Porn addiction has become synonymous with the internet. Easy access to porn has only increased its exposure. There is so much social stigma when talking about porn addiction. This is exactly why it is difficult for people to admit they have a problem and even seek help.
Porn addiction is barely talked about but it is so common! People may even consider it a normal part of life. But research shows that excessive porn use has detrimental effects. It can cause depression, social anxiety, isolation, and even financial problems.
A constant novelty that is found in porn can lead people to watch more stimulating and violent porn over time. This can alter your thought processes and even your behavior!
Porn addiction is so resistant because it is dealt with privately. There are no obvious and observable consequences to it. Adding to the problem, people refuse to talk about such an important issue that is even affecting teenagers.
Why do so many people still seek porn and are addicted to this behaviour. Find out by checking out the 10 best videos on porn addiction.
#1 Escaping porn addiction – Eli Nash TEDx Talks
The TED in TEDx stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. It is a non-profit organization used to spread well researched ideas. TED Talks are independently organized events that are used to spread ideas globally, whereas TEDx Talks are aimed at a more local audience. Nonetheless, the focus is on sharing ground breaking ideas in science and other fields.
Eli Nash talks about the shame and stigma he felt from others when he started openly talking about his addiction.
Often times we picture a person with addiction as someone who is down bad and has barely anything to live for. This video shows us that sometimes porn addiction can be a secret that is ruining lives in private.
He talks about sexual abuse and all the things that lead him to porn. Porn ended up being an escape for him, until one day when he was forced into a situation where he had to face his addiction.
Eli continues to be an advocate and a voice for many porn addicts who have faced shame throughout their lives.
#2 Dopamine Fasting 2.0 – Overcome Addiction & Restore Motivation – After Skool
This video is a collaboration between the YouTube channel ‘One Percent Better’ run by Brandon Nankivell and ‘After Skool’.
On average people spend about 3 hours a day on their smartphones, this compounds to about 1095 hours every year! Studies have proven that dopamine has been linked with the feeling of being rewarded and it heavily plays a role in addiction.
The world runs on super stimuli; brightly coloured images and an overload of food additives cause a dopamine surge that is similar to drug use.
In this video Brandon talks about Dopamine Fasting. It is a practice in which all heavily dopamine stimulating activities are avoided for extended periods of time to reset your mind from addictive behaviours.
Dopamine Fasting 2.0 is a modified and better-defined version that explains that dopamine is necessary for daily functioning. Dopamine fasting is not performed to actually reduce the levels of dopamine in the body but it is about reducing impulsive behaviours based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
The video mentions the 6 common impulsive behaviours, they are:
- Emotional eating
- Internet and gaming
- Gambling and shopping
- Thrill and novelty seeking
- Recreational drugs
- Porn and masturbation
#3 The Science of Pornography Addiction (SFW) by AsapSCIENCE
This short video tackles how the pornography epidemic affects a person’s brain.
Porn constitutes about 25% of all search engine requests!
It explains how the brain changes during prolonged exposure to porn use. The video explains neuroplasticity and how porn literally rewires the brain. Porn’s strong influence can even affect sexual taste and preferences.
#4 2 Types of Porn Addiction by Dr.Trish Leigh
This video gets straight into the two observable types of porn addiction. People who have porn addiction fall into either the middle age and older category or the new age addiction.
The older category would have found pornography through still images and magazines and were not exposed to internet porn. For them, the root cause might be childhood trauma that caused this addiction. Most often they are exposed to it by someone else who is older and not through sheer curiosity.
The other category is the more contemporary form of porn addiction which is caused due to high-speed internet porn. Internet porn is everywhere and because of easy access, people are exposed to it at a really young age. The younger you are, the easier it is for you to be hijacked by porn.
Porn addiction is classified into these two types to show that it is not only caused due to childhood trauma. But even easy access and the novelty of new-age porn can cause this addiction.
#5 How to CURE a porn addiction? – Doctor Explains’ by the channel HOW TO MEDICATE
This video should not be used as medical advice. It is purely for educational and entertainment purposes.
The video explains what exactly is porn addiction, compulsive behaviour and the ill-effects of porn addiction. He shares a few tips on how to overcome the addiction and avoid relapse.
#6 Why Porn Is More Dangerous Than You Think! (Escaping a porn addiction) – Jordan Peterson Motivation
Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and in this motivational video he talks about how porn is free and widely available to people. It is so easy to indulge in easy access sexual pleasure. Try to actually work for something a little more difficult but a lot more fulfilling, like a relationship.
Groups like ‘Men Going Their Own Way’ are renouncing any and all contact with women and demonizing them, instead of trying to create meaningful relations with them.
It has drawn men in our society to be “all pleasure and no responsibility”. They have become slaves to super stimuli. Peterson talks about porn as an easy out, instead of actually talking and interacting with real women they seek gratification through porn.
#7 The Dangers of Porn Addiction ft. Andrew Huberman Mark Bell’s Power Project
Andrew D. Huberman is an American neuroscientist and professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In this podcast format, Andrew talks about how young minds are highly plastic and pornography can lead to issues with their romantic lives later on. Dating is vulnerable whereas porn isn’t. It is low effort but long term it has no use.
He shares a story of a friend whose son believed that he had ADHD. The boy was unable to live a satisfactory life. Once he had heard about dopamine depletion, he tried it out for a month and he was able to live a happier life.
#8 What exactly is p*** addiction? by BlockerX
This video is part of a 9-part series. The series is a self-help course on everything you need to know about porn addiction. The video is perfect because it explains more complex topics in simpler terms for people of all age groups to understand.
Porn addiction is even affecting pre-pubescent children and this is a shocking and disheartening truth.
The videos are purely fact-based and non-biased. Therefore, it does not guilt or shames anyone but it is purely meant to be informative.
#9 Being Addicted to Adult Videos by Trash Taste Highlights
In their video, they discuss how one man’s porn addiction even led to financial issues. They talk about how in a world where porn is free and widely accessible, spending money on porn is a big line to cross.
Parasocial relationships are psychological relationships in which only one person believes they have a relationship with the other. A good example of this is an interaction between celebrities and regular people. Only Fans has become one such parasocial relationship where people end up spending thousands of dollars on it.
#10 Billie Eilish on How Watching Porn When She Was 11 DESTROYED Her Brain by Entertainment Tonight
I had to include this video about the famous singer, Billie Eilish. She rarely opens up about her private life but she is seen candidly speaking on how porn messed up her brain and how it caused her body image issues.
It even skewed her view of relationships and what she thought was acceptable.
This is a link to the audio of the interview.
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