently enjoy yourself. However, it can fuck you up with real woman. Just start with the time frame. Porn takes almost no time to get aroused and get it done. Compare that to a real woman you may be courting. Even if she really likes you, its unlikely that you will be knocking one out with her in ten minutes. And the timing may be the worst part, porn can get us amped up so quickly after you see something sexy, your brain goes into wacking off autopilot, aka socially creepy mode.

[enthusiasticbanana Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close enthusiasticbanana]

I'm new around here and I'm struggling with the same thing. I'm 22 years old and i cant remember a time where i wasn't watching porn or something similar. I watched it everyday, 365 days a year, once or twice a day since i was 13 maybe? could even be younger. I've been trying to give it up for about a month now. I haven't even made it a week yet. 4 days is my maximum... How sad and I've even got a girlfriend (Long distance though - i see her once a week) I'm trying to be optimistic. I'm now pretty sure its a full-blown addiction

[savantelite Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close savantelite]

I'm new around here and I'm struggling with the same thing. I'm 22 years old and i cant remember a time where i wasn't watching porn or something similar. I watched it everyday, 365 days a year, once or twice a day since i was 13 maybe? could even be younger. I've been trying to give it up for about a month now. I haven't even made it a week yet. 4 days is my maximum... How sad and I've even got a girlfriend (Long distance though - i see her once a week) I'm trying to be optimistic. I'm now pretty sure its a full-blown addiction

Try just giving it up for the weekends. No porn Friday through Sunday. The first week is very hard, but it gets easier. I still love porn, and enjoy seeing it, but I just try to not wack off to it anymore.

[experimentor Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close experimentor]

I'm on my no porn kick now too. I gave in the other day to get a drunk nut, but I havent watched porn in about a week. twice in 2 wks.

[secretshine Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close secretshine]

porn is a tough cookie indeed. I find if I can masturbate once in the week, at the furthest point from seeing my girl again, I'm good. I see her on the weekend, then like sunday or monday, then I like the build up during the week till we embrace again. but it is tough cause it can become a crutch and a place you put more of your sexual energy, which is a bad place to be in mentally, I was like that years ago for years.

[chineseguy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close chineseguy]

I found it hard to quit porn when I didn't know it was an addition, and thought it was just something I liked to do. When I tried to quit before, I would start up again thinking, "what's the harm?" Then when I read somewhere that it's an addition affecting millions of men who are now suffering from ED and porn dependance, I went cold-turkey, and it was easy; I don't even miss it. I still jerk-off when I get the urge, but it's in the bathroom, which I never could do when I was porn-addicted because I had ED and no imagination. Now I get a boner if I see some cleavage.

[mrimalive1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mrimalive1]

I am now wondering if my eq isn't as high as it should be because of the porn I watch during my sessions.Even tho I never have a orgasm during the sessions(save it for my wife)I notice that my eq isn't top notch during intercourse either.I also now noticed how I am looking for different types of porn because I get tired of 1type of porn.I went from a fetish of seen woman squirt,to woman using dildos and machines to squirt ,to now find my self wanting to see woman cream on penises.Also I had to think about that during sex the other day.i thought if I used it in moderation I would be ok but now I know I am wrong.

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

I am now wondering if my eq isn't as high as it should be because of the porn I watch during my sessions.Even tho I never have a orgasm during the sessions(save it for my wife)I notice that my eq isn't top notch during intercourse either.I also now noticed how I am looking for different types of porn because I get tired of 1type of porn.I went from a fetish of seen woman squirt,to woman using dildos and machines to squirt ,to now find my self wanting to see woman cream on penises.Also I had to think about that during sex the other day.i thought if I used it in moderation I would be ok but now I know I am wrong.

Are you noticing any difficulty in ejaculating on command (or within a desired time frame)?

While there may or may not be a psychological mechanism involved, it's worth noting that your preferred choice of porn involves female ejaculation- while you deprive yourself of that act during your porn masturbation session.

[kak03 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kak03]

For those who have problems quiting porn I would recommend a change of scenery. Watch porn on your computer? Dont spend time near your computer. Get out and do stuff. Workout, socialize, go to work, library, whatever. Just do stuff. Maybe sign up for evning classes. If you REALLY have a problem quitting you should do something more drastic and go away from your home for a few months. Go somewhere where you are either never alone or dont have access to the internet. Sign up for some camp for adults where you go on a planned trip out in the wild with lots of people or something. Another idea could be to actually arange something like that. Get on a noporn forum and start a thread looking for likeminded people in your area, or areas not too far away, and try to arange a long lasting getaway with them. You and the gang can spend a month or so camping or doing some other activity away from society. If you´re in highschool or college you will soon have summer vacation. Use that time to get away from your adiction.

[Big Al AdministratorPEGym EditorMale Enhancement Coach Rep.PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Big Al]

For those who have problems quiting porn I would recommend a change of scenery. Watch porn on your computer? Dont spend time near your computer. Get out and do stuff. Workout, socialize, go to work, library, whatever. Just do stuff. Maybe sign up for evning classes. If you REALLY have a problem quitting you should do something more drastic and go away from your home for a few months. Go somewhere where you are either never alone or dont have access to the internet. Sign up for some camp for adults where you go on a planned trip out in the wild with lots of people or something. Another idea could be to actually arange something like that. Get on a noporn forum and start a thread looking for likeminded people in your area, or areas not too far away, and try to arange a long lasting getaway with them. You and the gang can spend a month or so camping or doing some other activity away from society. If you´re in highschool or college you will soon have summer vacation. Use that time to get away from your adiction.

Perhaps it's my age showing, but it is a bit disconcerting seeing people sitting together in parks, restaurants, etc. and not talking to each other but glued to their devices.

[DemandPerfection1995 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close DemandPerfection1995]

I second, mildly arousing axe commercials made my dick hard for the week i managed to stay off porn... Its weird... Imagine when you were young, before you'd watched porn... When you fucked pillows and shit.... It's like that <_<.