The things people noticed, the conversations they avoided, and the changes they’re still working on.
Three months off masturbation while still watching porn did nothing. Only after I stopped the porn too did my erections harden and the wet dreams start, at 33.
Read the story : It took almost a year of quitting before I noticed any improvementI'd gone 77 days without porn, running 10 km a day and looking women in the eye. Then I slipped. I'm not letting one day undo it, and I'm not going back.
Read the story : I relapsed on day 77 and decided it was the last timeEvery test came back normal, but I had no morning erections and went limp around women. A month without porn and three weeks without masturbating changed that.
Read the story : A month off porn and my morning erections came backThe early improvement faded. My libido is low, my morning erections are gone, and I'm barely holding on while I decide whether to wait or see a doctor.
Read the story : Months into quitting, my libido still hasn't come backI went from a boy who couldn't look at his own reflection to a confident man doing well at work. Yet my longest break from porn is under three weeks.
Read the story : I stopped being shy, but I still couldn't stop watching pornI quit for real after meeting the girl of my dreams. Three weeks in, my anxiety, fog and anger came back, and I couldn't tell if it was withdrawal.
Read the story : A month off porn, and almost everything made me angryFive months after quitting porn I feel more confident and drawn to women, but I can't balance a high sex drive with the energy I lose after orgasm.
Read the story : Five months off porn, I'm torn between feeling charged and wanting releaseTen years of porn pushed my fetishes further and drained the joy from my life. Four weeks into quitting, I nearly slipped, and I'm practising eye contact.
Read the story : I stopped enjoying anything, and now I'm relearning eye contactFalling in love made me look hard at my life. Two weeks off porn I feel full of energy, but I'm ashamed of what turned me on and afraid it won't reset.
Read the story : I fell in love with a woman, but cross-dresser photos aroused me mostI used to be the relaxed one in every room. Porn left me tense in company and finishing too fast. Slowly cutting it out is bringing me back.
Read the story : Porn made me anxious around people and quick to finish