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There is little agreement among mental health professionals as to how to define addiction to pornography . It is the amount of time a person spends looking at porn? Is it the type of porn the person views? Or is about the actual effect that pornography has on someone's life? There are different approaches being used today to treat porn addiction. Some don't consider it an addiction, but call it "problematic pornography use", based on the idea that the behavior has an effect on the patient's quality of life. This is s useful approach. Consider the case of children and teens on the Internet, for example, who may not be actively using porn but may have been exposed and effected by that exposure. The Internet guarantees that nearly every child will be exposed to porn images and videos at some point during childhood. Consider the person who has viewed porn online, is aroused and wants to view more, but is morally conflicted about seeking out more x-rated content. He may deny the urge to keep looking at porn online but his obsessive thoughts about porn disrupt his ability to function well. Such a person is not an addict. But the conflict he is enduring is causing him a lot of suffering. Help for treating a problem with pornography could release such people from the tortured thoughts they are enduring. But how likely are such people to seek out professional help and is effective help even available to most people? No one can really say today what is the best treatment for pornography addiction because there is no data available. No government funding exists for studies of porn addiction yet. There is still a lack of awareness of the social impact of porn addiction. While once it may have meant a few broken marriages, today, the impact is far greater and the growing phenomena is poised to become a major mental health concern with hardcore porn available to every child, teen and adult with a computer or Smartphone.
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