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My advice would be to cut out porn, it is what triggered my current ocd episode for the last two months. It feels good in the moment but does a lot of damage.
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Sadly it is almost impossible to know if the porn you're consuming is made by adults or even willing participants at all. It's not great for your mental health either, it works on the same mental pathways as drugs. Do what you want with that info, but please don't shame yourself. Porn is a trap designed to draw you in, and it's not your fault that it works so well. You can quit, if you want, it will be hard though.
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Thank you very much for this. More people need to know the true nature of this kind of harm that can be done on people of all ages. Whether it's people in the industry or viewers, it affects the minds of everyone.
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As someone who's recovering from a porn addiction that has started since I was 13 and has lasted for 5 years, cut this horrible creation out of your life. Seriously. You don't want it to continue. Especially as an OCD sufferer. You are better off putting your energy into things that are more healthy. If you feel guilty about watching porn, take it as a warning sign. Take it to heart. OCD LOVES to thrive on the things you've said and so many people have come to post about that same kind of thinking. Porn is literally the reason why I have OCD in the first place. Had I been warned about this stuff and told it was a like a drug (which it most definitely is) I would have never touched it. It boggles my mind on how much society continues to defend this industry to be honest. You are also not a bad person for watching or struggling with pornography. Ethical porn pretty much doesn't exist. You'll never know what videos are fairly made or not. One way or another, trafficking insues somehow.
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P.S: This website will help you if you are struggling with pornography or if you don't know what to do about this predicament. https://fightthenewdrug.org/
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I suggest porn movies if you’re going to watch porn. You know for a fact they’re not under 18 since they’re produced and filmed in California or Nevada.
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Like always, porn has been a problem and I spent the entire night watching it. I feel tons of shame for things I've seen without intending to see, and I feel shame about struggling with it altogether. I kind of feel like crying but not that much. I'm just trying my absolute best to practice acceptance and not judge myself. I'm just trying to see this as a problem that others struggle with as well and not put myself down for it over and over again. I know that doesn't help in the long run, but it's hard not to feel that way.
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I feel nauseous. Extremely sick, i cannot eat, cant sleep well, and I haven't enjoyed things I normally enjoy to cry in bed and spiral for several days already. I feel extremely anxious over my past real events. I remembered something extremely triggering. I used to be morbidly curious about crimes and like I remember when i was a younger teen I watched a dark documentary that honestly i shouldnt have watched. There was this extremely weird scene and i think i felt weirded out but also a little aroused? but only bc I was thinking "lucky, shes already having sex. I wish I was her so i could experience it too." The poor person was like 1-3 years younger than me at the time. I KNOW how wrong that is now i legit feel like im going to throw up rn. Anyway I think I felt a little aroused??? And I think I touched myself a little bit and imagined myself in her place? I dont think I enjoyed it bc i remember it felt forced and weird and i stopped. I never did it again. I feel so sick! I would NEVER watch a documentary like that now as an adult and think or touch myself to it thats just so wrong but im scared that this is a sign im a sicko/p. I remmeber crying at the end of the documentary bc I felt disturbed by the contents but i still put some in my watch later out of morbid curiosity to see more real cases of these crimes bc they scared me. I never watched them again though. It only happened once and it was before my ocd started which SCARES me even more!!! And i wouldnt watch them as an adult either theyre too disturbing! I regret it so badly and feel like a monster bc it was messed up. Like what was wrong with me?! Theyre extremely disturbing to me and I rather avoid such content bc its triggering to my ocd but im afraid now like was that a sign of me possibly being a p? Am I a monster??? Am I in denial? Is this even ocd?! I feel so much shame and guilt it's killing me. 😔
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