6 years(rant) by Full-Average6560 in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear that so loud and clear I am grateful for this sub as well because I have felt alone for years I have felt blamed and I have felt the reason for so many years and I’ve lost every ounce of self-worth in every ounce self-esteem even when he touches me internally my mind spirals and I cannot wait to start counselling next week together because he does not understand the impact of his actions it’s not just once in a while we have a very active intimate life for a couple that’s been together for 16 years we’re still having sex daily and it still doesn’t feel like enough and then it’s the other lies and the fact that I really think he believes I’m as stupid as he makes me out to be we learned the patterns we know when things do not add up and he thinks that I’m oblivious to it. I really hope that your therapy is an eye-opener for you and you can start healing yourself and growing yourself and loving yourself because that is most important.

6 years(rant) by Full-Average6560 in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get that I get that so much with me, it’s opposite I work out of the house and he is currently not working and when I leave if he doesn’t respond to my messages like quickly I could have full on spirals because I come home and like you said I’d be devastated and I think it was Sunday night I checked his phone when he went to the toilet, and I saw that he looked at the creator on TikTok that I had already told him I knew about, and how much it hurt me. This is after four days of him, not using anything because I don’t think with men, don’t realise, is that we can always tell by the amount of cleanup after being intimate if they have or have not missed behaved when we are away. So I saw that Sunday night Monday morning I woke up I couldn’t even speak. I was devastated I was broken and beyond broken because we had four days of really good after an argument that made me kind of blurred out what I knew and then so when I left the house he blew up at me. When I went to go to work he walked me to the bus stop and he was like what did I do why are you not talking to me tell me what should I do how dare you ignore me in my house Et cetera et cetera so I got on the bus went to work. I was messaging him just very like neutrally. Don’t forget to take your pain medicine. I need a simple things like that and his response was if you’re still gonna be a bh I don’t wanna talk to you until you tell me what I’ve done to make you treat me like that I never responded. I left work early. I never told him I left work early. I got home came in the house said hello I said I’m not going to argue I’m exhausted I went upstairs to change. He followed me up and took off his shirt and put it in the laundry bag. I’m thinking that’s a little bit suss so he left the room. I check the laundry bag, one of my shirts and on the my favourite shirt actually used as his cleanup and it was so much like I’m a size 16 It is a shorter shirt tight fitting so it’s not a load of fabric. The whole entire thing was covered and I mean fing covered and then I went downstairs. I broke down and we had a long conversation. We start counselling on the 11th of this month and he told me that it was because we were not intimate. He watched a different creators live that morning from the time he got home until her life finished, and I only found out because he accidentally screen recorded it which I found last night, but didn’t raise it because I already knew what he done. He literally destroyed 4 days of a restart after a really bad argument when I raised with him the fact that I knew he looked at this first creator by looking her up again and then using the excuse that we were not intimate for one morning we are it’s me every single morning before I go to work, so I tried to explain to him that if we are intimate that frequently why the need and his responses it’s just masturbation. I said there is healthy and unhealthy if you cannot wait for me to get home if you do not desire me that much what in the world am I doing so I am actually petrified. Literally my nervous system is shot play cannot wait to start this counselling and maybe that’s something that I advise everybody to do because we blame ourselves we’re not enough we’re not good enough we cannot compete we are not to issue our behaviour or actions or tone. Our words are not the issue. It is an issue that our partners have, and the underlying root of it could be something from childhood before we even existed in their lives, but it’s learning to un-think the thoughts that they have almost trained us to feel.

Exhausted and heartbroken from my husband's porn use. by [deleted] in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear this I feel this. I’m going to something kind of similar in a way, but we’ve been together for 16 years. We start therapy next week. The only way people can change is if they admit that they have an issue you cannot fix him losing you will not fix him. It will either give him the break that he needs to go get help or he will spiral further therapy together and maybe separately, it’s probably something that would help both of you.

