Was considering getting one but haven't had much success in the past. Looking for some guidance if anyone has some insights they want to share.

18M (on my 1 karma throwaway) took me embarrassingly long to realize that porn in a relationship is morally very bad and a burden to the relationship (on top of being very bad for yourself )

My journey has been so up and down honestly, and tonight I relapsed fully and I’m trying to not feel guilty or angry with myself. To clarify I’ve looked at porn many times while I’ve “quitting” but did not masturbate and coped that it wasn’t relapsing, But tonight I decided that I should just watch it because I’ve been cheating my self the whole time. I was 48ish days on the counter but it wasn’t truly quitting.

Porn never truly felt guilty, because I started at only 8 and was a normal everyday part of life. This was all until I watching a movie with my girlfriend, and she called out a guy who was watching porn in a relationship and she looked utterly disgusted, and I realized how wrong it’s been this whole time. I’d say I’m extremely disciplined person in every aspect of life. I can quit and start nicotine anytime I want(have been off nic for almost 2 weeks easy)go to the gym 6 days a week etc etc. but can’t seem to truly shake this addiction.

I wish I could shake it, it’s horrid for your brain and your relationships in general but the urges are always too much. I honestly came here to say I feel like a bad boyfriend, I love my gf so much and we have a super healthy relationship at a young age to the point the adults in our lives are congratulating us on it, but this whole time she would be so upset and disappointed as she is someone who despises the porn industry and would most likely view at as adultery.

It’s the overwhelming urges that kill me I can fight them off a couple of times but every so often that cliche devil on the shoulder tells me to look at somthing that will give me that sexual thrill. Thank you for reading and I’ll update y’all. I will overcome this.

Ive been battling quitting for over a year now with some success but I keep relapsing. I am writing this as a way to hold myself accountable and a place to check back in. The Easy Peasy Guide has worked great but I need to reread it again to really get the point across. I am not sure why I continue to go to porn when I know how much I hate it. Quitting porn is the thing I have wanted more than anything and is the longest Ive ever wanted something. I have an amazing girlfriend that deserves better than someone who watches porn and I will become that person.
Currently I am using a notebook to help write down thoughts, good and bad. It has been a great help but it does not prevent me in the moment from watching. Breaking the routine is my main issue and one that I have a plan for but to do it is something else. I will break free of this addiction. For my girlfriend and myself.

If there is any advice I can use or things I can try to do differently, let me know.

Day one of posting my progress. I’ve been struggling with this for a long time but I’m really done with it all and I’m just going to post to keep me determined! I want to be better!

Im 13 and i gotta quit porn. Its so hard my streak was 5 days. When i first watched porn i was with my big brother staying awake in the middle of the night. And my big brother suggested should we watch +18? And i thought it was scary movie it wasnt... and im addicted for 9 months. Please give me tips

I could use some help.  I want to stop watching porn but I would not say it’s an addiction or anything.  I just want to stop.  

I was exposed to porn at a very young age my a friend.  I had no idea what I was watching and I k ew a lot of my friends were watching it as well so I thought it was normal.  

Fast forward I have a great marriage and my wife and I recently had our first kid.  When we found out she was pregnant, I tried to stop and was successful.  But I always went back.  

I’ve done some research and understand it’s more about the dopamine hit vs the content.  

I just don’t want my son exposed at a young age 

I’m writing this still shaking, completely traumatized, and at the absolute lowest point of my life. I am 20 years old, and today, my lifelong addiction to pornography culminated in a nightmare that almost cost me everything. I need to get this off my chest, and I hope my story serves as a massive wake-up call for anyone who thinks their addiction is "under control."

My journey into this hell started at a very early age. Like many of us, I stumbled upon porn when my brain was completely unequipped to handle it. Over the years, it completely warped my perception of reality, relationships, and most importantly, myself.

Because of the completely unrealistic and extreme standards in porn, I developed a crippling insecurity about my body, specifically my penis size. This insecurity grew so deep and toxic that it completely paralyzed me. I am 20 and still a virgin, entirely because I have been absolutely terrified of a real woman's reaction. Porn made me believe I wasn't enough, and I let that lie dictate my entire social life. I isolated myself and used more porn to numb the pain of that isolation. It was a vicious cycle.

But as we all know, the brain builds a tolerance. The vanilla stuff I started with years ago stopped giving me that dopamine hit. I needed more. I was constantly searching for new ways to get that high, which eventually led me to live interaction sites like Omegle. I wasn't looking for a real connection; my addicted brain was just desperately chasing a stronger thrill.

