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Almost 70 percent of men in the church struggle with porn. You are not alone in the battle to get unhooked. It’s super common. Beating yourself up won’t help, you gotta reach out.
In your case, your addiction to porn might be at least partly fueled by a compulsive trauma re-enactment drive. Some people are counter phobically driven to go towards what they eat in order to try to mater it and find relief and hey can get caught up in compulsively doing this. I can’t vouch for this book myself, but there is a Christian book called “Every Mans Battle” that I’ve heard others talking about as very helpful for how to manage porn use.
What are you doing to get connected with in-person support? Have you thought about asking to meet with that minister that prayed for your PTSD? Or sought out any in-person counseling? Traveling for the right help stinks, but it’s worth it to find safe relief and freedom from symptoms.
You are going through a difficult season to be sure and the more you can connect to various supports the better.
If the tears catch people off guard at work, that’s their stuff. You deal with yours. You might try telling them you are dealing with depression related to past negative experiences...(you can cautiously say trauma or mention you are a veteran with PTSD) and tell them something that might be helpful for them to do. Sometimes people react because they just don’t know what to do. It can be as simple as, “please just give me a minute while I collect myself.” When people know what to do it gives them a great ability to handle things.
There is a great site called dbtselfhelp.com that lists tools that help with emotion regulation. It won’t cure symptoms but DBT can help manage symptoms. I get rounds of depression and it’s one of the hardest PTSD symptoms for me to manage but DBT is part of my toolbox to get through.
In your case, your addiction to porn might be at least partly fueled by a compulsive trauma re-enactment drive. Some people are counter phobically driven to go towards what they eat in order to try to mater it and find relief and hey can get caught up in compulsively doing this. I can’t vouch for this book myself, but there is a Christian book called “Every Mans Battle” that I’ve heard others talking about as very helpful for how to manage porn use.
What are you doing to get connected with in-person support? Have you thought about asking to meet with that minister that prayed for your PTSD? Or sought out any in-person counseling? Traveling for the right help stinks, but it’s worth it to find safe relief and freedom from symptoms.
You are going through a difficult season to be sure and the more you can connect to various supports the better.
If the tears catch people off guard at work, that’s their stuff. You deal with yours. You might try telling them you are dealing with depression related to past negative experiences...(you can cautiously say trauma or mention you are a veteran with PTSD) and tell them something that might be helpful for them to do. Sometimes people react because they just don’t know what to do. It can be as simple as, “please just give me a minute while I collect myself.” When people know what to do it gives them a great ability to handle things.
There is a great site called dbtselfhelp.com that lists tools that help with emotion regulation. It won’t cure symptoms but DBT can help manage symptoms. I get rounds of depression and it’s one of the hardest PTSD symptoms for me to manage but DBT is part of my toolbox to get through.
