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Watching without PMOing

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by tmack, Mar 21, 2018.

  1. tmack

    tmack Fapstronaut

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    Hey everyone, I find myself a lot of times watching porn without actually PMOing. I've counted this as a relapse so far, but should I? I would imagine that watching porn and PMOing have two different effects on the brain... with edging being the worst.
     
  2. It’s all bad. Yes edging is probably worse but watching porn is bad. Bad bad.
     
  3. NuevaAmerican

    NuevaAmerican Fapstronaut

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    Dude read up on Your Brain on Porn stuff. Out of PMO - Porn, Masturbation, Orgasm; PORN is the worst out of all of them - the thing that warps your brain the most.
     
  4. bro, porn still strengthens the pathways that enforces the addiction, whether you ejaculate or not. you have to completely quit porn in order to reboot. and to answer your question, yes that's indeed a relapse
     
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  5. Will27272

    Will27272 Fapstronaut

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    I wouldn't necessarily count this as a relapse, but you are playing with fire..

    The addicted brain is a sneaky, insidious beast..

    It likes to justify behaviours related to your addiction so it can lure you back in, knowing that it can create a path back to the addictive behaviour.

    For example, lets say you quit smoking: Your brain reaallyy feels like going out for a couple of beers tonight. It knows you can't smoke, and that you should try not to smoke if you're out drinking, but the urge to go out is quite strong...

    It lures you in to proxy behaviours, knowing that thats how you can get snatched up..

    If you can't think of a constructive reason to watch porn, knowing there's a chance you may be tempted to fap, DO NOT do it.
     
  6. I think this is 100% relapse. In my opinion porn and fantasing give to our brain a cocktail of dopamine and don't let the brain to comes to normal levels. Stop this and focus to your target.
     
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  7. Watching P is apart of the no PMO... I think you mean Watching P without MO
     

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