Written down, your experience stops being only yours.
Every experience written down makes it harder to keep calling this harmless. It makes the next person feel less alone, and makes an argument impossible to dismiss.
These anonymous accounts are compiled and analysed by CEASE into evidence we put in front of government and decision-makers, because ministers cannot dismiss two hundred people describing the same thing happening to them.
If you recognise yourself in any of this, you are in the right place.
Share yours (opens in new tab) →You will not be shamed here, and you are not being asked to confess to anything.
Shame has never once helped anyone stop. What helps is finding out you were not the only one. Read a few of these and you will notice how many begin the same way. A person, on their own, about eleven years old, who went looking for nothing.
“I began watching porn at the young age of 11. It has had a hold of me for 18 years.”
“My husband (a highly educated professional) was secretly addicted to porn for a decade.”
“In year 9 I remember a boy was sitting next to me in class and he was watching porn on his phone.”
“I am a victim of nonconsensual pornography. I now have PTSD and depression.”
Everything published on our project website, Expose the Harm, was written to be read by other people, and by the people making the law.
Your first name, a single initial, or a name you invent. Never your full name. You give your age and your country, and nothing else about you.
We will edit or hold back anything that could identify you or anyone else, and we do not publish anything outside of sexual exploitation.
You set a secret word when you submit. Send us that word and a screenshot of your post at any point and it comes down, no reason needed.
Keep it under 500 words. Some of the ones that connect with people most are the shortest.
There is an optional box for our email list at the end. Ignore it and you will not hear from us again.
We are not going to send you advice you did not ask for.
If you are under 13 and something has happened to you, Childline is below and they are there right now.
If you need to talk to someone now, these people can answer.
There whenever you need someone.
24/7 support line for anyone who has experienced rape or sexual abuse.
Support for people struggling with pornography use.
For adults in the UK experiencing intimate image abuse.
Free and confidential, for anyone under 19. 0800 1111.
Report online sexual abuse or grooming of a child.
