Summary: Is pornography bad for you? Probably yes. Everything is bad when you abuse it. Can you use it as a tool to sexualize your game? Oh, yes.
#noporn, #nowanks
There are numerous studies on the effects of porn (and masturbating to it) on healthy males and the conclusions aren't good for anyone who pays for a subscription on a xxx site. And while we’re at it - who does that with all the free videos out there?!
If you have a problem, any problem, if you have any erectile dysfunctions, sex or libido issues, anything out of the ordinary - masturbation and porn should be the prime suspects. If everything is ok - I'd still recommend quitting both just to find out how you feel without them.
I suspect that many of the bad effects of pornography are the result of masturbating to porn rather than merely watching it. Usually hitting play is quickly followed by some skin on skin action, brief euphoria and the feeling of guilt.
Use, Don't Abuse
When it comes to something easy and pleasurable it's far too easy to become addicted. Even if it's not an addition (yet) then you might develop a bad habit. And it’s going to ruin your life little by little.
Such is the nature of life that most of the easy, pleasurable and enjoyable things are bad for you in the long run and those that are good require hard work, dedication and sacrifice. And for most of us it's impossible to live a life of pure diligence. You're going to slip up and there's no point in beating yourself if it's a rare event.
However, you can't use it as an excuse. You have to be on track most of the time and exception should be exactly that - an usual thing, a mistake or... a tool.
Strategic Use Of Porn
I had no problem in quitting masturbation and after two months it just became a forgotten art. Maybe I felt a little bit hornier in the beginning but since I always have few girls that I'm sleeping with it wasn't an issue.
Rejecting pornography (and erotica/nudes) was quite different. As it turned out after two months of not watching porn my libido was low. I had no problem having sex but my desire to approach other girls and fuck everything that moves was for most of the time gone.
What jump-started my daygame motivation was - surprisingly - a different kind of porn session. I just watched some clips, ogled hot bodies, and listened to loud moans to put myself in a sexual mood without even touching myself. Next morning I woke up with a huge boner and desire to find a new girl.
Since that experience I've been using this technique to push myself to approach more and be more sexual when I'm not feeling like it. "I have no interest in hot, young girls" is a terrible excuse. But remember - it's just watching, not touching! Replacing real sex with masturbating to porn is a colossal mistake.
Because real sex is better than anything you'll ever see on your computer screen.
Lessons (re)learned:
- If you have any problems with porn - avoid it. Avoidance is easier than resistance.
- Stop masturbating, even if you watch porn. It'll keep you in the sexual mood.
- You can try to watch some porn (without touching yourself!) before you go out to amp yourself up.

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studentsensei 8y ago
I watch porn and furiously masterbate when my LTR is at work because I found that I can last longer once I get the initial nut off.
tddaygame 8y ago
That's not the way to go. Learn to control your breathing and to recognize the point of no return.
faplordxd 8y ago
If you fap to porn you're essentially just cucking yourself
NoFap is life
JohnIan101 8y ago
It's a form of enterainment, like everything else.
It's only a problem in high doses without restraint.
The same with over eating, over working out or over dieting.
It's only a negative when abused.
You can drink beer and not be an alcoholic.
max_peenor 8y ago
Words I never thought I would see put together.
I guess the problem I have with porn these days comes down to one of two things: a) it's so over-produced it is like watching animatronics go at it. I get bored within seconds, as it just isn't real. Though I've noted that some women had a preference for this idealized version of sex partners, despite a lot of them actually looking pretty disgusting, or b) it's amateur stuff that leaves the female looking like a pile of cum swollen slutiness. Sure, I like seeing that female when I'm in bed with her, oh hell yes, but the one on the screen? Shit lady, have some self-respect.
When I grew up, jerking off involved two ripped pages of an old magazine and a female with a giant hairy bush. It was real, but it left a lot of the sex to the imagination, which is where sex thought belongs. You want a pre-game "amp?" Make sure you leave a lot of gaps in the picture; that's what you are off to fill.
The weird thing is I've done a metric fuckton of amateur porn over the years. I've put none of it on the internet, though my partners in crime (and ass pillaging) have. When I go back and look at some of those "piles of cum swollen slutiness" I still think they are hot. I dunno, I guess deep down we have a genetic predisposition to sexual possessiveness. We just try to forget about it when it isn't our turn.
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Single female masturbation clips. Not the fake moan-y ones, but rather those where she's really into giving herself a deep body shaking orgasm for the sake of pleasure.
It is poetry.
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Huskimbo9 8y ago
I'd rather not fap my soul away to porn .
DieUnbequemeWahrheit 8y ago
Just think of the seconds after you finished masturbating to porn. A grown man sits there, his limb dick in hand, his seed spilled. How pathetic can you possibly get? People who masturbate to porn have 0 self respect and are usually those that will never self improve.
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Think of a highly successful person. Kobe Bryant, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Willis, and Chad from down the street. Can you picture any of them masturbating to porn? No? Because it's for losers, and losers who rationalize it's good for them. Go out and use that energy to chat up girls and to making relationships to better your life.
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-sr71 8y ago
I'm still not sure tbh. Ive been trying to build my businesses and just want to avoid all female contact. I spend around 90 hrs a week working. I want female contact bad. I used to be a moderate chad with girls.i still can't stop myself from getting numbers but I am not putting any effort into interacting with them afterwards just use porn and try to not confront my guilt over it. Im not sure if this is unhealthy.
AnonymousAndLovinIt 8y ago
You're literally replacing real sex with porn. It's unhealthy.
Find escorts.
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AfroBaki 8y ago
fapping period is not the way. I myself truly agree with TRP's methods it is spot on, things i have been saying for year. It's just really that i didn't have the full spectrum and now i found this. But anyway if anything i suggest adding nofap, cause fapping does cause you to lose a lot of things other than just protein and nutrients.
moonpodrising 8y ago
The hazard of problem porn usage should be recognised but not exaggerated. Personally, I know I've used it way too much, so I'm better off avoiding it, until I'm beyond sexual frustration. Doesn't mean I need to pretend it's deadly poison, and feel like a total depressed failure if I've used it recently. That's another shitty mindset trap.
grumpy_0ld_man 8y ago
Damn man, I'm not watching porn/nudes for a month now and my libido is non existent as well. I need to try your way of getting horny or something coz I feel like a fucking 80 year old now.
AnonymousAndLovinIt 8y ago
If you checkout yourbrainonporn it is actually mentioned that those who cut off porn and masturbation would eventually reach a stage of non-existent libido. This is the toughest stage, but extremely important. Your brain is resetting. According to many entries those who held through that phase finally got back their libido and it felt healthier and stronger.
Yes, porn is actually so bad that cutting it off completely might kill your libido before finally becoming normal.
fuxdpus 8y ago
There's nothing wrong with jacking off to porn. Women aren't free. They ALL come with a price-tag in terms of time, energy, money, baggage, and so on. Jerking off to porn is FREE. Even if you BUY porn, it require ZERO maintenance, unlike a relationship with a real woman, which requires constant maintenance.
Nope. Real sex with an attractive woman who is cooperative may be better than porn. Shitty sex with a partner you're not attracted to isn't better than porn, and takes much more effort to get. Plus it comes with way more risk and baggage.
LippyMinded 8y ago
Porn isn't free, and neither is fapping
AnonymousAndLovinIt 8y ago
Your issue is that you're actually comparing porn to sex. These things are not equal. Actual sex is natural and can have strong positive effects on your body and mind (and spirit?). Porn is a drug that is draining your life force and can seriously damage you. How is this free?
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Let me guess you own a fedora and just finished a bag of spicy Cheetos with mountain dew?
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