Men,
Porn is free but it numbs the sensitivity of your soul
Fries your dopamine reward centre, making pair bonding with your partner a difficulty
//THREAD// on how Porn is holding you back and how to break the chains of porn addiction
Porn is free but it numbs the sensitivity of your soul
Fries your dopamine reward centre, making pair bonding with your partner a difficulty
//THREAD// on how Porn is holding you back and how to break the chains of porn addiction
It damages your brain:
Your brain constantly adapts based on your
—Thoughts,
—Actions and experiences.
When you watch porn, you are hitting your brain with a rush
of dopamine
Your brain constantly adapts based on your
—Thoughts,
—Actions and experiences.
When you watch porn, you are hitting your brain with a rush
of dopamine
…making you feel relieved for a short amount of time before the
guilt and shame sets in
But because of that rush, just like a drug,
You will need another hit.
guilt and shame sets in
But because of that rush, just like a drug,
You will need another hit.
…and not just another hit but a STRONGER hit.
Hence the downward spiral of looking for crazier
categories and requiring a more frequent habit.
Thus fucking up your brain’s pleasure center.
Hence the downward spiral of looking for crazier
categories and requiring a more frequent habit.
Thus fucking up your brain’s pleasure center.
This surfing through the dark alleyways of porn sites
Will reinforce your brain to want these things you’re witnessing.
You will have crazy, unwarranted ideas of what sex is supposed
To look like because hey, these people are pros right?
Will reinforce your brain to want these things you’re witnessing.
You will have crazy, unwarranted ideas of what sex is supposed
To look like because hey, these people are pros right?
Just like the news pulls you in with stories, the porn industry knows how to give you new vices
These categories are not indicative of what real intimacy is like.
They will have you wanting to try things because your brain has been reinforced to want it.
These categories are not indicative of what real intimacy is like.
They will have you wanting to try things because your brain has been reinforced to want it.
You don’t want to have a threesome, bro.
You’re just insecure and have been brainwashed
Into thinking that’s what you like.
You’re just insecure and have been brainwashed
Into thinking that’s what you like.
Faping to porn kills confidence:
Never, and I mean NEVER
Has a dude got done beating off and said,
“You know what, I’m really proud of what I just did”
Never, and I mean NEVER
Has a dude got done beating off and said,
“You know what, I’m really proud of what I just did”
Now you have no motivation to get laid for real.
No motivation to interact with the world.
No dignity to pull yourself up and get your shit together.
There is hope though.
No motivation to interact with the world.
No dignity to pull yourself up and get your shit together.
There is hope though.
All this addiction is a habit.
A habit is just a behavior that has been repeated enough times to become automatic.
All habits follow the same path or loop.
Cue -> craving -> response -> reward.
A habit is just a behavior that has been repeated enough times to become automatic.
All habits follow the same path or loop.
Cue -> craving -> response -> reward.
Cue: you get stuck on a tough project
Craving: you feel stuck and want to relieve that frustration
Response: grab your phone and view porn
Reward: you have satisfied your craving for relief
Now getting stuck on a project is associated with jerking off.
Craving: you feel stuck and want to relieve that frustration
Response: grab your phone and view porn
Reward: you have satisfied your craving for relief
Now getting stuck on a project is associated with jerking off.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Says there are 4 ways to stop a habit.
Make it:
Invisible (cue)
Unattractive (craving)
Difficult (response)
Unsatisfying (reward)
Says there are 4 ways to stop a habit.
Make it:
Invisible (cue)
Unattractive (craving)
Difficult (response)
Unsatisfying (reward)
Make it invisible:
Make notes when you feel urges.
If you can’t watch GOT without getting the urge,
Maybe watch something else or find something to help you recover and refrain in the future.
Make notes when you feel urges.
If you can’t watch GOT without getting the urge,
Maybe watch something else or find something to help you recover and refrain in the future.
Change your environment to make good habits more obvious
and bad habits more invisible.
Changing your environment is much easier
and bad habits more invisible.
Changing your environment is much easier
Make it unattractive:
It is already unattractive.
We’ve covered the guilt of how you feel when you get done
So focus on habits that are attractive and how to do those more
and make the bad habits unattractive.
It is already unattractive.
We’ve covered the guilt of how you feel when you get done
So focus on habits that are attractive and how to do those more
and make the bad habits unattractive.
Good habit Example: I feel peace when I meditate, that’s why I do it everyday.
How to think about pornography: It is a waste of time, energy, and self-respect,
Therefore, I am giving up nothing by not doing it.
Change the way you talk to yourself about it.
How to think about pornography: It is a waste of time, energy, and self-respect,
Therefore, I am giving up nothing by not doing it.
Change the way you talk to yourself about it.
Make it difficult:
Find those times where you are alone and have the urge.
Figure out ways to fill this space.
If you keep yourself from having that idle time,
You have made it much more difficult to give in.
Find those times where you are alone and have the urge.
Figure out ways to fill this space.
If you keep yourself from having that idle time,
You have made it much more difficult to give in.
Make it unsatisfying:
Once again, porn is already unsatisfying.
You hate that immediate guilt when you are pulling your pants up and going about your day.
Once again, porn is already unsatisfying.
You hate that immediate guilt when you are pulling your pants up and going about your day.
Substitute something that Is satisfying for instance,
Workout to relieve that energy, listen to music, channel
your sexual energy into something creative.
Re-channeling your sexual energy is a hack to a productive and prosperous life
Workout to relieve that energy, listen to music, channel
your sexual energy into something creative.
Re-channeling your sexual energy is a hack to a productive and prosperous life
This is not an easy task if the habit is deeply rooted.
The deck has been stacked against you when it comes to
Porn, fast food, news, social media etc.
But just know this is a proven template that works for kicking any bad habit and you will be successful if you implement it.
The deck has been stacked against you when it comes to
Porn, fast food, news, social media etc.
But just know this is a proven template that works for kicking any bad habit and you will be successful if you implement it.
So take back your dignity!
This is no different than cutting poor eating habits or spending too much time on social media,
But the increase in self respect when you overcome it is unmatched.
This is no different than cutting poor eating habits or spending too much time on social media,
But the increase in self respect when you overcome it is unmatched.
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