neweye_93
New Fapstronaut
Hello guys. I am a newer person on this site who's been trying to give up masturbation and porn just like anyone else on here, but I need some help. I already talked about my own strategy of using a jockstrap when not in public, but I find it too absurd. I'm not necessarily an addict, but I want to give it up as I believe it's reducing my motivation to succeed at the things I'm good at. I'm giving it up more similarly as a lent-like thing (I'm not religious), except I want it to be a long-term resistance of course. It's definitely hard because like most teenage/young adult boys (I'm 18), you simply have little to no will to immediately fight the urge once it comes up. If I even think about my 'favorite' porn video(s), I find myself almost sub-consciously saying "No exceptions, I have to view this video with my penis in my hand, now". I have a personal therapist who tells me that my reasoning isn't severe and that it's normal and healthy for a guy my age to occasionally do this, but I still want to give it up regardless. Once again, it's not an addiction, I simply just don't want to take part in the action and take care of it like it is. I think it has also slightly warped my view on women since some of them used to mock me during school in the past in addition. I'm don't consider myself a full misogynist/sexist, but I also don't want to run the risk of becoming one. I have Asperger Syndrome as well, so porn was especially a way to escape the anxiety that comes along with approaching girls for me and all the other steps that follow, but it's another resolution I plan to work on. Sorry this thread got so long, I'm just really looking for some help and I figured my full reasoning would make it more clear as to what kind of advice I need in particular.