It started off as magazines and quickly became a collection. A collection that he cared so deeply for that as he progressed to internet porn, he began to save, organize, and label each of the 800 CDs that his mother hid from me.

If porn impacts trafficking and child abuse victims who aren’t actually seeking out porn, how much more might it be desensitizing someone who actually is?

It’s important to know that any of these things or a combination of them could mean something entirely unrelated to porn, but here are six possible signs that pornography may be negatively affecting your relationship.

Love, intimacy, and connection with a real human being will always be infinitely more fulfilling than an endless fantasy world of extreme sex found online.

According to a recent study, more than 3.3 million American women ages 18 to 44 were raped the first time they had a sexual encounter. 

Sex is so much more complicated than what you see on screen, and porn could never compare to or convey that reality. Watching porn can actually rob you of the best sexual experiences possible, and who wants that?

“Porn is a personal choice.” “Mind your own business, porn doesn’t hurt anyone.” “If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.” These are pretty common pro-porn arguments,…

The opposite of addiction isn’t necessarily the absence of porn consumption—it’s a connection to what’s real. Where is your grounding connection in life?

If you suspect your partner is seeking out porn after they’ve promised not to, you’re not alone. Consider these conversation points from mental health professional, Jay Stringer.

This peer-reviewed study suggests that pornography may actually physically divide people instead of bonding them, namely those who are married.

“Newsflash: men don’t need porn. I’m not an animal controlled by my desires. If we could all stop normalizing porn, that would be great.”

“I didn’t stop watching pornography for a relationship, and no one had to convince me to stop. I stopped watching for me and my well being.”