Can your brain be rewired but you still like porn?

I'm a little confused by this. When you say that you relapse and LIKE to look at porn, what exactly does that mean? Are you just saying that you're watching porn and doing nothing about, like MO, or does that mean something different? Remember that this isn't something that is simply considered to be a bad habit. This is an addiction, plain and simple. For us addicts to "dance around the edge" and flirt with danger is like an alcoholic opening a beer, smelling the scent, and maybe licking the edge of the bottle. ZERO good will ever come from such foolishness.

EVER.

 

You will like sex so you will like pornography.

Hopefully the re wiring will mean you get erections from women you see in real life.

Yes. You will still like pornography but you will desist from viewing it

 

Depends on how you look at this situation. If your wish is to abstain for the rest of your life, then it's better to start thinking about what porn has cost you. I'm not talking about financial means but the physical/mental damage it has inflected upon you. In your case, one of those costs could be PIED. If you look at porn that way, then porn won't be something you like but trash and poison. It's self harm. That makes abstaining easier. Commit to eliminating this from your life. If you are not sure, then perhaps think again about the costs.

 

Good question. I can only speak from my own observations what being in monk mode has done to me. I have become totally indifferent to porn or any other explicit artificial content for that matter. Neither do I hate it, nor do I like it... it just doesn't excite me anymore. I wonder how the hell could I be addicted to some pixels on the screen for so many years. Maybe it's just some brain rewiring going on in my head or something as nothing artificial really excites me anymore. It has become impossible for me to watch a whole movie or an episode on TV. I fell asleep in a cinema during a movie I wanted to watch. I'm unable to play any game for more than few minutes before getting so bored and agitated I have to close it. I used to binge whole netflix series in one turn, play games for long hours, now look at me, I can't go past 30 minutes mark. I don't know what has happened to me. I do read crazy a lot though (web news media, newspapers, scientific studies, books) to the point friend said to me, that I'm becoming live lexicon. The only series I'm still able to watch are scientific talks and lectures on topics that interest me. Is this because of depression/anhedonia? Has anyone else experience something similar?