There’s the other side of shame. When I watch porn of well endowed men who last 20 minutes or more, my feelings of inadequacy rear up I hurt myself mentally thinking, as a person who is less endowed, I could never get a woman to orgasm with my dick. Thus the shame of feeling inadequate.
I would like to drastically reduce the amount of porn I consume if not all of it.
To completely stop
Stop watching and masturbating to porn - cold turkey.
My interest in Porn is to help sustain an erection, when if fact because of religious and personal concerns with porn, it’s use multiplies my erection problem. I want to be free of viewing it.
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I think I use pornography and masturbation as a coping mechanism to deal with stress.
I feel like it’s become habit when I’m stressed or anxious about my next day at work. But I have found myself doing when I’m bored at home .
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I crave watching porn as a stress release
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Feels like a little dessert/game at the end of the day. It’s like a routine that can help me release stress
This has shifted my understanding about why I watch porn.
i still feel ashamed but it’s interesting
It hurts my wife… I do my best to avoid it. It tends to make regular sex boring.
I’m interested in becoming shame free with regard to porn and masturbation. That probably means avoiding unethical (free) porn but not all porn.
I was introduced to porn by an older guy when I was in middle school. And I was molested. Since then I have been watching it. Now I’m turning 30, I am a successful guy financially. But physically, I am weak, and emotionally stressed. I feel anxiety, and I haven’t had sexual partner ever. Tried once but ED happened. It was the FIRST TIME.. I had unrealistic expectations for myself. I am now on my journey to heal. It’s never too late. I have quit watching porn and I’m not shameful to admit that I was influenced by it.
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The fact is that it hurts my wife if I am able to maintain an erection with porn but not with her. I want to stop it mostly and the way to do that is to deal with my issues
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I definitely use it to calm down anxiety/ as a way to destress but given that i feel it is taking away from sex with my wife I feel I need to build habits to find other ways to unwind
I think it’s making my sexual fantasy mind lazy
Porn is not an accurate representation of sex and you don’t need to feel embarrassed or ashamed for watching it
Also porn is not an accurate representation of real sex in real life
It always feels too third partyish, like you’re on the outside looking in. So not real when you’re actually with a girl. Also I think it makes you feel worse and can lead you to jerk off too much where you’re desensitized