Any helpful tips to avoid porn triggers? I feel like this world is so broken that it is really, really hard to avoid them entirely.
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I believe is impossible to completely avoid porn triggers, but you can take steps reduce them. Reduce your presence on social media, before watching movies check to set what content they have, use a filter app like Covenant eyes or get rid of your smart phone completely and start using a simple flip phone, have an accountability partner set up passwords on your devices so you can’t access the internet without their permission.
These are just some ideas, there are many more it just comes down to what you’re willing to do to remain sober.
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Not sure how useful this will be, as I am not a recovering porn addict, but I once heard a speaker at my church recommend educating yourself on the societal harm porn inflicts on not only those who consume it, but those poor broken souls who produce it. He spoke about how many porn actors and actresses die tragically, from STDs, drug and alcohol use, suicide, or by violence. He talked about the trafficking that goes hand-in-hand with porn. He spoke about the relationship between the violence and degradation sometimes inflicted upon innocent people by those who consume porn. Destroy the glamor and allure of it, and see the ugliness underneath. Think of it as aversion therapy, with the idea that when confronted by a trigger, a counter-trigger is also activated. Just the little bit of research I’ve done in this regard has convinced me that this can help.
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I do not want to do the “act of,” either.
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No, “self-love.”
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Yes. No sexual activity at all.
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I declined because I’m a female & that was a men’s discussion. LOL
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Sorry! I didn’t realize. I apologize.
There is (I’ve heard) one for women but I don’t know who runs it.
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It’s OK. I think a lot of people don’t realize how many women struggle with this issue.
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Not all of us are heterosexual.
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