Do you think years of PMO abuse made you wierd and introvert/shy?

I won't claim that porn didn't contribute at all. But I think I'd be just as weird and introverted without.

 

I'm really new to this, but I think PMO provides the reward pathway (read happy neuro-chemical release, note I'm not a neuroscientist) that other people are able to achieve through things in their life such as exercise, work, volunteering, socialising etc

If you're short-cutting the reward pathways with PMO it makes sense that you would be less motivated/inclined to seek it through other more positive avenues. That's just my working theory at the moment anyway.

 

It does make me awkward and nervous in social situations

 

Same...

 

Yeah, along with weed. When I'm around girls I'm usually high/ daydreaming about doing.. things. I think it makes me anxious & awkward.

 

I'm almost certain, that PMO causes my anxiety around others. Before I started fapping excessively, I was a very social and outgoing person. I hope one day I will get back to my old self.

 

Well, the effects of PMO addiction mimic a lot of other disease, like social anxiety, depression, OCD, and so on...

So: yes. It's possible it had an effect on you in that direction. Good news is that once you remove and "heal", if you were not troubled by those problems - it would be super easy for you to recover from the damage done. If you would have been "troubled" anyway, you still would be in a position where you can do something 100% EFFECTIVE and still be out as a winner.

 

Pmo addiction will destroy our manhood.career.family.and mostly our body and soul including the each of our organs.brain.eyes.dick and many more and our blood including testoterone.dopamine.zinc and many more its develop mentality problems.and disfuctional dicks problem.its not an addiction that just for joking around.its a serious treat for human.sincere 30yo ex pmo hardcore addict.been there done that.goodluck

 

Yes ..in case of me, porn and masturbation made me introvert and low confident. Both are poison.

 

I already was shy and introvert before I discovered porn... It just made me worse

 

I think porn may have contributed to me being shy when I was younger but everybody's path is different .

 

Absolutely in the conditioning sense.

It allowed me to "avoid" things like:

-social gatherings because I'd rather be at home looking at porn
-ask a girl out, make eye contact, be in the same room because I am/was too insecure but, hey, you got porn, right? That being said, I always had thoughts and still do sometimes, that I wasn't good enough to be loved by someone, that I wasn't really like "normal" people.

I knew there must be people consuming porn like me, but I never met any in real life. What I mean is I never met someone awkward and shy like me which I thought would indicate heavy porn use and so I kinda had this thought "omg, you are one of the few fucked poor souls" which made me more uncomfortable/anxious/shy in general. Of course, being at home looking at porn I wasn't going out as much to meet people anyway.