Hi. You can call me Mia. That's not my real name, but I wish to remain anonymous. I'm a 14 year old female and I have struggled with masturbation addiction off and on since I was about 3. I'm LDS (Mormon), and my in my faith we believe that sexual actions are to be reserved for a loving husband and wife. I try to adhere to this belief, but recently it's been very difficult to do so and I've had a lot of relapses. I also have Tourette Syndrome and a variety of mental illnesses, so I'd like to gain control over the things that I know I can control at all. I feel like I keep spiraling down and out of control, telling myself I'll stop and always failing... Quite frankly it's very disheartening. But I had kind of an "Aha!" moment and I realized that my problem was that I was trying get through this alone. So here I am, having newly joined this online community, vulnerable and open and ready to change. BTW, if you feel similarly to anything I mentioned, please reply. I need all the encouragement I can get. :/ 
