How Damaging Is Porn Addiction?

[bigneil]

lol c'mon man are you trolling here or being serious..

First you try to say my girlfriend is a ho, then try to make everyone feel guilty for watching actual hoes.

It bothers you to think that somehow, someone somewhere is enjoying themselves, doesn't it?

 

[btownbuck2012]

First you try to say my girlfriend is a ho, then try to make everyone feel guilty for watching actual hoes.

It bothers you to think that somehow, someone somewhere is enjoying themselves, doesn't it?

watching actual hoes? What are you talking about?

 

[bigneil]

watching actual hoes? What are you talking about?

(actual hoes = porn stars).

 

[Infern0]

Porn is ok if it's an occasional thing for you

but some dudes start going down the 2-3 times a day route

it's been proven that the dopamine hit from hardcore porn is on a similar level to hard drugs and that it can become an addiction, in addition, porn induced erectile disfunction is also proven to be real.

Here's a video from a guy who is "less beta" than gary wilson so maybe might get more respect

 

[Infern0]

Also the guys who are very opinionated that "porn is fine" are likely addicted to it and trying to justify it

There's no reason to get agitated if someone says porn isn't good for you, you can disagree without getting triggered, even if your opinion has been scientifically proven to be incorrect.

 

[btownbuck2012]

(actual hoes = porn stars).

THe guy is 30 years old and has a penile implant. He found this thread and said he was glad he found it as it may be a clue as to why he's 30 and has a damned penile implant due to lack of being able to get an erection on his own...I was simply agreeing with him.

 

[RichardTheFrog]

THe guy is 30 years old and has a penile implant. He found this thread and said he was glad he found it as it may be a clue as to why he's 30 and has a damned penile implant due to lack of being able to get an erection on his own...I was simply agreeing with him.

I have a $20/month subscription to GirlsDoPorn.com, yet somehow I thought $30/month for a home security system was too high.

I literally never realized what I had done to myself until I read this thread. Growing up, I would watch porn all night long. Sometimes from 10pm-6am.

My first girlfriend would always note how I got harder watching porn than with her.

I think I'm too ****ed up for a 90-day porn abstinence to do anything. Which is a moot point now because they scrape out your erectile tissue when they do the implant surgery.

 

[bigneil]

Having just porn and no girl is bad, for sure.

 

[RichardTheFrog]

Having just porn and no girl is bad, for sure.

I have a girl, but she's long-distance. I also can hire a prostitute any time I wish, so I always have the option of having sex.

I've also been addicted to alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogens at different parts of my life.

I haven't had a local, consistent girlfriend in a while, so I'm not sure if I'm a sex addict or not. If I am, I am a very socially inept one.

One thing I've always wondered is...

Why do *** facials look so good in porno and are so stupid in real life?

Any time I've ever done that in real life, I immediately think afterwards, "that was stupid."

 

[Trump]

Also the guys who are very opinionated that "porn is fine" are likely addicted to it and trying to justify it

There's no reason to get agitated if someone says porn isn't good for you, you can disagree without getting triggered, even if your opinion has been scientifically proven to be incorrect.

Fair enough.

But the guys who say "porn is not fine" likely live for and are scared of their girlfriends, trying to justify its not ok.

There is also no reason to get agitated if someone says porn is good for you, you can disagree as well without getting upset. I'm sure science hasn't done ALL the studies related the porn. They just do the studies on the "bad" effects of porn because its damaging to women. We have to protect women at ALL costs.

Porn could help men by allowing them to not value women so much. Porn could help men on how to have sex. Porn could help men relax when talking to women. Why they don't do scientific studies on these things? Because it doesn't affect WOMEN. The world revolves around what's good and not good for WOMEN.

I'm not for or against porn. You just have to look at BOTH sides of every issue.

 

[Infern0]

I don't see quitting porn as being for women?

Personally i've done it although on occasion i do partake but it's rare.

Found it made me a lot more agressive, get laid a lot more etc.