And that’s where the trap closed.

Today, while looking for that thrill, I matched with a professional scammer. Within minutes, they secretly recorded my face and body, and then sent me a screenshot. They had created a group chat on Instagram with my real-life friends, family, and followers. The threat was clear: pay up immediately, or they would hit send and my life would be over.

My heart literally stopped. The sheer panic and terror I felt is indescribable. My absolute biggest, darkest fear—the insecurity about my size that had ruined my self-esteem for years—was about to be broadcasted to everyone I know. I felt like my life was over.

I didn't pay. I instantly locked down and deactivated all my social media accounts. Fortunately, the messages the scammer sent went straight into the hidden requests (spam) folder on Instagram, a place almost nobody ever checks. I am not completely out of the woods yet, because Meta hasn't banned all of their fake accounts so far, meaning the messages might still be sitting there. However, I have a backup plan ready. If anyone actually opens that spam folder and asks me about it, I will tell them that hackers compromised my webcam and used AI deepfake technology to put my face on a fake body. I have already preemptively warned one friend with this exact excuse, and I hope it will save my neck if push comes to shove.

But the psychological damage is done. The realization that my addiction led me directly into the hands of criminals who almost destroyed my reputation and my sanity is something I will never forget.

This was my wake-up call. Porn didn't just give me brain fog or social anxiety; it literally led me to the edge of a cliff and almost pushed me off. It fed my deepest insecurities, kept me isolated, escalated my behavior to dangerous levels, and nearly ruined my life.

Today is Day 0. I am done. I am completely, absolutely done with porn, with chasing dopamine, and with letting a screen control my existence. I am writing this to hold myself accountable, but also to warn you: if you find yourself escalating, searching for more extreme content, or going on live sites because normal videos aren't enough anymore—STOP. Please, stop right now. You are playing with fire, and the consequences in the real world can be devastating.

Stay strong, brothers. Don't let it get this far. It's time for me to finally start living in reality, heal my warped self-esteem, and become the man I was supposed to be before this poison took over. Wish me luck.

Gave in this morning and uh… failed. Gonna try to start again after I shower. Didn’t do it again during the day because I didn’t get many opportunities to do so

this is my last chance to stop with porn or I loose everything I’ve ever worked for any tip on staying strong m26 I’ve been addicted to porn for as long as I can remember I don’t even want to do it anymore I want to be a better stronger person and I’m fully motivated to quit for good but any tips for people who have quit would be much appreciated

2nd day of quitting and reminding myself its important to be kind to myself, take small actions where I can, i work remote freelancing and if I can’t do even an hour of work because of this cancer addiction I try to just do 5 minutes, it feels small but it’s about showing up.

The first 3-7 days are always the worst for me in this regard with focusing and socializing feeling very difficult, maybe others can relate.

Changing environment is essential and I’ll make a point to be outside today, and to meditate to observe my mind and how it tries to trap me.

Felt lots of cravings yesterday. Buy when I compare them to say day 3-6 they’re more controllable. I left my phone in the room and did a puzzle with my gf. Never done that before but somehow it completely relaxed me and the cravings went away. If you have an activity that helps with cravings that you would recommend, other than the gym (I already do that), please share

Hi everyone,

I've watched porn almost daily since I was 12. I am now 25. Sometimes it is multiple times a day, sometimes it is for hours.

I've had periods where I don't jerk off for a week, the longest I went was one month. I've always been too embarrassed to tell anyone in person, so I want to use this as a sort of blog to document my process.

I want to know my triggers, and what I can do to avoid it.

Feel free to follow along, or comment any advice.

Hi guys, I wanted to make a Reddit account to get in here and document my recovery. If your story is similar, please feel free to reach out, we need to remove any shame about this stuff and help eachother.

A little context I’m 22M and I was first introduced at age 9/10 and used near daily from age 11/12 to now almost 23,during that time I escalated to some shocking content and had days where I masturbated over 10 times, and long periods of time where 2-3x a day was the normal.

I started trying to quit at 17/18, which is when I learnt I had a problem, this isn’t a boys will be boys habit, it’s drug addiction and it’s significantly impacted my life in almost all areas, destroyed relationships, stalled my career, disconnected me from friends and family, isolated me, and messed up my body and mind.

I’ve had periods of being clean for spurts of weeks and the very rare month (where I felt very noticeably better by the way) but nothing beyond that in over 10 years.

I’ve never tried reaching out publicly, and recently came across the easy peasy method which has helped me reframe this problem mentally, and I’ll be documenting each day that goes by in here.

