Porn addiction

[Mi****]

Ladies and gentlemen who are not addicted to porn, what are your thoughts on people being addicted to porn?

[6o****]

Once I learned about the mechanisms of habituation, my porn habits changed.

Habits are the water we swim in. Porn creates an echo chamber within the aquarium of our daily lives to the degree that we let it.

[Le****]

Why do we say people are 'addicted' to pornography? We need to eat and I just wish hunger could be cured by rubbing my stomach.

[ok****]

Anything that makes you feel good can be addictive.

[Mi****]

Really never gave it thought.That's their thing

[Deleted Member]

Il take a porn habit over crack any day! But as for what I think of others. I don't. I hope every one is happy with life.

[Curiously_Exploring]

Genuine addictions aren't fun for those who are affected by a person's addiction.
Addicts constantly crave their next fix, and they can't consider the feelings of anyone else as a result.
I've been affected by a former partner's prescription medication addiction, and I had several family members lose everything (including the trust of their loved ones) through gambling addiction.

If, however, someone just *really* likes porn and is fully in control of when and where they watch it, that's not a problem in my eyes.

[Mi****]

22 minutes ago, 6onmy9 said:

Once I learned about the mechanisms of habituation, my porn habits changed.

Habits are the water we swim in. Porn creates an echo chamber within the aquarium of our daily lives to the degree that we let it.

Not sure I follow

[pi****]

Stop putting so many words on my porn page please

[fo****]

Kirk Franklin said he used to be addicted to it *** I just wanted to say that lol

[ju****]

Curious as to how you define porn addiction? I watch often, even daily. But is that what you consider addiction?

[Ba****]

As long as its not getting in the way of your life 🤷‍♂️

[li****]

Screw them coming

[So****]

Seems sad to be that dependent on porn. On another note, I've always wondered about the people who comment on porn videos. 😂

[ho****]

It's worse than meth and heroin let alone worse as smoking cigarettes cigars

[de****]

I'm sorry for porn addicts. In my experience it just made real life experiences less intense and more dull and made me develop a really unrealistic idea of what sex was supposed to be like for myself.
Like any addiction there's also a biochemical component to it. Chasing rushes and highs at a neurotic pace will always lead to transmitters as serotonin releasing less and less and also the receptors for these to get less and less reactive.
So if we're talking about a real addiction (which of course can be the case for porn too) you're just making life and sex worse for yourself

[6o****]

38 minutes ago, MisterSatisfaction said:

Not sure I follow

“Until you make the *** conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” -CG Jung

I mean, when you want a cup of coffee, you get the cup of coffee, but overcoming addiction requires a person to figure out *why* they want the proverbial cup of coffee, if you replace coffee with porn, and the only person who can answer that is you.

[Yu****]

Easily one of the most detrimental addictions solely based off that it’s extremely accessible.

[cu****]

It distances you from life and enters in your head like a poison

[de****]

Why did my comment get deleted lol

[Deleted Member]

I think it’s natural for the brain to find ways to cope with difficult life stressors. There’s many ways humans do so that give us the “high” or numb us that helps get through life. Some addictions are more socially acceptable than others and some people are more prone to addiction than others. I don’t think the Universe would have us go through life playing bumper cars with no skin on, so there’s different ways to cope and protect us while we get through.

My thoughts are that I don’t judge. We’re all humans just trying to make it through this journey the best we can.

[Mi****]

56 minutes ago, just_s said:

Curious as to how you define porn addiction? I watch often, even daily. But is that what you consider addiction?

Being dependent on it and not being able to break free from it. I have a strong libido and no outlet to satiate it. Not being very sexually attractive to women means no sex life, and so it’s like porn becomes my only way of having any kind of sex life and so it’s dependency rather than choice. Like it’s either porn dependency or try to crush my libido so I can go on with my life without my libido getting in the way since that strong libido is leading to porn obsession which is where I go to and end up feeling even less confident in my desirability to women and more aware of how sexy guys actually get to have their libido met and even appreciated in real life while my only outlet is porn.

Hopefully that answers your question. Thanks for your reply

[Deleted Member]

Speaking from a female point of view, if they just enjoy it then so be it but some addicts will crave something more and bring it to the real world and push for it, that’s when it gets out of hand

[Mr-Beard]

1 hour ago, just_s said:

Curious as to how you define porn addiction? I watch often, even daily. But is that what you consider addiction?

It will vary from person to person

Take a break and see how you feel. If “you can stop at any time but just do not want to” it is already a warning sign for you.

Is it affecting your personal life and relationships. Where it can develop.

Are you asking yourself a question’s like: hmm I wonder could I spend this time differently? Or: How I ended up watching this sick shit ;)

First victim of most addictions is truth - lying to others but most importantly to yourself.

Slippery slope - I am saying this as someone who been there.

[Ra****]

Well in my past, I'd say there was a couple positive sides .. it made me more interested and curious about exploring my sexuality .. but it's so easy to fall into the dopamine trap, and as a younger man in my early 20s, it definitely negatively influenced my expectations of how wild and uninhibited a hookup or first date should be right away...
I dont watch it much anymore, but I have noticed if something stressful happens, or I'm having a bad week...my brain craves the dopamine rush in the same way as needing a cigarette or a drink