The seven red flags that prove you are addicted to pornography - and how to get over it, from the doctor who runs a porn recovery programme READ MORE: Experts Government banning sex education for under-nines By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 04:01 EDT, 25 May 2024 | Updated: 04:01 EDT, 25 May 2024 e-mail View comments Could you be one of the one-in-20 Brits caught in the grips of a porn addiction? While thousands of British men and women watch and enjoy pornography without issue experts say they are seeing a rise in people experiencing problems with porn usage that are having serious ramifications. With the advent of smartphones, a massive library of online X-rated content is just a few taps of a screen away 24-hours a day. Dr Paula Hall, of not-for-profit online therapy programme Pivotal Recovery, said in the same way cannabis can act as a gateway for harder drugs, a porn obsession might be the stepping stone to other dysfunctional behaviours.
These, she explained, can cost addicts not only thousands of pounds but their relationships as well. Could you be one of the one-in-20 Brits caught in the grips of a porn addiction? 'Many people start with online porn but then progress to chat, webcam, adult hook up sites and offline real-life encounters,' she told MailOnline. Nathan Jones, clinical director of the London Centre for Addictions, said addictions to explicit content can 'rewrite' the user's brain and skew what they find arousing with potentially d.
