masturbating to girlfriend on webcam: advice needed

[tundramd]

Hi forum,
Last night I masturbated and ejaculated while watching my girlfriend play with her boobs on webcam. Would this hurt my recovery from porn addiction?? I feel like I have a hangover today, so the feeling is not too good
Any comments welcomed!!

- Tundramd

 

[Anthony B]

            I think it would. Think about it... You just pleasured yourself to the point of ejaculation to pixels on a screen. How is this different than porn? It doesn't matter if it your girlfriend or some random pornstar on the screen, your brain is going to perceive it as the same thing. The hangover feeling is just your body trying to recover. Ejaculation is the most energetically taxing function that the body has so it takes time to recuperate. I'd say to steer clear from ANY artificial sexual stimulation, even if you're not sure if it is okay or not. It's better not to be on the fence about something like pornography addiction or any addiction for that matter

        Cheers

 

[tundramd]

thankyou for your reply!! today i feel the same as if it was webcam porn, i think it will be wise to not do it again. Good luck on your journey of reboot!!

 

[Mart71]

This is kind of a grey area, since it involves our real life partners. It is the same with our SO sending us explicit pics, sexting, dirty talk on the phone/in chats. We are actually interacting with real persons here, but the actions are very similar to porn use or rather arousal by porn. Of course our SO is not a porn actor, but on our side it at least also fires up our "porn pathways" due to the at least partially artificial stimulation.

So yeah, the prudent thing is to stay away from that during recovery.

Ejaculation is the most energetically taxing function that the body has so it takes time to recuperate.

I feel a little bit more exhausted after a two hour run, a good lifting session or a hard day's work with manual labour - than after an O. Sure, it does take quite some energy to produce sperm, but to say it is depleting our body of so much energy is a bit of an overstatement imo. ; )