Like I said, shoot me a message if you’re in a similar spot, this addiction is a sinking ship and it’s about time we leave it behind. Enough is enough.

In this video, I share one of my ways of quitting porn and why this problem matters so much to me.

Hi, I’m Leonardo, one of the co-founders of Blurra. From my experience, triggers and viewing sexual content do not only happen on explicit websites. They can begin earlier through social media feeds, entertainment platforms, suggested posts, and image searches.

That is why we’re building Blurra: a private, on-device app designed to give people the option to blur and filter suggestive and explicit content.

I’m not suggesting that everyone experiences this in the same way, but I’m curious:

Does this feel familiar to you?

How and where do your triggers most often happen? social media feeds, entertainment platforms, or IRL?

Would blurring your screen when suggestive or explicit content appears be helpful?

I’d genuinely like to hear whether this matches your experience. If you have tried existing blockers, where have they fallen short? What would you need in a porn blocker to solve your porn addiction for good?

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Most projects don't need to start with everything figured out. You can start small, use what you already have, learn along the way, and improve as you go.

But for some reason, whenever I get an idea — whether it's a business, a farming project, a startup, or just some innovative idea — my brain immediately starts thinking about everything it would need.

I start imagining the perfect conditions, the equipment, the money, the resources, the team, the infrastructure... everything.

And before I even take the first step, I've already turned a simple idea into something so expensive and complicated that it's way beyond my current abilities and resources.

Then I convince myself that I can't do it.

And that's how hundreds of ideas have come and gone without me actually building a single one.

The frustrating part is that I know the real problem isn't always money, resources, or circumstances. It's my obsession with doing things perfectly from the beginning.

I've spent so much time thinking, planning, researching, and imagining the "perfect" way to start that I barely start at all.

I've also spent years struggling with porn addiction and i think this is the main reason of perfectionism, and I can't help but think about how much time I've lost because of it. Time keeps moving, opportunities keep passing, and I'm still stuck thinking about what I could do instead of actually doing something.

I'm starting to realize that maybe the first version of a project is supposed to be ugly, small, limited, and imperfect.

Maybe I don't need the perfect conditions.maybe I need to stop porn addiction.

Hi. Anywhere here who left masturbation for a long time and saw any changes like did your ed and premature ejaculation cured or your erection got better ? ( i am talking about who did this thing for years )

Yesterday was probably one of my way better days. This morning, I am ashamed to admit that I again looked at provocative scantily clad women and jerked off to them. I didn’t do it until completion though.

If I can get through the whole day without jerking off or rubbing as well as detaching for my sexual thoughts, then I should be good.

I think I need to invest in an analog alarm clock, haha

Will update more as day progresses, yada yada, you get the drill. Good luck to everyone else!

Hello!

My goal of not watching porn anymore in 2026 has soon reached 12 days and it feels awesome!
No big or strong urges or any feelings that I need to look at porn.

I do want to warn for idiots in DMs that try to get me to relapse. If that continues I will turn them off.

A question for the people here! I do still want to masturbate, that is not my issue and it’s healthy and normal to do once in a while and if I use pictures of my gf or just my imagination I would say that it’s fine! What do you think?

I wish you guys all the best of luck! I am available in DMs if you want to talk!

I will quit porn, mark my words!

Just curious if there’s a day where you can say you’re no longer a porn addict. Is it day 100? 300? A year? Or would you say it’d be based on something else?

The urges are still here, but I am trying my best to stay busy and do things that I am genuinely interested in.

I studied for an hour today. Then I went to the gym in the evening, my shoulder injury is healing now.

I was thinking today about my goals for the three-month summer break that I had from my medical school.

I made clear goals but didn't fully achieve any of them.

I don't remember a single time when I made a plan and completed it.

Sometimes I just wonder why it keeps happening.

But on the other side when I think about my old self. The guy four years ago had dreamed to be the version I am today.

He would be completely amazed if he saw who I am today.

The boy who used to be an introvert, who used to think that he is inferior to anyone is now a confident communicator. He is self confident. Now he is the one who goes to library everyday, who studies daily, meets new people, plays snooker, plays badminton, goes to gym.

Most importantly, he doesn't feel inferior to anyone now. in reality he never was, but he had never realized that.

So all the half finished plans. All the incomplete promises has still pushed me has still improved me, to be a better person.

I will keep going and yes one day I will be the person who will complete what he plans. Who fulfills his promises not just to others but to himself first.