I'm not some beta pleaser, i just don't see porn as worthwhile

the golden one said id best were the ancient warriors sitting around jerking off all the time, no they were out wrecking **** and slaying bitches.

very true.

 

[wifehunter]

I'm addicted to water, can't stop drinking the stuff.

 

[wifehunter]

Porn is ok if it's an occasional thing for you

but some dudes start going down the 2-3 times a day route

it's been proven that the dopamine hit from hardcore porn is on a similar level to hard drugs and that it can become an addiction, in addition, porn induced erectile disfunction is also proven to be real.

Here's a video from a guy who is "less beta" than gary wilson so maybe might get more respect

 

[TheProspect]

I don't see quitting porn as being for women?

Personally i've done it although on occasion i do partake but it's rare.

Found it made me a lot more agressive, get laid a lot more etc.

I'm not some beta pleaser, i just don't see porn as worthwhile

the golden one said id best were the ancient warriors sitting around jerking off all the time, no they were out wrecking **** and slaying bitches.

very true.

Yep.

And clearly there's a difference between campaigning to ban porn because it objectifies women, and personally wanting to reduce usage or abstain from porn because you want your dick to work properly and do something more productive with your time.

Not sure why people are getting the two tangled up. They are unrelated in regards to OP's question.

I'm sure science hasn't done ALL the studies related the porn. They just do the studies on the "bad" effects of porn because its damaging to women. We have to protect women at ALL costs.

Porn could help men by allowing them to not value women so much. Porn could help men on how to have sex. Porn could help men relax when talking to women. Why they don't do scientific studies on these things? Because it doesn't affect WOMEN. The world revolves around what's good and not good for WOMEN.

Science hasn't done "all" the studies on anything, it doesn't mean you dismiss theories that have been proved correct such as porn-induced erectile dysfunction. PIED which is what primarily @Infern0 and I are talking about.... which somehow how gets spinned into a "feminists protecting/valuing women" narrative. It has nothing to do with women.

We get it @deesade, you enjoy porn. So do I. Nobody is telling anybody not to watch porn. Inferno and @btownbuck2012 simply posted informative vids that show how porn consumed in large quantities can effect the dopamine receptors in your brain and how that can effect how your dick works. It has nothing to with pleasing women or following a feminist agenda, not sure the point of you being stubborn here.

And @Trump if someone needs to rely on porn (or even use it as a tool) to avoid valuing or getting attached to women so he doesn't have to depend on them then he's probably got a lot more problems to figure out then how to avoid pedestlizing women... And watching porn doesn't make you more comfortable when talking to women – approaching and talking to women repeatedly helps you feel more comfortable approaching and talking to women.

 

[Building_and_Loan]

Fair enough.

But the guys who say "porn is not fine" likely live for and are scared of their girlfriends, trying to justify its not ok.

There is also no reason to get agitated if someone says porn is good for you, you can disagree as well without getting upset. I'm sure science hasn't done ALL the studies related the porn. They just do the studies on the "bad" effects of porn because its damaging to women. We have to protect women at ALL costs.

Porn could help men by allowing them to not value women so much. Porn could help men on how to have sex. Porn could help men relax when talking to women. Why they don't do scientific studies on these things? Because it doesn't affect WOMEN. The world revolves around what's good and not good for WOMEN.

I'm not for or against porn. You just have to look at BOTH sides of every issue.

Going without porn has nothing to do with being scared of your girlfriend or becoming some kind of white knight. Don't be ridiculous.

I think everyone would agree that in moderation, a little porn wouldn't be that damaging to your sexual health as long as you maintain some self-control. But that's where most men get lost, is because they can't control themselves. Porn consumption is not conducive to self-control. It plays on the brain's capacity for addiction. Men start out with some images of semi-nude girls, then move up to nude pictures, then videos, then videos of girls having sex, then even more hardcore, and so on until they're watching a girl with electrical leads hooked up to her getting a train run on her by 3 black guys. That **** ain't healthy.

