Porn addiction can hamper mental health

Porn addiction can hamper mental health http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/Porn-addiction-can-hamper-mental-health/articleshow/49134836.cms Shared from Google News & Weather The researchers found that those who believed they had an addiction to pornography also experienced psychological issues, like depression, anger, and anxiety. However, this was not a result of watching porn itself, but rather it was a result of the feeling that…

Porn Is OK. Believing In Porn Addiction Is Not

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/17/watching-porn-is-ok-believing-in-porn-addiction-is-not.html A new study in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors has found that perceived addiction to pornography—that is, “feeling addicted to Internet pornography irrespective of actual pornography use”—is associated with forms of psychological distress including depression, anxiety, anger, and stress. Pornography use itself, the authors found, was “relatively unrelated to psychological distress.” In other…

Perceived addiction to porn is more harmful than porn use – NY Daily News

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/perceived-addiction-porn-harmful-porn-article-1.2362835 It doesn’t matter how often you watch porn. What matters is whether or not you think you have an uncontrollable problem, according to a recent study published in the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, a peer-reviewed journal. Perceived addiction to X-rated material is a better predictor of psychological distress than pornography use itself, the study…

Porn Addiction Is a Public Health Crisis; Causes Violence, Sexual Dysfunction …

Porn Addiction Is a Public Health Crisis; Causes Violence, Sexual Dysfunction … http://www.christianpost.com/news/porn-addiction-is-a-public-health-crisis-causes-violence-sexual-dysfunction-says-sexual-exploitation-summit-leader-144842/ Shared from Google News & Weather “Pornography leads to increased violence against women, sexual dysfunction among young men and lifelong addictions. The child pornography epidemic is overwhelming jails, increasing divorce rates, and the sexual templates of young children are being gravely affected…

Australia’s addiction to ‘pokies’

The high cost of Australia's addiction to 'pokies' #gamblingnewsintl http://t.co/8RerBKU3Jr — Problem Gambling Fnd (@PGFNZ) July 27, 2015 By far the biggest problem is slot machines, of which there are more than 200,000 across Australia. “Pokies are the biggest revenue generator,” says Dr Gainsbury. “Around two-thirds of all gambling losses are through the pokies and…