
Parents: This is How Teens Find Porn Through Social Media Article
On Instagram, porn is often hidden behind hashtags and emojis that appear innocuous but are used as secret code to tag and search for particular types of porn.
On Instagram, porn is often hidden behind hashtags and emojis that appear innocuous but are used as secret code to tag and search for particular types of porn.
Research shows that trauma is normal. If you’re dealing with symptoms like this in the wake of discovering a partner’s porn obsession, you’re not alone.
“When my boyfriend and I were hugging on the couch and I saw his phone, I was extremely distraught to see that one of the internet tabs was labeled ‘interracial gang bang.'”
The study’s results are in line with the prediction that the dysfunctional use of porn to cope with stress is a risk factor for developing a porn addiction.
According to current statistical insights from Pornhub, many people are responding to the crisis by turning to online porn. But is that the best option?
“He had kept it hidden but when I found out I told him how uncomfortable I was with it. From then on, I would catch him looking at porn off and on and then would explain to him my feelings about how it made me feel.”
It can be awkward to bring up a topic like porn with your partner, but it’s an important conversation. Here’s how to get it started!
Relationship experts, Doctors John and Julie Gottman, explain it this way, “When one person becomes accustomed to [being aroused] to porn, they are actually turning away from intimate interaction.”
There’s a growing body of evidence that suggests our brains actually function better when we’re interacting with others and experiencing togetherness.
“Did I feel like this when I was addicted to porn? Did I feel like I wanted to be with porn, love it and marry it? Did porn give me this giddy feeling? NO.”
“He asked me to help keep him accountable, so every day I would just hold up my thumb and he would give me a thumbs up if he had done well or a thumbs down if he hadn’t. He knew that there would be no judgment on my part, just love.”
The reality is, not all men take sexual pleasure in the pain, degradation, and humiliation of others. But we wouldn’t necessarily know that just by looking at the mainstream porn industry that claims to show everyone’s “fantasies,” would we?