Bengaluru
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
Watching erotic content and pornographic images is on the rise. In 2019, PornHub, one of the world’s leading porn sites, received on average 115 million visits per day.
With all this readily-accessible on screen erotic content has got some folks thinking they’re addicted to it. But is porn addiction real?
It can be seen that Pornography addiction is not recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA) as a mental health problem or disorder, like addiction to drug or alcohol.
According to the DSM-5 (Manual of Mental Disorders – the world’s authoritative guide on psychological disorders) pornography and sex addictions are not a psychological disorder. Some disorders the DSM-5 does recognize are addictions to gambling, alcohol, drugs, and most recently, online gaming.
The reason for this comes down to neurochemistry. While watching porn may activate similar…