Introducing ourselves

[neveragain]

hi
Im 25.Ive been suffering from PA for about 12 yrs.it hasnt just been difficult for me but all my family members around me.I would like to get rid of this addiction,the guilt and shame associated with it and become a better individual.

[Vincent]

Glad to have a forum for young adults like me. Let me introduce myself, I'm Vincent and I am 13 years old. Any members out there the same as my age? If there are then I'm happy that I'm not the only one.

Working to fight this addiction at an early age is rare but I am proud of myself for stepping up for what's right. Some people just feel amazed when they hear of a younger member trying to eliminate the addiction from their lives. Well, I have an advice for you: let's say, if you were wiser back then and rather wanted to live in a clean, healthy life then you could have had followed in our footsteps. I'm not saying that it was your fault though. It's still a good thing that you are working for a solution rather than just ignoring the problem and keeping it involved throughout your life. Well, that wraps up everything, peace.

[Scooter]

It really is great to see that so many young people have found this place and decided not to succumb to the pornography trap that the internet just makes so easy for everybody to fall into these days.

[Robert E.]

Hey my name is Bobby. I am twenty-one years old. I just found this site and am trying to find some help. Find it helpful while im doing schoolwork or hanging around to visit here and keep me away from the addiction. It makes me feel a bit better to know I am not the only young person who has this problem. Hope i make some good friends here and a good support group. Thanks a lot. Have a great day!!

[Vorlan]

Welcome to the site Bobby. I hope you find this site as helpful and friendly as I have. :)

Best wishes,

Ben

[newstartforher]

Hi, everyone. I'm joining this site because I'm 18, and porn is not leading the way I want to go. I found this site in a bit of a moment of despair, and it helped me immensely. I think that with support, and the humbling honesty I've found here, I'll get over it. I'm 8 days sober now. Before that, I'd gone 9 days since I decided to stop. So far, not bad :)

NSFH (Ben)

[rftime]

Hello (: I'm Rafa and I'm 18. I really want to stop this, because the guilt is terrible after acting out and I feel like I dehumanize people with it. I've been a PA for about 3 years and I need to stop it now. I'm glad I found this forum because no one knew this until now. I feel really positive now about changing this. :D

[SEBoK]

Rafa, your point about dehumanization is right on. I feel the same way too.

I'm Stephan, and I'm 15. I've come to this site because I've had on-again-off-again PA episodes since I was... pretty young, I can't remember when exactly, and I'm worried about where it could escalate. I'm already seeing symptoms of PA set in (e.g. shallow outlook on females, needing to mentally act out certain P-like things during MB). I know this needs to stop now, especially since it developed early and may be unpredictable and hard to control.

[nifty]

Hi. I'm 19... and a bit sad to see that no one has posted in this thread in almost two years. How big/small is the young adult community on this forum?

[bluejay443]

Just got here 2 days ago, so I have no way of answering accurately, but I had a good handful of 19-23 year olds answer my welcome thread, so the communities here.

I'm 20 btw