Ever experienced "Porn flashbacks?"

[UnderstandChristianity]

hardly

Hardly Means your a self righteous person . im a person who only believes in Christ his perfect works for me and others. are you sure you mean hardly? are you one of those that thinks God should thank you for believing in him when that was Gods work to? for by grace we are saved or it woud not be grace.

 

[Sutekh]

I am surprised of how much this Thread is becoming rather off subject of a debate between Religion.

 

[Kenny]

Hardly Means your a self righteous person . im a person who only believes in Christ his perfect works for me and others. are you sure you mean hardly? are you one of those that thinks God should thank you for believing in him when that was Gods work to? for by grace we are saved or it woud not be grace.

It is by grace and, no, I am not self righteous... but

Nothing we can do about our sins. Except pile them up and keep them in mind. And do even worse ones.

that isn't grace because we CAN do something about it. We can go to Jesus.

 

[Epic Beard Man]

Iv'e been viewing Porn for a very a long time, I know some people might disagree saying that their is no such thing as Porn addiction. But I believe that I am addicted with Pornography, its hard to describe some experiences Iv'e had from viewing Porn. At times when I would and wouldn't view it, I always get flashbacks from the things Iv'e seen which would make me view it again.

Have any of you long time Porn viewers have experienced the same flashback things Iv'e been getting at times?

P.S. Iv'e been considering quitting porn, but its not that easy for me.

Interesting....Do these flashbacks happen at random?

 

[Jumi]

Flashbacks that make you uncomfortable sound like something I'd talk to a professional about. Make sure everything's all right.

 

[ecco]

Iv'e been viewing Porn for a very a long time, I know some people might disagree saying that their is no such thing as Porn addiction. But I believe that I am addicted with Pornography, its hard to describe some experiences Iv'e had from viewing Porn. At times when I would and wouldn't view it, I always get flashbacks from the things Iv'e seen which would make me view it again.

Why should the idea of enjoying porn make you uncomfortable?

P.S. Iv'e been considering quitting porn, but its not that easy for me.

If you enjoy it, why would you want to quit?

 

[Jumi]

Why should the idea of enjoying porn make you uncomfortable?

If you enjoy it, why would you want to quit?

He's addicted, it means it has gone past the point where he feels it's healthy. He wants control back, I don't think this is time to talk about morality of the thing itself.

 

[onlytruth]

Iv'e been viewing Porn for a very a long time, I know some people might disagree saying that their is no such thing as Porn addiction. But I believe that I am addicted with Pornography, its hard to describe some experiences Iv'e had from viewing Porn. At times when I would and wouldn't view it, I always get flashbacks from the things Iv'e seen which would make me view it again.

Have any of you long time Porn viewers have experienced the same flashback things Iv'e been getting at times?

P.S. Iv'e been considering quitting porn, but its not that easy for me.

with most full blown addictions ,outside help is needed. you might not be able to stop because it does not seem harmful, but any sexual immorality is first harmful to the individual being immoral.

 

[ecco]

He's addicted, it means it has gone past the point where he feels it's healthy. He wants control back, I don't think this is time to talk about morality of the thing itself.

I was asking him, not you.

 

[Jumi]

I was asking him, not you.

Seems to me that you didn't read the OP and are doing a disfavor.

 

[Sutekh]

Interesting....Do these flashbacks happen at random?

Yes.

 

[Sutekh]

Flashbacks that make you uncomfortable sound like something I'd talk to a professional about. Make sure everything's all right.

Usually I might feel anxious when getting the flashbacks. I mean Iv'e seen a psychologist before, and my parents have known full well of my history, now I am an adult though.

 

[Sutekh]

Why should the idea of enjoying porn make you uncomfortable?

I don't feel uncomfortable from viewing Porn, I believe you got the wrong impression of what I meant. Porn you see tends to overtake bits of my life, Even though Iv'e been juggling it for a very long time.

 

[Sutekh]

If you enjoy it, why would you want to quit?

Because I am tired of it, I got into Porn at the age of Ten. Right now I am a 19 year old who has a life ahead of me and who wants to succeed in his career and purpose.

There was a time where I used to be in control of watching Porn, but that control lasted very shortly.

