Porn addiction Treatment

Do I Need Porn Addiction Therapy?

  The widespread use of online resources has made several behaviours so routine that it’s impossible to navigate which behaviours are addictions. Watching porn is one of them. What may seem like an entertainment source watched casually can soon become a ritual one can’t live without. Gradually this ritual will turn into a need, and you won’t care about your …

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Is My Partner Addicted to Porn?

  Porn addiction is recognized as a behavioural disorder in which an individual can’t resist the urge to watch porn and does so repetitively. Moreover, this porn addiction can lead them to pursue other risky behaviours that can jeopardize their occupational and social lives. However, the most noticeable change will likely occur in their relationships. Hence, if your partner is …

Porn Addiction Shame

Why Shaming Porn Addiction Can Prevent Addicts From Seeking Help

  How often have you used the tactic of shaming someone for their behaviour to stop them from repeating the behaviour? We are all guilty as charged because, in some cases, this tactic works. However, with porn addiction, shaming is never a solution; it’s the key to exacerbating things. This article will discuss why shame isn’t a reliable porn addiction …

Porn addiction symptoms

Five Indicators Your Porn Use Could Be an Addiction

  Porn is one of the most widely viewed content categories on the internet. Using porn for pleasure and entertainment isn’t too surprising nowadays. However, if this usage turns into a porn addiction, that’s when watching porn can have detrimental effects like any other addiction. Due to casual viewing, it can be difficult for individuals to identify their porn addiction. …

Treatment for porn addiction

How Counselling Can Help You Overcome Your Porn Addiction

What is Pornography Addiction? There is a stark difference between porn watchers and porn addicts. Since there is no definitive diagnosis criteria, this is often a fine line between the two terms. However, to put it in perspective, let’s define what porn addiction is. Pornography addiction, even if it is not categorized as a psychiatric ailment, is a behavioural addiction …

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When Porn Use Becomes Problematic

When we talk of porn usage, our mind automatically goes to something intrinsically unhealthy. While statistics do tilt in that favour, there are some people who can watch porn without it becoming a problem. Studies show that there are 3 types of porn viewers: Recreational porn viewers (75.5%) Distressed porn viewers (12.5%) Compulsive porn viewers (11.8%) As displayed above, a …

Porn Industry Worth

Porn: A Billion-Dollar Industry

Porn. We’ve all heard of it, some of us have seen it, but did you know by doing just that, we’re contributing to a billion-dollar industry? Given the hype surrounding porn, guesses of what the porn industry is worth are in order. The advent of the internet has made porn accessible to so many people worldwide that porn businesses are …

Porn Withdrawal symptoms

Can Stopping Porn Cause Withdrawal?

  Have you ever wondered how many people are watching porn as you read this? Hint: it’s a lot. Take any given year, and the statistics will alarm you. In 2017 alone, Pornhub got a whopping 1000 visits in a second. This provides insight into the high levels of porn dependency in today’s digital age. Online pornography usage has become …

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How Porn Affects Your Brain?

  We can all agree that the internet is a double-edged sword. While it has bridged geographical barriers and made communication much simpler, it has also become a conduit for people to indulge their most primal desires. While one may argue that porn usage isn’t necessarily bad, this power is usually abused, leading to porn addiction, which has a prevalence …

Pornographic content

The Evolution of Pornography

  With significant digital advancements in the last decade, we are forced to wonder whether this is always a good thing. Take pornography, for example. Human sexual desires have always been present, but what could be cited behind the escalated number of sex and porn addicts in recent years? Increasing potency While porn was once a hushed topic of conversation, …