I'm a former recovering pornography addict and I've been fighting my imaginations and failing miserably to fight my passions and I fear my ever drawing closer to backsliding and I'm too embarrassed to bring it up to other Christians and I've found nothing but love and encouragement on this board. Please someone pray for me? I've been caught in the lust of the flesh and I just feel broken and cast down and feel the desire to hang in the towel. My failure of self control has left me contrite and ashamed and I don't know where else to go. I can't see how Jesus can have patience on me when that's a sin I used to be a repeat offender in and I've slipped quite a bit these past few months with no one to confide and confess to. Not the physical act of porn but the imaginations and self gratification and masturbatory nature thereof. It's an addiction I've been very open with with fellow believers in my circle but given my recent slipping backwards I'm just too ashamed to say it to them. Forgive the shitpost please. I just don't even feel Jesus wants to put up with me anymore. Which I know is a lie but when you fall into sin it's hard to believe He can forgive an offense been forgiven before. Apologies if for any unsightliness I may have caused by sharing.
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A lady who was in the porn industry and became a Christian said the way to defeat this addiction is to focus on Jesus not on resisting. The more you think about resisting the more that keeps the porn as your focus. Changing your focus changes your thoughts. Will be praying for you as you figure out how to put this into practice.
True repentance is literally changing our minds so the paradigm has shifted to what is needed to live a wholesome life. Like forgiveness, it removes the blame from the equation never to be thought of again-a clean slate.
In order to achieve the clean slate, the paradigm shift MUST include The Christ-I was referring to simple human psychology to clear the mind of self hate-forgiving oneself is a good first step to repentance.