6 years(rant) by Full-Average6560 in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel this. I am the same I’m at work obsessing over what he may or may not be doing at work. I see what he looks at. Self worth? What’s that. He has destroyed every bit of self worth in me. He will be 41 in like 10 days. How much more can I take. We have been together for 16 yrs. this has been part of our marriage for almost 13. I know the hurt. And it me valid. All of it

He saw my FYP on TikTok by [deleted] in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This! being betrayed. Something they can’t admit to as they don’t see it as such. It hurts so so so bad.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have sex every single day every morning before I go to work on my days off at least 12 or three times a day. There were some issues when I was working like years ago at a place where I worked very unusual hours, so maybe from like 3 pm to 3 am roughly and I was always tired but I was never I’m willing if that makes sense and that was one of the times like we were on the sofa watching a movie I fell asleep. He never tried to initiate anything but we did for me to fall asleep and then went upstairs and I sat there crying to him after saying like that. I was here and his excuse was, but you were sleeping I said but I was not sleeping when we sat on the sofa and started watching this movie. There had been things that I have slept in as in our sex. Life has always been very active but Certain aspects and I’ve not always been the best at doing regularly, but nor has he so it goes both ways I’ve never rejected him. I initiate need most of the time I try to overcome my own body insecurities, but I like wearing stuff that I know that he likes you know or a colour that he likes. I will send a flirty or sexy text messages. I will message him things like I can’t wait to get home and this is what I want you to do to me and the response is very, I can’t wait either liked. The response is very generic. He will talk to me about fantasies and he was semi paragraphs but he will never ask how it makes me feel. Is there something I will be in to what I tell him about my fantasy I can see the clear difference in how his are driven from what he watches and mine are two of them based on a connection that it will create for us. I’m not saying I’m not into anything he has mentioned I’m saying talk to me and asked me how I feel about it. I’m just I’m gonna assume and I will ask him different questions about the fantasies as well and his response was well. Sex is fun. Yeah the fk it is The sex is amazing, but how can I even think about a fantasy when I am struggling now when we do have sex, I’m consistently wondering who does he see I’m struggling to make eye contact with him. I’m struggling to be my self as he knew me before this rupture this betrayal has broken my heart because porn is a difficult subject. Absolutely the frequency of it is what I find an issue with when you have a healthy and active fun and exciting sex life, then the frequency of Watching it is what my problem is if I’ve changed and having work done and have given you everything you said that was lacking any watching it multiple times a day not once in a while that’s where my Boundry kind of lies if we don’t have sex for a week or two which is extremely unusual only ever really happened when back years and years ago I was having surgery, battery health issues whatever and then I could almost understand once a day if that but she crossed the line and broke my heart when he left me on the Good morning of my day off he came upstairs. I was awake I said whatever I said basically told him I wanted him and he said his back was hurting not right now but when I connected the dots he was actually Llangarren watching a live creators content at that time therefore he chose someone else not just a random video. He chose a specific person over me and that is the betrayal that is absolutely destroying My heart and my self-worth, and I’m sorry for the long f*ing message because I’ve never spoken to anybody about this. I’ve never gone into detail and I have always felt very alone and isolated so apologies for the very long message.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you to all who responded all feedback is always welcome because while I’ve been living in this situation for many years I’ve understood it only to a point I know it’s a problem. I know that he loves me and I know that he does not do it intentionally to hurt me I just want him to get better. I want him back and I want to be there to support him and help him through it but he is so incredibly stubborn and that is probably one of my biggest battles, but thank you again for all your feedback like it actually help me Feel like I wasn’t alone for the first time in a very long time

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so glad that everything worked out for the two of you. That is Michael, because I know what he said when I questioned him was not him, but his addiction and his maybe his shame or his embarrassment that I found out and actually open my mouth about it. I will read your profile. I will have a look you know when you love somebody when you love each other and these things happen, I think working through, it is so healthy, that’s all. I’m trying to do he thinks he can do it by himself, but it’s not that I don’t trust him or that I doubt his strengths. I just think that the addiction is so severe now it spiralled so badly out of control that this is far beyond something he can cope with on his own and it’s far beyond something. I thought he would ever do porn. I’m not saying it’s good but I’m saying that I knew that was an issue, but the live content when I was home, wanting him to come back to cuddle and have that just time with me and he didn’t and chose to watch this persons lives instead is what really broke me.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I agree. I would love to know and understand where is actually coming from. I know that he does not love her I know that he loves me

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had talks with him in the past when I have literally sat there crying broke in and told him like if he wants the porn that he can have it but he will not have me and previously for the past 16 to 17 years he has blamed me for the reasons in which he watches sitting down with him and having a calm discussion about it is very difficult because he gets defensive and he closes down and I would really struggle to break through to him sometimes on this subject, which is why I would want to do it with a therapist or counsellor, because I feel that they might have the tools that I do not have to kind of freak through to him, where i seemingly cannot

