Ask Men on Yik Yak | Should I have sympathy for men addicted to porn? I think maybe I should but I really fucking don’t. It’s like feeling sorry for somebody who uses zyns. Yes, addiction is a disease, but no shit that’s bad for you, cringe, and in some cases morally wrong.

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Should I have sympathy for men addicted to porn? I think maybe I should but I really fucking don’t. It’s like feeling sorry for somebody who uses zyns. Yes, addiction is a disease, but no shit that’s bad for you, cringe, and in some cases morally wrong.

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Anonymous 21h

As also a woman I have sympathy for those who are genuinely trying to change.

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Anonymous 17h

As a man addicted to porn, I don’t think we are owed sympathy. That being said, I do believe we deserve compassion, but if we are ruining our lives over it, don’t treat any differently than a situation with a drug addict.

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Anonymous 22h

Feel free to weigh in on this one way or another, I’m not super set on this opinion. Also, this is coming from a woman btw.

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Anonymous 22h

No one said you should. But I will say that porn is kinda forced into your face online and young men (and unfortunately impressionable boys) who are biologically wired to enjoy this stuff get hooked to it easily. I would say just keep that in mind when you think about how porn addicts are gross losers. If you don’t wanna date a guy for it, I wouldn’t blame you at all. - a porn addict

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Anonymous

#1 22h

This is a valid opinion, I’ve been on the Internet for probably a decade and I have quite literally never seen porn, never been on porn hub, etc. but it’s probably different for young boys in terms of what they’re exposed to. I will say there’s a difference (in maturity, moral responsibility, and capacity for good decision making) between impressionable children and adults who should know better.

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OP 22h

Personally I’m sympathetic for anyone trying to change, because it’s a difficult road to sway from. So I’m always down to give advice or encourage someone not to for their sake. Because at least they are trying. I think the times I will stop if there is not change or it puts me in a dangerous situation.

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Anonymous

OP 22h

It depends where you are online, and I think if social media algorithms knows you’re a boy and maybe you stopped scrolling on a model’s page for a split second longer than usual, it will feed that material to you. Especially true on Twitter or Reddit or Instagram. This might lead these boys to seek out these sites and get more into the rabbit hole. And I would like to point out that most of these addictions start very young. Mine might have been as young as 12 or so

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Anonymous

OP 22h

Personally mine started as a kid when I was curious about sex and then ended up going down the rabbit hole. As a woman I secretly struggled with it for years and it wasn’t until I decided that I didn’t want this to be something that I was known for or to hang over my life that I was able to let it go.

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Anonymous

#2 22h

Thanks for weighing in. Personally, whenever I saw sex in movies or even anything tangentially related to sex as a child and even into age 14/15 it would make me physically uncomfortable, guilty, and even sick feeling (which I now understand is also not a healthy relationship to have to sex and desire) I can absolutely understand having sympathy for and supporting people who are trying to change, but I agree you can’t help somebody who doesn’t realize that what they’re doing is harmful.

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