Frustration with "unexpected" porn

Been there, failed that. Reducing overall internet and media intake was helpful for me. But when the triggers do come, it's best to address as soon as possible. The longer it takes, the more they settle into your mind and take it where it shouldn't go. I say a quick "Hail Mary" and pray for that particular woman that she experience true love through her husband or friends. Then move on! The idle mind is the devil's playground.

 

I totally know what you mean. Sex is Everywhere nowadays. It's like, if you're trying to get away from all sexual imagery, you can't watch tv, too many commercials. most movies are out, they've all got the obligatory at-least-half-naked women. I like to read F&SF fiction, and I can barely look at the covers! No wonder children are turning more swiftly to porn now. It's all around them anyway!

 

Note: I'm Scott1971 under a new username, but I felt compelled to come back to this thread for a moment...

I do a lot of work in Photoshop, Illustrator etc and sometimes I have to Google for a specific image. Yesterday, I did a search in Google images for something to make a birthday card for my son. I can't remember exactly what keywords I used but it was basically for things related to LEGO.

An entire page of Lego-related thumbnails pops up and right smack in the middle is a mid-torso shot of a woman pulling her blouse open, clark-kent style, and exposing her assets. And I'm thinking REALLY? How in the hell did this get tagged under LEGO?

Not only does this exemplify my original point that sexual imagery is everywhere, but also look how difficult it is to keep it from your children! If my son had been doing a similar search, he would have seen that.

As I said, I'm thoroughly beginning to resent all of this blatantly sexualized imagery cropping up where it doesn't belong. Porn is one thing, it's supposed to be there for those that want to look for it. But on billboards, magazine and newspaper ads, product packaging, it's just everywhere. No wonder it's so hard for some of us to get off PMO, there are triggers wherever you go.

 

It's a big problem for guys with our problem and I have experienced it. Especially when I first started quitting, those unexpected images could be a trigger. Someone mentioned google images, and they are right. Images.google.com is a blocked site on my computer. Also, I use porn blockers which help a lot. Hypersexualized imagery can trigger for me, so, for instance, I don't, at this point in my recovery, want to be able to--or accidentally--access to certain music videos. Again, blocking certain sites, using porn blockers, and being willing to click out instantly when such an images appears, works to greatly reduce those accidents. Good luck.