Avoiding porn

I have porn on during my sessions but no volume. I have my eyes closed for the most part but when I find my mind wandering off about my golf game or my to do list, I take a quick peek at the screen and bring my focus back.

@Kristianvoorhies I would say, once you've put it in, just focus on the sensations that feel good. Let them happen and make subtle moves to amplify them. Over time, I think you'll find that will start generating the arousal.

@Kristianvoorhies Try imagining your own body in amazing ways: Cock full staff and leaking, back arched from the pleasure, cursing from the intensity of the orgasms. Just an idea...

... is there an alternative way to get my arousal started that will still allow me focus on sensation?

IMHO, high arousal levels are essential to obtain prostate centered/generated orgasms (please see Are you "aroused"?). The practice of semen retention through temporal abstinence is one path to generating increased arousal levels (please see Aneros, Arousal & Abstinence and Semen Retention) without use of pornography and is a method frequently used by numerous members of this forum. As an introduction to this pathway I invite you to take the 21 day challenge. That challenge can be very enlightening about your own sexuality.

If you are currently in any kind sexual relationship with another person you might begin introducing Tease & Denial play into your relationship.

Making sure your physical environment is comfortable, stress free, not time constrained and without distractions will also help make arousal more likely. You might find some of the suggestions in Identifying Facilitators to Progress helpful in this aspect of your practice.

Some kind of mental trick?

No, I don't think there are really any mental tricks to be employed but rather an acceptance of your own body's natural pattern for arousal which may differ substantially from your ego's desire to invoke erotic pleasure.

Should I create a fantasy?

I think fantasy can be an effective arousal generator but if you expend too much mental energy trying to create an elaborate fantasy you may divert focus away from the physical sensations your arousal was intended to create, kind of a self defeating exercise. Certainly allow your fantasies to support the sensations being generated but don't make them the focus of your energy, allow the fantasies to ride in parallel with your Anerosession.
Good Vibes to You !

The 21 day challenge of abstinence, chastity, and semen retention, which @goldenboy advocates, changed my life for the better a year or so ago. It also improved immeasurably my Aneros sessions and Aless! 😉

@Kristianvoorhies, have you ever tried to combine porn with "penis not" or "do nothing"? Perhaps supported by my advanced re-wiring I love the thrills and vibes induced by watching porn without touching myself at all but only focusing on my arousal and any sensations coming along.
Another method I use to keep me aroused is touching myself at special sensitive spots, but without any movement. For example I only put my right hand on my right chest cupping my pec and let my palm most lightly touch my nipple while I put my left hand on my stomach right above my member's root. Now I focus on every subtle sensation and welcome what I feel. Like a self nurturing circle my arousal builds up higher and higher until p-waves, involuntaries, dry orgasms, mmos and sometimes even SuperOs just happen.
Good vibes, Mart

Thanks everyone it’s good to get advice from others.

I’m going to give this challenge a try and see what happens.

I often watch porn before beginning a session. It tends to get the motor running. But once I undress, lube up, and insert my precious, I am in a darkened, quiet room without any distractions. But I retain those mental images from the art films I've just watched which continue to stimulate me. If I tried the 21-day semen retention, abstinence, chastity my husband would divorce me. So I'll stick with the porn.

Sometimes porn is good. Just don't masturbate. I enjoy watching cam girls sometimes. ..Live cam girls are the best. For me, Helga is the best of the best. Listening to her pant and moan and try to be quiet while she can't help but masturbate, makes me SO horny! God I love her! ...Some of the best words ever spoken are "I need touch my pussy!! Please!!!"

It’s funny because I seem to have no problem getting aroused without the aneros but with in it’s more difficult.

I use porn regularly and I greatly enjoy it but what I am after may be different then your expectations. I have descibed my progress below and some may say I have slowed the progress by using porn. I also have frequently ended a session edging with the Aneros in doing it thing, fantasizing, playing with my precum, stroking my taint, and playing with my nipples. I love my dick, I love my prostate, and have really come to love my nipples due to the Aneros journey.
I am now a seven year user and would not trade in a single session for my money back. I would say that I have never had a 'super O' , shaking, screaming, being autofucked, or feeling a loss of control. I would say to you enjoy every experience as much as you possibly can and you will discover things about your body, your sexual apparatus, your brain when comes to just how you relax into the deep end of the pleasure pool. (By the way the "pleasure pool" is not my metaphor it is an image I really like but it was sent to me by Neveryman. I just want you to not be so intent on the 'super O' that you miss the absolutely wonderful sensations and discoveries that are found along the way to this end point of prostate orgasm. Even though I am certain what I feel during a session is not a "super O' what feel is super to me and has become a major part of my sex life. It's like the old saw "stop and smell the roses along the way". In the case of your prostate revel in every new sensation, I think it's well worth taking time to do so along this journey

Very well said @JGB !!!

@JGB, that's the way it is!

... if you can manage to fully focus on the apple you just are eating, you got it. If anyone else eats an equal apple, he can do it without any focus and without savoring it. Thus he might miss all the great sensual pleasures of a conscious degusting and envy you for your apple. But it's not the apple. It's the magic moment of enjoyment you made of it.

Good vibes!
Mart

Thanks Kristianvoorhies for asking the question. To me it is a double edge sword. Usually before I start my aneros session I will watch porn to try and increase my sex drive. But I usually try to focus on one of my sex

fantasies and then migrate the focus to my prostate and my nipples. Sometimes I will massage my nipples, legs, stomach to focus on my prostate. I know that porn can be addicting so I worry having to watch porn in order to get horny. Some time I will listen to a women describe the process of using the aneros stimulator in youtube . Since I have only been on the Super O journey for a year I am still seeking what will stimulate me to achieve the Super O. I think someone mentioned the fact that we men have been masterbating since we were young boy. So to give up ejaculation and penis centric is very difficult. As I compare prostate stimulation to ejaculation I feel that the prostate stimulation sometime can be more exciting than ejaculation. But I look forward to the multiple organism.
I'm glad that we have this web site to encourage and share our experiences with each other.
Enjoy the journey
New Adventure

Instead of generating fantasies which can seem like a lot of work I've been experimenting with allowing sexual and sensual memories to come to me and then enhancing them and developing them as I desire. Maybe that would be an idea for you.

I'm into audio porn.

Visual porn requires too many brain cells to process. With audio you can just close your eyes, listen,
and flow with any images that come to mind. I just love the sound of women getting off.

All the Best,
D. White