“I was 16 when a secret online crush introduced me to the world of anime. As a sheltered daughter from a conservative home, I was instantly enamored.”

“I became hooked to porn as time progressed and the access became more easy. But a strange trend followed me as well: depression.”

“This story starts about two years ago, when I started getting strange phone calls from a blocked number… He called one day and said, ‘I watch.'”

FTND, I wanted to share my story of how porn affected my relationship with my husband. Feel free to share it if you think it would be…

“We had been dating for a year when I asked him, out of the blue, if he had a pornography problem. His answer started a journey I never could have expected.”

“It was like new glasses were put on me which showed me how pornography was impacting literally every area of my life. It affected the way I viewed love.”

“This was the man that was supposed to protect me from predators, and from the world…yet instead, I felt I needed to protect myself from him.”

“When the hardcore stuff stopped doing it for me, I started to search for simulated rape videos. When they ran their course, I tried to find actual rape videos.”

Cover photo by Caju Gomes. 6 minute read. My dad doesn’t have a porn addiction. He can stop any time he wants. …At least that’s what he likes…

Like most people, I was exposed to porn at an early age. My family was verbally and emotionally abusive…porn became my substitute, and my coping mechanism.

“I thought I was strong enough to fight through what was occurring but instead it was eating away at me. Porn has warped that man’s mind and hurt his abilities to have a fulfilling relationship.”

I can’t enjoy sex with him anymore because I’m too self conscious to the point it’s painful for me. I over-think about it, and how I look nothing like porn.