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Can graphic novels be recognized as a substitute of soft core pornography (occasionally)?

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by vishop, Jul 16, 2020.

  1. I am a comic book nerd(not hentai or anime stuff) and I have to admit I have fapped over these things before but mostly erotic stuff. I have to clarify this because I can't decide whether I should be on hiatus for these things when I am NoFap . Please I really need help with this.
     
    Last edited: Jul 16, 2020
  2. w95chris

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    For now avoid them because you'll relapse again. Now when you have gotten over the urge to masturbate viewing them, then you can keep reading them IF you read them for any reason other than to relapse
     
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  3. Thanks, currently I have almost stopped reading comics and I haven't fapped or masturbated over a month. It's just that I occasionally binge on them when I am talking with some people on the internet. I can't really say whether I have edged either therefore I am a bit confused about this.
     
  4. HopeN

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    While not entirely the same, I have read manga for over a decade now. Oftentimes the manga I would read had what is often referred to as "fan service," i.e. softcore sexualized material. My thinking was that since it wasn't outright hardcore P, I could still consume it.

    I've given it up for 3 weeks now and it's been a game-changer in regards to recovery. I look back on it as a "hidden P-sub," something I didn't realize was producing thoughts about P in me. Giving it up was an act of cutting out all P and P-subs in my life and has really given me more of a commitment to recovery.

    Maybe giving up comics would do the same for you? Even if it isn't acting as a P-sub, it could be an act of discipline that makes you take recovery more seriously.
     
  5. Comics can be sexualized as much as Manga at times. The pandemic has left me self-isolated lately and aside from talking about these comics on the internet, I am pretty anti-social. I am taking things slowly and trying to cover up my time with more physical activities.
    Honestly, I am pretty depressed after learning about P-subs. I couldn't even get a good day's sleep yesterday. Same as you it was some kinda "hidden P-sub" to me. But good to know that you are recovering from this. I guess I will start hard mode next month.
     
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  6. Honestly I am pretty torn about leaving comics even if it acts somewhat a P-Sub. I started reading and drawing them 3 years ago, when I decided to go for a career in design by graduating. By that time I was already addicted to P(for 10 years) and I never thought my affinity towards comics will collide with P but I have recently learned that it did. I am not good at drawing and my creativity is a bit downward.
     

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