pornography addiction

Day 11 1.19.12

**relapsed. skip to the bottom if you don't feel like reading a ton.****

Day 10

My rebooting story

I kind of always knew I had a problem. I just didn't realize that I was right. There have been a lot of other factors in my life that convinced me that the problem didn't ultimately lay with me or my habits; I've had a lot of health issues and stresses that on their own could lead to problems with performance issues. I have suspected for a while now though, that my issues were related to a pornography addiction.

Crashed, wont burn

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I'm resetting and re- starting my brain reboot process. After about (wo weeks away from my girlfriend, we had sex after trying to stop at just heavy petting and my giving her pleasure with my hands and sucking on her breasts. Apparently, i thought i was trying karezza.

I most definitely will get back there and try again. As we will be together a lot, its going to be a bit more difficult than I thought but I have to do this.

Four and a half months of abstinence...over today

Hi all! I have been following this site for about four and a half months now and I thought I would share my experience with PMO addiction with you guys. As the heading says, today marks the end of four and a half months of abstinence from M and O (I had some trouble with the P - the lure of those potential virtual mates was too much sometimessmiley). This morning I found myself having a PMO binge session, and I must say it was quite a bittersweet experience.

Day 8: feeling great

It's day 8 without porn/masturbation. I don't feel the urge to do either - so there is nothing to resist. Of course, I would *like* to watch porn and masturbate, but I don't *feel* any compulsion that I have to battle.
Libido - it is there, but with no erections.
Mood - good. Lots of positive thinking. No depression whatsoever (the rain has stopped too).
Side effects: Unease when sleeping; insomnia.
That's about it.

Biological inevitability or ingrained habit?

I have been away from Reuniting for several months, so I shall briefly review the problems that brought me here in the first place, and the circumstances that have prompted me to post again. I was a moderately compulsive pornography user (< 5 x / week), and the images that I consumed were incongruent with mutually agreeable sexuality in my marriage. Moreover, the pornography use caused me to seriously think about infidelity. Just prior to my last posts, I had completed 42 porn-free days, and believed that I had learned two things.

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Predicting compulsive Internet use - its all about sex!

Okay, it's obvious, and from 2006, but still, it's good to see researchers are digging.

a new member-- day 22

I am glad I found this site. It has been my source of strength the last 22 days as I have fought this battle. Reading this site and realizing there will be an end to the depression/withdrawal has been the only thing that has kept me from the short-term relief of giving in. I have been experiencing extreme depression lately during my withdrawal. It has been frustrating, because I thought these symptoms would be lessening after about two weeks or so.

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