Hi my names Steve I watched porn from 15 years old to 19 very often most days then again a lot from 24 -28 but then I stopped and life got much better I recently relapsed and watched 10 times in 10 days but am now trying for a year without. If I just replace the behaviour with something else it is better that means leaving the computer in the sitting room or somewhere you wouldn't use it for porn, and going out or exercise or walking a dog. I would only do it when alone and would never need it or want it in a relationship. I have watched tons of videos on this anyone else going through something similar?
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Chaos Mind
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In that way you are definitively different to many other users here. The addiction does not discriminate what's appropriate and what's not. No love of any woman could make me forget about porn. Because these are two different worlds and one could never be good enough to make the other one become obsolete.
Still it is an issue for you, as I see. Maybe porn has become a substitute for real life emotions. When in a relationship you receive so much of good emotions you don't find it necessary to PMO. But then when that love is gone, you need something else that gets you up. The risk is: one day you could choose porn over real life girls. Porn is always there, it does not let you down, it does not quit, it does not say "not today, honey", it does not fight with you over crusty pots waiting in the kitchen. But also, it's not real.
You're doing good in staying away from it. Today you might be able to control when you watch it and when not. Tomorrow you might be not. You will see it's easier for you to stop than for many others here. But that doesn't mean it's a cake walk.
Quit. Now.