Question About Porn While Rebooting

I'm curious if any of you have tried viewing porn while rebooting as a means of getting past it. Now, hear me out. I know that sounds like the worst thing you can do during a reboot. However, I was thinking, what if it could actually make your resistance to PMO stronger. What if when you get an urge instead of fighting it tooth and nail, you stop resisting, view porn (WITHOUT relapsing, of course) and keep your hands behind your back or on your head or somewhere far away from your junk, then just tell yourself repeatedly that you don't need or desire whatever you're watching. Tell yourself it repulses you and motivates you to get out and interact with real people in a healthy manor. And every time you get that urge write down why you don't need or desire whatever you're watching. They say whatever you resist persists. They say whatever you fear you need to face head on. Well what if we stop resisting our fear of porn and relapsing and face it head on and tell ourselves it doesn't have power over us. I'd love to know your thoughts on this.

 

Thank you, brother. I'm actually a month in right now. I appreciate your insight.

 

You and ShogunGeneral have good points. Me thinking this would work is probably just my brain desperately trying to trick me into watching porn again. At the end of the day no matter what other options you think of, your best bet is to always going to be to just avoid porn altogether and never go back.

 

I agree, I think that the best route is to just cut yourself off completely. Not just from porn but also social media because that tends to be a huge trigger. I mean, realistically speaking, we're probably better off avoiding the internet in general entirely when possible. Same with TV, movies, and even video games. Unfortunately, there's sexual triggers everywhere. However, I don't agree with other NoFap users that looking at real women you see in public is problematic. I think that should be healthy and help recovery because you notice yourself starting to see things differently about them and appreciate the little things more as you progress in NoFap. For example, when I first started I would just look at a woman and think, "she's hot, big ass, I'd smash". Now I can look at them and appreciate the sparkle in their eyes or their smiles. Your sensitivity increases I guess. That motivates me to continue with NoFap because I don't want to be an addict looking at people like objects. I have a girlfriend, mom, sisters, etc. and I would want people to look at them like human beings so I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't do the same to other women. But that's just me, other people may be deeper in it than me and can't look at it that way.

 

Yes, exactly.