Stages of Porn Addiction
One of the most interesting facts about porn addiction is that you may never really know that you have the condition until it is too late – or until a family member points out the situation to you. This is usually the case when it comes to other forms of addiction – be it overeating, alcoholism, tobacco smoking or substance abuse.
Just like other individuals who are addicted to a particular substance or activity, porn addiction will provide you with that 'high' that one usually gets when inhaling illegal substances. If you feel that there is a need for you to stop viewing porn but you just cannot seem to do so, that is a sure sign of porn addiction.
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To better understand the situation, here are the several stages that a porn addict goes through. The first stage is exposure to pornographic material. It does not matter how young or how old you are when you first got exposed to porn. The second stage is the addiction itself. Porn addiction is highly likely to exist in individuals who have an addictive personality. When you keep coming back for more porn after making it a routine in your daily life, that is the addiction stage. Next comes the escalation or desentization stage. This usually refers to the point when you are not shocked anymore by what you are seeing, no matter how graphic the material is. Finally, there is the acting out stage which is the most alarming of the five stages. The tendency of porn addicts who are in the acting out stage is to breathe life to their sexual fantasies because they are not satisfied anymore by what they see onscreen. If you feel that you are addicted to porn and you just cannot seem to stop even though you want to, it is a clear sign for you to seek professional help before you physically or emotionally harm the people around you. |
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