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What's the hardest addiction you've tried to break or are trying to break? (kbin.melroy.org)
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Mine is porn addiction. I don't ever want to become a coomer but I think I've became that already a few times in my life. I shamefully have watched porn, saved porn images and visualized people who're probably not as into porn as I was.

I really do wish to be done with porn, it's done nothing for me. I've masturbated for many years and I feel like it has hollowed out my mind. I don't even get that much enjoyment from masturbating as much and the porn hasn't really gotten any better so I guess I can say that I've seen porn when it was at its best when I was younger and everything.

Now all of it is just loli shit, artificial shit and that's gross or the fetishes have gotten too niche and unappealing. I look around me in porn communities and I haven't found anyone worthwhile to speak to or associate with. Everyone is six feet under in porn that there's no way for them out.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't have any answer to the "hardest addiction" thing but OP, I don't think watching a lot of porn is inherently a problem. Sometimes people just masturbate because they're bored, in which case you should try to get some hobbies you find more fulfilling. But if you're masturbating because you're horny, why not, it does no harm.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Do it for your health. Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer

The scientists found no evidence that frequent ejaculations mark an increased risk of prostate cancer. In fact, the reverse was true: High ejaculation frequency was linked to a decreased risk. Compared to men who reported 4–7 ejaculations per month across their lifetimes, men who ejaculated 21 or more times a month enjoyed a 31% lower risk of prostate cancer. And the results held up to rigorous statistical evaluation even after other lifestyle factors and the frequency of PSA testing were taken into account.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Note that there are other ways to achieve ejaculation besides masturbating

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And if you're not a man?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This advice is for prostate-havers only. For everyone else, it’s still a sin.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Nice, I'm good to goon then.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Use it or lose it.

[–] 7rokhym@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

There has been folklore in the gay community for decades that prostate issues & cancer are related to not ejaculating regulating. Interesting research.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Yep, it's good for your health in moderation. As long as it's not taking over your life to the point where it's interfering with your normal life, it's perfectly healthy and nothing to be ashamed about.