I’ve read a few books on Porn addiction, and read a couple of articles and seen some YouTube videos. One thing I’ve noticed with myself and others is that over time, porn fetishes become more extreme as they continue to watch.
For example, some people who are heterosexual may start viewing homosexual or even transgender pornography. Others turn to child porn etc.
Has anyone noticed extremities in their personal lives, and why does this happen in your opinion?
It’s a pretty “normal” behavior probably everyone here knows.
You don’t start your first porn as a violent, rape porn
but after a certain time your brain gets accustomed to a certain category of porn (which at the beginning typically is softcore) and you don’t get the amount of dopamine you need from that anymore. So, you have to go to more extreme and weird porn just to get the high dopamine level back.
You’re very correct. I ask because I actually have a theory: What if the extreme fetishes we gravitate towards are deliberate? In other words, what if there are some unresolved issues in our past that we use ■■■■ to act out. For instance, what if someone who watches child ■■■■ was a victim of sexual abuse as a child? It sounds Freudian I know, but I can’t seem to shake that suspicion.
If a person watches a certain type of extreme genre, I think it’s very calculated based on the person, even though we may not be consciously aware of it.
Im also using this method. I deleted instagram and twitter which was main source and i dont really open facebook unless necessary. Finally i got to day 7. Before that i relapses after every 3 or 4 days.