How did porn hurt you the most?

PMO made me feel bad about myself during college when I needed all the self confidence I could muster to do my best.

 

Ruining my sex life and my whole brain when it comes to sexual desire.

 

Mental health issues such as depression, lack of self esteem and motivation. Negative thinking.

Also physical issues like porn induced erectile dysfunction (PIED)

 

Brain fog and my personality.

 

Depression, lack of motivation, negative thinking and generated fucked up thoughts as well.

Fuck porn.

 

Mental health issues. Such as social anxiety and negative thinking. Porn-induced social anxiety was a huge problem in my life. I would feel uncomfortable going to social settings. There were also days, when I was so embarrassed that I had relapsed to porn that I wouldn’t go outside.

Stay away from internet porn at all costs. Internet porn is a hardcore drug that is free to consume with no limits.

 

It robbed me of my natural sexuality. That might sound odd but my addiction to porn made me so confused about my own sexuality. I became completely lost and to this day I still feel lost. Porn has played a major role in turning me into an empty, hollowed-out, shell of a man.

 

Eyesight, draining me, and Reason knows what more.

Had to start the whole "Bracha" thing now, you'll stop fapping far easier, if you know it'll kill you to keep doing it 24/7.

 

• Gave me erectile dysfunction
• Desensitised me to real, normal sex and intimacy
• Gave me weird kinks

 

- Made my partner think I wasn’t attracted to him because I couldn’t maintain an erection
- Distracted me time and time again when I should have been studying or working, leaving me to rush and get stressed when I had to complete things at the last minute

 

I let it take away my innocence.

 

I’m a virgin so I don’t know what sex feels like. Porn made me doubt myself, lack self esteem and self confidence because I feel like I watch too much. I’m insecure about myself as well.

 

Fucked my life inside out, went from a good student to a failure, no social life, depression, failing multiple exams, a fucking loser. Lonely , Isolated, guilty and ashamed of failing in everything, angry at everyone. Destroyed Self-confidence , and self-esteem

 

Physical: PIED, PE, Loss of libido and refractory period!
Mental: jus like you quoted...sedating and keeping me dumb down in a zombie state from my own issues and not reaching my potential.

 

Good question. Thanks for such a simple, straightforward approach.

I think the worst was robbing myself of time that could have been spent in positive ways, from being with friends and family to developing my mind and talents more, accomplishing more.

I try to advise myself not to look back. The past is gone; you can’t get it back. Focus on what you can do in the future or, in fact, right this very moment. That’s where you can make a difference.

 

Lost time. Worsened my avoidance tendency. Lost intimacy with my wife. Messed up dopamine cycle which led to serious anxiety issues. Jeez, writing that now is pretty eye-opening lol

 

The times where I need to responsible, I'm not. Serious Peter Pan Syndrome type stuff, like I'm afraid to mature. Basically instead of being responsible I watch porn

 

#1 harm, basically my life(socially, economically)

 

Fatigue, brain fog, perceiving women to be objects, demotivation, lack of confidence, pacified state to name some.

 

So much time wasted.