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Addiction to pornography has been a big concern for many researchers and professionals in the field of psychosocial health.
While there are many kinds of addiction behavior that are considered as a psychological disorder, compulsive porn watching is not labeled as a disorder that needs clinical attention.
There is no official diagnosis for porn addiction in the books of psychiatry and psychology. However, the serious mental, emotional and social consequences of it are such that one cannot ignore this growing problem in the world.
Porn addiction is a form of sexual addiction which involves excessive preoccupation with sexual imagery that has a negative impact on one's life.
As much as these could be understood has some advantages of pornography, studies have shown that excessive / compulsive viewing of porn results in problematic behaviors and causes threat to a person's mental and social well - being.
Today, high speed internet has made pornographic content easily accessible, affordable while you continue to remain anonymous in your activities. The plethora of sexual content is available at a mere click of a few buttons with your fingers.
When pornography use becomes excessive, romantic relationships can suffer as it may lead to poorer sexual quality and / or satisfaction.
Often the other partner could feel inadequate and suffer from low self - esteem where they begin to think that they are not good enough. When too much time is spent in this kind of solo activity, it creates a physical and emotional distance between the couple which results in loneliness, lack of intimacy and in some cases depression or anxiety.
It becomes a vicious loop as this would push the person more towards the compulsive habit creating more distance and withdrawal that could be detrimental to the health of the relationship.
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