Watched Don Jon

Oh yeah. It was really good. Really funny too!
Definitely recommended watching for all Fapstronauts.
If you think you might be triggered, watch it with a friend! They don't need to know that you can relate to it. It's a crowd pleaser either way.

 

I had to wonder if Joseph Gordon Levitt was having his own issues regarding porn addiction or hyper-sexuality, and made that movie to help him move through it.

 

Don Jon is a great movie.

 

I'm gonna check the movie out. When I first heard about it I thought it was a stupid idea, but that was before I found NoFap. Do you guys more movies relating to this problem? I know of Thanks For Sharing and Shame.

Update: I've watched the movie now, it's pretty good but does contain a lot of explicit scenes and images. Therefore I wouldn't really recommend it here, or at least give you the advice not to watch it alone.

 

Any thoughts on watching this with my wife who is aware of my SSA and my previous sex addiction and porn habit?

 

I totally want to see this. BUT I only just started my nofap journey, so no way that I can watch it if there's some porn imagery in it. I do want to see it, but I'm still way to week to even flirt with the idea of it. Hopefully in a couple of months I'll be strong enough to watch. I almost watched it last week before I started to change my ways. I wish I would have seen it then! lol

 

Jarn, if you think you might be triggered by it, watch it with a friend. If necessary, tell this friend that you want to see this movie for important personal reasons and hopefully they'll see that its important to you and agree to see it. IMO, and I know some Fapstronauts disagree with this, it helps to discuss this addiction openly with someone you trust. Maybe not a wife or girlfriend, but a sibling or close friend at the very least.

Besides, its an entertaining movie whether you watch porn or not. Tell this friend that they'll enjoy it.

 

I saw this and highly recommend it. If you feel it will be a triggering type of movie then I don't recommend it. I realize it's just a movie, but I do wonder just how accurate it is because how could a guy who PMO's the way he does, also get women the way he does. Doesn't make sense. Or is it just me?

 

Just watched the movie. Good movie about porn addiction, even for PUA's. It's clear that porn lets a wrong image of sex, and makes people become irritable, like when the main character gets fucked up when he drives.

The conclusion of the film is that we have to avoid one-sided relations, and it's interesting to see as soon as Jon quits with porn, he finds the best sex partner he ever had in his life. So same for shy and anxious guys, if you quit, you will discover what you never realized before, or not very clearly, which means, your real self, cause you will redefine your relation with the others.

 

Yeah that bothered me too. But a friend of mine has one night stands all the time and I know for a fact he watches porn (he is open about that). I don't know if he's addicted but I do know he has trouble to bind with women, just like Jon.

 

If you are going through a reboot I would stay away, unless you are in a calm state of mind and can handle triggers. It has actual porn scenes in it and can reactivate sensitized addiction pathways. I personally suggest staying away until after you get some serious time away from porn.

Important point: Anybody notice that the thing that finally made him stop was doing the porn-induced ED test? He tried to masturbate without porn and couldn't.. then realized he was screwed up.

 

Funny cause I didn't get triggered at all, and I still wondering how you can be triggered by scenes like that, not explicit at all, or even not suggestive enough

 

@thepersonathome, I am glad you don't know what SSA means. That means you have not suffererd the way I have. SSA stands for Same Sex Attraction. I should have specified it is unwanted SSA. I am happily committed to my wife, but have been attracted to men for many years. The attraction has diminished greatly as I have been healing the last few months. Thanks for your comments.

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That's Hollywood for you, it is not real - like porn, lol

 

This is off topic/thread but I have just noticed that you haven't had an orgasm/intercourse with your wife for 3 months. That's awful hard on her isn't it? I am not accusing, maybe she agreed to it, but I just noticed is all.