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Why do I continue?

Day 0
by Ethan
63 upvotes

For a long time I thought my excessive masturbation and porn use was a symptom of my extreme loneliness. For my entire preteen and teen life I never had any friends, nor for this entire time did I have much interaction with girls or women. When I did try to speak to women in my teen years I was not well received. Flash forward to now I have much or less figured all of that out and I have friends and a girlfriend. But I continue with this compulsion. Sex with my girlfriend is so much better than anything porn has to offer. So my question is why? Why do I continue?

Comments (2)
Daniel 198d ago

It’d be smart to identify what your triggers are. It could be stress that’s triggers it, a life style change, being complacent. really focus on what is going on that causes those feelings. Once’s you identify the triggers then you can take steps to combat them. Hope this helps! Godspeed brother!

Michael Vazquez198d ago

I can relate to the sex with a significant other feeling better than what porn can offer. But to answer your question to the best of my ability, I believe the compulsion to continue watching is due to its capability to reduce stress. Relationships no matter how good or bad they are will cause some sort of stress, as well as your job and just day to day life things. So porn is specifically designed to target those who experience stress on a level in which they require something to relieve their stress. So in order to stop porn you’re likely going to need to find another outlet for your stress to be relieved.

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