External Environment

[caesar13]

How important it is to change the surrounding environment to cure my porn addiction? I almost fap daily (at least once a day). I'm starting to think that I should maybe concentrate on changing my environment. I work from home, so I think it's hard for me change the place.

 

EDIT: Do you think the web browser I use can trigger my addiction unconsciously?

Edited March 12, 2023 by caesar13
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[Leo Gura]

Of course environment is a huge factor, but realistically you cannot run away from computers.

Food and sex are the kind of things that you cannot control effectively through simple mechanical prohibition. You have to develop yourself to the point where you are not a thirsty dog.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Majed]

@Leo Gura is watching porn once a day too much ? or is it healthy ? personally i think of porn like food, you need it to satisfy your basic needs. + we live in a very different environment than how it was before porn where people used to get married early on maybe in their teens. today we're more individualistic and nobody wants to marry young and if you don't have a girlfriend or sex friend or if you don't socialize a lot for whatever reason porn seems to be a healthy solution as long as it is not overabused of. there's a difference between watching porn once a day and watching it three times a day. same thing with food for example three meals per day is healthy, nine meals it becomes toxic. 

[caspex]

Changing the environment will help you fap less but ultimately the solution is you. You can slow down the momentum of fapping from daily to every 2 days to 3 and so on, go very gradually when you do this. If you start by doing once every 2 days then do that for maybe a week before you move on to every 3 days. You'll be happier as well since you'll be looking forward to something at the end of the week(if you slow yourself down to once a week). You'll just enjoy yourself way more with a slower momentum, making you not want to fap naturally again the next day.

But yeah, if you are fapping daily then you got to change the content you consume etc. to slow yourself down. Overtime it wouldn't matter as much since you'll gain resiliency. Also try not to watch porn at all when you do fap because that pulls you into the addiction. If you aren't horny enough that you can't fap with only your imagination then that's a pretty good sign you shouldn't fap. Porn is completely unnecessary and will pull you into a daily spree again.

If you are addicted to porn then you'll also notice that if you want to use imagination to fap you'll need a lot more foreplay/stimulation. You can't just whip out your dick and be done in 10 minutes like with porn. This is a good thing meaning you are more resilient to seduction and such. Not using porn to fap and having a slower momentum will also push you to talk to more girls towards the end of your cycle, so that you get that foreplay and are actually able to fap the day you want to fap and enjoy it.

How many days your cycle should take depends on your body. And it should go without saying that if you can do pick up or dating then do that and there'd be no need for you to fap at all.

[Leo Gura]

34 minutes ago, Majed said:

is watching porn once a day too much ?

Depends on your age and sex drive. If you're in your teens and 20s, then I consider that normal.

[universe]

Yep, living in a room with 6 other people will likely have an effect on your masturbation.

Other things which will have an effect is having other stuff to do. Keeping yourself busy so that you have no time to scroll on your browser.