Porn has been a major source of guilt and shame for me for years. I’m thus trying to move forward minimizing my porn consumption as I feel more pleasure and better about myself generally when masturbating without it. I’m trying not to beat myself up for feeling aroused by it whilst recognizing that it’s healthier for me to minimise and eliminate consumption of it. Ethical porn could be a beneficial avenue. This is heavy and difficult stuff to delve into and share so I want to sincerely thank you all for your courage and solidarity in sharing your perspectives. We deserve to be proud of ourselves for the inner work we’re all doing, whatever that may look like for each of us.
There’s nothing wrong with you. It’s just that there’s so much and it’s so accessible. If our cell phones were capable of making any drink in the world free of charge at any time, many people would have drinking problems.
I use it for stress relief and I think consistently using it was damaging my sexual relationship. I intend to use different Activites including not always visual stimulation when horny and not try to avoid using it as a stress relief method
I really cut back on my porn watching months ago because I thought it was causing my erection problems. Now I know it was just how I was feeling about the porn that was causing my issues.