Porn addiction and memory

Okay so I remember when I was very young. I had such an amazing memory, at 8 years old I knew my entire timestable up to the 12x. You could give me a random question like say 8x7 and I would be able to answer it straight off the bat without hesitation. That was at 8 years old. I’m in my twenties now and I wouldn’t be able to do that. At least not without actually working it out first.

I’m not sure how old I was but I remember I could also recall movies with great detail. I could read an entire page of a book and remember everything I had read. Now I often find myself re reading it over and over again. It’s like I will get 4 lines down and I completely forgot what I just read and I will have to go over it again and still sometimes forget again.

It’s almost like I’m reading the words but I’m not concentrating on them.

My concentration is shot and my memory along with it. Memory is one of the most important things when it comes to learning. Because if you can’t remember what you’ve just learnt... well then you haven’t learnt it. Even with video games, I don’t play them so much now. For example when you’re just starting out a game you will be given the option of let’s say... 4 characters, each characters have different abilities and what not. I will read one characters abilities and then move onto the next having completely forgotten what the other characters can do. It’s ridiculous.

I’m just curious, has anyone else had significant memory problems since being addicted to porn? If you’ve recovered, did your memory come back?

I’ve read a few stories on here where people claim their memory went back to what it was like before they were addicted... I just need a little hope that I can get back to where I was.