is soft core porn ok to watch ?

No man it’s all porn and keeps you in the lust cycle

 

You have been here way too long to ask this question.

 

Dopamine...dopamine...dopamine! It'll always suck you back in!

What do you regard as 'soft c0re' anyway?

 

Do you have a problem with these images? Do they make you jerk yourself off? Ask bullshit questions somewhere else.

 

Even if this question is not very smart and almost useless i think it is okay to give him answer or explain.
No buddy not even one type of porn,no much matter is it hardcore or soft that cause too much damage to dopamine.
It's better to stay away from any type of stimulation no hot pic,no porn,no fantasies and anything similar what trigger you.

 

Personally, no. No porn at all. I’d even argue P substituted (Instagram, pictures of women, models etc in non sexual situations) is not okay but that is my perspective. You need to try and avoid all triggers. It’s the only way you can end the cycle and repair your mind.

 

Ok reality check: it was a harsh response admittedly. My point is this: if you have an issue with any image that brings about a loss of control and causes you to act in a way that promotes stress and suffering of any kind, than that behavior should be abandoned. It makes no difference what it’s called. Soft core porn is not less damaging if it brings you where you don’t want to be.
These forums are loaded with these kinds of things. At a certain point your either taking your recovery seriously and making a valiant effort or your wasting your time. It’s the difference between shooting your self in the head, or the leg...or getting rid of the gun.

 

Is it light beer better or worse than vodka? The way the question is framed might bias our perception. From a moral POV, it might be, nonetheless, from a sexual conditioning and intensive nucleus accumbens (reward center) activation, leading to DeltaFosB (molecular switch of addictions, no matter if substance or natural activity) build up and hence addiction, it does not matter. See the problem is not so much how much you escalate (a sign of tolerance) but the fact PIED and addiction risk can also happen at this softcore level as well. Consider a porn addict from the 1990s, which certainly existed (if you look the TED talk from Paula Hall, she was already treating them back then). It would be softcore from our 2020 perspective, but negative effects to the brain or quality of life are still there, as they looked for therapy. Norman Doidge is another example (google or youtube Norman Doidge and porn).

Consider your midbrain, where addiction disease occurs, does not draw the soft or hardcore distinction, this is a distinction of categories made by your upper neocortex, which is not relevant at all for the neuroplasticity (maladaptive learning) that is gonna take place in the midbrain. The dopamine spike does not care about conceptions about the material, dopamine simply says "I want it all and I want it now", like the Queen song, it is a positive reinforcement molecule compelling you to repeat over and over, no matter porn category. Even there are studies showing more regressive attitudes toward women for softcore porn users that do not further escalate, in terms of lower support to their rights and sexual objectification (Zillman and Bryant 1989, check out). So seems even the moral side is not that good either. Here you have TED I mentioned

 

For me psubs and softcore have basically been the bane of my existence. I seem to be good at staying away from hardcore. But softcore and psubs seem to give me the high I am looking for... so no I don’t think soft core is okay.

 

Honestly my belief is the only way to beat this is to starve it. Don't feed it a snack. Don't give it even a crumb. Starve this beast. You have to rewire your brain. These pathways are forged in our brain, and we have to forge new ones. Even something as small as softcore or a risque image will put you back on the expressway on porn. We have to cut a new path, through wilderness and trees. Through mountains and rivers.

 

what is the pourpose?

 

Agreed. To what purpose would you look.

 

Zero porn ! I avoid the ladies underwear section at Wal mart!! Nothing can be viewed!!

 

Agreed. If going there triggers you then don’t go there. However I also believe that you can learn how to develop healthier belief systems regarding day to day things you might encounter (stores, pools, etc.).

But each of us needs to be aware of their own limits and realistically look at the chain of events that lead up to a relapse. For me YouTube is basically a no go for me if I am alone at my desk. 99% I use it without issue. But I know that 1% is just around the corner.

 

Bro, this is all about whatever the hell you think is ok. I personally wouldn't. Hell, I think anime is basically porn just because it's so hyperactive and downright stupid. If I were self-improving, I'd probably cut out softcore porn personally. In regards to myself, I don't do softcore porn.
Good luck to you, my good friend.

 

You can only watch softcore porn if you rub your stomach and tap your head while hopping on one foot, so as to negate the effects of the pornography.
You can watch hardcore porn while doing jumping jacks and repeating the alphabet backwards, good luck.