“The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.”
-Marcus Cicero
Pornography Addiction And The Modern Man
As a man, your battles won’t be fought in the jungles of Vietnam. They won’t be fought in the desert of Iraq or against Nazi Germany.
Your great war will be against your mind. A war against your evolutionary drives which are now being used against you.
The rise of OnlyFans and other adult platforms has empowered the girl next door to become the next Mia Khalifa. Society has accepted it and even encouraged it. Why should a girl study law when she can make $90k per month on OnlyFans? More money than a distinguished neurosurgeon.
Why should she work on a business tirelessly becoming a revolutionary entrepreneur to improve the world when weak men can support her lifestyle for just a couple of pics?
Social media has created amazing opportunities for everybody. It has allowed people to change their lives through massive leverage. It has also rewarded bad behaviour, allowing people who don’t do much to gain a disproportional amount of influence.
Have you ever noticed how music videos and movies are getting more sexualized? When I was young Candy Shop by 50 Cent was as explicit as it got.
Don’t even get me started about the dopamine explosion called Instagram. Ever consider what this is doing to your mind? How the decision to indulge in small pleasures could be melting your brain and crippling your future.
The world is changing quicker than imagined. And if you don’t wake up and see the game being played on you, you will fall behind and allow other men to get the glory.
All you will have left is a few OnlyFans subscriptions.
Dopamine Overdrive and Porn
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in our brain that’s associated with ‘anticipation’. One of its purposes is to motivate us to chase after things our brain believes will help our survival. When ancient humans saw a honeycomb, a large surge of dopamine would be released.This motivated them to indulge in the calorie-dense food increasing their chances of survival.
Evolution is a very slow process deriving from small incremental mutations. Technology is fast and makes quantum leaps. Social media and the iPhone didn’t even exist 20 years ago. From a physical standpoint our physiology is still the same as primal man, but our world has drastically changed. We are not equipped to deal with a world like ours.
Therefore the most advanced of our societies struggle with obesity and mental health issues not seen in other areas of the world. This phenomenon is often referred to as the evolutionary mismatch theory.
We live in a world dominated by superstimuli. Stimuli our ancestors couldn’t have dreamed about. The danger of superstimuli such as OnlyFans and similar sites is that there is no shortage of novelty. Your tastes can transform, and you can explore your sickest fantasies in the comfort of your own home.
Black, Asian, White , short, tall, ugly, beautiful, and even alien. You can also watch video game characters. It’s all possible with just a few clicks. Each session transforms your primal brain, making it crave the dopamine even more. Cognitive dissonance will ensue.
Your mind will see that it’s receiving more dopamine than Julius Caesar after a triumph, yet your outward circumstances are that of a peasant. Porn platforms much like social media have been designed to keep you addicted.
Their algorithms are created to hook you by pressing on all your evolutionary buttons. Fake asses, fake scenarios, notifications, and high-quality 4k video wrapped up in intermittent positive reinforcement are the magic formula.
They don’t care about your future.
They don’t care about your relationships.
They don’t care about your happiness.
They just need you to keep watching so the dollars can keep coming.
All to keep shareholders happy.
How to Free Yourself from Porn Addiction
So how can you get out of the trap? How can you stop these soul-sucking corporations from stealing your life energy? The answer is to commit yourself to reality.
Force yourself to expand your energies outwards instead of wasting them in your bedroom. Have a goal for which it is worth fighting; something that will occupy your mind.
Weak men resort to novelties because their life is a mess. It’s a way to escape reality much like excessive video game playing or drinking alcohol. When you wake up every morning with a fire in your belly you will have no time to be idle.
You will have no time to succumb to corruption. Create a plan and become obsessed with it. Maybe you want to make a business that can generate $10,000/month. Maybe you are gunning for that elusive blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Perhaps you are learning JavaScript and want to develop an app. Always have a mission in front of you.
Create systems that will stop you from diving deep into temptations.
- Have an accountability partner.
- Join some online forums.
- Utilise software to block unwanted domains and apps.
- Understand your triggers, especially the less obvious ones like Instagram or Game of Thrones.
- Destroy them or at least make sure you can’t see them.
Commit yourself to monk mode. Commit yourself to becoming a better man. When you have an urge learn to observe it through mindfulness and do sit with it. Absorb its power and use it to keep expanding outwards.
Go out and meet real women. Put yourself on the line and have some skin in the game. Remember that there are only two types of men in this world. Those who conquer reality and lay claim to their dopamine rightfully, And those who watch other men claim it.
This is your life.
Don’t let your dying thoughts be those of regret. Don’t let your final visions be filled with the triumphs of a virtual world.
Do this and I promise you will be one step closer to living and dying well.