I’ve Been Struggling With Porn Since I Was 10 Years Old

The Dr. John Delony Show

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Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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0:00.0	This ongoing addiction that's been happening since I was around 10 years old.
0:09.0	Pornography?
0:10.0	Yes.
0:11.0	It's like, it feels kind of consuming, like something that's kind of taking me over.
0:16.0	Once I give in to it, I dislike myself more.
0:21.0	Dislike is not really a truthful way to say that, is it?
0:28.8	What up? What's going on? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:34.1	Just talking to Kelly off air about data.
0:41.1	I like to look at data and listen to it and believe it.
0:44.1	She is like, nah, I don't agree with it.
0:47.7	It's just numbers in reality, but whatever.
0:51.1	And right now she is giving me the universal sign of love, which is a wave minus most of the fingers. But on this show, I won't do that to you.
0:58.4	If you edit that part out, you aren't as courageous as I thought you were, Kelly.
1:05.3	On this show, I sit with hurting people trying to figure out what's the next right move, unlike Kelly, who's just mean to people.
1:10.2	So let's go out to Baton Rouge, baton Rouge and talk to lane what's up lane
1:15.7	hey dr john what's up brother yeah so i just wanted to talk to you about this ongoing addiction
1:23.6	that's been happening since i was around 10 years old. And that was the first time I ever
1:28.6	experienced that. And then once it happened, what's that? What's that? What's that? What's that?
1:34.4	What's that? Pornography? Okay. Or nudity of any kind. Okay. Yeah. So, like, that was the first time
1:43.6	I had ever experienced it.
1:45.1	And then over the years, it just kind of got worse and became more part of my life that I just continued to deal with.
1:53.0	So, yeah, I'm just looking at, I'm 22.
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