7 Signs You Might Have a Porn ProblemThis guest article from YourTango was written by Julie Orlov.

There’s been a lot of publicity around the issue of porn and its effect on men, women and relationships. With porn so accessible and free, it has taken on a new fervor in the lives of so many people. As with most things that affect certain synapses in the brain, porn can quickly turn from an occasional supplement that heightens one’s sex life to an addiction that wreaks havoc and prevents real intimacy.

Here are seven warning signs that you have become a victim to the allure of pornography…

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7 Warning Signs You Might Have a Porn Problem

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  1. The number one question is how what percentage of people who watch porn are affected in the above ways?

    If it’s a large percentage, then the topic should not be “you may have a porn problem” but “Porn causes problems in most people”! Or “Most people will be negatively affected by Porn – don’t watch it”.

    Something tells me that porn is addictive, and over time it will bring down morality and spirituality in people. I would like to hear comments on this.

  2. Here is a simpler approach: Do you look at porn? You have a porn problem. Period.

    • Wake up-Porn is addictive!

  3. I would say that pornography is very definetly addictive, especially for people who have OCD. I knew someone whose boyfriend (w/OCD) started out watching on the computer… this grew into a nightly chat with a mother of 5 in Texas and so on. That’s just one story, in real life that happens to people with this addiction.

  4. Don’t watch porn because it’s bad? really? for some yes I agree but to outright say that it will definitively become an issue is simply ignorance, period.

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