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fyl3toys

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My Steam app says I've played over 3,400 hours of Dwarf Fortress....


Desensitized...hmmm.....

I don't think so?
 

Zero1994

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Maybe it's time for you to take a break from porn games.

This is how dopamine is renewed.
 

woody554

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frankly it doesn't seem like a problem. watching porn is not a job, no point of doing it if you're not in the mood.
 
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Desensitization can come from getting to much of exposure of porn in general, especially when you are into some of the more weirder and niche genres. Usually this can be solved by taking a break from porn in general, or at the very least real in the harder stuff for a while. Age can also be a factor too, as we get older, out sex drives will eventually wear out. It's unfortunate but that's life for ya.

All I can really say is that it's different for everyone, someone could be spanking their monkey past the ripe old age of 50-60, while some teens wear off around 16. If I had any recommendation, try not to supplant the need for that "hit" with even further stuff you'd find on the internet. Too much of a good thing is never good. Do something else meaningful for a while, it doesn't have to be exercise or a new hobby, just binge some anime or touch grass for couple of hours, any little bit can help you can go a long way.
 

Pretentious Goblin

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Finding new stuff I like is fairly difficult as I've only gotten much pickier, but thankfully I can cycle my existing collection to get off.
 

qwoppe

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Finding new stuff I like is fairly difficult as I've only gotten much pickier, but thankfully I can cycle my existing collection to get off.
Same here. I found that cycling through types of media works better than cycling through porn genres.

I've not been particularly aroused by any porn game for half a month now. This week's been all about fairly vanilla live-action content, and before that I was fixated on doujins. Before that was lots of porn gaming, and in the future the needle will land on games again.

My main problem is that it's been taking some time lately to find what exactly I'm gonna be in the mood for, because my collection of fap material has expanded massively as needed, which also leads to the second problem of me requiring more storage space and needing to decide which porn folders I'm gonna cull next, which also takes up a bunch of my time.
 

fyl3toys

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...because my collection of fap material has expanded massively as needed, which also leads to the second problem of me requiring more storage space and needing to decide which porn folders I'm gonna cull next, which also takes up a bunch of my time.
That unfortunately sounds very familiar. For many many many years my OCD manifested itself in the 'need' to collect as much porn as possible because that next video I might find could be exactly what I was looking for.

During a psych session I was asked to calculate how much time I spent on porn throughout my life. The number I came up with was mind boggling.

It's been several years working on it, but now I'm able to manage my obsession. I don't collect anymore, and I cull very regularly regardless of drive space. On the days I look for porn I limit myself to 30 minutes looking for stuff, but I extend the limit to an hour if I'm
feeling particularly randy.

Those limits I place on myself have helped me immensely. My days feel much more fulfilling...I clean and cook on a regular basis now, and for the first time in my life I'm actually getting real sleep. I feel so much better now. Life is better now.

I still enjoy porn, but I don't feel like it controls me anymore.
 
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That unfortunately sounds very familiar. For many many many years my OCD manifested itself in the 'need' to collect as much porn as possible because that next video I might find could be exactly what I was looking for.

During a psych session I was asked to calculate how much time I spent on porn throughout my life. The number I came up with was mind boggling.

It's been several years working on it, but now I'm able to manage my obsession. I don't collect anymore, and I cull very regularly regardless of drive space. On the days I look for porn I limit myself to 30 minutes looking for stuff, but I extend the limit to an hour if I'm
feeling particularly randy.

Those limits I place on myself have helped me immensely. My days feel much more fulfilling...I clean and cook on a regular basis now, and for the first time in my life I'm actually getting real sleep. I feel so much better now. Life is better now.

I still enjoy porn, but I don't feel like it controls me anymore.
Damn, how did you manage to reduce it? Mainly the help of a psychologist and your own determination or did you also have to "assist" yourself with something? My friend from university had a similar problem, he couldn't control his addiction to porn and sex stuff (or rather I should say - masturbation) overall. He missed most lectures and almost flunked terms totally. I still remember how we tried to clean his PC and it was practically all bloated with porn and stuff I would not talk about. Everytime when we tried to help him, he always reacted with aggression and claimed that "nothing was wrong with him". Eventually he ended up visiting a psychiatrist and taking medication.
 
