Ever Considered (Or Tried) Taking A Break From Porn?

[mezoxxx]

yea lot of times but never succeed i delete all my porn about 3 times and i re download it and more i also decide to stop watch and far away from any attracting but i fail cuz seduction is everywhere TV street even when i went to gym i find sexy girls there i think it something worst than drug addiction cuz the libido is something u cant stop it or even temporarily disabling it

[Bustin8nas]

When I was younger id just create fantasies in my head to jack off to, but once I started watching porn it doesn't seem to work quite as well. If it still worked then I could easily drop porn and never come back to it. Im sure i'll take a long break the next time Im in a relationship...unless for some reason she likes it too.

[okposo21]

Originally Posted by Bustin8nas

When I was younger id just create fantasies in my head to jack off to, but once I started watching porn it doesn't seem to work quite as well. If it still worked then I could easily drop porn and never come back to it. Im sure i'll take a long break the next time Im in a relationship...unless for some reason she likes it too.

This, I think, is part of the "re-train your brain" aspect.

I'm the same way. I'll OCCASIONALLY do it w/o porn (if I'm having a really amazing memory or daydream and want to just use that), but 98% of the time, it's porn.

I think if we took a break from porn, we'd be able to use our imaginations again without needing such intense stimuli.

[Vile]

I agree, I remember when I was a kid I would just think of an image in my head and immediately be turned on by it. It could just be a girl, she didn't even have to be naked, and that would be enough. Now obviously it takes more, but I think it also has to do with the fact that as we get older, we get more used to sexual images, not just in porn but in general, so we become desensitized to them.

By the way I noticed that some of you guys are actively trying to avoid masturbating. I just thought about it and it's been 5 days since I've last done it, and it's not even purposely. I've just been so busy with school, work, and other activities that there hasn't been any time, and my priorities are elsewhere. So I think that's a tip for anyone wanting to cut down; just stay occupied with other things.

[Absent Friend]

Originally Posted by Vile

By the way I noticed that some of you guys are actively trying to avoid masturbating. I just thought about it and it's been 5 days since I've last done it, and it's not even purposely. I've just been so busy with school, work, and other activities that there hasn't been any time, and my priorities are elsewhere. So I think that's a tip for anyone wanting to cut down; just stay occupied with other things.

Later in the night, I'll make it to 6 days. Yesterday was a more free day for me, but I spent it making GIFs, trying to find a video editing software, watching various videos, and even searching for an ID on a seemingly Brazilian woman I saw. It also came off as "yeah I checked all these posts, I can masturbate now." "Oh but wait I need to search for this, I need to make that." Now I'm done with those things, and new posts come up that I have to check. So check, ready to masturbate, but it becomes a cycle . I've been stockpiling on photosets and have only downloaded a few movies over the past 6 days. What's the best way to get occupied when time permits, is a kick ass day of video games.

Update: One full week has passed.

[HiTrack99]

Originally Posted by Bustin8nas

When I was younger id just create fantasies in my head to jack off to, but once I started watching porn it doesn't seem to work quite as well. If it still worked then I could easily drop porn and never come back to it. Im sure i'll take a long break the next time Im in a relationship...unless for some reason she likes it too.

Me too, my favourite was always about a biker girl and getting off on the bike.... never really found a scene which does that fantasy.

I have been good lately though, cut down big time on porn.

[Vile]

Originally Posted by Seven Churches

Later in the night, I'll make it to 6 days. Yesterday was a more free day for me, but I spent it making GIFs, trying to find a video editing software, watching various videos, and even searching for an ID on a seemingly Brazilian woman I saw. It also came off as "yeah I checked all these posts, I can masturbate now." "Oh but wait I need to search for this, I need to make that." Now I'm done with those things, and new posts come up that I have to check. So check, ready to masturbate, but it becomes a cycle . I've been stockpiling on photosets and have only downloaded a few movies over the past 6 days. What's the best way to get occupied when time permits, is a kick ass day of video games.

Congrats on the achievement! I have a feeling this is going to turn into the infamous Seinfeld episode "The Contest," where they all see who can last the longest without jacking it.

[evil-pineapples]

Originally Posted by okposo21

This, I think, is part of the "re-train your brain" aspect.

I'm the same way. I'll OCCASIONALLY do it w/o porn (if I'm having a really amazing memory or daydream and want to just use that), but 98% of the time, it's porn.

