OT: I quit porn
- Thread starter Weagle1492
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Been working 90 to 100 hour weeks for the last 7 weeks so I'm tired. I'm oulde, too. The combination makes it easier not to think about it. Still, the minute I got back from dropping her off at the airport Sunday morning ...
When I was younger, I'd work like that. I'm 43, now. I need my rest. Work nights, I get 5-6 hours. Days off, like 10.
made it about two weeks, thing is I think porn is a masking mechanism for emotional pain, I've done even more research on depression etc. There is a theory that it helps maintain a negative spiral. Idk, I could probably write a short book on all of this. I've found that taking breaks is very beneficial and I continue to do so, but since I've started the longest I've gone is two weeks.
Pretty eye opening when if I could check a box [ ]: never watch porn again
I would.
The more I've read the more I am positive it's absolutely as bad for you as many other addictions, the effects are just more subtle. It creeps into your social life, steals an hour here or there, makes you feel shitty about your partner. Etc.
I think I'm a little different than most anti-porn folks in that I don't think beating off is bad at all. It's all about how porn contributes to so many negative aspects of the psyche.
Plenty of material out there that convinced me it not healthy for you in the long run.
As I've aged, I've found that if I can't get the real thing, it's not the same. I prefer to wait until I'm with a lady.
yeah my thing is I can get it pretty much whenever I want, but I don't want to be in a relationship right now.
