MY THOUGHTS
I keep seeing lots of posts on “Can I masturbate without porn?” and related things. I thought I’d offer my two cents. Porn is a terrible habit. But so is masturbation. The two usually go hand-in-hand. Our brains have been so conditioned to watch porn and jack off and so if you try to cut one habit whilst sticking with the other, your brain is naturally gonna revert to old habits. Imagine everytime you go to the beer garden and have a few drinks, you join your mates for a smoke. Now you decide to stop smoking for your health. Well everytime you go back to that beer garden, you’re gonna impulsively want a cigarette. Your brain has associated the two with the dopamine responses you get from combining the two - just like porn and jacking it. Cut porn out completely. Cut masturbation out completely. Get off social media and dating apps if you can help it. Replace them with healthy habits like the gym and reading and prayer if you’re spiritually inclined. You’ve got this, guys and gals!
Exactly, Anna. This app seems to be focused on avoiding porn (which is fantastic) but there needs to be more on cutting out masturbation. Sex is sacred and like you say, God intended it for as a gift to married men and women.