Why is pornography very Addictive and difficult to break away from.?

Question

Its regular porn , mostly with girls in it
But this friend of mine confesess that immediately after watching,he begins to cry and ask God for forgiveness....when he is sober he goes back to it, ....same routine, beg cry sober porn,beg cry sober porn...........
And I had to ask this question on why it iis so addictive ,because this friend of mne loves God and is a christian

Answer 1

Your mind hungers on what you feed it. You lust for perverse unnatural sexual desires because you expose yourself to such material. The pleasures you manifest become something you want more because you get a perverse sexual fix from looking at pornography. Men who look at pornography can often only see woman as sex objects and are obsessed with sex.

There are people who do not recognise that there is a problem or that it is natural and so okay and even feel they are in charge of the situation. But you look at the reality of pornography and the way societies have beed adversly affected then it is really a fallacy. Even the very young minds of children are being exposed to pornography and it affects them too adversly.

You asked the question that many have asked that it is difficult to break away from. People are addicted to the sexual chemistry that the brain and body receives from erotic material. They often need more and more perverse material to keep that high they get.

That is why people cannot break away from it. The choice is diminished to a need to have pornography. Pornography is addictive and a lot of people do have problems with pornography and have ruined their relationships with their partners and spouses because they cannot resist viewing it.
How many people secretly view pornography on the internet behind their partners back. Often when their partners are out or late at night when the home is asleep? A lot of people view pornography in secret not wanting the shame of being caught doing it.

By cutting yourself off from it completely you can eventually wean off the desire to want to view such material.

Answer 2

Greetings.
This seems to be more of a Guy thing. Guys are visual creatures and it stimulates their visual emotional and physical needs whilst viewing it. It fills a void they may have ie (lonliness, boredom, relationship issues), they can get right into the Porn. movie, by in effect being the stud doing it, whilst the girls go wild, on the screen.Once it's done they feel quite energized and good about themselves.They view it alone, with mates and sometimes with a female to enhance their making out.
Unfortunately sometimes it entices Perverts too and this is still the same reason of inadequacy but they take it further.
They can ween themselves off of it by.
a. Removing the temptation.
b. improving their self esteem by seeing a Psychologist or behaviour specialist especially in Relationships social, romantic etc.
c. Getting out more join clubs preffereable not Porn ones. what ever other interests they have or wish to try. There are members of both sexes involved in lots of pasttimes hobbies etc.
d.Join a travel club for thei age group.
Porn movies generally are attractive to Young males who are in their prime and full of testosterone. This does pass. But in the meantime keep it to a minimum. And if all else fails use it as a study guide on how to make a female very happy making out with you. Just add a nice dinner and flowers first.
Ciao Enjoy!

Answer 3

The flesh is weak. We (especially men) see something that attracts us, that gets the hormones going and before you know it we are hooked. When you think about it, porn is actually kinda gross. Seeing all angels of peoples bodies is not always the most attractive thing. But our minds take those images and burns it into our memory and it stays with us for a very long time. The only way you will break this addiction is to give it to God. Pray that you lose the desire to see this stuff and give 100% to Him. It is not easy, it is like breaking away from booze or drugs...but it can be done. God bless you.

Answer 4

We have a fallen sinful nature which thrives upon the gratification of the senses. Apart from the power of God's grace, we are unable to resist the desire to gratify self. The strongest urge of the unconverted heart is selfishness and there is an equally strong desire to accommodate this urge at all times.

The laws of the mind are outlined in the Bible.

Here are 2 summarized....

1. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell.

2. The mind naturally learns to be satisfied with that which requires little care and effort, and to be content with something cheap and inferior.

Conquering this addiction and every other sin begins in the mind. Here is a Bible promise for victory.

2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Don't put anything before your mind that would awaken the cravings of the lower nature or any sinful physical desires.

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Answer 5

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"addiction" to internet pornography.

Also the one from x3watch can be configured so that someone that you WOULD NOT want to know what sites you are visiting will get an email copy of the suspect pornographic websites. If THIS doesn't keep one from surfing the porn websites, I don't know what will.

