Hey everyone, I really need help on avoiding watching porn, since this addiction has been with me for so long, but it’s so hard to avoid looking at when I’ve struggled with it for so many years.
some steps you can take to work towards getting rid of this addiction: Seek professional help,consider reaching out to a therapist or counselor who specializes in addiction treatment. They can provide personalized strategies and support tailored to your needs. Join a support group,connecting with others who are going through similar challenges can provide a sense of community and encouragement. Groups like Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) or Porn Addicts Anonymous (PAA) may be helpful. Identify triggers,understanding what triggers the urge to watch porn can help you develop strategies to avoid or cope with these triggers effectively. Replace the habit,find alternative activities to engage in when you feel the urge to watch porn. Exercise, hobbies, mindfulness practices, or spending time with loved ones can be healthy distractions. Set boundaries: create boundaries to limit access to porn, such as installing filters on devices or setting time limits for internet use.
@Anonymous - Nice thank you so much, I’ve tried to get in contact with a therapist, but it’s been hard for cost, and I’ve tried using a app to block with 18 plus apps like ph and x videos and others, but I wish I could set a password for it since at times my urges get the best of me and make me want to search pornography again, but I haven’t been at these social groups so I might try that!!, again thank you so much
@Dave789 Baby go to screen time settings, go to “App Store, games, web” tab, there’s a section that allows you to restrict websites and adult websites. And you can block physical websites by typing in the never allow section
You're welcome. Like many things, avoiding porn needs practice. You weren’t initially this way. Step by step, you can free yourself.Porn ruins Human minds,and you are so brave to understand that, see it, and decide to quit it. Therapy is the first and faster option I mentioned, but you can completely free yourself from it by yourself. I am sure you can do that because you took the first step, which is the decision, and you see it as an addiction. Many people can't see or accept this.Also, during the time you get rid of porn, you can overcome POCD too because I think porn affects those kinds of intrusive thoughts too.
Run away from porn it will ruin your life!!!!!!!
i currently am getting over my period and have been having a horrible flashbacks from some real events. it’s a amalgamation of all of the horrible things i did as a child/young teenager. all of it associated with p0rnography + sexual activities i did. i was exposed to sexual activity very young and it lead me down a dark path. i’ve had OCD forever it seems. it’s hard because i can see that i’ve had OCD symptoms since childhood but i constantly doubt wether or not my actions where because of OCD or something i genuinely wanted/was attracted to. i can’t seem to differentiate the two and it’s scaring me. i’m worried i was genuinely into the kind of stuff and it’s constantly flashing in my mind the last two days of things i compulsively did years ago. to be absolutely clear it has been years since i’ve even thought about those taboo things or saw anything of that sort. i’m talking 5 or 6 years give or take. it still feels like yesterday. in recent years i’ve completely pulled away from p0rn and now find it and s3x a lot less appealing. but every so often i get these intense flashbacks on things i did or saw or thought and it puts everything on hold. everything im interested in gets but on the back burner in fear of my intrusive thoughts being thrown into the mix. currently experiencing that now. im mortified of ruining everything i love because of these stupid thoughts. does anyone have any advice or experience with this specifically and have any tips???
I'm 17 years old I struggle with addiction I have a problem when I masterbate I have intrusive thoughts idk if I think them I'm so scared also back then I know when I was younger I looked at obscure things hentai all that my idk what to do even I feel like I'm a monster or im a bad person I need help I feel so distraught I feel like I can't live life to the fullest anymore even from last year I looked at content that was animated but it had a character in it that was underage I felt so ashamed and felt like a monster I had a compulsion to check it only to find out they are not around my age range idk what to do I probably sound like a freak I'm sorry I'm always trying to replay my memory and try to remember my intention and what I was doing how I come across how I was doing a action yk all that
I am a girl's in my twenties. I got diagnosed with OCD last year. I have a boyfriend, sadly we're long distance right now. I've liked boys all my life. It's very difficult to sustain intimacy in a long distance relationship. Sometimes I have intimate calls with my boyfriend and it's nice. Other times, however, (and I am not proud of it) I do watch porn. I started watching porn when I was 16. I've tried to quit it many times but every couple of weeks I go back to it. And as everyone knows, one of the MANY problems with it is that your brain will always ask for more. More taboo things, more explicit things. I have a daddy kink. I've roleplayed with my boyfriend and watched porn of this kink. Now, the thing is that my brain keeps telling me that I won't orgasm unless I think of little girls being ab*sed. I've never looked for that on the internet, I never want to either. I am under EXTREME DISTRESS, because what my brain tells me feels SO REAL, and it's like my pleasure gets blocked and that contributes to me thinking my brain must be right. It wasn't like this before. I want to go back. I'm scared it will be like this forever now.
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