Back before sports trading cards, there were burlesque trading cards... Not all men could afford the real thing all the time. Porn is a byproduct of 'moving pictures'. The same could be said about someone who goes to watch a play involving violence, compared to someone who watches it at home for hours every night. The brain has not evolved fast enough for screen technology, parts of the brain do not know it's fake. When you include the fact that there is a lot of extreme porn vids on the web, it makes it all the more important that every so often you evaluate your own viewing patterns. Maybe if religion (at least in the US) didn't mutilate penises to remove 60% of the nerves, men wouldn't be going to extremes to get off. I've always had a much simpler porn habit than my circumcised friends, though this is probably doesn't hold water as my European friends have some extreme habits. I think the people that watch extreme porn are the ones that eventually have negative side effects from it (within the realm of a normal viewing habit). I really don't see the difference b/w someone doing it to baywatch (my first time hehe) or normal porn. Though like anything pleasurable, if you overdue it, it could become a problem. Everyone has their threshold, and it's not all about porn ... If you spend 3 hours a night pleasuring yourself, it's a problem, no matter where you're getting the inspiration to do it.
If you don't abstain from jerking off & ejaculation a couple of times a year, you are addicted. If you abstain to the point where you are constantly staring at tna instead of their faces, you are addicted. If you cannot do it without watching porn, you are addicted. If you do it every night, you are addicted. etc.
My suggestion for the op is to cycle in abstaining into your quarterly(or monthly) routine. This will boost testosterone enough to benefit you strength wise, but also allow you to clean the pipes every so often if you are not currently in a sexual relationship, which is also beneficial.
Back when my auto immune was first kicking into gear, I was having extreme tiredness after sex. My remedy for the situation was to temporarily not ejaculate during sex. Every so often I would have a quickly for my sake, where I ejaculate the least amount of sperm possible. It was the only way to get around not ejaculating during sex long term.
If you don't abstain from jerking off & ejaculation a couple of times a year, you are addicted. If you abstain to the point where you are constantly staring at tna instead of their faces, you are addicted. If you cannot do it without watching porn, you are addicted. If you do it every night, you are addicted. etc.
My suggestion for the op is to cycle in abstaining into your quarterly(or monthly) routine. This will boost testosterone enough to benefit you strength wise, but also allow you to clean the pipes every so often if you are not currently in a sexual relationship, which is also beneficial.
Back when my auto immune was first kicking into gear, I was having extreme tiredness after sex. My remedy for the situation was to temporarily not ejaculate during sex. Every so often I would have a quickly for my sake, where I ejaculate the least amount of sperm possible. It was the only way to get around not ejaculating during sex long term.