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Self-Help: Overcoming Pornography Addiction
Some people see pornography as a potential addiction. This can happen when peoplespend increasing amounts of time using pornography and begin using increasingly moreextreme pornographic material. This increase in use occurs even though the use hasnegative consequences. Some people find that their entire sex life revolves around pornography and they are unable to be sexually involved with a real person without theuse of pornography.How would you know if your pornography use is harmful to you? The following aresome signs that pornography use is problematic:
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The use feels like it is out of your control. You make unsuccessful efforts to quitor limit your use.
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Your use of pornography is incompatible with your beliefs and values. You feelguilt, shame, depression, and/or remorse after using pornography.
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You keep your pornography use or the extent of your pornography use secret fromothers and worry that others will find out about your use.
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The use of pornography consumes your thinking. When you are not using pornography, you think about if frequently and anticipate when you will use itagain. You spend increasing amounts of time using pornography.
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Your use of pornography has negative consequences in your life. For example,you may neglect responsibilities or become less effective in your job or inacademics. You might spend too much money on pornography or put yourself indangerous situations you would not normally be in due to the pornography or sexual addiction. You may have been caught using pornography in inappropriate places such as work or a campus computer lab.
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Your use of pornography causes problems in your intimate relationships, such ascreating emotional distance between people you love or causing those in arelationship with you to feel neglected. You may lose relationships due to the pornography.Any of these signs can indicate that pornography is becoming a problem. If you areconcerned that you or someone you care about may have a problem with pornography,check out the self-help resources at the end of this article or talk to a mental health professional.Ideas for Changing Pornography Usage:
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Change routines and environments that lead to pornography usage. Avoid highrisk situations.
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