How Porn Changed the Way I Saw Sex
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
*Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.
Rachel was first exposed to pornography at seven years old and went on to develop an addiction to porn for the next thirteen years. Despite getting treatment for anxiety and depression as a young girl, she never felt like she could tell others about her struggle with porn because it was something that "girls didn't struggle with." Rachel discusses the shame she felt from being a girl struggling with porn, how being exposed to violent pornography from such a young age caused her to be desensitized to an abusive relationship, and why she now encourages people to talk about their struggle in order to break from the shame that so often keeps them struggling.
This episode is a re-release. It was first released in July of 2023.
Episode Resources:
- Article: Why Fighting Porn Must Include Fighting Shame
- Video: How I Realized I Had A Porn Problem: Myuniqe's Story
- Podcast: Consider Before Consuming Ep.100: Madi
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is with Rachel, who was first exposed to pornography at just seven years old. |
| 0:10.1 | After her first exposure, she would find herself seeking out porn whenever she could, |
| 0:15.0 | and went on to develop a porn addiction that lasted 13 years. |
| 0:18.6 | Believing that porn addiction was something other girls didn't experience, |
| 0:21.6 | kept Rachel from telling anyone about her struggle. |
| 0:24.6 | Rachel shares how being exposed to violent porn from such a young age |
| 0:27.6 | caused her to later be desensitized to abuse in her relationship. |
| 0:31.6 | She now emphasizes the importance of opening up to others about their struggle with porn |
| 0:35.6 | in order to break the shame that so often |
| 0:37.7 | keeps them struggling. With that, let's jump into the conversation. We hope you enjoy this |
| 0:42.6 | episode of Consider Before Consuming. |
| 0:51.2 | Hi, Rachel. Thank you so much for making some time for us today. I'm looking forward to chatting with you. |
| 0:57.1 | Yeah, of course. Thanks so much for having me. 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? |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah, for sure. So my name is Rachel. I'm 22. I am engaged. I'm getting married in August. So I'm currently |
| 1:16.2 | in like my wedding. Oh, thanks. I'm currently in like my wedding planning season of my life. I'm a |
| 1:22.7 | amazing. So I make coffee and that's about it. |
| 1:28.2 | I live in Redding, California. |
| 1:31.0 | And yeah, I'm just here right now working and that's about it. |
| 1:36.8 | Amazing. |
| 1:37.7 | Well, for our listeners, the reason we're chatting today is, as you know, |
| 1:42.4 | at Fight the New Drug, we educated on the Harmful Effects |
| 1:44.5 | of Pornography, and Rachel has a personal story of how pornography impacted your life. So |
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