Go. Go. Go. Porno.
It’s true that there is a type of person who has a tendency to fall into addiction than others. It’s pre-wired. People get addicted to anything and everything, and those who are programmed to become easily hooked on things fall hard – sometimes after the first exposure. My motivation for this post was after reading this blog regarding types of people who may be more susceptible to pornography addiction.
I agree with the poster on the fact that society today is “obsessed with gratification.” From fast food restaurants to casinos, as the blogger said “…we eat too much, drink too much, watch too much TV…the list goes on.” Everyone has their own addictions.
The point at which I disagree with the blog was when he claimed that pornography had great physical reward? Pornography has no reward; it acts as a stimulus to sexual appetite, but alone provides no gratification – at all. Many people place pornography and masturbation into the same category, where one is mentioned the other is assumed to be there. What makes pornography such an addiction for some people? It might be the sexual stimulation that it brings, or the ease of loneliness when seeing sexual acts performed.
So who exactly falls into pornography addiction?
I would say that anyone could at a time of loneliness, or need of sexual interaction. The people who have things “put together,” have strong mental stability, and are well rounded can fall into addiction just as easily as people who have none of these things.
What do you think?
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April 23, 2006 at 1:20 pm
I absolutely agree that certain people are just the addict type. If they aren’t addicted to drugs they’ll be addicted to sex. And if they kick that habit they’ll just find something else.
And it isn’t always an obvious addiction – like drugs or gambling. It can be everyday stuff just taken to the extreme, and that’s just as unhealthy.
I do agree there are other people who could become addicted to things, such as porn or gaming. But I think the difference is that once they broke the habit they probably wouldn’t repreat the mistake, they could control themselves.
On the other hand, truly addictive people cannot. They have a need for something that consumes them and that something can change over time but the result is still the same.
You never know who has the addict personality. They could be your neighbor, your co-worker, your mother-in-law. They don’t walk around wearing signs, although I think most of them share certain traits.