Quitting porn is not a mystery. It is not complex. Yet, so many men become frustrated and feel hopeless when their attempts to quit fail. In this article, I'll introduce what is the key reasons so many men have a hard time stopping their porn watching compulsion, and how to quit - permanently.
Quitting Porn is Not a Mystery
Men will try cold turkey, counseling, 12-step programs, church programs, web filters, and a variety of other programs. While these can help a man to quit porn, we know the vast majority of men only see short-term results at best. The porn watching inevitably starts again, and again.
To understand why, we need to first review some porn facts.
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Porn is NOT the problem
The number one reason most programs to quit porn fail is because they look at porn as the problem. Porn is what I call a "surface issue." The real problem lies underneath.
Consider what you do when you wake up in the morning with a headache. You probably go to the medicine cabinet and take an Exedrin, Advil, Tylenol, Bayer, or some other form of pain reliever.
If you have a high blood pressure or cholesterol condition, you probably take a pill every day.
If you play tennis, you may one day get tennis elbow. When most players get tennis elbow, they take an Ibuprofen and put a strap around the muscle just below the elbow, and take more Ibuprofen when they finish playing tennis.
Do any of these actions (programs) resolve the real problem? No! What caused the headache? What caused the high blood pressure or high cholesterol? What caused the tennis elbow?
All of these are just symptoms (surface issues) of a deeper problem.
That's what most programs designed to help men quit porn do - they treat the symptom, but never resolve the underlying problems. Until the underlying problems are resolved, the symptom will reappear.
You MUST Resolve the Core Problem(s)
If you are surprised to hear that porn is not the core problem, you are not alone. From my research, this is the number one reason many men get frustrated and ultimately feel hopeless when trying to quit porn.
If porn is not the problem, what is?
There are several categories that the core problems can fall into. I find these two are usually part of the culprit.
Your 13 Personal Needs
One or more of your needs are not met, and watching porn fulfills those needs.
When I ask people to tell me their personal needs, most come up with two, three, or maybe four different needs. That barely scratches the surface of your true needs.
There are actually 13 personal needs. If you don't know what they are, you can't explain what you need or know with certainty what will make you abundantly happy!
Imagine knowing exactly what you need, how to explain it to your partner, and have a long list of ways your partner can fulfill your needs. That is a core part in all of my coaching programs.
Conflicts in Your Identity
At first this may sound like psychobabble to you. I understand. Many people have a hard time grasping this concept. If you are not a student of life coaching or personal development, this may be a new concept.
To put it simply, I'm referring to conflicts in your values and beliefs about yourself. Here's a quick exercise. How would you answer the question "Who Are You?"
It is important to have a good understanding who you are and what you believe about yourself. When I ask a married man who watches porn this question, I'll get a few responses. Often they include statements like they are a loving husband, caring, loyal, and live a life with integrity.
Those are wonderful answers, but then I have to ask them if they are loving and loyal to their wife when they hurt their wife emotionally when they pleasure themselves watching other naked women? This new understanding about themselves reveals internal conflicts.
That is just one sample of the many conflicts a man can have. These conflicts are part of the real problems that must be resolved. These conflicts cause stress and anxiety. When these conflicts are resolved, he can experience a relief and internal peace that only comes when these burdens are removed, and he lives a life that is true to himself.
When the real problems causing the porn habit are resolved, porn CANNOT come back! It does not serve him any longer.
Subconscious Rejection
Now that we know some facts about porn, why so many popular programs fail, and what can be the real problems, we can now look at the solution - how to quit porn permanently.
Quitting porn is NOT a mystery.
The program I am about to explain is not new. It's been around for decades.
The technique is popular with those familiar with life coaching and personal development.
I call my variation of the technique "Subconscious Rejection." It is based on a time-proven method already used for many *decades* to help countless people with addictions, compulsions, phobias, and many other issues. It is used to help already successful business managers and executives maximize their effectivess at work and achieve balance with a loving personal life.
It is a 6-step program that works on the very core of the individual. Since a compulsion cannot be resolved by thinking about changing a habit after the urge or trigger happens, we have to address the core beliefs and values of the person.
Here's an example. Suppose that you go to a large party hosted by a friend. There are lots of people around. Your friend sees you, taps you on the shoulder and guides you to a nearby table and chairs. He invites you to sit down. In front of you are two lines of cocaine drawn on the table, and he invites you to take it in. What do you do?
Most people would reject it and politely indicate it's not for them. Why? Why would most people reject that when it is right there in front of them and readily available for the taking?
Here's why - They reject it because it is not who they are. Period.
There are many other examples I can give. The point is, this time-proven technique works at the subconscious level to help you reject porn even when it is readily available.
My Subconscious Rejection program conditions your mind and body to reject porn as something that is not who you are as a person.
It Requires a Trained Specialist
Like many services we get throughout our lives, this method requires a trained specialist to perform the six steps.
Like many common services you already get, this is no different.
Unfortunately, investing in yourself or your marriage with marriage coaching is somehow looked upon as unnecessary or something everyone should instinctually know how to do.
This might be an explanation why the number of divorces has been stuck between 600,000 to 1 million for several DECADES. It might also explain why 56% of divorces site porn as a major reason - for DECADES.
This is not something you can do by yourself. It does take an independent 3rd party with special training. I offer my services to help you, your partner, and your marriage.
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I'll let my published bio explain how and why I'm the right trained specialist to help you:
Mark Jala is a certified marriage coach with nearly 40 years of problem-solving experience. Certified in Strategic Interventions, Mark finds that marriage issues, whether porn, defensiveness, finances, communications, or sex, are “surface” issues. Mark finds that the only way to resolve marriage issues for long-term success is to discover and resolve the core problems. Mark, with his Strategic Interventions training and vast experience, transforms marriages filled with anger and frustration to marriages abundantly filled with affection, trust, and security.
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