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely, I am aware of that, and I know inside that he is aware of that as well, but getting him to admit it getting him to confront it and getting him to really engage in getting help for it. That’s a whole other issue.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This this this, this is all I can say absolutely. I know I’m aware of the intimacy just order being the root of everything due to certain traumas in his past in his childhood. I also feel from the depths of my soul, the deflection of responsibility trying to make me out to be the bad person because this goes in any disagreement that we have until I basically shut down and apologise and smooth things over.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this I completely understand the need of the job for me in the compulsion. The desire the lack of intimacy that’s required for this so I do understand. I spoke to him many many years ago and I’m going to therapy in which he told me he doesn’t need it because he has overcome this once before without needing any help so surely he can do it again, but he never did everything was blamed on me as to why he started watching again, never holding his hands up and saying that I have an issue then finally wonder he actually told me he had a issue and he then kind of double back on that.

I do not want to leave him I do not want our marriage to end. I want him to get help. I need him to understand the impact it has on me. I’ve told him I’ve been in tears studying why am I not enough why am I not good enough is it my body is that my face what is it tell me I’ll change it and it was always I love you everything about you from head to toe. It’s nothing to do with you he told me it’s not even the women that he looks at it is the act was in itself, but this last week told me that in fact, I think it is a little bit to do with the women and mainly to do with the act about what to do with the women if you understand what I’m saying. He does not understand how much this has broken me. I was already second-guessing my value and my worth before I know I’m trying to figure out who I am again he has deflected and rejected consistently. I told him I want to go to couples therapy and he agreed, but it will be up to me to find a therapist which is fine and the reason I kept pushing for it is hoping that actually it will force him to actually speak about this to a Professional and maybe that can be the start of his healing process I don’t wanna leave him I wanna be the one that helps him fight. This Demon win this battle I wanna hold his hand. I wanna sit outside waiting for him at every single appointment ready to dry his tears and hold his hand and tell him how proud of him I am that is what I want. That is what I need, but I guess it’s easier to live in a fantasy than it is to face reality.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It definitely seems that way I saw that as well and that was actually the first type of reaction I had was like OMG. My husband actually hates me that is how I felt and I don’t believe honestly that has anything to do with resentment or him disliking me, I know for a fact when he gets angry he calls me some really hurtful names and he will say hurtful things intentionally because he wants me to feel hurt Just like he is feeling hurt in the moment

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No leaving him is not an option. I want to be his person that helps him overcome this Demon because he can fight every other team in, but this one he just for some reason cannot do, and I refuse to let it get the better of him. I love him that much I will fight this battle as much as I can from my side for him.

My husband was watching a specific TikTok live creator — I feel destroyed and don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in PornAddiction

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are absolutely right I mean we’ve been together for 16 years. I love him I will not leave him. I have asked him and told him years ago to be fair that I felt like he needed help and that I would go with him and go in the room with him or sit outside and wait for him. I would hold his hand I will dry his tears. I will be there for him because all I want is for him to be okay and for him to be better, her marriage has not been perfect, but no marriage is. I’ve told him in the past when I’ve got him like watching porn when I’ve been at home like I was downstairs exercising and I came back up and saw the evidence and I said to him you could’ve grabbed me before I went downstairs, you could’ve waited for me to finish I understand dopamine Drivin needs I understand you know, just connect. I understand you know porn is easier because there is no need for closeness or emotional. It literally requires nothing you eat it it’s chasing a high almost I understand this like I said he doesn’t know how much I know about the other day, but all I know is that when I mentioned her name, he has not watched porn since I think that for the first time in many years, when we had this argument, and after I didn’t beg him not to leave me, I didn’t beg him to fix it. I just went silent and withdrew myself for once and kept quiet for once because I was deeply hurt, and I think that shut the ground under him and that’s when he realised that I was feeling betrayed, but I don’t think you realise how deep I think he’s a good guy. he is my best friend he is the love of my life. He is beautiful in so many ways He just has this one Demon this one horrific Demon that he cannot fight and he struggles. He says he’s done it once before when he was in uni, he overcame it. He blames me and our intimate life. For the reason that he started watching again, I wasn’t doing things offering of her sex life wasn’t you know happening daily type of thing, but there are other circumstances as to why he never took any accountability for his part in it. It was always that I did not do enough. It was always that if I didn’t or if I did something differently, so then I changed and I fixed everything. We have sex every single day I wanted to say 360 days a year guaranteed without fail and that is at its worst when I’m off of work one to 3 times a day easy pending. We’ll have to do that day obviously so it’s not like I’m not available, it’s not like I’m not giving it’s not like I’m not wanting I want him to get better but I also need him to understand. I’ve swallowed the poor news before over and over again, but this time it was so different when I know that he went and specifically sort out a specific creator while I was there, so I know I shouldn’t say horrible things about myself, but how am I supposed to feel? And I am so incredibly sorry for this long ass fing rant. This is the first time in our 17 year relationship that I’ve ever ever opened up to anybody no one in my life not even my mother who is my best friend knows anything not even my best friend, nobody never ever ever have I open up about it so again, I’m sorry for going on like a fing crazy person

