Overcome an Addiction to Porn As a Teenager
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Tackle the habit before it gets out of control. Porn is an addictive habit like any other that can quickly spin out of control. Steps
- Recognize that porn is especially more addictive than most bad habits because of the hormonal influences within you, and therefore you will only break the habit if you truly want to and are willing to work at it.
- Make note of your source of porn! Is it the internet? A DVD collection?
- Put space between you and your source, for example: put your computer in a family room rather than in your bedroom. You can also block your frequently-visited sites by editing your hosts file, on a Windows system. Editing a hosts file
- Get rid of what you have! Scratch DVDs with a pen or paperclip before throwing them away. Tear up magazines. Delete the files and empty the trash.
- Take note of the situations that tempt you the most and also put space between you and them. If it is certain music or video game, put it away for a while. You may need to steer clear of the pool with the lovely sunbathing ladies or young handsome men for a few weeks. You will probably be able go back to normal once you break your addiction.
- Start a new good habit to replace the porn habits you have ritualized.
- It can also help to track your progress. For every day that you go without it, make a mark on the calendar. Try to keep a long string of marks.
- Reward yourself after meeting a milestone - a month, six months, a year.
- Give yourself positive internet things to do. Join a forum about something, fill your bookmarks with pointless games to play when you feel tempted.
- If by any chance you fall into a relapse of porn or something else, do not punish yourself for having no self control as this will only hurt your confidence and make you more prone for next time, ban use of the computer or internet or whatever your pornography source for several days
Tips
- Understand that an addiction to pornography is not just a pleasure one should avoid, think of it as an ADDICTION that can never be cured, one can still fall into a relapse of it, it can only be controlled
- Talk about it with people you can trust and know will understand and ask them to hold you accountable. The vast majority of people are involved with porn in some way but are ashamed to admit it. Many times porn habits thrive on secrecy.
- Avoid being alone late at night.
- Recognize situations where it happens. When you're bored? Hurt? Angry? Alone? Tired?
- If you have a feeling your parents are suspicious of you, talk to them privately and explain the problem and your plan. It is much better than answering the question "Do you have something you want to tell us?"
- Do not watch the Lifetime made-for-TV movie Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life. This movie shows an incredibly inaccurate and fictional account of what a pornography addiction can do to a child, as well as ineffective ways to get over such an addiction.
- Listening to certain songs may help you reflect on your porn addiction.
- If you can, download a program that blocks all pornographic sites.
- It's not rare, so don't get so sad about it. On the other hand, that isn't an excuse to watch porn.
- If you get the sudden urge to look at porn from listening to music, then be aware of the artists you listen to.
- Be careful of the video-games you play, games such as Grand Theft Auto or God of War have sex mini-games and sexual themes in them, which may make convince you to continue looking at porn.
- If you decide to resist the urge it might help to just tell yourself "no. This isn't for discussion." and then try to focus on the next thing you have to do (especially late at night) instead of the momentary pleasure that porn might bring.
Warnings
- Never pressure someone for sex because you want to give up porn. In fact that will only make the problem worse.
- Never allow yourself to feel guilty over being tempted. Everyone is tempted.
- Pornography is illegal to watch under the age of eighteen in most states. In others, it is twenty one. Be aware of these laws when indulging in it.
- If you feel like you have a problem, don't make excuses for yourself. Modern thinking will tell you that morality is subjective so you can continue to do things(like watch porn) and be no worse for it. Remember if you admitted you had a problem with porn, don't rationalize your problem. Confront it.
- If you see a pop up don't rationalize with your hormonal impulse for example: I haven't looked in a long time one time is okay, or acting as if you don't know what is on the internet ("I just want to see what it is!"
- Don't hate yourself over it. Sure it may seem weird and creepy, but what you do not know is many people you already know look at porn.
- Try to avoid sites which may not be pornographically geared, but which may contain pornographic references.
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