Hi, my name is Rory.
I find myself stuck and ask for some advice. I am addicted to porn since 10 years old and can’t seem to stop for very long. I don’t know my sexuality at all. I feel at conflict.
My self esteem is at the floor, I have debts through some poor choices around investing. Never had a romantic relationship and and I have lost all my friends now due to a complete lack of self love. I haven’t really lived or done anything of note and my relationships reflect this and I feel a great sense of shame and dread.
I can’t remember a happy time, I have recently been diagnosed with a connective tissue disorder and my knees dislocate, gastrointensinal issues and chronic pain and fatigue I live with. I feel ungrateful, unloved, selfish, lost, a deep sense of despair. I genuinely don’t know who I am.
I think I have avoidant personality disorder, complex ptsd from some negative experiences in my family growing up. I avoid everything, cannot open up to anyone without feeling intense shame.
My goal is to sort my life out from now, in no particular order:
Finances to clear my debts by end of next year
Increase my fitness through daily walking
Eat healthier
Remove porn and self harming acts from my life
Find out who I am on any level
Find gratitude (it feels impossible right now for me)
Develop relationships
I have the point of no return field and the new perspectives and have just been playing those two. Are there other things anyone would recommend?
I guess I am here to ask for some guidance from someone wiser and more understanding than myself.
Thank you for listening.
Much love
Rory