I thought it could be fun to start a lighthearted thread to draw some attention to indicators that show you might have a problem with porn... By doing this I am hoping that people new to the forums (or people considering joining) will read this and maybe identify or relate to to these behaviours. So what are common lies that porn addicts tell themselves to justify their problem behaviour (PMO/ Cyber/Phonesex/ Escorts etc)? - I'll quit PMO by *insert date* - Clears browser history like a ninja and swears i'll never browse porn again - PMO isn't a problem cos M is normal - Well at least i'm not cheating - uninstalling harmful chat apps a billion times
"One more time won't hurt, i'll start tomorrow" "I need more time to get myself ready to quit (opens porn site)" "Porn is normal, otherwise it wouldnt be so popular" "I'll just look and not masturbate (5 minutes later)....damn, did it again"
"A peek won't do you no harm If you edge a little & stop it'll be fine You always have tomorrow You didn't really mean you'd quit forever" All these dumb excuses
"I'm stronger this time, I've got this. I wont watch this and that but just this(good) kind and only a few times and then you'll be good."
- *birthday coming up* “alright this will for sure be the last time!” - *new years coming up* “alright this will be the last time for this year, once a new year starts I’ll be completely PMO free” - *new month coming up* “ _____”
" I am a loser who cares..." " Damn, I did it again." "One last relapse is OK." "Everybody does it." " Healthcare professionals and doctors say, It is OK to masturbate and with porn you can have more colorful sex life." "Just relapsed, OK this time will be a different, I never fap again" ( Five minutes later he faps and feel ashamed) "My brain is broken, I can't do it anything anymore..." " Oh I see this motivational movie and I think I never gonna do this again." " I have already got too much information about porn addiction, if I say I quit, I can quit easily." " This is a normal thing." " I can masturbate without porn" "I can see a nude picture without masturbate" "The society is already sex-negative in my country, if I don't fap I never ever have sex." " I just relapsed, I can masturbate to porn one more time..." ( And then he masturbates 5 hours to porn) "I can't fix my life, my life is broken just one more time..." " I have already saw a trigger in youtube/instagram/on the net or in advertisement, it affected me so much." " I will never heal, never ever feel normal again." So yeah, the list goes on. You need far more than. You need a good reasons to quit.
Porn users including myself have (had) only positive words for porn. Lately I am repeating to myself during the day sentences like Porn is boring. Porn is dumb. Losers watch porn. Porn watchers are boring dumb losers.