It's More Serious Than You Think!
Most people go through their lives watching the occasional porno movie without ever thinking twice about porn addiction. However, if you’ve found yourself reading this article, you may be wondering if you have an addiction to pornography. You’ve taken an important first step – admitting that you may have a problem. Here is a short personal inventory that will help you identify if you have an addition to pornography.
Do you find yourself needing porn to get aroused? A first sign of porn addiction is that you’ll be unable to masturbate without using porn. Even worse, you may find that you aren’t aroused by your sexual partner and need porn to get in the mood for actual ***.
Do you find yourself losing hours in a day to porn or masturbation? Many masturbation addicts use a technique known as “edging.” This technique involves hovering near the edge of orgasm for as long as possible. This is usually done while watching porn. Edging can go on for hours. For most people masturbation lasts perhaps five to ten minutes – if you’re spending hours on it then you likely have a problem.
Have your porn watching habits “evolved”? In other words, do you find yourself needing to watch more extreme and hardcore pornography in order to enjoy yourself? Desensitization to *** acts is a clear sign of addiction to pornography. Particularly if your predilections have moved toward extremely violent porn or child porn, you should seek immediate help!
If you meet any or all of the above criteria, then you are most likely suffering from a porn addiction. It may be mild or it may be serious, but either way you should seek to put an end to it before it consumes your life. Porn addiction can destroy relationships and even ruin your personal life, as you’ll spend so much time masturbating that you won’t do anything meaningful with your time!
Don’t go it alone. While porn addiction can be embarrassing, you should seek a friendly ear to share your troubles with. You may want to try the Healthy Sexuality System. This system provides a helpful guide, but more importantly it puts you in contact with your “Mbuddy.” Your Mbuddy is a fellow masturbation and porn addict who has been through what you’re going through and over the course of six months can help you get past it, too!