Pornography Addiction Help

Are you looking for pornography addiction help? I help people reduce addiction to pornography and looking for images or videos on social media and other apps and sites. Of course, with the internet now on our phones, you can access porn anywhere, any time. Even though porn has existed for centuries, the internet’s easy accessibility and anonymity have dramatically reshaped its landscape. If you or someone you care about has developed a pornography addiction, get in touch to book a first session. Start your journey to overcoming this habit. Click here for more details.

 

Pornography Addiction Help

 

Pornography addiction help

 

Porn addiction is also known as compulsive pornography consumption. It is characterised by an intense and compulsive urge to view or engage with explicit sexual material. This, often resulting in an inability to control or limit consumption despite many adverse effects.

Porn addiction shares similarities with other behavioural addictions, for example gambling or gaming addiction. This is because it involves a loss of control over one’s behaviour and a preoccupation with the addictive stimulus. In the case of pornography addiction, people may find themselves consumed by thoughts of images. And then spending significant amounts of time seeking out and viewing explicit content. This excessive engagement with pornography can interfere with daily responsibilities, relationships, and overall well-being.

 

Do you need pornography addiction help?

 

Scientific consensus on defining and diagnosing porn addiction is still evolving. There are though observable signs and patterns that people, partners, and loved ones can be vigilant about. To be frank, you know if it is a problem. Are you feeling guilty, does it interfere with your life? Let’s outline some main ‘red flags’ to look out for.

  • Excessive time and energy: Spending an inordinate amount of time seeking out and consuming porn, often to the detriment of other aspects of life such as work, relationships, and personal responsibilities.
  • Escalation and desensitisation: Increasing the consumption of pornography where people seek increasingly explicit or extreme forms of porn to achieve the same level of arousal, desensitising them.
  • Failed attempts to cut back: Trying and failing to reduce or quit pornography consumption, accompanied by a persistent desire to engage in it despite negative consequences.
  • Emotional distress and negative self-perception: Feeling guilt, shame, or anxiety related to porn consumption, as well as diminished self-esteem or distorted body image resulting from comparing oneself to unrealistic standards portrayed in porn.
  • Interference with relationships and intimacy: Having difficulties in maintaining healthy and satisfying relationships or experiencing a decline in sexual satisfaction with real-life partners due to excessive porn consumption.
  • Neglected personal and professional obligations: Neglecting commitments, such as work or educational responsibilities, hobbies, or social activities, due to excessive time spent watching porn.
  • Withdrawal symptoms: Experiencing restlessness, irritability, or heightened cravings when attempting to cut back or abstain from watching porn.

Remember that each person’s relationship with pornography can vary significantly. However, recognising these signs can serve as a starting point.  If you do think you need pornography addiction help, get in touch about my sessions. It’s important to address any negative consequences of porn consumption. Also to get to the root causes of these habits.

 

Causes of pornography addiction

 

The causes of porn addiction can be complex and multifaceted, involving psychological, biological, and environmental factors. While the exact reasons may vary depending on the person, here are some potential porn addiction causes:

  • Escapism and coping mechanisms: Porn can serve as a means of escape or a coping mechanism for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, or other emotional difficulties. It may provide temporary relief or distraction from negative emotions, leading to a reliance on porn as a coping strategy. If tis sounds like you, pornography addiction help is here. Get in touch to find out how sessions could really help you break free of this habit.
  • Neurochemical facto: Engaging with porn can activate the brain’s reward system, releasing neurotransmitters such as dopamine, which are associated with pleasure and reward. Over time, the brain may tolerate these effects, leading people to seek more explicit or novel material to achieve the same level of satisfaction. This neurochemical response can contribute to the development of porn addiction.
  • Psychological factors: Some people may have pre-existing psychological vulnerabilities that increase their susceptibility to porn addiction. These vulnerabilities include low self-esteem, poor body image, past trauma, or underlying mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, or impulse control disorders.
  • Social and cultural influences: Societal and cultural factors can play a role in developing porn addiction. The normalisation and widespread acceptance of porn in certain cultures, along with the portrayal of unrealistic sexual expectations, can contribute to the formation of addictive behaviours. Peer influence, social pressures, and media influence can also impact an individual’s relationship with pornography.
  • Personal and family history: Personal and family history of addiction, substance abuse, or other compulsive behaviours may increase the likelihood of developing porn addiction. Genetic factors, environmental influences, and learned behaviours within the family system can contribute to an individual’s susceptibility to addiction.

 

Porn addiction treatment

 

Sessions of hypnotherapy and coaching for pornography addiction are about a safe space for you to reduce this habit. Sessions are a safe and positive environment, open and non-judgemental.

 

Hypnotherapy and coaching sessions can help you:

  1. Develop skills to manage emotions, cope with distress, and improve interpersonal relationships.
  2. Learning strategies to identify triggers, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and prevent relapse is essential to the treatment process.
  3. Cultivate awareness of your feelings and emotions, and so manage cravings, and develop a more compassionate relationship with yourself. Hypnotherapy itself also can promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance overall well-being.
  4. Understand the causes of your porn addiction, and so discover how to live more happily in the future.

 

Book your hypnotherapy pornography addiction help today

 

If you would like to cut down or stopping using pornography, get in touch to book your first session or ask any questions you may have. Session are in central London, in King’s Cross and online. Don’t put off beginning the journey to better mental health and feeling free of this habit. Click here for more details.

 

 

 

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Jason Demant Clinical Hypnotherapist
London hypnotherapist. Seeing clients in King's Cross and online. Diploma in clinical hypnotherapy, counselling and Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) from Life Matters Training College, based on Harley Street, London. Fully insured and a validated practitioner of the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council and member of the General Hypnotherapy Register.