2021-07-15 21:26:31
To Quit Porn, Change Your Beliefs!
We usually use our willpower and self-control to quit porn. Some of us have greater willpower and hence, are able to abstain for a longer period of time.
However, there are many people who have relapsed after a year or two.
Why did they relapse after such a long period of time? If they abstained for such a long period of time, that itself proves that they do not lack willpower and self-control! Then, where is the problem?
The answer is: BELIEF.
To quit porn forever, you must give up false beliefs. We continue to hold some wrong beliefs even while abstaining from porn.
When we are abstaining from porn, we don't feel we are liberated. Instead, we think we are missing something. We believe we are sacrificing something. We believe we are not getting pleasure which porn users are getting.
All these are false beliefs. In fact, porn does not give you pleasure. Porn makes you desire more porn. It makes you lose interest in other activities.
Porn is addiction (dopamine addiction, to be specific). Productive activities release dopamine in lesser quantities. Hence, you find them boring.
So, when you are not watching porn, you are NOT missing anything and you are NOT sacrificing anything. You are liberating yourself.
I'll suggest reading The Book To Quit Porn or The Easy Peasy Way to Quit Porn to get rid of false beliefs.
Liberate yourself from the porn trap. Do not look at porn users with envy. Look at them with pity and help them to get out of the trap.
Credit: @KusoDan
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