What made you decide to quit PMO?

Curious to hear from you guys.

What was the moment where you realized you actually needed to change something?

For me, I kind of accidentally noticed that PMO was an issue..

I think I was around 21 or 22. Life was actually going fine -> I was studying, working, exercising, had a good relationship with my family, friends, girlfriends, all of that.

But one day I was just laying in bed feeling super depressed. And I genuinely could not pinpoint why.

So I decided to PMO. At that point it was something I used for everything. If I was bored, sad, happy, excited, anxious. Whatever feeling I had, I would regulate it with PMO.

But what I noticed right after was that I actually felt worse than before.

That is when I got the (genius) idea to google:

"Is porn bad for you?"

What I found was what made me decide to quit.

I stumbled into the nofap community, and there I read testimonies from guys describing the exact same things I was experiencing. The dullness of life. Lack of deep motivation. Anxiety. Stress. Escalating sexual preferences.

That was the first moment where I realized something might actually be wrong here.

I would not say it was planned. I kind of just stumbled into it.

What about you?

What made you decide to start questioning PMO?

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