My old programming from the church and childhood brought a lot of shame to my life. I’ve finally bygone to get over this.
The porn I watch and sexual experiences Ive had makes me feel shame. It’s hard to not think about these things when I’m in a sexual experience with a new person
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I’ve been watching porn ever since I was a pre-teen, it’s helpful to know it’s not damaging my brain like a lot of nofap communities suggest.
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I agree 100%, real people are better than anything on a screen
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Made it a habit out of curiosity which makes it feel like I can’t kick it to the curb on my own, but glad to know there are ways to help with that
All I know is for awhile I would have to watch some off the wall porn to get off. Not so much anymore.
I would like to completely get away from porn. For many reason but I really want to turn to my wife and enjoy her and our love rather than porn
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I have un-learned the teachings of the church. I really like porn. It has enhanced sex with my wife
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I want to be able to wnjoy my partner more than I do porn
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I want to be able to have romanticized times with my partner without having to wonder off elsewhere or speculate.
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It simply makes me feel bad afterwards, yet maybe it shouldn’t
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I started watching porn as I thought that it would help with my ED issue, but as time went on, I didn’t realize the shame that I felt was actually making my ED worse. This led me to self-sooth more to try and overcome my anxiety and stress instead of trying to reconnect and have sex with my partner. I was scared of how she would react if I couldn’t perform again, so it was safer for me to go solo instead.
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I use it as a release for when my wife won’t have sex with me. I think that creates problems because she rarely wants to have sex with me so I’m conditioned to take care of business regularly. Then I’m not responsive when she’s in the mood once every three months.
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It’s good to me to know I don’t have to get rid of it completely, unless I want to. I don’t think it needs to be in my life but over time.
I think porn use may be partially a cause for the ED I suffered a few days ago with a new partner, after not having had sex for a few years. but also pressure and anxiety about the encounter I knew was coming.
You can! Fantasy’s the way!
I started watching porn from a young age which gave me a unrealistic expectation of sex. As I’ve got older I’ve tried to give up porn completely, but I always manage to keep watching it occasionally which makes me feel like shit
Porn made me think I needed to get hard immediately and stay hard for 45 minutes. When my body didn’t respond to what I saw in porn it made me feel less of a man.
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I was introduced to pornography at the age of 6 by my stepdad. It messed me up in my way of thinking, and I have anxiety to this day
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It just confirmed that what I already thought that p*** is healthy and good it’s something that I should implicate in my maybe daily but definitely weekly routine more often!