Discussion Do you have a porn addiction? / Mental health check in

[RyNandfhs7CF]

I've been doing everything "correctly" recently in preparation for my finals - eating clean and healthy, 1hr of exercise a day, no alcohol/drugs, studying and reading, sleep 9 hours, etc. but in spite of this I've been more addicted to porn than ever before.

I'm thinking my good health has just increased my libido, and because of my ascetic way of living, I don't really talk to women so porn is a good outlet.

 

[Jerome3]

Idk if i count as having an addiction. Like i just went 6 or 7 days with out jacking off (no sex either). But then I have days where I go at it twice. Ive been trying to consume less, but I'm single so not like Im doing it for anyone other than me. My dick does still work in action last i checked, so long as I've had a day sence my last fap.

 

[aaa2aaa2aaa3]

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I'm currently in the process of trimming my watched list from 6 to 3 pages. Let's hope I succeed

(Update: I did it)

 

[Thotamusprime]

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oh wow, me over here with 28 pages of watched threads... most are dead threads or requests though.

 

[aaa2aaa2aaa3]

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Do a cleanup tbh

Also I went from almost 350gb of vids in my hard drive to just over (edit: under) 270gb, so as lurkingbro1 said, baby steps.

 

[freethecoomer229]

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i went from 2tb to 970gb.... im so far gone, lads

 

[Thotamusprime]

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Baby steps are key.
I always try to tell myself that.
I used to have alot of pictures and videos saved. I just deleted the whole folder.
It went from saving a few things I like, to "well I like this creator/series/studio, might as well download All the content."
Thinking I'll check it out later but never ever do.
Much like my watched list here. Something looks Interesting, and I just watch the thread to go back later and never do.

 

[aaa2aaa2aaa3]

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You deleted over half of what you had, you're not gone yet

 

[PullingStraws]

Yes, it’s cyclical. I’ve made like 5 different accounts on here and deleted every time but I relapse. I have ADHD and that usually makes me super horny 24/7, but I just got on antidepressants/anti anxiety meds and my libido has plummeted.

I have a different method for masturbation that isn’t as tiring or long as jerking off, so I typically came 5-10 times as day. Now even once a day is exhausting lol

 

[freethecoomer229]

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i think its time i get on these. how do i get a scrip? in the US by theway

 

[PullingStraws]

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Usually insurance and a trip to a primary care doc will do the trick. Depending on your plan, you could ask for a referral to a therapist/psychiatrist to supplement. Meds are going to take a few months to really kick in but I’m noticing changes a month in

 

[aaa2aaa2aaa3]

You know what, screw this. I've dug up too many underwhelming vids and wasted too many years doing this shit, and I'm dipping. I've posted one last link, and I'm deleting the folder (which I got down to 230gb).

If I come back, it's to do one thing: A progress report.

 

[Thotamusprime]

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Yesterday I unwatched all threads here and on the other similar site. Also deleted my porn folder aswell.
I had 28 pages of watched content on THIS site alone, the other site had 25 pages.

I think the only way to actually stop and get better is to just sever the connection with porn, make it less accessable for yourself, make it feel like a hassle to do it, just cutting ALL ties with it. JUST DELETE EVERYTHING

I apprectate all the effort and money the memebers here put in to make this place work and make it accessable,
but I hate that I got sucked in because of how accessable it is, thats on me though, I went down this slippery slope.

I truly hope that this time Ill be able escape porns stranglehold on me, and stay away for good. Its just draining the life from me.

I wish you all luck on your journey to freedom.

 

[Eurynomos]

Nowadays I only masturbate at nite before sleep, also I only buy 1 custom video per month or depending on my mood if my bday or xmas is coming

 

[AEA AEA AEA]

I definitely do, I masturbate about once every 2 to 4 hours in my free time (almost exclusively to porn) and my porn collection is ~304GB (~18,350 files) even after I purged a bunch of stuff. I can stop for a day or two sometimes and with a lot of effort I was able to do NNN last year but it really started making me depressed and irritable about a week in, I'm probably going to try it again this year and if I make it I'm probably going to see how far I can push it.

Porn is without a doubt one of the most addictive things around, definitely worse than any other addictions I have had. I realised a couple years ago how fucked the entire premium porn situation is and recently decided to stop lurking and just share my shit to save others from paying because for a lot of people the cat is already out of the bag.