Comments on: The Progression of Porn Usage

By: General Battle Plan

General Battle Plan — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:54:09 +0000

Tom, this chart was a combination of research plus what I know to be true. I don’t believe you have to of been sexually abused or other trauma to want to view material past step 5. I do know that pornography is an addiction and we need more explicit materials as we progress to get the same high we once felt. You get desensitized and used to the lower levels enough to where you need more explicit materials to satisfy. So, you are correct on the deviancy progression. It is great that you recognize the evil that porn is and dedicate your life to staying away from it. Stay vigilant, it is so easy to regress and fall back into it. Once you get yourself sober for a while, reach out to help others. I am always looking for articles and guest blog writers if you or anyone else is interested.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:58:51 +0000

Thank you for this posting. I am not sure what research you have done or if this is just your opinion but I feel in my heart you are correct. I can tell you that it is easy to progess to the higher up steps, and sometimes it takes losing someone very close to you to come out of denial. I stopped looking at porn over a year ago (let’s just say I was past step 5 and leave it at that) when my girlfriend (who I loved more then anything in the world) found the material on my computer.
I have since dedicated myself to staying clean and sober, and I even started seeing a sex therapist to try and understand why I wanted to view the (past step 5) material, but my therapist feels that it is some childhood truama? however, I dont recall anything ever happening?
I feel the real answer may be that deviancy progesses if we become depended on it, and the more we long for the that “high” the more deviant we will allow our self to become.
One last thing, that Ted Bundy example was chilling, but very accurate. I m not an overly religous person but I feel this is one of the truest forms of Evil.
I have dedicated my life to staying away from it.

Tom

By: General Battle Plan

General Battle Plan — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:47:00 +0000

Shame will cause you to shy away from people. Your guilt is very normal since we are Christians and find it so hard to resist the temptation of pornography. May I suggest you confide in someone about your problem? You will feel better having someone know your struggles and praying for you. If I can help you in any way, contact me via the contact page.

By: RAB

RAB — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:08:03 +0000

Secrecy behind a laptop. How about picking through a bit while watching tv with your loved one in a different seat. I opened the door and I am trying to find the root of the problem. Have a house, respectable job, loving people, play christian music, go to church and do habitual PORN. I followed the path right on. People ask me the reason I play without showing my face,always looking at the ground, the reason is that it got to the point where I find it really hard to look at their face. I am glad I found this site.

By: General Battle Plan

General Battle Plan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:09:59 +0000

Thanks for the comment CS. Don’t even start is good advice!

I heard a locally syndicated radio show here in Cleveland rip a study that recently came out about how pornography users are more likely to commit rape, have an affair, or become a pedophile than those who don’t use pornography. I know they are porn users who don’t want to face the evidence of it’s destructiveness because they like it so much. (If someone knows where I can find the study please send it to me). Truth is that you get desensitized to porn the more you watch it and it leads you into more hard-core & deviant versions. You may be the type of person who will never act out in rape or molestation, but there will be those who will. It is a fine line to cross.

By: CS

CS — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:03:56 +0000

Anyone who doesn’t believe the progression of pornography addiction as presented on this website is in denial. I’m a family therapist and I see this every week. It just takes some longer to complete the cycle of progression than others.
It’s like saying, “a human will not necessarily die” and using the rationality that there are people who are 100 years old who haven’t died. Oh, they’ll die alright, it just hasn’t happened yet.

Don’t take the chance by even starting viewing porn.

By: General Battle Plan

General Battle Plan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:23:16 +0000

True – it is not a given that our progression will follow the path I outlined. It gets easier as you get further into porn and progressively bad stuff. I read a post just today from quitpornaddiction that was from a reader who detailed how he has become so numb from such depraved material that he can’t believe it. He feels like a zombie.

By: bstump

bstump — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:17:36 +0000

I don’t think it is a given that people will progress further into porn. It is very likely, but not inevitable. Are you then saying that those who progress into more extreme forms of porn have greater pain to medicate? I would say that users get lost in the porn world. They get into this world where there seem to be no rules and anything goes. It goes along with our rebelious nature and the things we once considered wrong or disgusting now are palatable. Once we start knocking down the rules/morals one by one, the next stage seems easier to justify and enter into. We all won’t enter that next stage, but it is possible.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:51:26 +0000

Hello,

YES! I agree with you in some ways that for many people the use pornography leaves them in danger (vulnerable to) a progressing into stronger or more extreme forms of adult content. However, were I totally disagree is that such a progression is NOT inevitable, its not a foregone conclusion. Its not a given that a person who uses porn will always end up using more & more extreme material. Why? because the kind of material that a person uses (consumes or views) is related to the amount of mascochism present inside that person. And further more it also relates to the degree of underlying pain that person is attempting to numb out by using porn in the first place. Everyone is different and therefore the use of porn will be invidual but its true that common patterns or trends do exsist if you examine the research.

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