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Ask HN: How to stop watching porn?
- mankash666 10y agoWhy do you want to stop watching porn? Do you suspect addiction that's impacting your life in a negative manner? It's well documented that porn, like most other things in life, consumed in moderation has no negative impact.
- jstewartmobile 10y agoAnd how many published "scientific" studies yield reproducible results these days? That, and there's the whole neuroplasticity angle, where hitting the spank bank reinforces the neural connections that enjoy hitting the spank bank. Or, pre-scientism: "The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."
- nofappr 10y agocheck this out for inspiration, and good luck https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/
- meric 10y agoFor the love of God, abandon your love of pleasure.
- Lordarminius 10y ago1.Watch this talk by Ran Gavrieli to develop a sense of whats wrong with pornography : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJ_QfP2mhU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJ_QfP2mhU 2. Nurture more meaningful personal relationships
- Pica_soO 10y agoReplace one drug with another? If you could master your instincts for eternity, nature would make sure, the next generation would not contain that skill. Thus you fight a foe, you have no chance to win. You could measure out how to optimal circle the hedonism spiral without getting sucked in- basically a cease-fire..