Lately my porn addiction has gotten worse. I become another person when I get (how do I put this without being vulgar)Aroused I guess I can say. Its like Jekal and Hyde I suddenly get overtaken with dirty thoughts and I enjoy things that I know are morally wrong. Im not the sick pervert I once was but sometimes it still hits me. I know God gives us trails and I believe this and my anxiety are mine. I pray Jesus breaks me of this perversion so I can finally say this is not me anymore. So I ask if you can keep me in your prayers tonight, Id appreciate it. Thank you.
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Father, we pray for strength of the flesh of this young man. Guide him Lord back to the lighted path of Christian morality and set him upon the solid ground righteousness with your mercy. Turn his away from evil that he may look upon those thing that are beautiful and wonderful. We pray these things in Jesus' Holy Name.....Amen.
I suggest you throw out any porn you have that can be tossed in the trash. Also maybe when you feel the urge to watch the pron you can put your arm in a pitcher of ice water for about 5 to 10 seconds. It will give the same type of high believe it or not.... do you work? sounds like to me you need to find a new something to get yourself busy with... so when you get the urge do the ice water 5 to 10 seconds if one time does not do it for you keep dunking your arm in the ice water until you feel that little rush of euphoria. Also wear a rubber band on your wrist when you find you have a urge to watch the porn pull the rubber band and snap it o your wrist. These are tools I used to stop myself from self harming. they really do work.. I will pray that you get relief from this addiction soon. I hate to say this so bluntly but you need to stop living in a fantasy world so much and pop out into the real world. you need to distract yourself when the urges come around. go for a walk do the ice water thing walk while snapping the rubber band. while you are doing these things to distract yourself tell yourself that it is not okay to be losing yourself into a fantasy world. I suggest if you can not break this cycle on your own you may want to seek mental health help. I do not just feel worried about your own self and soul I worry that sooner or later if you do not get this under control you could possibly be opening up a door to be a sexual predator.. I hope not by any means but history tends to go this way.. Please if you are still having trouble seek help.. You can also try journal about it. write why you feel the need to watch it then write how you feel afterwards like do you feel guilty or gross. write about why you want to change these patterns etc.. write that if angry why your angry etc... all this you can write then rip it up and throw it away. So i just gave you some tools to help yourself distract yourself. If you are watching porn on a computer put your computer in a room where people are always walking around to deter yourself from setting there watching. if it is dvds throw them away. if it is on t.v. have someone block the channels for you like a friend or something.
I was recently listening to a radio show called New Life Live where people call in to these on the air Christian counselors and receive pretty good advice for all types of problems. One of the products they had mentioned was a workshop called Every Man's Battle which helps men with similar struggles as yours to overcome pornography addictions. This is a link to that website.I believe there is also a book with the same title. Perhaps something like this can help you overcome your addiction to pornography?
You sound like a normal young man to me. I'm not saying that it's right to view porn and the thoughts that go along with it but only that most of us guys have gone through that stage. Pray for God to direct your thoughts to something more wholesome. Perhaps it's time to consider finding a nice young woman and settling down. Yes, it can be a struggle at times, just do your best with the grace of God to stay on the right path. Your not a sick pervert either. It's just a guy thing. Welcome to the brotherhood of man.
Know that God loves you and meets you where you are. He asks you to resist the devil and fully submit to Him. It's not comfortable, dying to the flesh. But to overcome addiction, any addiction, you must fully submit and seek God first. If there is a time of temptation, you turn to God instead of the addiction. Try praise and worship music, YouVersion on your phone to read scriptures, watching sermons on YouTube, watching Christian television. You have to make a life change and fully submerge yourself in God. It takes time, so give yourself grace. But the more you seek God, the more He will change your heart and remove those fleshly desires. God bless!