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Porn escalation

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Deleted Account, Oct 1, 2019.

  1. I just need some help understanding porn escalation more.

    How is porn escalation caused? I’ve seen some posts on here about people who watch more extreme stuff, and even people who have watched gay porn and had gay fantasies cause of porn. Is it really possible to start watching porn that doesn’t correlate with your sexual orientation... example: straight guy watching gay porn or vice versus can a gay man watch lesbian porn.
     
  2. StoneyTrevor

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    When I was watching porn I had a thing for extreme types of scenes, the scenes far too extreme to say

    It’s all done because of the results that you get from watching porn

    Too much porn = you need more porn or extreme porn to feel the satisfaction again

    It gets worst and worst the more you go

    Keep strong
     
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  3. StoneyTrevor

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    When I was watching porn I had a thing for extreme types of scenes, the scenes far too extreme to say

    It’s all done because of the results that you get from watching porn

    Too much porn = you need more porn or extreme porn to feel the satisfaction again

    It gets worst and worst the more you go

    Keep strong
     
  4. romeolima

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    Porn escalation is like any other addiction, after a while what got you hooked just doesn't give you enough of a kick any more. So in order to achieve the same result you go looking for bigger highs, for some people this will veer into real life, cams, escorts etc. but for many it just means looking for different and more extreme types of porn.

    Whilst I never watched out and out gay porn I did for a while have a big thing for bi porn.

    My sexual orientation has never wavered through this but it was just curiosity and the desire to see different and unusual things.
     
  5. Okay, so when a persons taste become more extreme, are these ways irreversible? Can their tastes be tamed and return to real women?

    My problem is I’m addicted to incest porn. I always had it as a side fantasy that I would have but I would still watch straight porn most of the time, but when I started pmo more often I watched more and more incest porn and it has now become the only thing that arouses me, I can still watch straight porn but it can be very boring, when I watch incest porn I get a huge rush. I have also experienced a loss of sexual interest in real life, I still notice girls but I feel like my sexual desire has completely vanished. I remember a few months ago when I would see a girl and could imagine being with them and get a erection. Also when I hookup with girls I have no problem getting it up but I can never finish and often times I find it boring. I also had insane feelings for this girl that I thought was gorgeous, I got her number and we started going on dates, being with this girl created insane butterflies and I was “in love”. But when my addiction got worse I lost all feelings and interest. Would you say this is porn escalation?
     
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  6. romeolima

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    All porn is damaging, you've just become fixated with a particular genre. I have done the same, I found these supposed incest videos to be more arousing as I sought to go beyond just the imagery of sex.

    I think it is reversible but you need to clear all this from your system. I have been porn free for over two months and am beginning to find I don't miss porn.
     
  7. motion2082

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    Fantasies are always more stimulating than reality in my experience.
     
  8. StoneyTrevor

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    Porn basically escalates everything until comes a time when you would need more or extremes of the amount to get you satisfied,

    when you stop porn all of your fantasies or curiosities of certain things (like myself) balances and you get back to being the you that you were deep down.

    if you would not like to watch incest porn or you feel a certain way of such type when you quit porn all of your thoughts and doubts would heal
     
  9. Fenix Rising

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    Yet it escalates big time. You start with "innocent" stuff/duration and can end up watching material that would make you literally puke when you started your PMO habit. Also duration of sessions can escalate and it did in my case to extremes. Going from (P)MOing few times a week ending up in daily multi hours long binge sessions 2 decades later.
     
  10. Its based on novelty.

    Think about lets say car tuning industry, someone buys a car, and then add custom air intake. Then add new exhaust, then add turbocharger. Then wrap the car in new color. Then new, better tires.
    Then carbon fiber mirrors, then Honda sign gets gold plated, and tiny accents noone ever notices get painted red. This continues on and on and there is always something owner adds to his car.
    So person enjoys getting the car and then novelty drops, so he upgrades the car and wow - novelty is back. Until it drops again, and new "project" comes to mind to get the novelty back.
    People end up doing very silly things to their cars, and market offers them endless supply of silly things they can spend their money on and do to their custom tuned car.

    This same principle applies to everything we do, including pornography abuse. When we decide to milk something for our enjoyment, it has to evolve overtime to maintain involvement.
    For this very reason, games have achievements, levels, spells talents and constant changes and patches. To maintain ongoing novelty.
     
  11. JonathanPreslan

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    Glad to see I'm not the only person struggling with this!
     
  12. mattyjsy

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    >porn use releases unnaturally high levels of dopamine
    >brain recognizes dopamine is too high and releases prolactin to counter its effects and down regulates dopamine receptors to lessen effect of excessive dopamine
    >prolactin makes you feel drained and lethargic so brain craves dopamine to make you feel better
    >regular porn has less effect because you now have less dopamine receptors
    >more novel or extreme porn is needed to release enough dopamine to feel the same buzz you used to get from vanilla stuff
    >repeat
     
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