One of the things I have admitted to myself is that I am an addict to pornorgraphy. This is never easy for anyone to admit, but it is essential, at least for me, to understand the difficult road I must tread. The brain changes of a porn addict such as myself mirror the same changes that drug addicts show, and that is why getting off porn is so difficult. It is also why our own brain tries all sorts of tricks to get us to restart the porn/masturbation process when we least expect it. However, these areas of the brain are not the higher functioning parts, but the emotional and subconscious reward centres, so they can be over-ruled by our prefrontal cortex higher thinking parts. I have found that the times I get the urge to restart the PMO cycle is when I am subconsciously triggered by images, places or certain emotional situations, so it is happening under the hood so to speak. The antidote which I have found works for me is to engage the higher functioning part of my brain and do something completely absorbing but that requires higher thinking, such as mathematics, programming or just admiring nature. Everyone is different, and since I just had such a moment about 15 minutes ago, this trip to nofap.com has served as my get out of PMO jail for free card. Many thanks to nofap.com and the great community of supportive members for providing a service which helps so many people, myself included, to gradually rid themselves of this porn monkey, and rebuild their lives better than ever. Best regards, Roman.
