I'm 26f and have struggled immensely with masturbation and sexual desires for about 2 years now. It has caused me great heartache and pain and conflicting interest. I just want to feel wanted and loved by a man. I want to experience intimacy so much I cry. But this has put a hedge between me and God. Certain aspects of my life are getting worse and I think it's His judgement against my sin.
I also struggle with fantasizing. I wouldn't consider the nature of my daydreams perverted but they are still sin because I am not married. I fall prey to them a lot more now that I live alone and feel lonesome often. It's like a self-soothing thing. I sometimes also binge eat after because I feel ashamed of what I did.
I don't have anyone in my life I feel like I can talk about this with. My family doesn't see anything wrong with inappropriate content or masturbation. So they're not going to get it. I'm not going to church currently because of severe social anxiety. I don't think I could even walk through the doors feeling the way I do now. I would fall apart.
I can't look at a Bible without feeling like the awfulest person on earth. Praying at all at this point feels like a joke. I have sinned so many times and asked for forgiveness over and over. Something isn't working. God knows I'm not repentent. I know He is disappointed. I can't keep falling into this, pray for forgiveness for the 20,088th time and expect to feel close to Him. I'm honestly surprisd I haven't been struck dead yet.
I have been told I may have a sex demon called Incubus? Is this what my issue sounds like? If so how do I get rid of it?
So , what should I do to start fixing myself? Do I go to a psychotherapist, see a faith healer, take hormone replacement, get on some SSRIs? What would help take all this away? What would take these feelings away? I'm almost having urges to self harm because of how messed up I realize I am inside. I feel so alone I could scream. I want to be holy and healthy inside.
I also struggle with fantasizing. I wouldn't consider the nature of my daydreams perverted but they are still sin because I am not married. I fall prey to them a lot more now that I live alone and feel lonesome often. It's like a self-soothing thing. I sometimes also binge eat after because I feel ashamed of what I did.
I don't have anyone in my life I feel like I can talk about this with. My family doesn't see anything wrong with inappropriate content or masturbation. So they're not going to get it. I'm not going to church currently because of severe social anxiety. I don't think I could even walk through the doors feeling the way I do now. I would fall apart.
I can't look at a Bible without feeling like the awfulest person on earth. Praying at all at this point feels like a joke. I have sinned so many times and asked for forgiveness over and over. Something isn't working. God knows I'm not repentent. I know He is disappointed. I can't keep falling into this, pray for forgiveness for the 20,088th time and expect to feel close to Him. I'm honestly surprisd I haven't been struck dead yet.
I have been told I may have a sex demon called Incubus? Is this what my issue sounds like? If so how do I get rid of it?
So , what should I do to start fixing myself? Do I go to a psychotherapist, see a faith healer, take hormone replacement, get on some SSRIs? What would help take all this away? What would take these feelings away? I'm almost having urges to self harm because of how messed up I realize I am inside. I feel so alone I could scream. I want to be holy and healthy inside.