Science hasn't done ALL the studies related to porn because we haven't had that large of a sample size yet. Porn consumption has only been immediately available to a vast majority of men since what, maybe 2000? You've got an entire generation of guys now who probably have never even had sex with a woman, but yet they can't get off to an image of a hot naked girl who they could never pull because their brain is too desensitized. Sure, porn was available to men in earlier generations, but not nearly on the scale it is now. Wait until the next 20 or 30 years when psychologists and scientists have had a chance to learn how porn consumption has effected men throughout their entire adult lives.

Not everything has to be broken down to benefiting men vs. women.

 

[finality]

Your brain on Porn is a good book with some science that backs up Porn being something you want to cut out of your life. Some people can drink others turn into alcoholics. Some people are allergic to peanuts. I don't think anyone here can say that Porn is fine with authority.

For me personally it ruined 2 relationships. I would think of my favorite porn scenes when I was with women to stay hard. My last girlfriend was amazing but I had doubts of being in a long term relationship with her simply because her vagina was a bit too big. I thought to myself, could I really spend my life with someone that doesn't have a perfect vagina. She loved me, treated me amazing, would've been a great mother if I had children with her.. but I was caught up on the fact that some vaginas are more pretty than others and I wanted the prettiest vagina to eat all day. This is the result of watching 100's of porn clips a day. I might possible be a beta male because I value a connection with women but when you are jerking off to 100's of women a day your real life partner loses value. All the other things that are important in a relationship are pushed aside because you only focus on sex. Sex is obviously important but when you are addicted to porn the dopamine hits you get from fapping are much greater than when you are with an actually women. One women cannot compare to 100's of images blasting through your mind rapid fire. You end up just screwing to screw with no real purpose other than shooting a load and you will eventually resent your women or look elsewhere because the high isn't the same as when you are watching an 18 year old at a party getting DP'd by 2 black dudes while she is on her phone with her bf telling him she misses him.

 

[Plums]

If you are using porn to compensate for not being able to develop a relationship then it is not good for you. Porn is just information of a type that gets you to a place of mind. Its not wrong in itself but if you are using it to compensate for a real sexual relationship it may become an obsession. You may become bored with mainstream porn and start looking at more socially dangerous thrills that will affect your ability to make a sound judgement call about the morality of a sexual act.

Sex shouldn't be obsessive. It will be if you constantly torture yourself about it. Make friendships and relationships with real people. Practice and improve your social skills. Be open about love and be giving and respectful. You will find the reward is that you will find a match who will satisfy you in every way. You will then see porn for what it really is.

 

[wifehunter]

Is too many windbags on forums, these days.

 

[Plums]

Is too many windbags on forums, these days.

Evidently.

 

[Trump]

Science hasn't done "all" the studies on anything, it doesn't mean you dismiss theories that have been proved correct such as porn-induced erectile dysfunction. PIED which is what primarily @Infern0 and I are talking about.... which somehow how gets spinned into a "feminists protecting/valuing women" narrative. It has nothing to do with women.

Fair enough. But to take the ONE study out of millions and run with it is ridiculous. If scientists pick and choose what they want to look at to fit their narrative, the study is biased. Why don't they do studies on how porn helps men? Because the study doesnt affect women, doesn't fit their narrative.

It has everything to do with women. If it was a different problem that allowed men to have sex with women easily, no one would care. But since it affects women, uh oh, it's a big issue.

And @Trump if someone needs to rely on porn (or even use it as a tool) to avoid valuing or getting attached to women so he doesn't have to depend on them then he's probably got a lot more problems to figure out then how to avoid pedestlizing women... And watching porn doesn't make you more comfortable when talking to women – approaching and talking to women repeatedly helps you feel more comfortable approaching and talking to women.

That's a very imposing paragraph. You are projecting your own thoughts and values on people bro. You don't know porn helps or hurts any more that eating Kitkat or Mars bars does. Who said it doesn't make people comfortable? Maybe it helps women get pregnant a lot faster. You are making major major assumptions.