08-14-2013, 11:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-14-2013, 12:21 PM by TheGraduate.)
(08-14-2013, 08:57 AM)jamboree Wrote:(08-14-2013, 07:00 AM)TheGraduate Wrote:(08-14-2013, 05:56 AM)jamboree Wrote: Based on my experience with SM, I did not feel an increase urge to look at porn or to masturbate, except maybe one particular stage. However by stage 6, there is not much of an urge if at all. This may be consistent with those journals because I don't recall any of those users of SM reporting an obsession with porn or masturbation by the end of the program. I do recall some having a higher urge at particular stages but not obsessive behavior as a result of SM at the end. I think it's because the program increases the quality of women that you look for to a high level. Also the non neediness is at a high level by stage 6.
But was porn a weakness for you to begin with? I guessing not. It's more a reflection of the person than it is the program.
True. It wasn't a problem for me to begin with. Its just that as I read your message as saying that as a result of using SM, some people in their journals were reporting that they had become more obsessed with porn and masturbation. I didn't necessarily observe that message from their journals. What I did read in one or two journals is that they felt they had a problem with porn at the beginning and after using SM, they didn't feel that SM took care of it. But they did not say, from what I recall, is that they became more obsessed as a result of using SM.
But I do hear ya. I don't think you were trying to say what I interpreted from your message. I think you are simply saying that you have a problem and you would like SM to take care of it. I do think that if it is a big issue for certain people, I think it should have its own program so that issue is the only one you are concentrating on. If it is included in SM, it goes in with a huge amount of other stuff and all this competes for your brain power. I do think it could go in as a separate module that could be used along with using SM or for standalone usage. If it is a big problem for you, use as a standalone so that it gets all your concentration. Now that I'm thinking about it, isn't there already a separate module? I thought there may be one but I may be wrong.
People have expressed to me offline that this has happened to them. Not everyone is going to talk about this in the forums as it might be a source of shame - or they might not realize that it's reducing the effectiveness of the program and not bring it up.
My motive for bringing this up actually is to improve the program, not a selfish one as you suggest. I haven't used SM.
If directing people away from one thing to another is too much for the program, too much for the brain, or simply wont work, Shannon will make that determination. It might not need a long additional script to work, but if it does work, it will yield better results, hence more positive journals, hence a larger profit.