Pornography use and recovery / PPU-A07-5
Digital Friction by Consent — Review journal
Review an attempt at digital friction by consent and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Noah chooses to charge a device outside the bedroom.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Device settings can support a chosen plan but do not replace care or consent.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Compare optional notification changes, device placement, or self-chosen access limits; exclude another person's coercive monitoring.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
Which adjustment supports your choice without creating a surveillance arrangement? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- Which adjustment supports your choice without creating a surveillance arrangement? My optional adjustment or support request:
Conceptual background
AASECT Position on Sex Addiction — American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.