International Study Warns of Rise in Porn Addiction
Too much of a good thing (porn) can be a bad thing (addiction). If you cannot regulate your porn consumption, it can be a problem. A new study from Paracelsus Recovery, based in Zurich and London, says it is seeing a 150% increase in the number of people treated for porn addiction between 2019 and 2023. Paracelsus chief executive Jan Gerber said, "It is clear from our research that porn addiction is significantly more common than official numbers suggest." He added that "'We estimate that one in two males suffer from problematic porn consumption that would meet the diagnostic criteria for addiction, and one in four females." And estimates suggest that the United Kingdom has the second highest internet pornography searches in the world, with an average of 16,600,000 searches for porn each month.

According to Paracelsus, one 27-year-old British man treated by the organization said he became addicted to pornography after he started watching it from the age of 12.
He said, "I had lost all control over my behaviour. I was sitting in my room smoking weed and watching porn videos from morning to night." He added, "I had no friends, it had messed up my education, and I felt hopeless" and that "I cannot even articulate how disgusting and ashamed I felt, and it's only other individuals who have struggled with a porn addiction who can understand the depths of this despair."
So no surprise that in the United States, states are passing measures to limit access, and requiring age verification.
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