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Beautiful testimonial! Thank you, Ore, for your bravery and for your dedication to being a part of the solution! One thing you said really stands out, really stuck with me: “[Pornography is] so silent, so secretive, so prevalent, and so normalized, that whole cocktail of things is a reason why we don’t see it as damaging an issue.” THIS IS BRILLIANT, SO TRUE. This is one of the most wonderful things that YOU GUYS, FTND, are doing that is changing the situation, namely: YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT IT. You’re inviting others to talk about it. You’re bringing it out into the open. Not to judge and shame, but to say: “Hey, it’s ok… we can talk about this!” I believe very firmly that eventually, slowly, gradually, this will catch on. BUT YOU GUYS ARE LEADING THE WAY, GREAT JOB! LOVE and COMPASSION to you all!

I’ve been following FTND for many years now, and I agree that just the posts alone don’t stop the addiction in addicts. But they can help be the beginning for change for an addict, and they especially can potentially prevent someone from becoming an addict in the first place. As someone (female) who was unknowingly addicted to it at age 11, I didnt learn until I was 27 that I was addicted. That’s when I stumbled upon FTND and was educated on my physical and mental symptoms and that porn is linked to human trafficking . I’ve been clean ever since, almost 12 years later. And some symptoms still linger, but I know they will fade with time. And I do my part by sharing information like this to others, to bring awareness and compassion, and educate my own children in age appropriate ways to protect their minds, hearts, and those of others by avoiding such images and videos.