Why is it a secret?

I was in the same boat I heard it 2 years ago at church and I’ve been struggling with overcoming it ever since. Nobody ever in public talks about it because of its shameful nature I’m assuming because in order to talk about it you have to admit to consuming it kind of and then it’s a rabbit hole from there because I’m sure 90% of dudes aren’t exactly pleased about these things they watch and do in private. Even after finding out it was an addiction finding men who were open to talking about it even with me being open about it first was difficult. They’d close off almost after confronted with the idea of an addiction even though I admitted to it first. Almost like a damn that sucks for you hope you get better and change the topic even though just below the surface they know they just “used” yesterday or that same day probably. 2 years it took me to finally find this app and I think it’s doing a decent job of helping. I can come on here and yap with strangers about it who don’t run from the topic. And sometimes I just come on here to hit the panic button because it’s a dopamine machine lol it tickles my brain and I actually think that’s curbing my desire to relapse. Bc for me personally whenever I would get the idea of watching I would develop a huge pressure headache and the clicking of the panic button kind of soothes it away. Also staring at an image of myself at my low points is very effective because I don’t want to be that guy I’m staring at I want to lose weight and be better for my girl. Sort of got out of hand with the yapping but hey that’s the beauty of this app. I hope you can find some peace in God and use this app as a supplement. Cheers man stay strong

Because of the stigma and shame that surrounds talking about porn and mastirbation as well as the big companies and powerful people I refer to as "Big Goon" who normalize this addiction.