I’ve always told myself I could quit when I wanted. I lasted 1 day and 16 hours. The boredom and alone time AT WORK is what triggers my urges. Any time I’m in the bathroom or isolated from others, it feels IMPOSSIBLE to say no. Any advice on how to combat these feelings?
It defers from person to person. I asked my girlfriend to write a message in my phone that I look at each time I’m tempted, I play a game on my phone, I listen to music, try anything and everything. You can do it, we’re all here for you
I don't know if it ill help you but what helps for me is talking with people or just socializing online or something to kind of forget the urge of porn.
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I was listening to the "Solved" podcast and their episode about procrastination. Indirectly it helped me with this issue. Procrastination is an emotional regulation problem. The prospect of a given task feels bad, so you try to feel better by avoiding it. I think for me porn became a procrastination strategy. You do it because you're experiencing unpleasant boredom and you're reaching for the first thing you can think of to make the feeling go away. But you don't have to. Just be bored. It doesn't hurt you.