“If you expect your partner to be like these beautiful people or for sex to be like what is in the movies, then you begin to want and expect that-and this can harm your relationship,” he says. Someone else may take a more liberal outlook, he says, and feel that their actions are not hurting anyone and not harming their relationship.Įxcessive pornography consumption could actually hurt a couple’s sexual relationship, Dr. MadMaxDog 05:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC) (signature added by Chidom, this comment was made at the same time as the one below. “If the person has guilt and shame over what they are doing, then it may be a harmful addiction,” he says. This notability standard is only good for North American stars of the English-language porn industry. But individuals who believe that masturbation is a sin could be adversely affected by the guilt and the shame they feel when they do the same thing, says Dr. “And it is highly individual as to whether a person feels harmed by it.” For example, one person may look at porn and masturbate and not feel guilty, ashamed, or unable to stop himself. “For porn addiction, you have to spend time using porn in a way that causes harm,” says Michael McGee, MD, staff psychiatrist at Atascadero State Hospital in San Luis Obispo, California.
