Porn is mostly not reality
Porn is fine, I don’t have a problem with it but I do feel like it would be helpful to not overly rely on it. I’d enjoy being able to develop my ability to mentally fantasize.
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porn is okay, just need to learn how to regulate it and experience more hands on activities without the fantasies
Porn is fine just don’t beat yourself up for watching and don’t watch it all the time. And don’t watch graphic porn. Porn is everywhere on social media and it’s messing up our brains thinking too much about what’s going on in others peoples lives rather than focusing on yourself
I never thought porn was bad but as I let shame take over my life I started to hate myself for it. That is changing as i finally process these feelings
It has been a daily part of my life, and when I began a new relationship I realised how much it desensitised me from intimacy. I just need to learn to have a more healthy relationship with porn.
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I watch porn and masturbate daily, I often hear it linked to delayed ejaculation which I do suffer from. I know that if I don’t masturbate for a few days and I edge then I can archive a higher volume of cum, but it doesn’t make it easier to orgasm.
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I feel the exact same way! It’s reassuring to know my problems aren’t unique to me.
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It has been a daily thing since I was 18, or even younger, I can stop for some days even weeks, but the pleasure to come back is more intense and enjoyable. I’m 30 and most of my life I’ve been single and shy and “not desirable” by women, and also I struggle with my bisexuality - porn is my way to let all frustration go. I’m Christian and shouldn’t be doing also, religion right?… anyway, it is what it is
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I felt that we had to look and perform a certain way during sex. Porn gave me false images of how I should be. Apply it to the real world and I couldn’t perform because it didn’t look like porn. Changing my mindset has helped.
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The one thing that freaks me out about porn is that my erection comes easier and harder when I’m watching it compared to when I’m with a partner. I see how porn may not be necessarily unhealthy for me, but I’m definitely more comfortable with it than I am with a partner.
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I have been watching porn compulsively for years now. It was a daily habit, and difficult to abstain from for more than a few days. Now, I can go days to a few weeks without watching porn, but the urge to come back to it always comes back eventually. I just would like to get to the point where watching porn comes from a choice to do so instead of a compulsion.
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I always enjoyed porn it’s an easy fix and you can skip the parts you don’t like but my wife had a problem with me watching it so I haven’t master baited to porn in over a year. I’m not going to lie I miss the easy relief and the dirty thoughts that seemed to keep me excited
I’ve been watching porn since I was about the age of 10. I’m now 34, and get off while watching porn daily. I’m also a photographer so a lot of my fantasies are fueled by explicit video and imagery. As a gay man sex isn’t hard to find but staying hard has been. I’m open to new ways of interacting with porn if it means steamier real life connections.
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The point on the errction enhancing drugs is something I knew but needed to read
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I didn’t realize that a 20 min scene would take 4-8 hours to film… and it’s a great reminder that even pornstars aren’t doing it how it gets portrayed… they’re editing together a full days work to warp everyone’s perception of what should be happening during sex
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Completely unrealistic representation of actual sex and performance…good reminder!
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It is good to be reminded of the realities of what goes into porn and how that differs greatly from how we engage with our partners.
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That there is no true link to porn and addiction. That maybe the thought of being addicted is in my head and isn’t helping me with my problems.
I consider myself an addict, since if I go two days without seeing him I start to get irritated. I thought I wasn’t bad until things got worse in my marriage. I’d like to be able to quit forever. I enjoy sex more while doing it than watching it.