 

[Milton Platt]

Iv'e been viewing Porn for a very a long time, I know some people might disagree saying that their is no such thing as Porn addiction. But I believe that I am addicted with Pornography, its hard to describe some experiences Iv'e had from viewing Porn. At times when I would and wouldn't view it, I always get flashbacks from the things Iv'e seen which would make me view it again.

Have any of you long time Porn viewers have experienced the same flashback things Iv'e been getting at times?

P.S. Iv'e been considering quitting porn, but its not that easy for me.

I don't think "porn addiction" is recognized as a legitimate condition. Perhaps you are strongly habituated to watching it. You can install software on your computer that blocks such sites, if you want help quitting.

 

[ecco]

I don't feel uncomfortable from viewing Porn, I believe you got the wrong impression of what I meant. Porn you see tends to overtake bits of my life, Even though Iv'e been juggling it for a very long time.

Because I am tired of it, I got into Porn at the age of Ten. Right now I am a 19 year old who has a life ahead of me and who wants to succeed in his career and purpose.

There was a time where I used to be in control of watching Porn, but that control lasted very shortly.

If it's interfering with your life to that degree, then you should seek counseling.

 

[Jumi]

Usually I might feel anxious when getting the flashbacks. I mean Iv'e seen a psychologist before, and my parents have known full well of my history, now I am an adult though.

I think it's worth a shot to talk about it with a psychologist. They should be able to identify the problems more clearly and be able to make some kind of plan to get you well again.

The "flashbacks" shouldn't be a problem and will probably go away once you start getting control over your life back. I think the professional will tell you that, but as we are on the internet you shouldn't trust anyone's opinions too much (including myself). If it's a problem you should get appropriate help for it. It's your life after all.

 

[Epic Beard Man]

Yes.

Yeah Jumi offered the best advice. Sounds like these flashbacks are maladaptive.

 

[Liu]

I get "flashbacks" from a ton of things. Used to get them from fantasy books frequently when I read those in piles in my teens, or even from video games (those from Tetris were nasty xD). It's just how memory works. Basically like having an earworm.
Yeah, I also now and then get flashbacksfrom porn (mainly from written erotic stories, though, but that, and drawn images, is 99% of the porn I consume), but I wouldn't consider that any issue. Often, it's from the better-written ones which I would also enjoy as literature. (well, I'm asexual, so most "normal" porn doesn't do much anything for me (never has, so no "desensitization"), so I tend to read/look at mostly fetishy stuff, which often is a bit more elaborate, relatively speaking).

I still think I do have a porn (or rather masturbation) addiction, myself. As you may know, I'm a transmale, and on hormones since 1 year, and not that used to having a higher sex drive, so still learning how to handle that.
But the problem to me doesn't seem to lie in being exposed to pornographic material, but rather in the amount of time spent on it, and in that when doing it too often it leads to a mindset in which after a while it's not even really enjoyable but one still can't stop.
I would however like to also stress the benefits of porn. As long as it's not only the same kind of PWP all the time, it can teach you a lot about yourself when you watch your reactions to it.

Some approaches that I'm currently trying out and that look promising:
Whenever I feel like fapping and/or going to some adult website and can hardly hold myself back, I make it a rule that I first need to spend 5 minutes meditating before being allowed to. If I then still want to, I can (at least for, say, half an hour or so).
I think I got the idea for that from some porn game which I played a couple time a while ago (who can guess the game gets a virtual cookie)

Also, my doctor told me I spend too much time sitting at a desk (well, most of my work is done on computers, duh) and I should reduce that (I am allowed to spend any amount of computer time lying down or standing, though), and also doing that will probably help me. I try to get into a mindset where being not at the computer is the default (at least in my freetime), instead of having being at the computer as the default.

Since a lot of this thread seems to have been on religion: Do you all really think that will help the matter? Besides some versions of "see a psychologist/get external help", I haven't seen anything in this thread that looked like advice to me, just a lot of proselytizing (perhaps I've overlooked something, though).
All the advise I gave here is fully in line with my own religion; if yours can't provide similar, then that makes it even more doubtful to me that converting to it would be of any help.

 

[Sutekh]

But the problem to me doesn't seem to lie in being exposed to pornographic material, but rather in the amount of time spent on it, and in that when doing it too often it leads to a mindset in which after a while it's not even really enjoyable but one still can't stop.

With me Iv'e seen just about everything with porn, from Vanilla, to BDSM, to Anal etc. I do have that mindset that you basically nailed on.