It took me 3 years to quit porn. I started watching porn when i was very young. I didn’t realize how damaging it would be on my brain, my relationships, and my life. But i never gave up. I downloaded this app and it says 2 day streak but i have been porn free for 2 months now with no desire of going back.
It took a lot of falling, countless, countless relapses, losing faith and having to regain it, journaling, meditation, and countless hours of consuming information about the brain and addiction and how dopamine works. 3 years of trial and error and methodically petting attention to the thoughts that made me relapse so they couldn’t make me relapse the next time.
I will sing praises for alternative medicine. Ashwaghanda + Free and Easy Wanderer combo essentially got rid of stress and helped me control the urge to watch porn when i was stressed out emotionally overwhelmed.
Understanding porn was a drug. That’s what it is. It’s a drug just like cocaine and heroine and once i reframed it from “I’m a porn user” to “im addicted to a drug”, my brain just didn’t want to do it anymore.
On the same note. Understanding the power of DESIRE. I realized i wanted to masturbate and watch porn. Maybe not consciously but subconsciously, i liked what i was looking at, and the feeling it gave me and that outweighed the feelings of guilt and shame afterwards. I DESIRED to do it. Once i reframed my thoughts from “i need to quit” to “i want to quit “, i also saw lots of improvement.
Talking about it. I don’t mean online. Tell someone you care about that you’re struggling. I did it with my best friend, and he was there and it helped me quit. Telling anonymously online is great and it provides support, but the connection and support required for long term abstinence is non existent.
Future self visualization changed my life. I videoed myself in the future having quit.
Patience, don’t give up. It will come one day. I had relapsed more times than k can count.
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It took me 3 years to quit porn. I started watching porn when i was very young. I didn’t realize how damaging it would be on my brain, my relationships, and my life. But i never gave up. I downloaded this app and it says 2 day streak but i have been porn free for 2 months now with no desire of going back. It took a lot of falling, countless, countless relapses, losing faith and having to regain it, journaling, meditation, and countless hours of consuming information about the brain and addiction and how dopamine works. 3 years of trial and error and methodically petting attention to the thoughts that made me relapse so they couldn’t make me relapse the next time. I will sing praises for alternative medicine. Ashwaghanda + Free and Easy Wanderer combo essentially got rid of stress and helped me control the urge to watch porn when i was stressed out emotionally overwhelmed. Understanding porn was a drug. That’s what it is. It’s a drug just like cocaine and heroine and once i reframed it from “I’m a porn user” to “im addicted to a drug”, my brain just didn’t want to do it anymore. On the same note. Understanding the power of DESIRE. I realized i wanted to masturbate and watch porn. Maybe not consciously but subconsciously, i liked what i was looking at, and the feeling it gave me and that outweighed the feelings of guilt and shame afterwards. I DESIRED to do it. Once i reframed my thoughts from “i need to quit” to “i want to quit “, i also saw lots of improvement. Talking about it. I don’t mean online. Tell someone you care about that you’re struggling. I did it with my best friend, and he was there and it helped me quit. Telling anonymously online is great and it provides support, but the connection and support required for long term abstinence is non existent. Future self visualization changed my life. I videoed myself in the future having quit. Patience, don’t give up. It will come one day. I had relapsed more times than k can count.