Steven Wolt

But what happens, especially for me, is I weaken my ability to regulate my own emotions.

So stopping watching porn wasn't just stopping a bad habit.

I had to learn how to regulate my own emotions.

I had to learn to deal with triggers and urges.

And so there was this kind of incredible process that kind of weaning myself off porn was just not easy.

And so, you know, we're in this place right now where I'm, you know, using porn to deal with the pain of being Steve.

You were in this place.

Yeah.

So, and, you know, at that time I was in a relationship as well.

I'm a great girl.

And, you know, throughout that relationship, the more porn that I consumed, things started to change, you know?

Sex wasn't about connection, making love.

It was about intercourse over time.

It was about replicating what I'd seen in the movies.

I often like to say pornography abuse literally burns off the nerve endings of sensuality in relationships.

Less kissing, touching, holding, caressing.

And that certainly was the case for me.

You know, over time in that relationship, you know, I experienced a lot of sexual dysfunction.

I had difficulty getting and maintaining an erection during sex.

Yeah, yeah.