I think if we took a break from porn, we'd be able to use our imaginations again without needing such intense stimuli.

Dude, fuck it. I can still jack off to fantasies. I guess I'm not addicted to porn then! Woo-hoo! Yeah!

I am probably addicted to masturbating & having sex, though...

[EchelonV]

Originally Posted by Seven Churches

For a 25 day period between October and November of last year, I did have a break from porn. It was a forced one because I had no privacy and was living with 5-6 other people in a 2 bedroom apartment. I like the idea of maintaining a daily routine, and when porn was removed as part of that routine, I tried to find things to fill in the void. Even when I masturbated after the 25 day period, it was not as regular until I moved and got privacy right now. With that, I'd still count it as taking a break from porn. I mean sure I looked at some porn, but without jerking it, it was mostly from boredom. Then I got into watching movies and taking time to watch the Dragon Ball shows. Whatever to pass the time to try and maintain a daily routine. Porn's a routine for me, which I'd say is not with negative connotations as in "addiction." Hell, just last month I went 5 days without masturbation. Lack of time, and lack of desire to make time. So I know that I can take a break from porn. I know my consumption has decreased from 4 wanks to 1-2, and that's never a guaranteed daily thing like before. If anything I wished I watched more porn, but there are other stuff taking up my time, and in the end, it's not killing me.

I haven't let porn brainwash me, especially since I don't watch the "evil" porn that's criticized on by scientific study. Namely, the unrealistic scenes being portrayed between man and woman, the varying degrees of kink, extreme, and hardcore stuff. I've gained a footing in certain genres of porn and have stuck to it. It's entertainment, just like music, movies, wrestling. I know what I like, I find what I like and what I might like, and I stick to them like glue.

If there's one negative to not taking a break from porn, immediately it's the boner that pops up when I sleep. Errr, get down you fool...

Haha, DB is awesome.

I feel the same about the routine thing, for better or worse. But I don't really care to think about it. I grew up in a religious house and was caught several times, so it took me awhile to finally get over that guilt that was kind of cemented into me for a long time from pressure and all. But I'm in my mid 20's now on my own and I dare anyone to find young adults thesedays that don't actively sink into porn from time to time, this generation is all over it and the access is only a few clicks away. Not that I feel this gives me any rights, I'm pretty positive I'm way more into porn than anyone I know personally... but who knows lol.

I've been wanking it almost daily for like 10+ years now and still no issues and the furthest I've gotten into extreme territory, is liking the occasional DP. On the other hand, my hentai fetishes are very far fetched, but that's another debate... I don't have issues separating reality and fantasy, so I get a little crazy with hentai haha.

I have developed some minor ED, but that's a bit more personal as I put myself back on ADD meds this year and that's easily the factor in that issue. I have a hard time dealing with this, because well I love da porno, but I'm hoping to make other life changes this year to hopefully get that stamina back among other things.

Med related, but I was finally bothered by porn/masturbation a few months back when I was on some XR meds. When the crash of stuff would hit, there were many nights where I was looking at stuff for hours and it was pretty much adding to insomnia. That was an issue and I recognized it, back on normal meds again and I don't have this issue anymore. So, more power to "control" here, which I apparently lacked when things were imbalanced. lol

The OCD/ADD stuff all rings true to me for the most part, but this is also how I really see porn as a normal thing in my life. It's entertainment and it's hardly the only thing I "collect", like videogames or anime, etc, so porn is just another field of entertainment for me. I'm never interested in jacking off at work in the bathroom, or at a friends, etc. It's something I keep at home and I've never had an issue with that, so it's never ruled me. There are days where I say "Damn, I could have done something more productive then", but that applies to all my hobbies really.

At this point I've still never really felt bored about porn or my fun nights, I take breaks off and on just because I'm too busy or not even interested sometimes. So I have no problem keeping up the pace I do or ever worry about it. All good things need some moderation.

That said on days like this when I get pulled over, have forced overtime after long ass shifts, and just nothing goes right... naked girls definitely wipe that away and bring a smile to my face.

Good deal, EchelonV. Aside from what I've already posted I've had similar situations. Makes me feel human I guess haha.

Something I wanted to add in general: I can give up porn (and/or most anything I'm accustomed to having access to) fairly easily. See, it's really odd for me. Now that I've been able to ignore social pressures suddenly it's very easy to know when enough is enough for many things, not just porn. But that's getting a bit off-topic.