Please I informed some few friends about my struggle with ending porn and H OCD

theprotagonist, I don't know of any books to help you. This is the first I've heard of H OCD. You don't need a psychic professional as I'm not sure they exist. I think what you may be referring to is a psychiatric professional. I can understand you not having the funs for it but some have what is known as a sliding scale. Based on your income level, the psych professional and you would agree on a price that you can afford. Based on your reaction to thinking you may be gay, I don't think you are. If the friends you told are supportive and protective of your privacy, then yeah it could be a good thing to tell them. You gave up weeds and cigs. Congrats! That is more of an accomplishment than you are aware of. My partner smokes a pack to a pack and a half a day cigs. I do wish she would stop but it would have to be her decision to make. What was the reaction of those friends when you told them? Full disclosure: I have ADHD and one of the symptoms is a compulsion to do things that aren't in my best interest. I'm sure ADHD has a part to do with my porn addiction. I would google porn addiction and read some of the websites that come up. That is how I do my research. if you have decided on WHY you want to stop PMO'ing, then take action to make sure you are successful, then once you know WHY you want to stop, delete your porn, either go to google.com and activate the SafeSearch feature or use Swisscow (swisscows.com) as your search engine. That is a family-friendly no-porn search engine. Delete all the porn bookmarks in your browsers. Either take a sabbatical or deactivate your Instagram account. I went to my Twitter settings and turned on "Hide Sensitive Content". I also installed a porn blocker on my phone and my laptop. You have to be militant about ending your porn addiction. Hope this helps and best wishes.

 

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Honestly dude I’m in the same department, I “Jack off”to almost anything and feel disgusted afterwords, deep down I’ll prolong it( edge) for hours just to postpone what I know what’s coming, but I still do it.....wtf right....

the fact that you opened up to you friends to takes real balls so props.

me myself cut weed about 2 years ago which was no problem, I’ve gone stints without drinking easily if I had a goal in mind ( as simple as “no drinking just because” ) ....but fapping still happens so That’s proof that porn and masterbation is much more addictive IMO and obviously easier to access these days.

I personally was exposed to porn at a very early age( 8-9) by just going to the wrong channel and just from that I was, in a sense, fixated to get more by any feasible means that was discreet...I think I even had a portfolio of printed printed pictures from the internet before I was in middle school(year 2000-2005).

At one point I’ve honestly went about a month without spanking it and noticed the benefits,but once you relapse...and it’s happens....you might even feel worse n some cases then just doing it everyday cause it feels like self betrayal.

 

I suggest that if you cannot overcome porn addiction by yourself, try therapy. I don't know how porn addiction can be cured as I don't have that kind of an addiction. I only registered here to talk about my HOCD.

 

Yes, it does.

 

If your friends are the kind of people who have had your back in the past and care for you then I'm confident they will be supportive of you and that you ultimately did the right thing.