Started reboot, but I have a few questions

Zach1113

New Member
Hello everyone. I am 15 and I have been watching porn since I was 12, and I have definitely noticed its effect on me. After reviewing this site as well as a few others, I have decided to reboot, although I have a few questions.
1.) Is it ok to masturbate to my imagination? You guys said that as long as you aren't getting off to artificial things (i.e. Porn, erotic stories, even Facebook photos, etc.), it's fine. But does imagination count as artificial?
2.) Is it still ok to fantasize? As in, when I am lying in bed or sitting in the car, would it set me back to play out sexual scenarios similar to porn in my head and become aroused by them?
3.) I keep hearing talk of 'porn induced fetishes.' I am what is known as a kinky bastard. I have a multitude of kinks and fetishes, some more taboo and some less (nothing bad, like pedophilia), but unlike most others, I am not disgusted or ashamed of these attractions. In fact, I very much enjoy having them and I don't want them to go away. I just find that they "spice things up," for lack of a better term. Although I seriously doubt that ALL of them are porn induced, because some of them I have found arousing since as early as I can remember, and I never really started out watching normal porn. In my 3+ years of watching porn nearly daily, I have never watched normal porn more than 5 times (and by normal, I mean lesbians, not heterosexual intercourse). I started out with the kinky stuff, and all my other attractions just sort of built from there. I don't know whether this is due to me being exposed to new ideas that I had never thought of before or me building up a tolerance, or both. Most lf my fetishes I really don't want to lose (I have very recently started watching shemale porn. I'd like to get rid of that, but that's really the only one). I suppose my question is this: would you say that, for me, it is likely that I will lose most of my fetishes?
 

Johnsmith

Member
Hi. I feel the same as you like i always had to watch really kinky stuff to get off. Apparantley its because ur brain gets conditioned and so you need harder and rougher porn to get off to.
As for fantasizing i think thats a really bad thing to do cause ur just playing out porn senarios which is just as bad as watching the real thing. Even if its about real girls it can set back ur recovery. When i first started and i know it hasnt been long, but the first thing i learnt was if u wanna beat this thing you have to stay away from all porn and anything resembling it.
I would fantasize a little or look at "non-porn" pics but thats just a trap ur brain is setting to get u to watch porn. Before i knew it, my urges built up so much, i nearly relapsed so i would stay well away from that.
Once you pass the first week mark its not really as hard as youd expect as long as you divert you thoughts if u start thinking about pmo.
Good luck!
 

LoneWolf

Member
Zach1113 said:
1.) Is it ok to masturbate to my imagination? You guys said that as long as you aren't getting off to artificial things (i.e. Porn, erotic stories, even Facebook photos, etc.), it's fine. But does imagination count as artificial?
2.) Is it still ok to fantasize? As in, when I am lying in bed or sitting in the car, would it set me back to play out sexual scenarios similar to porn in my head and become aroused by them?
3.) I keep hearing talk of 'porn induced fetishes.' I am what is known as a kinky bastard. I have a multitude of kinks and fetishes, some more taboo and some less (nothing bad, like pedophilia), but unlike most others, I am not disgusted or ashamed of these attractions. In fact, I very much enjoy having them and I don't want them to go away. I just find that they "spice things up," for lack of a better term. Although I seriously doubt that ALL of them are porn induced, because some of them I have found arousing since as early as I can remember, and I never really started out watching normal porn. In my 3+ years of watching porn nearly daily, I have never watched normal porn more than 5 times (and by normal, I mean lesbians, not heterosexual intercourse). I started out with the kinky stuff, and all my other attractions just sort of built from there. I don't know whether this is due to me being exposed to new ideas that I had never thought of before or me building up a tolerance, or both. Most lf my fetishes I really don't want to lose (I have very recently started watching shemale porn. I'd like to get rid of that, but that's really the only one). I suppose my question is this: would you say that, for me, it is likely that I will lose most of my fetishes?

I) It's not recommended in many ways. Like that:
1 - The person that you're putting in your mind may not consent you to do so.
2 - It can lead to artificial things if you're an addict (It's like a cocaine addicted feeling the cocaine with the hands)
3 - It consumes time
4 - You don't have to make a effort to get a girl and true love

II) It's not ok. The problem is not solid masturbation but seeing porn. When you're fantasizing you activate the path of the addiction, is almost the same as watching it. There's a study but I don't have the link now, sorry.

III) Yes, you'll find the normal sex more attractive than the fetishes. It's not ok to have fetishes, you just started with more hard drugs, that's the difference.

Good luck and welcome. May you reach your objective.
 
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