It sounds counterintuitive, but when I drop/slow down my, ahem, consumption, I end up feeling more aroused than on regular days. That's why quitting is so difficult, because the urges get stronger as each day passes.
I think that heightened arousal is normal, though, since fundamentally we're all just animals. What is not normal is having such an easy access to the largest 'stash and tricking your brain into thinking you're sleeping with dozens of smokin' women. Now, *that* is when guys run into issues especially if they already have a significant other but can't have actual sex.
Haha I've been trying so hard not to respond, because I'm sure it'll turn into one of the conversations about bullying and being a victim and whatnot.
If you want a good discussion, here's some reading material I highly recommend. On the bottom of the article, there are 3 links which are the continuation of the series about porn. I read this before (and posted this before), gonna have to do it again. I'm (again) gonna make the effort to tone it down (porn, that is).
Porn has invaded the cultural zeitgeist. Is it good or bad for men to consumer porn, or perhaps even neutral? This post starts a 4-part series.
www.artofmanliness.com
The increased arousal after stopping jerking off peaks at about days 2-4 for me, after that you learn to live/barely cope with it.
But... When lockdown started, I moved back to my family and couldn't get some time to watch porn at all, only had a chance to empty my balls like once a week, quickly at that. Didn't change much for me, but I did notice some urge later on to have a longer session to some good, arousing porn, not wet the TP in as short as possible before someone tries to go shit in the bathroom.