Join the challenge! Porn detox!

This could be tough.

Day 9

Glad to see other people joining as well!

So far so good, I have not watched any porn. This is the longest that I have gone in years. I was hoping for more obvious results on the EQ front (spontaneous erections or morning wood) but I am overall pleased with the results. Every once in a while, a “craving” will come up, but it doesn’t take long for it to subside.

The best benefit so far has been the ease of getting an erection when I wanted to (with a girl), as well as knowing that it wouldn’t be deflating or half-assed in the middle of sex. I’m looking to cut diamonds here though, so I still want more.

Ugh, this is hard. I’m so bored. It’s an ungodly hour. Can’t sleep, mind won’t focus to be productive. This is right when I’d usually just watch porn. Gotta stop!

Yeah, the first 3-4 days were like that. I ended up spending a lot of time here on Thunder’s, as well as researching porn addiction just to that I had sufficient motivation to not watch it. It did get better after that, though; hang in there!

I think I’ll join in too.

I have noticed porn just not doing it for me anymore. I have to do some rather vigorous stimulation to get an erection and that usually takes about five minutes with watching porn. I can’t get one without it. It is hilarious when you think about it. It is like I’m a crackhead and I need a hit or something.

Anyways, my first concern was that it was a negative PI with EQ going down and the fact that I would go limp fairly quick after I stopped stimulation. I figured that I will banish porn from my life right now. I’m not sure how I’m gonna do it exactly being on a site like here with the type of avatars we got. I’m thinking if I see something Playboy style (just standing there nude) I will not consider it as failure and it may serve as a helpful indicator if things are working if I get a slight reaction from just that. I know I can go for a week without a problem, so beyond that will be interesting to see.

I have absolutely no idea how I’m gonna do my PE, but I guess I’ll have to make use of my imagination. It worked pretty awesome back when I was a teen, but I also had raging hormones going on with puberty to assist there. Today will be Day 1 for me. I’m interesting in seeing if that “pheromones” deal mentioned here is true. Since I am in college, it will serve as an interesting test.

I wonder if my Adderall is having an effect here too. Amphetamine Salts deal almost exclusively with dopamine which is how it encourages attention. Some here have mentioned that they feel like they couldn’t get anything done in the day if they didn’t beat the chicken, and found when they did they could concentrate on their stuff. Dopamine is also involved with erections. It isn’t uncommon for adderall users to become “used” to the dopamine, which is why they generally have to increase their doses after a while. Researching more on this I have found that one of amphetamine salt’s side effects is “Inability to have an erection”. Very interesting. However, I can’t really stop it because I need it for school and I already been through a number of ADD meds to find one that doesn’t give me serious side effects. I’m not sure if I’m comfortable talking to my doctor going “Yeah, I find it harder to get an erection.” It is just embarrassing even if he is a professional. I think over the summer I’ll stop my ADD meds and see what happens.

Oh, I just found a way to turn off avatars here for anyone interested.

Go to User CP > Edit Options > There is a checkbox “Show Avatars” just uncheck this.

Day 34, feel great guys. Keep it up.

Day 4, no looky, no jerky….also no sex drive, no hard on, and no care, other than my wife gets grumpy when she isnt getting any.

Day 21

Feeling really good. I start to get slightly turned on just from pictures :) still haven’t gotten a full blown erection from a picture but still at least it is a sign that I am rewiring my brain and body! Keep at it fellas, no porn is well worth it.

Not exactly porn detox I guess, but I quitted hard porn. Meaning yes pussy no dick. I only look at naked chick pics and stuff :)

No hard porn, because it was making me feel silly: watching you dream girl get banged.. Weird.

Wow…I’m kinda bored now. I’m curious. Would you guys say sex stories are allowed or not?

Day 3 for me right now. I’ve accidentally seen a few nudes and stuff, but didn’t pay much attention to it and more importantly didn’t touch myself when I saw em.

Anyways, things I’ve noticed so far. I can get up faster now for PE with my imagination. And it seems like my erections are getting harder too. I’m not sure if I can associate this with the porn detox or the masturbation resistance. I probably won’t do PE today and maybe not tomorrow. Monday is ALWAYS an off day just due to the fact that I have a full schedule on mondays and no time to fit a session in.

I’ve definitely been thinking about sex more. I’ve noticed that I’ve become much more attentive when looking at other women. I find myself looking at their ass and chests more, and then my mind goes off into fantasy land for the next 5-10 minutes. Kinda problem-some on a college campus.

That comes back soon - may already have for you by the time you read this. It came back for me around day 5. I’ve also heard that it can come and go for the first 2 months while you adjust, but mine has come back to stay for the last two weeks+ so far.

I would say they are not allowed. I was bored for the first few days too, but it cleared up pretty quickly. Just seemed like time was going a lot slower, no motivation to do anything else, etc. I spent a lot of time here as well as watching the videos from Your Brain On Porn - which are very interesting. They explain much better in the videos, but basically your brain is addicted to dopamine and you’re not getting as much of a reaction from everyday activities, including real life sex. Sex stories would still produce dopamine, which is really at the heart of the problem. You just have to deal with the lull in dopamine in order to naturally fix it.

I’m looking for these exact same benefits from cutting out all the porn and cam girl vids.