How did porn hurt you the most?

My porn addiction stole my teenage and young adult life. I had so much potential and now I'm a sad, depressed and aimless loser. I'm trying really hard to get better though.

 

Exactly the same for me

 

Hope you all, find a way to quit this addiction. You have survived upto this day, even when you are addicted to one of the most dangerous demon ever pmo demon. So fight again, the end game is in 2022

 

The forever swinging of the pendulum into positive and negative. tik tik tik tik

 

I'm not sure where to begin. The brain fog is probably the worst part- that constant hazy feeling, almost like being high but not in a good way. Then there's the anxiety, the mood swings, and depression. That feeling right after you PMO when you sit there wondering what the hell you're doing with your life, then a few hours to maybe a day or two later the thought vanishes and suddenly PMO sounds like a good idea again.

That was a bit of a rant, but you get the idea... I think the better question is how hasn't it hurt me. I'm pretty convinced it's changed pretty much every aspect of my life at least to some extent.

 

My perceptions are totally messed up. I have this desire to love other people, but I don't even know where to begin to express it. I just want to live up to my potential, but I'm terrified I'll never get there.

 

Bro, I can feel you on this.
I experience exactly the same thing. Can totally relate to you.
But, that is what we have to work on. When PMO sounds like a good idea again, we have to say no. No matter how difficult that maybe. We have to do that.
We have to choose not to do it, even if it sounds like a good idea at the moment.
And believe me you will not regret saying no to it .

 

At its worst, I fell into a disgusting fetish loophole - that "artificially changed" my sexuality, my personality, and my behavior.

I fell deep into a second identity - and had to juggle it with the regret and anger it caused - while trying to stay afloat in school.

 

We know wasting seed physically and mentally destroys us, if you waste too much you can completely destroy your body, emotions get all messed up, relationships are hanging on by a thread, self hatred, envy of others lives, lusting after women or men or both damaging your view of them and them of you. the chaos keeps going, your body suffers, a lot of men develop physically illness and debilitation you lose your hair because the stress your body is in due to lack of nutrients and stabilizers that you naturally produce. man and we wonder if hell exists, yes it's self realized with a custom uncomfortably snug fit for our displeasure.

 

Don't know if it's been said but,
Create unrealistic expectations

 

made me lose concentration while studying , my thoughts became extremely lustful whenever i saw my opposite gender,
it made me into a source of negative vibes , it caused me acne and pimples , it made me unattractive to girls .... so overall it had converted me into a complete stinking pile of SHIT suffering from depression , anxiety and low self esteem.

IT DESTROYED THE HUMAN IN ME .

 

Made me regret for spending 15 years of my life in fears and misery. I am beggining to live my life like I should done it long time ago. And yes, it is definitely porn to blame.

 

Completely ruined my personality, depression, anxiety

 

It caused me to hurt other people. I lied and deceived.

 

Im having the struggles that you are describing did it change with nofap? Im currently on like 25-30 days and its a little bit better with my ED but still ...

 

Porn stole my teenage and young adult years. I’m 25, virgin, no social life, and probably have PIED. I would watch so much porn that I wasn’t interested in girls. Those young romantic years are forever gone.

 

In my experience I was moved ever further away from real love, from real life .

 

Made me disappoint my wife and friends.

It's horrible stuff for a young kid to be exposed to. Porn messes with your head something awful.

 

Porn hurts me the most because It is sort of like a revolving glass door.

I often find myself getting shy and uncontrollably nervous around women so as a result I started to watch porn.

But the thing is as a result of watching porn I also get shy and uncontrollably nervous around women.