Fighting porn addiction can seem like a battle with your own libido especially if you have been masturbating to online pornography for a long time for a number of reasons:
- Anything done for a long time becomes a habit that can be so ingrained into your lifestyle it is hard to shake.
- You have trained your body to expect sexual reward and the lack of such a reward becomes like a physical craving.
- Ease of access means that relief to your frustrations and cravings is so easy to satisfy many continue to give in and do not gain addiction recovery.
- Help is hard to come by because the subject is so taboo with most people making this a very lonely addiction.
So what can you do to fight porn addiction and come out on top and in control of your life and sexuality?
One such method that may help is to find a way to refocus your sexual energy. It is too easy to simply say i will do something else when i feel the need to pop online to view pornography but it is a part of the puzzle. The real results come from changing your mental addiction triggers to be positive rather than negative (being excessive porn and masturbation). When you discover what triggers your episodes online find something you can do to take your mind off it and stick to that, write it down and make it a new habit. It could be that you are depressed or sad which would require something targeting that particular trigger. It may be that you have sexually frustrating relationship issues which would require an approach aimed at solving that problem. One of the biggest problems though is boredom for many people and when online it is such an easy way to spend time despite the problems with sexuality that porn is known to cause .. if this is the case the best way to start changing this is to find a non-computer based alternative to relieve boredom because any association with the PC and the internet can easily lead down the path of addiction again.
For more information on fighting porn addiction for yourself or if you know someone who is addicted click below to find the answers you need to end your addiction and be unchained, free and happier with yourself and your sexual life without having to go to sex addiction counseling
http://www.kick-addiction.com/pornography-addiction/treatment/
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Hey Bill,
Sexual addiction is no doubt a huge problem, especially due to the ease of access to pornography nowadays through the internet. We’ve written quite a bit about the topic too, and it seems as if it is one of the most often searched for problems online.
While boredom can play a role, habit and triggers can often drive the problem past a person’s active ability to control it. It’s important for people to know that sexual addiction is, like drug addiction, an actual condition and not a moral failing. There are treatment options out there.
Frankly, I’ve never had a problem like this, maybe because I’m a woman. I think internet porn addiction is something that is happening mostly to men, and the tips here certainly would help them. But then again, I’ve never heard of someone whose life was ruined because of porn.
I’ve never heard of such a thing. Internet pornography addiction? This sounds like a condition invented by psychologists to make more money and make people ashamed of their habits. Really now, when’s the last time you’ve heard of someone dying because of porn addiction? Come on, people.
Internet porn addiction is not something trivial, something to be taken lightly. Please be aware that this is a very serious condition, and I advise anyone who doesn’t believe me to research some more on the subject. Starting with the link at the end of this most excellent article.
Thanks for this article!
Hi Annabelle,
I am presuming then that you haven’t heard of Ted Bundy, I encourage you to find and read his story.
Untold marriages have been ruined as a result of porn also. If that is not someone’s life been ruined then I don’t know what is.
David Batchelor
LifePath Unlimited
Liberty League
This is a good resource for anyone looking to get over a problem like this. I think some people would be nervous about addressing this problem and not sure where to turn for help.
Hi,
This is really such a nice post about the sexual energy and i think this is really very important thing for the married life. I have seen so many people who have facing this problem. Anyways keep your posting continue.
Thanks for information.
Yeah, I think in todays porn saturated world, masturbation is a problem to some. But need to keep it in perspective. If your not in a sexual relationship, masturbation can be a good stress relief.
Untold relationships have ruined by excessive consumption of Erotica by females…supposedly. I suspect the problem is a lack of impulse control rather than actual addiction.
As for Ted Bundy, that was a self-diagnosed addiction the night before an execution. Something he never claimed before. I suspect it was more of a ploy to elicit some sympathy after he died.