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qwoppe

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That unfortunately sounds very familiar. For many many many years my OCD manifested itself in the 'need' to collect as much porn as possible because that next video I might find could be exactly what I was looking for.

During a psych session I was asked to calculate how much time I spent on porn throughout my life. The number I came up with was mind boggling.

It's been several years working on it, but now I'm able to manage my obsession. I don't collect anymore, and I cull very regularly regardless of drive space. On the days I look for porn I limit myself to 30 minutes looking for stuff, but I extend the limit to an hour if I'm
feeling particularly randy.

Those limits I place on myself have helped me immensely. My days feel much more fulfilling...I clean and cook on a regular basis now, and for the first time in my life I'm actually getting real sleep. I feel so much better now. Life is better now.

I still enjoy porn, but I don't feel like it controls me anymore.
I love porn as an artform and enjoy exploring all the truly wild delights it has to offer, but yeah, part of me looks forward to letting the ol' sex drive take more of a backseat to my other interests as I grow a bit more venerable myself.
 

fyl3toys

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Damn, how did you manage to reduce it?....Eventually we ended up visiting a psychiatrist and taking medication.
I said the exact same thing and behaved the same to family that tried to intervene. "Nothing is wrong, leave me alone." For me it did come down to medication and continued psych visits for two years before I felt I could handle things on my own. I still take medication, because it works great for me, but I also remember to always let porn take a passenger seat, and usually the back seat at that because I'm the one driving, and I know where I want to go now. No particular destination in mind, but I refuse to literally waste time on something of low value and low benefit.
I think remembering back to times where I'd get home from work and stay up searching for porn until it was a couple hours before I had to be back at work....those times were not good times. I just cant live like that anymore.

I love porn as an artform and enjoy exploring all the truly wild delights it has to offer...
I feel the same. I really really like porn. When done well it can be mind blowing. Done poorly it can still offer something new. I've just come to realize that too much of my life has been spent in the pursuit of temporary thrills.
I do think your idea of cycling mediums is a good one...and switching things up can offer the chance to keep things fresh, but I'd start taking a look at your collection from a worth standpoint. With how inundated the internet has become with porn and how more and more porn is produced every single day....is it really worth collecting? Just something to think about.
 
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Pretentious Goblin

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With how inundated the internet has become with porn and how more and more porn is produced every single day....is it really worth collecting? Just something to think about.
Maybe not if you're a porn-omnivore, but when you're choosy, that handpicked collection has personal value. Also, porn gets taken down all the time, especially niche fetish stuff, so some of it may actually have become unobtainable.
 

fyl3toys

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Maybe not if you're a porn-omnivore, but when you're choosy, that handpicked collection has personal value. Also, porn gets taken down all the time, especially niche fetish stuff, so some of it may actually have become unobtainable.
lol. True I cant deny some personal value. It's something you know you like and to have it on hand can be helpful in some respects. Like if it prevents you from searching for more porn because you're getting high on your own supply so to speak. I can get behind that.

But two years ago I saw someone uploaded porn I had produced 20 years ago. I wasn't required to keep records for it anymore and I was convinced it was erased from the net, but nope! As long as someone likes it that stuff will always return. So while there are some videos I haven't seen in a while and would love to see them again....I'm sure at some point I will come across them. It's just not worth spending time looking for them.
 

qwoppe

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With how inundated the internet has become with porn and how more and more porn is produced every single day....is it really worth collecting? Just something to think about.
I delete shit based on how much usage it gets, how much usage I predict it will be getting, how difficult it is to find, and storage space usually.

Honestly I thought this utilitarian approach would be the default one for some reason. Never considered the concept of sentimental coomerism until your post.
 
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