Monster Energy

It’s honestly baffling. If it happens to you, you really do become a slave to your impulses

I have experienced it

People who like rap disgust me.

Based on a true story

This film will make you stop loving porn. It was banned in multiple countries around the world.

Yeah, I actually agree with most of that

Just because something is popular doesn’t make it harmless. People get hooked on things that feel good all the time. That’s nothing new. And yeah, people in relationships watch porn. That doesn’t prove anything, it just means it’s normal to them. You don’t notice what it’s doing while you’re in it.

That’s an interesting theory 😄 I feel like that might be giving porn a bit too much credit though.

I’m not saying it doesn’t depend. I’m just saying it’s not random. Over time it tends to push people in a certain direction, even if it shows up differently for each person.

That’s the thing. You don’t notice it while you’re in it, because it is your normal. It only becomes obvious once you step out of it. It took me years before I even started to feel like something was off.

Porn would still exist. Desire isn’t created by capitalism. But what you’re seeing now isn’t just desire, it’s a system built to amplify it. Endless novelty, instant access, constant stimulation, all optimized to keep you hooked. Without that structure, it wouldn’t dominate people the way it does now.

You’re not wrong, it does depend on the effect. But that’s exactly why it matters more than you’re making it sound. Things don’t have to be obvious to be real. Some of the biggest shifts happen slowly, quietly, until they just become normal. So yeah, maybe you can’t draw a clean line and call it cheating or not. But if something can create distance, even subtly, then pretending it’s neutral just because it’s not extreme yet, that’s where people fool themselves.

You sound exactly like me when I was addicted to porn. And I get your argument, but I think you’re looking for obvious, physical damage to prove it’s harmful. Not everything works like that. The effect is more subtle. It’s in attention span, motivation, attraction, and how your brain gets used to constant novelty and easy stimulation. You don’t notice it while you’re in it, because it becomes your baseline. And saying ‘most couples don’t care’ doesn’t really prove much either. People normalize things all the time. That doesn’t mean it has no impact. If it works for you, fair enough. But that doesn’t mean it’s neutral long term.

That might be the boldest confession I’ve seen all day.

In theory, moderation sounds fine. The problem is that most people aren’t actually operating from that level of control. It’s not just about whether something is ‘objectively bad’, it’s about how it interacts with human psychology. Easy dopamine and constant novelty are literally designed to bypass moderation. So yeah, there’s nothing wrong with it in a vacuum. But in reality, most people don’t live in that vacuum.

I was that way until I became aware of why I was really doing this, and I began to purify my body. I filled my life with energy that didn’t come from the outer surface of myself. But let me tell you, it was the hardest challenge ever, and if I hadn’t broken the pattern, I would have taken my life. I’m not exaggerating about anything written here!

Great post! I do think it’s possible to overcome it, but only if you understand the root of why those patterns are there in the first place. If you never get to the root, nothing really changes. From what I’ve seen, practices like dry fasting can bring a lot of awareness to your patterns and clear out a lot of internal imbalance. Most people don’t realize how much of their personality is influenced by what’s going on in the body, even down to things like gut bacteria. It’s not just genetics or life experience.

It becomes so addictive that you start to worship it like air and water. Recovering from porn is much harder and deeper than recovering from any other external stimulation.

I don’t think it’s just about guilt or belief. You can remove the guilt completely and the pattern is still there. The constant stimulation, the novelty, the easy dopamine, it still conditions your brain whether you feel bad about it or not. And sure, it’s nuanced, but that doesn’t mean it’s neutral. Some people handle it better, but that doesn’t change what it does on a deeper level over time. So I don’t think it’s just placebo. I think people underestimate how much it’s shaping them until they step away from it.

You underestimate my power.

Memory is biased, obviously. That’s kind of the whole thing. You’re not recalling some perfect version of the past, you’re recalling how your mind shaped it. That doesn’t make it meaningless, it just means it’s yours. And whether it’s accurate or not isn’t even the main point. It still affects how you see things, how you react, how you move through life. So it really comes down to whether you’re aware of how that bias is shaping you or not.

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