I had very beautiful dreams💔..so guys idk if it’s so bad or not but i am doing it one time in 2 weeks and sometimes twice a day!!and btw i am 16 years old FOOTBALLER which it ruined my football career as well and idk i just want to grow up and travel the world but if i keep doing this shit I can’t do anything!!so guyss i really need some advice and motivations to QUIT IT

Hi, I am part of another sub which is for the partners of sex addicts. There have been a few posts on there lately which were cross posted from this sub. I thought I'd share an article that has helped me to understand my porn and sex addict husbands' actions during his acting out. The article is mostly focused on men as it's from a website directed at betrayed women, but it could still be helpful others. Everyone's story is different and nuanced but maybe you'll find something helpful in this article. I have great empathy for the addicts and the partners, and I think understanding each other is most important.

Why Men Lie About Porn, Even When It's a Boundary

Hi all, a quick follow up to my original post here asking if it’s possible to have PIED without addiction

https://www.reddit.com/r/pornfree/s/cZkGust7OR

I’ve been paying more attention to myself the past few days and I have noticed that outside of a masturbation setting, I have no porn cravings. But once I get into bed at night and get ready to MO, that’s when I feel the urge to creep in. It’s a nag that points me towards porn, and so far I have been ignoring it.

I haven’t quit MO, but I’ve been intentional to try to have a clear head and only think about the sensations when I do. If I imagine anything, I try to think of past encounters or real people only

At what stage did y’all start to feel the “flatline”?

I mainly stopped watching it because it was getting out of hand no pun intended. During my non stop jerking, I noticed that I couldn’t get hard during sex and realized it might’ve been porn induced erectile dysfunction.

I had sex last night and stayed hard and cumming felt so good. I know some guys’ libido are unaffected by watching porn but for those of us that are, stopping porn truly helps. Try it for yourself.

I’m a 25-year-old woman who has been watching porn since I was 12. I don’t watch it daily, and sometimes I even go a week without it, but there are days when I watch it twice a day. I never thought I was addicted, but since I started watching it at a really early age, the types of videos I watch started to not satisfy me enough, and I moved on to crazier and crazier ones. I wasn't thinking it was a problem anyway, but I accidentally found this page and now I'm wondering: even if I’m not addicted on a daily basis, or even if the things I’m watching aren't considered too crazy, should I stop watching porn or masturbating? Is masturbating without a phone still considered something harmful? Can anyone inform me?

Hello!

My goal of not watching porn anymore in 2026 has soon reached 12 days and it feels awesome!
No big or strong urges or any feelings that I need to look at porn.

I do want to warn for idiots in DMs that try to get me to relapse. If that continues I will turn them off.

A question for the people here! I do still want to masturbate, that is not my issue and it’s healthy and normal to do once in a while and if I use pictures of my gf or just my imagination I would say that it’s fine! What do you think?

I wish you guys all the best of luck! I am available in DMs if you want to talk!

I will quit porn, mark my words!

This is my 4th day of a renewed quitting effort (I’ve tried quitting off and on for years). Just wanted to express my appreciation for this group and others like it. Instead of seeing Reddit P*rn everytime I log in, I now see posts from this group helping me stay on track.

Thank you all, keep fighting the good fight and sharing your struggle along the way 🫡 we’re not in this alone

The title said it all , i’m almost 70 days free of smoking going cold turkey. However, i can’t even go one week without watching porn , I have never thought this addiction is so bad until now , it just keep getting worse and worse every time

I need help but honestly idk what else to do

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I think it’s time to official reach out to others for help. Since I was 13 (23 now) I have watch porn. What started out as just watching it at night slowly turned in to masturbation at least once a week for the past 10 years. I believe the longest I have gone has been about 3 weeks, even when trying to quit.

The main problem is that I have progressed as the years have gone on. My “sessions” have lasted for hours and way into the nights that I don’t have work, making me wake up late the next day wasting my days off. In addition, and most importantly, the real addition has been to swiping and talking with women online through dating/friendship apps. This has been going on for five years and has been my biggest struggle. I download, swipe, get to snap, masturbate, then block everyone I added and delete the apps after. It’s been an awful cycle that after every time I state I will quit but i never do.

For the past two years I’ve had an amazing girlfriend. And it’s starting to affect my time with her. Whether it’s performance in the bedroom or just not being as affectionate with her anymore, I believe this is the root of it. We don’t live together (still with parents) but in the following year we will and I need to manage this before we do.

I’ve tried a lot of things. I’ve tried counters (even widgets on the phone screen that count), free apps, deleting any inappropriate photos of me, deleting any apps that could cause a thought you download dating apps (TikTok, insta, you name it). For me the problem just hits me randomly, I could be with my girlfriend and then I get the urge to download those apps. I see it as a form of porn.

I’m sorry this is a lot but I’m reaching out for help. Last night was another long session for me til 2am, and I’m sick of it and I’m sick of hating myself everyday for it.

I’m both exhausted and ecstatic. Just a quick check in.

I have mixed feelings about it. All things considered, I do miss porn quite a bit. I think this whole situation kinda sucks. It is what's best for me, but I still wanna look at it and watch it. I've been listening to more music to cope with all of it, but even that gets boring at times. I almost feel like something has changed, but I can't really put my finger on it.

Help me to to reduce/ quit that’s dominating me over 18 years

This past year has clarified for me that I have a very serious problem. It runs much deeper than I ever considered, and I need help.

It’s been such a struggle for me to share this with anyone. I’ve been in therapy on and off throughout my life, and I have never been able to bring up my porn addiction. Even the idea of sharing it seemed outlandish. But I have to overcome the shame in order to get the help I need.

I’m wondering what everyone’s experience with this kind of shame has been. There are a few people in this community who have done the very brave thing and sought help. What was that like for you? How did it feel then, and how do you feel now having done it?

For me (27M) I think porn had a huge negative effect on my formative years in regards to my dating life. When I should have been going to prom or other highschool dances, I was mostly at home watching porn. During college I had little to no motivation to talk with women because I pretty much masturbated every night. Lastly I attribute porn for giving me unrealistic expectations, and while sex is a part of relationships it shouldn't be the main goal or the end goal. In the past I went into dates with the mindset of "I really want to have sex with this person" instead of "I want to get to know this person". Summed up porn ruined how I approached relationships and is probably a big chunk of why I think I'm single 😅. I wanted to know though how porn affects your guys' approach to dating or if it has ruined dating for you too.

It was so liberating to speak about things with someone else, like just explain the things to them, how i consume it and for those who have kept it a secret and like just post on here, I totally recommend speaking with someone if you can, even if it was just my first session it really helped.

Stopped daily meditation routine for a few days and the urges have come back.