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Healthy Sex Involves a lot More Emotions
I used to wonder why I felt depressed after a porn viewing session ending in orgasm. I discovered it was for a few reasons. First off I would just feel down because I slipped up yet again. Second I would feel physically low because my dopamine levels were very high during the porn viewing but [...]
How Wholesome Human Connections Make Porn Less Attractive
There have been girls I have seen in every day life that I have lusted and fantasized about. However I noticed something very interesting. Whenever I got a chance to talk to, get to know, and even become friends with the her I would stop fantasizing or fantasize less about that particular girl. It was [...]
Why Can’t I Just Look at Pictures of Non-Nude Women?
I wrote about this before but I had some more thoughts on it. I can’t tell you how many times my looking at porn started with looking at pictures of women who were either fully clothed or in a bikini or lingerie. Almost without fail the next step would be looking at naked women or [...]
Having a Hard Time Starting Your Recovery? Try a Media Fast
We’ve all felt stuck in a rut and I’m not exception. There have been times when I really wanted to change something in my life but I really felt stuck and lacked any good ideas to get started. For example, I wanted to stop viewing porn but I felt like I could not even get [...]
Why its Hard to Quit Porn if You are Struggling With Other Addictions
I will speak from personal experience here. I found that it was difficult to overcome porn addiction while having a problem with alcohol at the same time. It actually took me years to realize this because I was convinced they were separate and unrelated. However, I learned that they were related and making the recovery [...]
Overcoming Porn May Be More Gradual Than Overcoming Other Addictions
This post, in a way relates to my prior post in which I discussed weaning yourself off of porn. I said that from experience it is better to go cold turkey than to try weaning yourself off because its too easy to justify looking at more explicit material when you start looking at less explicit [...]
Is it Possible to Wean Yourself off of Porn?
The short answer is yes but it is a risky approach. Yes you can look at less porn, as far as quantity, over time. Also you can look as less graphic things over time. The problem comes when try to decide what the completely free of porn point is. Not only that but it is [...]
Knowing the truth about porn helps you overcome
One of the reasons I used to enjoy viewing porn was because I believed the actors and actresses were really enjoying themselves and the lifestyle that comes with working in porn. It turns out I was very wrong and the truth changed the way I look at porn forever. I was really living in a [...]
The Day I Learned Porn Viewing is More About the Chemical Rush
I used to think I was addicted to porn because I just had a crazy sex drive or loved looking at women. That was until I started to quit viewing it and experienced withdrawal symptoms. So I looked into the brain chemistry behind being hooked on porn and I was surprised at what I found. [...]
When looking at women with clothes on is a bad idea
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told myself I can just look at pictures of girls that have clothes on instead of porn and I eventually end up looking at porn anyway. I mean I would rationalize that looking at girls in bikinis or skimpily dressed celebrities was not as bad then that [...]