Pornography and Sex Addiction

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Pornography Addiction:Is Porn A Problem In Your Life?

Do you feel that pornography is causing difficulties in your relationship or in everyday life? As a qualified counsellor specialising in addiction, I offer compassionate support and understanding to both men and women wishing to live a life free from pornography.    

Don’t worry – it can be done.  

I also work with the partners of those addicted to sex and pornography, offering a way to help you understand your own personal boundaries and find the best outcome -  whatever that may mean for you. 

Would You Like To Live A Life Without Pornography?

You may have recognised that your relationship with pornography has become destructive.  You know that it hurts your partner.  If you’re single, perhaps porn is stopping you from developing loving relationships with others. 

From today, things could get better.  Let me reassure you that with your commitment, working with me can enable real change.  And, I’ll help you to maintain those changes.

I’ll offer practical steps and non-judgemental support to help you. There’s no shame or stigma. Together, we can do it.  

There’s no denying that humans are sexual beings.  We need to procreate.  Sex can be a highly pleasurable activity that bonds one person to another with great joy and intimacy.  

But life just isn’t that simple.  

Most of us have a strong sexual urge.  It’s as powerful as the desire for food or the need to sleep.  And, it’s fair to say that the easy availability of pornography has in recent years changed our attitude to sex and sexuality.  

Is this a good thing?  How could pornography harm us?  Did you know…

Pornography can affect your brain.  

And not in a good way.  Researchers have found that addictive substances (like tobacco) and other types of addictions (like on-line gambling) can have a specific effect on your brain.  After food or sex, your Dopamine levels drop naturally – that feeling of being “full” after dinner, for example.  

With porn, those Dopamine cells continue firing up as you sit in front of your computer.  They just keep on going.  You crave its artificial effects and you want to keep on doing it.  You are, in fact, addicted to the “high”.

Pornography can damage your sexual health

There’s no point in being coy: studies increasingly show that young men aroused by pornography who masturbate for a sexual release are having trouble with real sex.  

Vigorous masturbation de-sensitizes the nerves in the penis due to over-stimulation.  In other words, sex with a partner is tricky. Also, due to the strength of the material, you may find genuine intimacy increasingly less appealing.  Is this you?

Pornography is getting stronger and more violent

As internet porn becomes more popular, it’s getting darker, more graphic, more extreme.    

Pornographers compete for a larger market share, so the “fix” gets stronger every time, tempting the viewer towards easily-found acts and images unthinkable just a few years ago.

Pornography can degrade women – and men

Many find pornography distastefully misogynistic. Sadly, often the sexual acts depicted in porn are humiliating, degrading and sometimes violent towards women. And, alarmingly, despite scripts sometimes laced with hatred and domination, the women featured always “love it”.  

At the very least, this element warps our healthy views of sex.   

Partner Addiction- How Can I Help

I offer support and counselling to women and men whose lives are affected by their partner’s use of pornography.  

Perhaps your partner prefers images of porn on their laptop rather than real intimacy with you.  Their focus is elsewhere.  Your sex life is non-existent, and you feel rejected and insulted.

I understand and I can help you.  We’ll work together to help you understand and acknowledge your feelings and help you reach practical solutions. 

Sex is natural and normal, but if pornography has driven a wedge into your relationship, it’s time to act.  

You can live a life without pornography

If you recognise a problem, then you well on your way to solving that problem.  If you are a woman or a man either affected by, or addicted to pornography, I can help you.

Call me on 07973 751 462 or email help@thinkstrong.solutions.