Mini panic attack while masturbating

Welcome Callisto! Have you ever experienced PIED in the past? What causes you to believe you would lose your erection if staying abstinent?

 

This sounds to me like your addiction tricks you to give in. It is easier for an addict to find a "reasonable" excuse rather than just to admit that you don't have control over your behavior anymore. I actually had this behavior as well in the earliest days when I tried to stay abstinent by will. It is incredible how we can lie to ourselfes, believe me! Next time this happens, try to remember that this is just the addiction wanting to play you a trick and push threw it! Not having sex or masturbation won't make you lose your erection! Even the opposite as you can read in lots and lots of threads in this forum!

 

I don't want to come across as too harsh, but that line of thinking is ridiculous. (I've had those thoughts as well, though, so I know where you're coming from.)

If you really want to quit, then you will recognize those thoughts as excuses that your "other self" (the porn-inclined one) uses to justify the porn use. Smash those stupid-ass excuses. You got this!!!

A great practice that's helped me recently is to try to separate my thoughts from myself. Instead of thinking "I feel horny", I try to frame it as "there's a horny feeling/thought in my head". That way, I can see the thought as more of a beatable opponent than a conqueror.