u/Kennedy-6756

There was a time when getting dressed up for a date, getting a random text from someone I liked, going on a trip, even just meeting a new person actually felt exciting. At some point I started needing way more stimulation for the same reaction. Maybe it wasn't only porn, but porn definitely didn't help. Has anyone else felt their baseline excitement slowly come back after quitting?

I’m curious about this because I’ve noticed something strange. Some things I used to find insanely attractive online barely do anything for me in real life. And sometimes someone who looks completely normal in real life is way more attractive once I actually talk to them. I wonder how much years of curated images mess with our idea of attraction without us even realizing it.