All About Porn Addiction Therapy Palm Springs CA

By Janine Hughes


It is a very familiar line, except that we do not always take it seriously. The definition is any form of behavior done repeatedly regardless of self harm or harm to others. Immediately addiction develops, it is almost impossible to stop it unless with outside help. If it is pornography, only porn addiction therapy Palm Springs CA can help.

So what exactly is porn addiction? It is the urge to continue the use of pornographic materials, even when you promise yourself to stop. When you lose the ability to choose whether or not you want to continue viewing these materials, you are definitely addicted. These materials include magazines, materials from the Internet and videos among others.

Among the vices brought about by the advent of the World Wide Web is pornography. There are all types of materials; in fact, you can afford to be choosy about the type that you like. This comes beautifully packaged with anonymity, availability all round the clock, every day of the year. Its also affordable and all levels of explicitness are added to the package. In addition, its possible to store on your phone to see any time you please without leaving any physical evidence.

According to social scientists, people suffering from this type of addiction also experience neurochemical changes in the brain just like those in drugs or alcohol. The neurochemical changes contribute to the urge to maintain the vice. An addicted person experiences two types of pain-physical and psychological. Pornographic addiction is more of a brain thing and therefore psychologists are most suited to help you deal with the condition.

The physical pain is as a result of what they have to do regularly to satisfy their urges. It is almost like the pain that you feel which, unless you satisfy it, does not go away. People are turned into slaves of sex, masturbation and pornographic materials. Slavery is all about mind control and that is where the psychological pain comes in. The psychological or emotional aspect is the depression, obsessive-compulsive behavior and anxiety brought about by the vice.

Just like other addicts, victims engage in the vice as a way of running away from emotions or low self-esteem and other issues they want to avoid. A person who is addicted will have impaired everyday life. They may also have inhibited sexual relationships with partners, which result to divorce. The obsession to be constantly engaged in the vice is also responsible for losses of careers. Addicts also tend to turn to drugs to heighten sexual experiences worsening the problem at hand.

Sadly, victims may not be willing to ask for help, others cannot even admit to themselves that they need it. Their lives are under the illusion that because they participate in the act solo, no one else is being hurt. However, they are not only hurting the people around them but themselves as well.

Most of the times when they seek help, they do so for associated symptoms such as depression and problems with relationships. If their core problem is not identified, therapy remains ineffective. Talking to a trained professional such as a psychologist or psychiatrist is the only way out.




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