See post in Psychology Today by Sue Johnson: Losing a Loved One to Porn (and What You Can Do About It) How much porn is too much porn?
Signs and symptoms that indicate addiction:
- Inordinately preoccupied with a potentially addictive substance or behavior (thinking about it, pursuing it, etc.);
- Lost control over use (using even when they don’t want to, not being able to stop once they’ve started, etc.);
- Lives are falling apart as a result (relationship issues, trouble at work, financial problems, legal woes, depression, anxiety, lowered self-esteem, social/emotional isolation, etc.).
Signs of compulsive porn use:
- Escalation—increasing amounts of time that a person spends on porn, and/or an increased intensity of the material they view (moving from vanilla porn to hardcore, fetish, or violent porn).
- Withdrawal—becoming restless, irritable, and discontent when porn is not available.
- Dishonesty—lying and keeping secrets about porn use (amount of time, content they view, etc.).
- Disconnection—loss of interest in family, friends, work, and previously enjoyable activities.
- Sexual Dysfunction—loss of interest in real-world partner sex and/or problems with delayed ejaculation (DE), erectile dysfunction (ED), and/or anorgasmia (inability to reach orgasm)