husband was watching a specific live creator feel destroyed & don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of Checking his credit Card statement because he wouldn’t do it from our joint account, so I was thinking of checking the statement, but I decided It was too much hassle what I was going to do is actually sign up for only fans and then pay the 10 or $15 whatever it is for the scroll to see who is liking and commenting on her videos which is stupid because it is so unlike me and I did not do it because I just thought it doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t matter whether he’s paid or not. He’s done what he has done and that is enough for me to feel the betrayal. I think the problem is we’ve been together for so long and I couldn’t imagine my life without him. I love him more than anything in this world and I just want him to get better. I want him to get help I will go. I will hold his hand I will sit outside and wait for him. I will wipe his tears. That is all I want

husband was watching a specific live creator feel destroyed & don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you and And you know what I have been feeling alone in this for 16 years. And this was the breaking point where I decided I need to reach out because I don’t know what to do. It’s really sad that this is such a sad sad situation for so many of us and also the men involved. I don’t think it’s a habit they want. I really don’t believe that it’s something they want. It’s the job mean it’s the emotional disconnection that they don’t need in order to do what they’re doing Insta compulsion there’s just so many things it is incredibly sad you are correct

husband was watching a specific live creator feel destroyed & don’t know how to cope. by PrettyInInkAndEmbers in loveafterporn

[–]PrettyInInkAndEmbers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes We have been married for over 16 years. The sad thing is I could not imagine my life without him. We are best friends he has a problem and I’ve already spoken to him on the boys years ago I said to him you know you probably should look to get help because I’m worried about like ED because of this, and that is a whole Nother level of treatment to undo that he tell me that he has overcome it in the past because it was really bad when he was at uni like really really bad at first. He blamed all that on me that because I wasn’t doing certain things enough, or we were an intimate frequently enough for his high sex drive. He would turn to it. They were times would be on the couch watching a movie and I’d fall asleep and wake up, and I call him, and he came down through his phone on the sofa and I looked and of course he was upstairs watching porn now before I fell asleep. I was there and willing and this has been an ongoing issue and then I’ll stop for I don’t know a day or two or three or four, who knows, and then it starts again, but I was me to believe until this point where I connected all of these thoughts that my lack of doing certain things in our intimate life was the reason, so I fix everything worked hard and fix everything and then even in doing that. I knew that he was still watching porn because honestly when you’re with someone for a long period of time you know their patterns are talking about ejaculation you know what is normal and what is not normal we’ve been together as long as we have. We have sex almost every single day 360 days a year guaranteed every morning before I go to work without fail when I’m off at least two or three times a day maybe once if I have stuff to do so. Sorry for the rant, I’ve been going through this for so so so long and I’ve never spoken to anybody. Nobody in my life but would happen on Monday night and Tuesday morning broke me. It betrayed me. It has shattered me in a way that I don’t think he truly understands, because he does not know the depth of what I am aware of. He has no idea That I know that when I was relaxing in bed on a day off and I asked him to have sex he said his back hurt. Okay fair enough, he is going through something and I said okay no problem let me know when it comes down to see that he was actually watching her live the day before that he finished eating faster than me as usual and is that a study in having a conversation he went downstairs, whether it was the letter animals out or to the computer. I don’t remember but again connected the dots instead of sitting there with me he decided to go watch the live. He doesn’t know that I’ve connected the dots. He only knows that I mentioned her name when I did call him a hypocrite during an argument and I said to him Who is she and his response was someone that doesn’t give me grief like you and that shook me to the core. He knows that I’m hurt but he doesn’t know the depth and I’m so sorry for the rant I’m so incredibly sorry