No.303610
>>303332>even if you rationally don't believe in it anymore, just believe its in your self-interest to believei'm not a retard so i can't do this
No.303636
I don't know what to do. I'm around 21 and I go to uni. I've been struggling with porn use and procrastination in general. I'm also not doing too good in uni. One thing is that I just don't have any friends at all for the past 2-3 years. I feel so sad, I just feel like I'm in a deep dark pit I can't get of. The porn use is the worst, I just can't seem to get over it. There was a period around 3 years ago where I was able to give it up for around 3 months but since then it's almost always stuck with me. It's not mastrubation that's the problem, but rather the porn usage, once I start watching it in the day I just can't stop. I don't know what to do at all. I think I would feel much less sadder if I was able to masturbate alone quickly rather than watching porn for hours. On every internet platform I use I'm always a lurker, I've never told people about my problems and I don't know what to do. I feel as if I'm losing myself to all this and I just don't know what to do. There's also the problem of money, I'm not rich, and due to money problems I have to bare some problems that would be solved if I had money. This is also a reason for the depression, and I'm not in a country where it's easy to earn money that is worth it in terms of the time that you spend earning it and that is in the scenario that you're able to find work in the first place which is already a tough scenario. I don't know why I'm typing all this here, maybe it's because this place has people similar to me. Rather than talking to me about how to solve my problems, it would be better if I was able to talk to just someone in general or someone who was able to get to a better place, I already know how to try to solve my problems, but I just can't bring myself to take these steps. I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to the internet, it's all just a host of things that have been festering inside my head for years, like a bad fridge you don't clean out. I don't exercise either because it is a bit inconvenient for me. I also have a very minor medical problem, but I'm pretty sure it would be solved or at least slightly allievated if I just had some money, that too just kind of depresses me. I don't know how to make progress, I don't know what to do.
No.303638
>>303636You sound like me 5-6 years ago when I started uni during the first wave of lockdowns. Was awesome at first, not leaving the house and playing games all day but soon I started exclusively living on the computer. Porn usage went up, just grinding games mindlessly without enjoyment etc. I still deal with porn addiction and procrastination and still haven't finished my degree yet. Similar to you I am somewhat socially isolated and have nobody to talk to about this in real life on a level that goes deeper than self deprecating jokes about "I hate my life I am useless lmao". You say you know what steps you need to take to solve your problems but be careful that you are actually treating the cause, not just the symptom. Porn addiction, like all addictions are often just a coping strategy for unmet emotional needs. Until you figure out what those are (what material do you usually jerk off to, what kinds of feelings are you trying to avoid when you boot up porn etc) you will be powerless to stop the addiction. I had to realize that my porn usage is as compulsive because I trained myself at a young age that my sexuality was a bad thing and that succubi don't want anything to do with it. So porn became the only outlet. Then as I got older and more isolated, other things got added like feeling loved, having someone else take control (especially when IRL you always feel like you're struggling just to survive) and so on. So now I can at least name the things that trigger the addiction and I can try to deal with those. Progress is slow and life goes on. If you are not a normal with a social circle, regular things will be much harder for you. Try to finish your degree if you think it's worth anything on the job market later, even if it takes you longer. I tried getting out of academia and into a job and always got rejected, likely because they just saw a failed student who was too old. So beware of that. Otherwise make up your mind and quit now if you can find an okay job that will bring you stability. But in my estimation, you need to do some deep emotional introspection before you start to act. Godspeed
No.303673
>>303638thank you for this
No.303919
>>303638earth is not a planet
that is a fake photograph