u/ZealousidealKick7868

​(Note: English isn't my first language, so I used AI to help structure this post to make sure my story is clear and easy to understand. Honestly, reading the summarized version back to myself made me cry. Seeing it all laid out made me truly realize just how horrible my situation has become.)

​Hey everyone,

​I’m a 25M and I’ve been struggling with porn addiction since I was 14. My story is probably a familiar one here: as the years went by, I kept escalating the content I was consuming. I needed more to get the same excitement. It got to the point where, while I was still underage, I started role-playing online just so I could get more interactions and fuel my addiction.

​Up until I was 23, I was highly functional. I was going to work, studying, and in a relationship. The addiction had its negative effects, but it wasn’t destroying my life.

​Over the last two years, things have taken a dark turn. I’ve started locking myself in my room, and the addiction is ruining almost every aspect of my life:

​ Responsibilities: I’m missing my studies and constantly running late to my job.

​ Health: I’ve stopped eating properly and completely stopped working out.

​ My Relationship: I’ve become much less sexual and intimate with my partner.

​ Social Life: I constantly cancel plans just to stay home and act out with porn or role-play to fulfill my escalating kinks.

​I have tried to put a stop to it multiple times. I’ve bought apps to block porn on my phone and tried deleting everything. But the urges always win. Shortly after installing them, I just delete the blocking apps, or I bypass them by going on my computer or tablet to watch instead.

​I feel trapped in this cycle. What can I do to actually make a change? Any advice from people who have been here would be really appreciated.

​Thank you for reading.