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Love it, but this shit is so expensive, if you eat this daily you must be a millionaire

Did he do it? How did he react?

I think that junk food is a perfect analogy because it's obvious that over-consumption causes issues. But notice that some people eat junk food and don't experience negative side-effects because of it. Maybe it's genetics thing? Trump comes to mind as he famously eats McDonalds daily. Maybe porn works like that too I have no idea. Also notice that over time you get desensitized to a normal food, requiring more sugary, salty and exciting processed junk to satisfy the tongue and taste receptors. And when you ditch junk food and return to healthy eating habits, senses are being reset and you are back to normal in couple weeks. If you are lucky you can even reverse your bad health with it. The compulsivity and lack of self-control is a problem here, not porn itself. But porn is designed in such a way and tickles a part of the reptilian brain (so to speak) in such a way that it's very easy to lose yourself in the rabbit hole of it, especially when you are a teenage boy having nothing better to do.

This has some nice VFX.

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Yeah but you don't get urges to use more and more fire after every cooking. It's a nice analogy but overlooks the potential of an addiction. It requires more self-control for some people to use it responsibly.

@integration journey Armin has a radio show around that:

Of course, kids get hooked onto that shit in their early 10s. By the time they are in their late teens or early 20s, porn already did the damage.

Because it's true. But that conflicts with self-agenda, because whatever is true, might not be okay with you. That's where spirituality comes into play.

Depends, what do you want out of your life? What are your prioritites at the moment? How aligned is your life to your highest values? What are your highest values anyways? You can't use somebody else's experience as a template, depends on where you are in life.

Like what assumptions specifically for "porn addiction" case?

@Basman Have you ever been addicted (okay, used compulsively) to porn? Because it can get much much worse than your 7-8h/day gaming thing. Nofap community has some silly idological side as well, but you can't just assume all those people doesn't really have an issue and are bullshiting. Millions of people are going through some really hard times because of porn induced issues and are desparate for help. It's no way the same thing as compulsive gaming. Not in the same ballpark. Not to mention the struggle that some of the spouses / partners go through when their partner has compulsive porn habits. https://www.reddit.com/r/loveafterporn/ Just read some posts here. You'll get some idea of what I'm referring to.

Yes, from personal experience, this can get real bad. Not to mention the shame and guilt that comes with it. There's higher awareness on this issue in culture today than it was 10-15 years ago. But I think more and more young guys are suffering with same issues, but they can't talk about it because it's a taboo. Mostly they get a wake up call when they are with a partner and can't perform. That's a turning point for most men, but even then, it's not that easy to get rid of it.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/addiction This was literally my experience with over-consuming porn and compulsive masturbation to it. This is why I call it an addiction. Based on an experience, not based on a medical board definition.