A MAN became so addicted so porn his hair fell out and he was tormented by sex 'nightmares'. Joshua Simon, 25, discovered videos on porn sites when he was 12 and masturbated in secret, despite the activity being frowned upon in his Christian household. But things spiralled for Joshua when he got his first mobile phone aged 16 and he could access porn easily.
Despite vowing to stop because of the shame he felt, he couldn't and what followed was a five-year addiction to porn and masturbation . At its worst, he would spend all night watching porn and masturbate three times a day. The effects became physical - he said he lost weight and his hair began falling out.
Joshua even began having nightmares about being seduced - despite living in a culture which, he says, would frown upon sex before marriage. Finally, aged 21, enough became enough and Joshua says he began praying more regularly, going to church and going cold-turkey on any masturbation. Now Joshua feels "free" - and wants to raise awareness of porn addictions, which men often battle in silence due to the "shame".
Masturbation had a mind of its own, it didn't want me to fight it. The more I wanted to stop, I couldn't - it was draining me. Joshua, a freelance content writer, from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria , said: "The first time I masturbated it was a life-changing experience - I was so disorientated.
"I came from a Christian background and afterwards I begged God to forgive me. "After I finished high school it became serio.
