20 years old addicted to online sex

tyrionheights

New Member
I'll go on a random anonymous forum and crack jokes. I know what time the women are online, I probably engage with the same few each time, but I don't really care. I talk to them, ask explicitly for sex and they oblige even though I don't know anything about them. They could be anyone! Who said they were even female? I complete the deed thinking of my favourite pornstar whilst we roleplay. Then I feel empty. Guilty. Unable to sleep and I stay up all night browsing social media, planning my next outlet. I probably will relapse a second time the same night, like tonight. Then I'll tell myself throughout the day that it's an addiction, I can't control it, I need this because women think I'm repulsive in real life and nobody loves me. I have grandiose plans to move abroad just so I can go to a country where prostitution is legal. I want the thrill and the excitement, I'm like a wild dog off its leash and today I almost bit an old lady. I almost started a friends with benefits relationship with her on a pay-to-use app. But I didn't care. I just wanted the thrill and I don't care where I get it from. I'm stressed, my dad has lung cancer and I failed to get into University. I'm unemployed and I just want to find a way to stop thinking. To numb all thought because emotions lead to cowardice, weakness and vulnerability. Yet I feel so empty inside, jaded and broken, lost without truly knowing why. I'm alone in the cosmos and I need help before I potentially hurt another person emotionally, in turn hurting myself and further hindering my ability to feel. I want out of this addiction which has plagued me since I was 11. I don't want to be a slave anymore and I don't want to use other people to escape from my feelings.
 

Simon2

Well-Known Member
Welcome man!

This is a good place fo find a community of support. I hope it will help you feel less alone and gain some clarity about your path forward. Know that your life is ahead of you and you will figure it out! It's quite normal to not really see where it's all leading at 20!

It may be worth while finding a therapist to talk to too? Sometimes we just need a bit of a hand to see the way out of a dark hole. And there IS a way out to a healthy place.

All the best!
 
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