{"id":352617,"date":"2026-09-03T10:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=352617"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:58:21","slug":"i-started-becoming-scared-to-leave-my-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/i-started-becoming-scared-to-leave-my-house\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Started Becoming Scared to Leave My House\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I grew up in the church, but unfortunately, I led myself away from the things of God. I involved myself with people who were not of the faith when I was in high school and when I was in middle school because I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be cool.<\/big><\/div>\n

 
\nDuring that time, friends were showing me things on their phones. I became addicted to pornography, and that addiction was so deep in my life that it ended up like a rabbit hole. It gave me psychological problems. I started having anxiety attacks. I just felt inside of me like I was going to die.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cII am an airline pilot; I had my job and my career. The anxiety attacks got so bad that I started becoming scared to leave my house. I couldn’t go to work.<\/p>\n

I had what was called agoraphobia. It’s like a fear of having a panic attack. You become scared of losing control of yourself, and that fear starts to apply in every area of your life.<\/p>\n

The psychiatrist told me I needed to take medicine. I was prescribed something for anxiety and a pill to calm me down when I had a panic attack. What I realized is that this medicine, when I started taking it, didn’t help at all.<\/p>\n

So for me, going to work as an airline pilot, being in a plane, was impossible. At that moment, I opened my eyes and realized I needed help. I knew that the root of the problem was spiritual.<\/p>\n

When I truly reached rock bottom, I understood that I needed to let go of my shame, of my fears, and I had to put it all on the Altar and truly seek God’s help.<\/p>\n

One thing that frustrated me a lot when I started getting serious with God was that I kept falling. There were times when I’d be weak, and I would watch porn again. But that all went away when I realized that Bible verse that says,<\/p>\n

\u2026 God\u00a0is\u00a0faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able\u2026 (1 Corinthians 10:13)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nWhen I truly understood that verse in the Bible, I told myself, I have the power to do this. These are excuses, and I can be free from this addiction.<\/p>\n

I had a desk in my room with a computer, a TV, and video games. Then, in that moment, I asked, \u201cWhat do I need to do?\u201d And my head looked straight at that desk.<\/p>\n

I needed to let go of these things, of anything that distracts me from God, and I needed to focus on the Altar.<\/p>\n

I got baptized, and since that day, I have never watched pornography again.<\/p>\n

Little by little, I started getting the courage to leave my house and eventually go back to work. I no longer have panic attacks.<\/p>\n

I never had a panic attack again. I do not have anxiety anymore, no anxiety attacks. All that went away from me.<\/p>\n

My finances are stable. I have a stable job now.<\/p>\n

The best thing is that I was able to beat that addiction to pornography. That was the worst thing in my life.<\/p>\n

\"\u201cIToday, I’m even married. I was able to have a relationship with one woman and be faithful to her. I’ve been married to her for almost a year now.<\/p>\n

One thing that I’ve learned about pornography is that the world makes it seem like it’s normal. People out there tell teens that it’s okay; it’s normal, and that it’s part of a growing man’s journey. No, it’s not. It is an addiction that no young man, especially teenagers, should be playing with.<\/p>\n

You don’t know what pornography will lead you to. So take it from my experience: don’t ever watch it.<\/p>\n

\u2014David<\/em>
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