What's the hardest addiction you've tried to break or are trying to break? (kbin.melroy.org)

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Mine is porn addiction. I don't ever want to become a coomer but I think I've became that already a few times in my life. I shamefully have watched porn, saved porn images and visualized people who're probably not as into porn as I was.

I really do wish to be done with porn, it's done nothing for me. I've masturbated for many years and I feel like it has hollowed out my mind. I don't even get that much enjoyment from masturbating as much and the porn hasn't really gotten any better so I guess I can say that I've seen porn when it was at its best when I was younger and everything.

Now all of it is just loli shit, artificial shit and that's gross or the fetishes have gotten too niche and unappealing. I look around me in porn communities and I haven't found anyone worthwhile to speak to or associate with. Everyone is six feet under in porn that there's no way for them out.

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[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

IKR?

I was a heavy smoker for 15 years (40+/day). Giving that up was really hard, both emotionally and physically (they don't warn you about the physical withdrawal effects - sweats, hyperactivity, insomnia, nausea etc) and habit breaking is a bastard.

But at least with that you can stop. It's binary, you're either not a smoker or you are. I've found managing diet to be harder than that.

I think that's easier than not over eating because you have to eat and psychologically, I've found that harder. Every meal feels like a little failure.

I used mounjaro this year which has helped lose 10kg, but even that's levelled off. Am also still a fat ass.

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