Htobrother
I make women happy and exstatic joy ,
- Joined
- Dec 18, 2019
- Posts
- 21,438
- Reputation
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Social Isolation
- withdrawing from social activity
- developing a secret life
- lying to and deceiving others
- becoming self-centred
- choosing porn over people
Mood Disorders
- feeling irritable
- feeling angry and depressed
- experiencing mood swings
- pervasive anxiety and fearfulness
- feeling powerless in relation to porn
Sexually objectifying other people
- treating people as sex objects
- judging people primarily in terms of their body parts
- experiencing mood swings
- disrespecting other people’s needs for privacy and safety
- being insensitive about sexually harmful behaviour
Engaging in risky and dangerous behaviour
- accessing porn at work or school
- accessing child abuse imagery
- participating in degrading, abusive, violent, or criminal sexual activity
- producing, distributing or selling porn
- engaging in physically unsafe and harmful sex
Unhappy intimate partner
- relationship is marred by dishonesty and deception about porn use
- partner views porn as infidelity i.e. “cheating”
- partner is increasingly upset and angry
- relationship deteriorates due to lack of trust and respect
- partner is concerned about the welfare of the children
- partner feels sexually inadequate and threatened by the porn
- loss of emotional closeness and mutual sexual enjoyment
Sexual Problems
- loss of interest in sex with a real partner
- difficulty becoming aroused and/or achieving orgasm without porn
- intrusive thoughts, fantasies, and images of porn during sex
- becoming sexually demanding and or rough in sex
- having difficulty connecting love and caring with sex
- feeling sexually out of control and compulsive
- increased interest in risky, degrading, abusive, and/or illegal sex
- growing dissatisfaction with sex
- sexual dysfunctions – inability to orgasm, delated ejaculation, erectile dysfunction
Self-loathing
- feeling disconnected from person values, beliefs and goals
- loss of personal integrity
- damaged self-esteem
- persistent feelings of guilt and shame
- feeling controlled by porn
Neglecting important areas of life
- personal health (sleep deprivation, exhaustion, and poor self-care)
- family life (neglecting partner, children, pets and household responsibilities)
- work and school pursuits (reduced focus, productivity, and advancement)
- finances (spending on porn depletes resources)
- spirituality (alienation from faith and spiritual practice)
Addiction to Porn
- craving porn intensely and persistently
- difficulty controlling thoughts, or exposure to, and use of porn
- inability to discontinue porn use despite negative consequences
- repeated failures to stop using porn
- requiring more extreme content or intense exposures to porn to get same effect (habituation symptoms)
- experiencing discomfort and irritability when deprived of porn (withdrawal symptoms)
