They enjoy the awful feeling you get when something bad is happening to you you can't do anything about.

I spoke to a therapist about this. They said that it is a pretty common mechanism that the mind will use to provide a sense of control to someone that has been cheated on and still has trust issues.

So the way I understand it, is if you were cheated on and have trust issues, watching cuck porn helps your mind feel like it has control of that emotion?

I don't have that issue, but I do have PTSD and my mind does some really weird shit sometimes to make sense of problematic emotions.

So, it seems logical to me that this could be true, considering my own experience with my brain's subconscious mental gymnastics.

I like it, but I've also never pictured myself as a participant in porn, it's just a thing that I like to look at, like a painting or a sunset. I never understood people who put themselves into stories and whatnot - I'm not a character in the scene I'm watching or the game I'm playing, I'm me - the person enjoying that media. I just think it's hot when a lady likes sex so much that she'll give up a loving partner just to have better sex with some other guy.

I was recently having a discussion with my girlfriend on why i feel this exact way. I was having alot of trouble putting into words what about it is so off putting to me. she accused me of kink shaming them, and I dont disagree with that assessment. But i was struggling to express WHY? I find the whole culture surrounding it disgusting. Weirdly it has nothing to do with the obvious infections and diseases associated with casual sex, and obviously people can do whatever they want in the privacy of their own homes. I generally take no issue with anything 'odd' in the bedroom. Theres just something off about the culture as a whole that sounds all the alarm bells in my brain.

Maybe someone can put into words what this feeling is and where its coming from?