I'm just going to say it at this point. If I don't then honestly, who the hell will? Porn is a drug, just like the rest that are out in the world. Say not to it. Take care of yourselves. Those that are trying to quit, you can. Keep following your path. I'm 13 days clean from all PMO. Porn is used to escape from reality, to get hooked, to distract, which results in negative changes in the brain and most notably viewers find themselves escalating to higher and higher and higher and higher forms of videos. You could be watching vanilla the very first day and feel like you won the lottery (Just like I did when I was 11, first discovering it). Next thing you know, you're desensitizing yourself to things you didn't even know could coexist with life itself. And as you escalate, it gets worse. Strugglers, know that you can quit. It's never too late to heal. It doesn't last forever, but it will take quite a long time to recover from this mentally. I'm going through withdrawal, which is giving me intrusive thoughts of the taboo videos I've seen, how it's tying into my themes, and how it's trying to say things about me. The porn you've seen or watched says NOTHING about you and definitely NOTHING about your sexuality. For too long tons and tons of people who claim they are straight have escalated to transgender porn such as myself. Even LGBTQ people have escalated to straight porn, the complete opposite. Parents, please please please have the talk with your kids. It does nothing to hide this stuff, because one way or another they are going to find out. Save the trouble, and talk to them about sexual development, for it's such an important part of growing in life. OCD victims, do not use porn to check, escape, avoid, reassure, or convince yourself of ANYTHING. Do not use this material at all. People all over forums worry about the porn they've watched, the porn they've accidentally come across, the porn they think they've seen but are false memories, the porn that they never knew they could escalate too. So many factors could play into just watching this content. OCD and pornography is just about the worst combination you can have as a sufferer, and unfortunately, for 8 years, I've been apart of this content without knowing how bad it could get, or if I was even addicted. Don't keep this to yourself. You're not a bad person for struggling with pornography. You're human, and you've come in contact with something that unfortunately society is normalizing heavily. Putting your foot down and stopping yourself from being controlled by this content is the first step in your healing process. Just like OCD, this can take time. Be patient. Be safe. Be compassionate. Be loving. Be yourself. I'm currently trying to get therapy with the help of a mentor and I hope I can share all of this along with what I struggle with when it comes to thoughts of events in the past. I really do wish everyone the best. I hope this helps.