Test of Faith

Comparing yourself to others is a sure fire way to distort reality. It's hard to ever truly know this below statement.

Keep striving for the authentic and healthy you. I think quitting porn is a long term decision you shouldn't doubt. It's not a silver bullet for the happiest life ever, but it will move the needle significantly in your favor.

 

I strongly agree with this. OP, you're okay. Don't belittle yourself by comparing your own experience to others'. Everyone is different, no matter how hard you try to fit in. You're your own self, and that's a blessing.

 

i am a christian and i view porn as sin, so i dont care what the sinful world wants to do, because i am not traveling that path, Matthew 7:13 says
Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the
way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

 

Well, People will minimize the importance of their addiction (denying it even exists). It's comforting that way. For you, just keep your journey to yourself or a BF/GF if you are in a couple...YOU know now that its bad for you and others. Share this gospel.

Just like every cop movie in Hollywood back in the day, the guys used to smoke cigarettes like its giving them character. Now, tobacco is bad. Pot is becoming legal in Canada. The government wants its shares...they advertise side effects (AT LEAST), but definitely legalized it. There is more and more studies about porn side effects nowadays. Same for the youth and young adults living with their cellphone glued to their hands. My daughter dropped out of school instead of waking up in the morning...she wouldn't sleep at night!

Back in the day, people were looking at porn consumers as "lite perv". I remember going in to the porn vids booth at the local Blockbuster its was a mix of excitement and lite shame....now, because its in widespread use due to the internet, people WILL minimize its side effects, because there is nothing like denial!

Porn, Energy Drinks, social media& associated device are the new underrated PROBLEMS we experience nowadays in our society.

 

In my workplace, there is now quite a bit of efforts to curb any negative views of ladies and anything "innuendo" in between.

Porn is now portraying a lot of different types of actresses/roles...its no longer the bimbo-type only. You get anything between "faux-cest", step family, your mom, your granny, your teacher, your what-have-you. You get webcam stuff too, that can be damaging for both the viewer and the "actress"...

Its just getting worse and at the same time, there is a part of society that is trying to make porn look normal. I mean lets not demonize it, its just like another addiction like smoking drugs, gambling, drinking, etc. Everything is better with moderation....which is where the addicts fail to stop...what is it 10-15% of the consumers?

 

@Warrior-of-Discipline ,

Yup, those fantasies were in people's imagination before. Nowadays, I'm not sure exactly how much money the big P sites are generating in revenues, but there is more and more individual "actresses" that seem to do their own thing. They are almost all hitting the same spots in the spectrum of naughty.
One way or another, what was the fruit of one's imagination before is no longer only a thought. The brain doesn't need to think and subtly keeping you horny by the images...now its straight on screen. I found my capacity to fantasize greatly reduced when I was a heavy user of P. Same issue with having issues with erections during real sex with the wife.
I badly needed this reboot time....now I feel better about myself because I don't have to hide.

As for the social media issues and related insomnia, well my kid used to be good at school, until her teenage years were drinking energy drinks, texting and trolling older guys posting fake shit all night, to the point where she dropped out. She is addicted to the "likes" and thumbs ups...