Answer 6

Well, we are all sexual beings with desires and needs, and I think when some of us can not meet those needs in a regular, so-called "normal" manner, we turn to a sort of substitute, and pornography is one such substitute. We feel ashamed of our urges and drives, so we come to feel bad about our "addiction" to pornography. Society sort of conditions a lot of us to feel this way. Actually sex and it's desires and urges are just natural, and looking at pictures and stories describing it are usually harmless. Not always, as some with deviant desires for children or S/M sometimes get carried away by this and start wanting to put their deviant desires into practice. That's when it becomes bad, and even dangerous. Such people should seek help, and the criminals should be put away. I do not say they should be killed or tortured. But that's my take on your question. I hope it helps some. I speak from some experience, for I do happen to enjoy so-called "porn".

Answer 7

Simple. Sexuality is a normal part of life, but for some reason most organized religions shun as being immoral. The reason you probably feel 'addicted' to it is that you get an extra thrill from the idea that you aren't supposed to be seeing it, much less doing anything like it.

The issue here isn't pornography at all, its just a small part of a greater issue of control.

God wants your obedience, but he wants you to show it by loving him. Man, however, wants you to show your obedience by the physical things that you do. Who is a man to tell you that what you do with your life is an affront to God? If it doesn't change the way you feel about God, why would God care?

Any man who tells you what God does or does not think about your life is simply exploiting the name of God to trick you into obedience to his worldy agenda. You have free will so that you can make your own decisions. However, many organized religions have exploited that ability by raising you from early childhood to believe you have the free will, but that there are only two choices you can make with it: their way, or the highway.

Do what you think is right and wrong by your own understanding of what seems right and wrong. You wouldn't have started doing this if you truly thought it was wrong. The fact that you don't think it is wrong, but you are trying to force yourself to believe it, because a man told you so, seems in effect to be spurning your gift of free will. Now that, to me, sounds like a sin.

Some men use force to make you follow them and their beliefs; the more subtle use guilt, like you are feeling now. Avoid the guilt by enjoying your life without harming anyone, thats why God put you here.

Answer 8

I believe it is an addiction like any other. Just like drugs or alcohol. Your Earthly flesh craves such a thing.

The problem is not everyone is an alcoholic or drug abuser.
But everyone has sexual desires.

You must pray and call on Jesus to help you. I'll pray for you.

Lust is sin. Fornication is a sin. God judges your heart.

The Lord will help you but it will take you resisting porn and anything that causes you to become aroused.

If you need to know more check out my profile page. There is a man nick name "The truth" in my contacts. He has helped some people he's answered questions for on this kind of thing. Look him up and Email him if you need more help.

Answer 9

i've got been advised that pornography is addictive. My time and self-appreciate are too valuable to get entangled with this dependancy. it is in no way healthy. do not take area in his dependancy. maximum people who watch porno on a ordinary foundation become perverts. confident, this comparable difficulty got here about to me, and that i broke up with him, because of the fact he concept he could prepare countless the flaws he had considered on the action pictures. Boy, became into he ever in for a impolite awakening. I had morals and sufficient undemanding sense to tell him to hit the line!

Answer 10

I would say because it involves the most intensely sinful solo act, masturbation. It's SELF LOVE. It's telling God, sure thanks for all the blessings of this life, family, friends, wife, kids, but I know where to find satisfaction, God. I'm going to ignore the bonds of relationship you have given me and in turn, I'm just gonna eat the cherry off the sundae. I know, I know, you say the ice cream and chocolate sauce is good and all, but I'll just take the cherry. Imagine how the Lord feels.

Answer 11

Pornography isn't addictive. Addiction is within the viewer of it. For instance, I'm a fan of pornography, but I'm not compelled to watch it at every opportunity. In fact, I haven't viewed any in a few weeks . . . now that I think about it.

I am prone to addictions myself, but I can step away from pornography if I need to. I love to gamble, and I could easily get addicted, but I have to exercise self control. Same thing with food, caffeine, and sex. These are all things I can see myself getting lost in, but I know I have to back away in order to avoid becoming addicted.