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

“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.”

“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.

Hi FTND, Your organization is the reason I still have hope. Hope not only in combating the effects of porn in our world and culture, but also…

This post was originally published in the Chicago Tribune. It has been shared with the author’s permission. Eight years ago I made the decision to stop viewing…