Learn to just sit with unpleasant feelings
Day 0
by Ben
115 upvotes
Those sensations of frustration, loneliness, or whatever it is that triggers you, it is OKAY to just sit with it. Observe the emotion. Don't identify with it. It will pass. You will remain.
Exactly this. For some years now porn i have used porn to cover up difficult feelings. Accepting them and working with them is hard but also revelatory. It seems easier to resist when I acknowledge the real source of my desires - not actually desire but just covering up pain.