“Alleviated”(day 4 journal)
Day 2
by Alexander
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I am already noticing the positive effects of resisting. At this point I feel very motivated to continue and quit for good. I had a conversation with my girlfriend. She knows about this addiction but I shared with her some of the reasons why exactly I’m quitting. I had been feeling truly disgusted…what am I watching…why am I rewarding myself…I am not sleeping with these girls, so why should I feel the pleasure then… It really becomes clear how harmful pornography is. it’s not natural. And it’s clear the benefits that will come from resisting. To my relationships with my girlfriend and anyone else.
Only been 2 days for me, but already I just have more awareness and respect for girls around me - and just realising all this time how much they're so objectified in modern day culture. One time scrolling through tik tok, I watched one of those compilation vids of hot anime characters (yeah i was quite shameless). Then in the comments I women wrote 'We are not your toys'. That little comment struck me deep. Thinking if I was a women how would I feel all the men around me jacking off too all this shameful content often.