Triggers

Triggers are situations and circumstances that create urges to go online and engage in unhealthy sexual behaviour. 

Your Triggers can be external, internal, or both. Examples of external Triggers include stressful situations, workplace conflicts, internet browsing habits, bad weather, and relationship events. 

Internal Triggers come from the inside. For some people, watching pornography is part of an effort to avoid certain feelings. These can include difficult emotions or experiences such as frustration, stress, sadness, boredom, pressure, anxiety, worry, and fear.

Blockers

Blockers help minimize exposure to porn. 

As you move through the levels, you may develop strong urges to go online and engage in unhealthy sexual behaviors. That’s why breakers are so important - they help minimize exposure to specific circumstances or events that lead to urges to go online. 

Your blockers are unique to your situation. They can include adding censoring software to your devices, moving your devices to public areas of your home, cleaning up your hard drive, and getting rid of visuals such as magazines. 

Blockers are an integral part of your quitting journey. LadderOut helps you choose the most effective blockers that maximize your success. 

Breakers

Urges to view pornography come and go. Overcoming those urges depends on willpower, however that’s not always the most effective strategy.

That’s where breakers come in.

Breakers are activities you can do in moments when you have urges to engage in unhealthy sexual behaviour. 

Breakers are based on neuroscience - the study of how your brain works.

Despite the negative long-term consequences, your brain knows that porn makes you feel better in the moment. Breakers help you weaken those pathways by providing healthy substitute behaviours that help you break unhealthy patterns and balance neurochemistry. 

Examples of breakers include physical exercise, deep breathing, switching to a new task, writing in a journal, calling a friend, playing a game on your phone, or taking a walk. 

LadderOut provides you with multiple breaker ideas. In addition, you will always be able to log on to the system, complete a module, and refocus your attention on the benefits of quitting pornography.