I know this is common, especially in gen z, but some extra opinion's cant hurt.19M, Masturbating since 13-14, no gf, no relationship, some online e-sex (15-17).Parents are strictly religious, never even discussed sex or masturbation with me, but being non-English speaking immigrants, gave me free roam of the internet at a young age. Insanely overprotective, barely trust me with anything, I.E going out, cooking, driving, etc..Was a loser in middle and high school, had friends but not close, didn't do anything after school with them, and spent all my time on my computer. However I chose a college outside of my city and now it's my 2nd year there.I've made plenty of friends at uni, started going to the gym, I work part time, I do party somewhat and tried talking to girls but no luck. The thing is, when I'm at uni, I feel a much less urger to jerk off. I could go a week or month without, maybe even an entire quarter. But the moment I come back home I can't stop myself. My best guess is that it's the isolation + internet + no social interaction + boredom that causes it. I really wanna stop but every time I try going cold turkey at home, I last like a week max then feel the urge again. I wanna say it's just the environment affecting me, but I've had weeks at uni where I jerk off every night and I don't know why. if you have any questions ill answer
>>34096528I think the first step is separating jerking off from porn. Allow yourself to jerk off, but don't use porn, just your imagination. Once you've successfully done that you can try to avoid masturbating entirely, if you want
>>34096528>Was a loser in middle and high school, had friends but not close, didn't do anything after school with them, and spent all my time on my computer. Same bro, i can sympathise with you being the product of the envirovement, realise that you aren't alone there, this is extremely common. There was even a statistic that showed that around 91% of men consume pornography on a daily basis, that is how much an average person is exposed to it.From my personal experience, i quit by finding something to live by, and realised that no amount of justification from outside will help me with my problem now. For me this was embracing the cross and pretty much going the opposite direction, if i wanted to prove something and have someone listen, it had to start with me, as in my own judgement we can all feel that there is something wrong with porn and how people get addicted to it, so we should seek to destroy this horrible thing.Think about it, if you never had a girlfriend, if you suffered from addiction and got over it, would it not be wonderful if you could help someone else get over it? For that you need to lead by example. >I really wanna stop but every time I try going cold turkey at home, I last like a week max then feel the urge again. I wanna say it's just the environment affecting me, but I've had weeks at uni where I jerk off every night and I don't know why.Happened to me too, i'd use to quit for days, then weeks, then months and even then i'd relapse. Right now i'm about a year free from that stuff, haven't even looked up porn in around a year or so.What's important here to live for today control yourself today, tomorrow has its own worries! Make your day count, and you'll get over it, i believe in you!
>>34096962Also from a religious standpoint, i know few can relate to it but it did help me a lot to overcome it. Don't look into intimacy/what you can find in a girlfriend, think of women who rejected any notion of lust to live a blameless life. It kinda humilliated me into quitting since i was constantly justifying it by thinking i was doing it becuase i can't get a girlfriend, while these people existed, who sealed their faith by daying virgins, never even thinking of engaging in degeneracy which we do when we watch these explicit materials.God bless!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXdCgm50AqQ
>>34096528Just find something productive to do. You already know the answer to your problem because you stated it in your post.
>>34096528https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyLXaUbwv2U
