The Consequences of Objectification & Exploitation Fantasy, desire, obsession, disconnect. This cycle of objectifying women and/or men creates relational and societal issues, especially in someone living with sex addiction. The psychological consequences of objectification affect both the woman or man seen as the object and also the individual actively using Read more…
The Impact on Intimacy Your sexual behaviors have an enormous impact on your intimate relationships. How you and your significant other view sex can foster or strain your intimacy. With the advent of the Internet, we’re seeing a rise in access to sexually explicit material, and our views subsequently altered. Children Read more…
Harmful Effect On Relationships Pornography addiction is harmful, both to the user and to the relationships involved. Unfortunately, it’s also very difficult to kick the habit. 40 million U.S. adults regularly visit pornography websites, and 10% of adults admit to internet sexual addiction. Although many who use porn realize the Read more…
Developing A Healthy Sex Life There’s nothing wrong with a healthy sex life. In fact, it can be an important cornerstone of a couple’s relationship. Beyond shoring up a partnership, sex can do a lot of things for you health-wise. Having sex on the regular can boost your immune system, Read more…
Early Relationships Affect The Future If you are experiencing unwanted compulsive sexual behaviors—infidelity, pornography addiction, obsessions, problem masturbation, illegal or high-risk sexual preoccupations, then it will be useful for you to in exploring your attachment history. Experience teaches clinicians that our personal attachment style, which is formed in infancy and Read more…
Excessive Watching Some people think that watching pornography is harmless. But in the addiction recovery world, we know better. Sure, for some, watching porn isn’t necessarily an inherently dangerous activity – maybe for those who only view it occasionally, for example. But even for these folks and for most other Read more…
