Porn addiction

I was kinda wondering if this topic would ever come up on here.

Hmm, there are unfortunately quite a lot of negatives associated with porn. Probably the biggest being the exploitation involved in the industry. I'd not super uncommon to hear about how former porn stars were exploited or drugged into performing, and there are quite a few who have either died from ODs, commited suicide, or just disappeared themselves.

From that perspective, it can be somewhat compared to the illegal narcotics industry, were, despite being legal, also tends to feature a lot of exploitation all throughout the supply chain, be it the poor farmers harvesting the ingredients, or the 8-year-old kids being forced to sell them to support their families or pay off debts.

That side of the whole industry probably doesn't have any effect or cause addiction itself, but it's almost structured as if to profit off of it in the same way.

Some of these issues are, of course, mitigated by amateur pornography. But again, not always. I'm sure most of you have heard about how a prominent porn site recently had to purge most of its amateur media due to accusations of hosting actual rape videos, child porn, revenge porn, and other non-consentual stuff.

Going back to profiting off of addiction though, I can definitely see porn having that effect. Honestly, one doesn't have to be addicted, or even experience an addicted person to see that something is amiss. There's so much other media, information, knowledge, etc. available on the internet, yet porn makes up most of the overall traffic anyway. Admittedly, I also tend to get drawn to the lewd stuff when I'm bored or have nothing else that I need to do. Perhaps it's not as bad as, say, a nicotine addiction, but there's definitely something there. I can tell, because I've been abstaining since this thread went up >///<

Hentai's a little different from the whole industry/exploitation side of things. Obviously, things depicted in hentai aren't real, so there's no risk of the actors/actresses involved actually being children or being raped. However, those involved behind the scenes: the artists, animators, voice actors, etc., might also be treated poorly, because they might have no other option.

Anyone else manage NNN?

I definitely have a porn/hentai addiction but it hasn't affected my life or any relationships I have. I also don't like porn that objectifies people either, it makes me uncomfortable. But yeah I probably have a problem, but I'm indifferent to it.

malmon Not even close!

Shhh I also don't like porn that objectifies people

That's gotta narrow down your selection quite significantly ^_^'

malmon Pretty much just excludes professionally made IRL stuff, which is usually garbage anyway!

Shhh Perhaps it depends on what exactly you mean by objectification. In my view, there isn't really any sort of real emotional connection with the person on the other end of the lens or pencil, amateur or not. One uses the recorded or drawn image to get off, rather than to share in an emotional experience.

malmon I meant stuff like "SLUTTY BITCH GETS FUCKED BY HUGE DICK" and stuff like that, the popular stuff on major porn sites anyway xD

Shhh Well okay, but that stuff's just shit regardless of objectification. It's also pretty obviously meant to be clickbait for those who really shouldn't be viewing porn in the first place.

malmon I guess a better way to say it is, as long as everyone else is happy then I'm happy! It honestly isn't something I run into very often, honestly.

Shhh That's kinda what I used to think as well. I dunno, maybe I'm just getting old, but lately I've just been looking back and wondering if satisfying my urges for all these years, while I still had a decent chance of finding someone IRL, was probably a bad idea.

I never thought I'd be the sort of person who would want to get married, have kids, etc... yet here I am >_<'

malmon I don't think it's healthy to dwell on the past too much, it will just eat you alive if you just focus on what you could have done instead of what you can do more.

Also, I know that even if I wasn't addicted to porn I still wouldn't be out meeting new people xD

Shhh That's the point though, I've made the stuff that I can still do so much more difficult for myself. Instead of spending those years actually developing, learning how to talk to girls etc., I just wanked them away.

How on Earth does porn addiction even get you out meeting people though?

Shhh Oh, sorry, I misread your last sentence ^_^'

And yeah... I know it's not impossible. But my biological clock's ticking regardless v_v Kinda funny how Spy x Family of all things is making me feel like this~

malmon That show is doing the same to me... I'm convinced it's just propaganda at this point!

My dad wants me to have children but I know it isn't ever going to happen. There's a lot of reasons, and honestly porn is probably the lowest on the list.
I wish socializing was easier ;-;

Shhh I welcome this kinda propaganda :P

I wouldn't rule yourself out yet ^_^ Socialising... well yeah, as you say, it's different for everyone. I personally don't find socialising that difficult - I'm not usually very talkative, but as long as someone else is, I do alright. I'm just utterly hopeless at going any further than that >_<'

malmon I honestly don't know, I get flustered and embarrassed so easily. Even when I was practically given intimacy I kinda messed it up and got ghosted immediately >.> Long distance is a lot more manageable for me, honestly.

Shhh Unfortunately, long distance comes with a major lack of intimacy. I wouldn't give up the time I've spent in long distance relationships, but at the end of the day, they tend to be rather cold, for me at least.

malmon intimacy scares me honestly, but I can understand that. It definitely isn't for everyone. On another note, this topic is really making me realize how much of a mess I am overall, regardless of porn addiction ^~^'