Am I Addicted to Porn? What is Porn Addiction?

Great content, thanks for posting it. I think there is a lot of shame for people who struggle with porn addiction, like me - it is really helpful to hear a non-judgmental analysis of the challenges and opportunities. Compassion has to be a huge part of the healing and recovery process, both internally and from others.

My marriage of 11 years has been profoundly strained by the rejection my wife experiences due to my addiction. I'm now 10+ months sober, in an accountability group, and effectively being transparent and accountable and following through on adjustments/commitments, but she is unable to let go of her fear, hurt, and shame. Deep down, she believes my addiction proves that she is not valuable and attractive, and I'm unable to help her let go of her pain. We've been in marriage counseling for 3 years, and she's been in individual counseling for 2. Any good resources to recommend for her to understand that my issues aren't about her? Thanks again.

Pornography is the perfect weapon to be used against men. It’s gonna get them hooked and help destroy society.

Thanks for this video, I know I have a problem and I am attempting to stop. I am a married man getting on in life ie retired, with a wife who has no interest in my needs and no interest in making love except on her terms, so I went to porn. It has now started to affect my life stopping me from other things I enjoy doing like trying to make models and play the piano etc. I deleted all the porn links on my computer and I managed to stop watching porn for ten days, I still had the odd masturbation session but without watching porn, I have prostate issues so I find that helps. Anyway I am starting again, I am more determined this time, I had found other things to watch to get aroused, so that is gone, I have watched your tips video for ideas. Wish me Luck Thanks again.

I'm no expert like the doc here, but I'm addicted to porn. It has destroyed my life and I really think there is no such thing as "porn for a recreational use"

I think for me in this modern world I find that it's difficult to hear a meaningful conversation that overrides sexual tension or overtones. People today talk in likes or dislikes it all seems to be about appetites. The superficial depth of human conversation rarely goes beyond what is visible. I think that is probably the root cause of how difficult it is for me to want too or believe it's possible to get anything meaningful. So life is all surface level , such isolation creates a need, the hardest part for me is dissecting what is a legitimate need and what is just disbasement, each make me feel weak because they are unfulfilled. One tends to rack their brain with the question whether love is in fact real, concern or care , the preference for another beyond oneself? Pleasure , to give is one thing but receive is another , the absence of one can only receive a need for the other. All I know is that limitations insist that desire insistent on another crosses the line , it is where legitimate desire violates love.

Doctor, I'm trying real hard to stop watching videos of older man having sex with 20-year old women. Any tips for how I can stop doing this and focus instead on gangbang creampie videos?

I quit masturbation and went 4 months or so without masturbating. When I did so I began watching porn more but without masturbating. I started to have wet dreams and it felt really unhealthy, and so I started masturbating again. Since then, I've begun watching more and more porn and I want to quit. How do I do that? Is it normal and healthy to not masturbate? Or should I be trying to masturbate without porn at all? I just want to be healthy.

Ever since I had a iPhone I been a lost soul. Is it bad that watch the way she is sitting makes me wanna look up a porn video. You can tell by how she is sitting that she has a smoking hot body.

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pornographeeeeeee. Old. Folk Disorder...

Have you ever struggled with porn or sex addiction?

I'm pretty sure I'm addicted. I would rather jerk off to porn than be intimate with my wife. I watch porn maybe every other day. It doesn't consume my life by any means but I do love watching different kinds of porn over actual sex with my wife. It probably doesn't help that she's not really all that interested in sex with me anymore. So I turned to porn.

Am on day 5 without porn an no withdrawals yet

It’s very tough when you are a person that has a hard on just seeing an attractive woman in public 😢

Not the same.

Wouldn’t need to watch it if women dropped their knickers more often

i’m starting to have dreams about eating ass. i think it’s time for a break

Of ANY of the Human addictions, SEX addiction really makes me ponder......When does sex become TOO much sex? A few times a week? Many times a week? How much is ''many times'' ? Unless it totally takes over all your time, when is too much sex too much??

Hi. I am sorry I did not make it through your video. You made me overly exited with your teasing and provocative outfit I needed to rub one out. I went online and found a lady who looked alot like you and I pretended to poind you....hard! Thanks and I'll try again tomorrow.

it's masturbation and semen loss that's the real problem. that has a host of evil consequences.

How about reading erotica novels/stories

People talk about porn-addiction a lot. Just because it's porn (and for some people it's something negative) it doesn't mean that it's more addictive than, say, social media. I'm single, 44, I watch porn 3-4 times a week to get inspiration for masturbating, as I am not into ONS and it's difficult to find the right person. I think mine is a healthy use as I'm also starting to grow tired of porn as it's always the same and it's just visual. You could say the same thing about a couple who has sex 3 times a day that they are addicted. Some people would argue that people in their 20 don't have enough sex as they should, they should do it at least once a day. I you ask me can you go one week without masturbating I'd say yes, but why would I? It's a physiological need. When I was a teen I did it twice a day and all of my friends were the same. Then with age you don't masturbate or have sex as much. Now if someone told me that masturbating once a day in your 20s or 30s is addiction, I'd laugh at them.

ooh, that self-assessment is really useful - I may use it with a client. Thank you!

In fact, males who report using pornography during adolescence followed by daily consumption of pornography often advance to viewing extreme content, including violence, to maintain arousal.

Porn has been a major part of my life. My girlfriends have always had to have little to no self esteem much like the actresses in the films. Some would even be asked to perform aggressive tasks like being intimate with a room full of African American men. Unfortunately they would enjoy it too much and leave me. Porn is so dangerous!

Thank you for details and support

Before the iPhone was popular. Men were using phones for porn viewing. Boomer generations were already using it

Recreational use of alcohol is still harmful.

Thanks & good job. Do you think porn can be used to maintain healthy relationships or avoid toxic ones? Do you think a "honey do list" & insecure spouse (upset over porn use) is toxic/manipulation?

So many people in denial about their addiction. They criticize videos like this cause they know they have an issue.

Probably not the best vid to advertise bras with pics of women wearing them…lol, Juss sayin. That’s like a whiskey ad on a AA discussion.

Looking good in the burgundy Miss Snipes.

The definitions can be associated with many types of Non-substance addictive behaviours. You can replace the word "Porn" with Internet, Facebook, even things that people might think are healthy habits such as Exercise. Some of the main things to remember is that if a behaviour is beginning to consume other aspects of your life, that you feel irritable or even become angry at someone saying you maybe spending too much time doing something, or you begin to feel shame and hide what you're doing (being private about pornography is one thing, but saying you stopped and you're still doing it, is what I mean with hiding) those are times you need to evaluate and self check and possibly need to seek help if your attempt to stop feels painful to you (Emotionally, mentally or even physically).

Thanks!

Too many men

You can't be addicted to porn.
The more you watch it, the less you like it. Besides , you can't watch porn for more than 15 minutes straight.
What is the fuss about porn?
It is a harmless, relaxing practice.
Watching football must be more addictive/time consuming, than porn.