My Experience Being a Girl Addicted to Porn for 13 Years

Consider Before Consuming

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4.7 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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0:00.0	Today's episode is with Rachel.
0:03.0	Rachel was first exposed to pornography at seven years old by a friend, another girl.
0:08.0	After her first exposure, she would find herself seeking out porn whenever she could
0:13.0	and went on to develop a porn addiction that lasted 13 years.
0:17.0	Her parents noticed changes in her behavior, but despite getting her help for anxiety and depression, she never felt like she could tell others about her struggle with porn because of something that girls didn't struggle with.
0:29.6	Rachel discusses the shame she felt from being a girl struggling with porn, how being exposed to violent pornography at such a young age caused her to later
0:38.7	to be desensitized to an abusive relationship, and why she now encourages people to talk about
0:44.1	their struggle in order to break from the shame that so often keeps them struggle.
0:48.9	With that, let's jump into the conversation.
0:52.3	We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming.
1:01.3	Hi, Rachel.
1:02.5	Thank you so much for making some time for us today.
1:04.9	I'm looking forward to chatting with you.
1:07.2	Yeah, of course.
1:08.3	Thanks so much for having me.
1:10.4	Of course. To kind of get started, can you tell us a little bit about what life looks like for you and who you are?
1:17.4	Yeah, for sure. So my name is Rachel. I'm 22. I am engaged. I'm getting married in August. So I'm currently in my wedding. Oh, thanks. I'm currently
1:29.1	in like my wedding planning season of my life. I'm a brazen. So I make coffee. And that's about it.
1:38.3	I live in Redding, California. And yeah, I'm just here right now working. and that's about it. Amazing. Well, for our listeners,
1:49.5	the reason we're chatting today is, as you know, at Fight the New Drug, we educate on the
1:54.1	harmful effects of pornography. And Rachel has a personal story of how pornography impacted
1:59.9	your life. So if you feel comfortable kind of jumping
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